Actor Rob Lowe sells his breathtaking Montecito mansion for $63.4 million
Brendan Casey
Rob Lowe has finally sold his amazing Montecito mansion. Picture credit: Jim Bartsch
Rob and Sheryl Lowe have shown that patience is not only a virtue, but often a necessity in today's high-end real estate market.
Having listed their home in 2018 at $65.5 million (US$47m), and only one price cut in 2019 to $59.9 million (US$43m), the house has just sold over the asking price for $63.4 million (US$45.5 million) to the co-founder of RoundTable Health Care Partners.
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Rob Lowe attends the Vanity Fair x Bloomberg climate change gala dinner at Bloomberg London on December 11, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)
Located in celebrity-studded Montecito, the new owners will be rubbing elbows with some of the world's biggest stars including Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres and Gwyneth Paltrow.
The classic style is a real stand out from the general Mediterranean architecture in the area, spanning across just over three acres, TopTenRealestateDeals reports.
The main house was designed by architect Don Nulty, built in 2009 and a nearly 1,000 sqm house.
Rob Lowe and wife Sheryl. Picture: Instagram
With a total of 20 rooms, there are large open formal rooms, a huge white family kitchen, separate catering kitchen, eight bedrooms and eleven bathrooms.
The Lowe estate also boasts a home office, library-music room with bar, large family room, various conversation rooms and nooks, movie theatre, well-equipped gym and expansive wine cellar.
There are nine indoor fireplaces throughout the house with one in the master suite.
In addition to the main house, the grounds contain a two-bedroom guesthouse, one-bedroom pool house with staff quarters and an outdoor kitchen.
Outside, there is a pool and spa, tennis court with observation areas and lushly landscaped lawns large enough for team sports with mature trees and a vegetable garden.
There are also two outside fireplaces, terraces and galleries for relaxing or entertaining, a water serenade from fountains and a koi pond.
. Picture credit: Jim Bartsch
Rob Lowe dresses up as Tiger King Joe Exotic. Picture: roblowe/Instagram
Formal rose gardens overlook the lawn and from most any location one can enjoy sunsets over the Pacific.
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The suburb of Montecito is a much favoured retreat away from the work-a-day world of Hollywood, located around 130km northwest of Los Angeles between the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Ynez Mountains in Santa Barbara County, with spectacular hillside views, nearby whale watching and beautiful weather.
Lowe became one of Hollywood's youngest hot shots in the 1980s in hit movies The Outsiders, St, Elmo's Fire and Oxford Blues and later in his role in the popular TV drama The West Wing.
More recently he has appeared in the comedy Parks and Recreation and reality-show adventures with his two sons in The Lowe Files.
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