Kurt Rappaport, top realtor, co-founder of the Beverly Hills-based Westside Estate Agency, put for sale his Beverly Hills home near the Beverly Hills Hotel. This most expensive house was designed by renown Hollywood decorator Waldo Fernandez. Beverly Hills 8 bedroom estate contains 9 ½ bathrooms, a gym, wine cellar, and a theater. It occupies nearly three-quarters of an acre and is approximately 15,000 square feet.

In additional to all the bedrooms, bathrooms, and extra amenities, the house also has flat lawns, a guest house, gardens, and an infinity pool. In 2008, Rappaport bought the house for $13.2 million and put it back on the market in February for a generous amount of $28.5 million. This transaction was the highest in Beverly Hills, since he sold his last home to Tom Cruise for $30.5 million. Today the residence is available for about $24 million.
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The villa, located in a secluded area of Cap Antibes, Southern France is up for sale. It is an exceptional modernist masterpiece designed in 1961 by one of France’s most renowned architects Claude Parent, who was awarded the Grand Prix National d’Architecture in 1979. This most expensive house is an incredible, experimental and iconic piece of architecture.

The villa is a statement of avant-garde architecture with extensive use of raw concrete, glass walls and a spectacular exterior staircase. The modernist villa boasts stunning panoramic views of both the Bay of Antibes and Golfe-Juan. It features 250m² of living space and sits on a 1,050 m² plot of land. There are 4 bedrooms. The modernist 4 floor villa is available for sale from Modern Homes Worldwide.
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Hollywood celebrity Halle Berry put up for sale her Beverly Hills house. In October 2001 she bought Benedict Canyon Drive property for $2.275 million. According to RealEstalker.com, famous actress is selling her home for $5 million. The 2,274 square-foot Mediterranean two-bedroom home sits on 1.33 acres in the hills. It features two bedrooms, two bathrooms, landscaped gardens and stone spa.

The master bedroom has a fireplace, a large stone bathtub, crystal chandelier and glass doors out onto a terrace. Outside the grounds include gardens, a dining and seating area, fire pit and a stone spa set up against the hillside. The interior includes stone walls, wood floors, vaulted, wood-beamed ceilings and antique wooden doors. The home also features a rustic, Italian villa dining room with a row of windows that open to the property’s gardens.
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Most of us dream to live at the bank of the river, ocean or sea. Because water is a source of life. One of such waterfront estates is up for sale in Coral Gables, Florida. Built 10 years ago, this magnificent 22,089 SF residence has 14,502 SF living area, 7 bedrooms, 8 full bathrooms and 5-car garage. This most expensive house is surrounded by 15FT beautiful wrap-around verandas. Except bedrooms it features mahogany paneled media room, private office and a library, state of the art gym, 5,000 bottle wine cellar, playroom and a great room. And there is a separate guest cottage house also.

This luxury estate was built with every thought and detail, including the beautiful electric gates and brick work that surrounds the property. The reinforcing walls and the front gate are modeled after the University of Virginia. For evening entertaining there is an abundance of outdoor lighting that illuminates both the home and gardens. With no expense spared, this home is truly a one of a kind, magnificent residence. Price: $12,5 million. Located at: 11090 Snapper Creek Road, Coral Gables, Fl 33156.
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