Real Estate
Barry Bonds' Beverly Hills Home Lists for $25M
The former Major League Baseball star purchased the villa-like estate in 2002 for $8.7 million.
Former Major League Baseball player Barry Bonds has put his Beverly Hills estate on the market with an asking price of $25 million, according to press reports.
The home, a finely decorated Italian villa located in the Beverly Park section of the city, features 17,100 square feet, seven bedrooms, 13 bathrooms and a two-story guest house. There are patios and verandas throughout, a full outdoor kitchen with pizza oven and wet bar, manicured lawn, swimming pool, cabana and multi-use sport court.
Trulia reported:
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The features of the home, like Barry’s 73 home runs in a single season, boggle the mind. With high ceilings up to 30 feet high throughout the grand living and family rooms and special details such as Italian floors and hand-painted murals, it’s a dazzling home. The gourmet kitchen (of course, this is a Tuscan-style home right?), feeds into a roomy dining room that is perfect for entertaining.
Should we stop there? Well, Barry didn’t stop playing until he was 43 and still a dominating hitter, so we’ll keep going. The rest of the home includes a walnut-paneled office and custom home movie theater with seating for 12. If you’re feeling tense the home also features a full service spa, including steam room, jacuzzi and body therapy rooms.
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Celebrity real estate agent Mauricio Umansky of The Agency is brokering the sale, according to the New York Daily News. Umansky's wife, Kyle Richards, is a cast member of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
Bonds bought the home from Kenneth and Grace Jacobson for $8.7 million in 2002, The Wall Street Journal reported. The house was about 11,500 square feet with six bedrooms and 10 bathrooms, and Bonds added a two-story wing to the home.
Bonds is a six-time league MVP and baseball's all-time leading home-run hitter. However, a steroid scandal and perjury allegations tarnished his career, thus hurting his chances of induction in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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