UnReal Estate: The most expensive home for sale in the U.S.

Posted by Annalisa Burgos | April 7, 2009

If you’ve got $150 million to burn and you’re a huge fan of classic TV series like “Dynasty” and “Beverly Hills 90210″, we’ve got a home for you.

The widow of legendary TV producer Aaron Spelling is downsizing and has listed their 56,000-square-foot monster mansion in Los Angeles at a whopping $150 million.

Dubbed “The Manor,” the estate spans nearly 5 acres on South Mapleton Drive in the exclusive Holmby Hills neighborhood. The three-story home features a dozen bedrooms, two dozen bathrooms, a high-tech screening room (for watching all those great episodes of 90210!), library, gym, doll museum, bowling alley, wine cellar and a beauty salon/barber shop in the finished attic. The estate includes 16 car ports, a tennis court, pool/spa complex and several gardens. And best of all, the Playboy Mansion is nearby!

You’d think that with a recession going on, buyers would bulk at the price tag. But that doesn’t seem to be the case.

“We already have interest from both local and foreign buyers, even though it is very early in the process,” said Sally Forster Jones of Coldwell Banker Previews International, who shares the listing with Hilton & Hyland/Christie’s Great Estates. “The Manor is a property unlike any other. A property of this pedigree comes on the market once a decade, if not, once in a century. For that reason alone, discriminating buyers recognize it as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

If this McMansion is out of your price range, Candy Spelling is selling another property in nearby Century City for a mere $4.8 million. The more “modest” home in the gated Century Woods community has 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.

If that one isn’t for you, check out thousands of other homes for sale in Los Angeles. With home prices in the City of Angels falling (as they are in many markets), you’re sure to find a home perfect for your price range.

And if you’re not buying but are just really into cool homes, check out “Cool Houses Daily” on FrontDoor.com. These homes are too cool to miss and they’re for sale!

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