What do we think of Rob Lowe's Aristocratic Moneticito Estate, Tasteful Friends?

I'm just impressed that Rob Lowe can afford a $47 million dollar crib.

Inside I think it is a very comfortable, nicely proportioned house. I'd hate to keep all those shelves dusted. The grounds and views are phenomenal. Same thing... a lot place to keep up.

Outside though... it looks like Mount Vernon. That's sort of.... not cool.

If he doesn't have any kids I should like to move in and be his toy boy.

This might be the best of the ‘tasteful friends’ real estate listings. Gorgeous grounds, great house.

Gorgeous.

The upkeep must be hella expensive.

It looks out of place in Santa Barbara.

It's too big but it's gorgeous.

Not a bad place for a statutory rapist.

Beautiful, but I agree with R2 about the exterior of the house. Literal period recreations are silly. You can have a nod to a design style without aping it.

Love the covered terrace with the fireplace and the upstairs porch. Would be happy with just the pool house as big houses make me nervous. This has been completely staged, yes? Otherwise those old leather bound books on the shelves are pretentious as hell.

Beautiful home. Was it the Colby mansion on that "Dallas" spin-off?

It looks like a resort, not a home. Lovely, though.

As an investment, I’m not sure how smart it is. A smaller, less expensive property is a lot easier to sell.

I’ve never seen a house with so many chairs! I’m not a fan of sisal rugs otherwise it’s stunning. The koi pond area is to die for!

I’m still trying to figure out how he affords this house? The maintenance costs alone must be exorbitant. Housekeepers, gardeners, etc. He must have invested his money very well.

Beautiful house and grounds. It must take a staff of many people to keep it looking good.

HO on earth did he accumulate so much $?

It's like something out of [italic]Architectural Digest[/italic]!

The overall effect is about a 6 out of 10. The motor court is cluttered with too many planters and benches. The interior handrail is under-scaled and most of the other trim is over-scaled and clumsy for the ceiling heights. Classical design is all about proportion and scale. The mantels are all especially bad and the rest of the decorating is banal. And yet, I would still like to fuck him...just somewhere else!

If that’s a 6 out of 10, I’d love to see your 10, R18.

Kind of soulless, if you ask me. And I guess you did.

It's soulless because all the furniture is staged though. Everything personal has been stripped out.

I'll let my Russian friends know. Its a perfect opportunity to launder some money.

When did he ever make the kind of money necessary to own a $50 million dollar home? He's never been more than a B-list actor.

He's worked continually since he was a teenager. Plus, the wife makes good money too.

Love the house.

It looks like a lonely place. I agree with the poster who said it looks like a resort. You could have an Irish Catholic family with 18 kids living there and it'd probably still feel too big. I suppose he may have really enjoyed throwing parties? But the rumors have it that he's always been a prick and none of the people he's ever worked with have liked him or expressed a desire to work with him again.

He must have bought in the 80s when he was a movie star of sorts and prices were much cheaper. It does seem ridiculously grand for a B movie actor who now does sitcoms.

[quote] He must have bought in the 80s when he was a movie star of sorts and prices were much cheaper. It does seem ridiculously grand for a B movie actor who now does sitcoms.

Lowe built the house around 2005; before he left the West Wing.

It has to be a financial burden at this point. They live nest door to Oprah.

Very nice, but looks like a Restoration Hardware catalog.

And people who hang oil portraits of people they are not related to, really need to be pulled aside for a quiet word.

[quote]They live nest door to Oprah.

Can you imagine?

Rob's son just graduated from Stanford. I'm thinking the house is just too big for them now. If you follow him on Instagram, you can see Patrick Scharzenegger and the other kids friends are always hanging out there.

Time to move on.

Maybe it got too expensive.

It's amazing what community theater level acting can bring . . .

I dislike nothing about it. One of the most beautiful estates I've ever seen.

"It's a cool $47 million."

Buy Lowe. Sell high.

R32, what a bitter cunt. I saw him at 19 and he was one of the most beautiful men I'd ever seen. So what if his acting isn't the greatest? There are far worse stars.

It may have been built in 2005 but it looks like an old plantation manor updated for modern tastes. Which I'm sure this Republican who likes to tape himself fucking 16 year olds really wanted.

In fact, I would swear we once had a tasteful friends thread featuring a Southern plantation with modern outdoor spaces attached.

[R14] with royalties from The Sally Field Programme of course!

..don't no nothin' bout birthin' no babies!

[quote] Rob's son just graduated from Stanford. I'm thinking the house is just too big for them now. If you follow him on Instagram, you can see Patrick Scharzenegger and the other kids friends are always hanging out there. Time to move on.

I'm not certain that 2 additional people make a 10,000 square ft home (6 beds and 8 bathrooms) home less "big".

[quote] "It's a cool $47 million." Buy Lowe. Sell high.

Good luck with that; as your neighborhood is being swallowed up by mudslides and wildfires.

He may not get anywhere near full ask, but Rob will still make a shit ton of money. And yes, lots of people downsize when the kids leave the nest.

Montecito is one of the most desirable areas in CA, fires or not. Hell, most of Bel Air burned in the 60s and check out home prices there.

Think what the property taxes alone must be.

How many sitting rooms does a house need?

[quote] He may not get anywhere near full ask, but Rob will still make a shit ton of money. And yes, lots of people downsize when the kids leave the nest. Montecito is one of the most desirable areas in CA, fires or not. Hell, most of Bel Air burned in the 60s and check out home prices there.

And yes people also downsize when they run out of money. What Lowe actually makes will depend upon how much owes. Which we don't know.

2017 was a rough yr for that neighborhood.

All it needs is Rhett Butler.

R42 a lot of them!

R43, you are delirious. He built it in 2005 and just finished Bad Seed and is in Africa on another movie. Why would you think he needs money?

You must live paycheck to paycheck with your comments.

It's a grand house but I don't understand the furniture in it - too modern for the exterior. And I have never liked the spindly legs of mid century modern furniture either, you have to hover over it to avoid crashing through the floor into the basement below. Which probably has 78 spare chairs, just in case.

The maintenance must be bankrupting Lowe. I expect that's why he's selling. Good luck at that price.

Maybe he’s getting divorced.

LOL, r28, so true.

It's all the dining areas that irk me. Can you imagine having to chase all over creation to pick up every dirty dish? And the multiple utensils? Like no, that the colander goes in the basement kitchen.

The movie in Africa R46, Christmas In The Wild, is for Netflix. Doubtful he is making millions on that movie.

Hasn't he burned a lot of bridges in Santa Barbara? I seem to remember some nasty spats with various neighbors and the city officials.

His wife is a high-end jewelry designer who sells her wares at Bergdorf-Goodman and Neiman-Marcus. She definitely makes money but, like Rob, doesn't make the kind of money necessary to build such an expensive home and the exorbitant maintenance costs. They also have a few million in furniture, art and antiques in that home. I have a feeling that the wife is from a wealthy family.

If you google her, she's homely as can be. I think he married her for her money.

It's too rigidly tasteful and classy, and the sum is a bit plastic and perfect, like Rob.

The house is heavily staged. I’ve been there twice for fund raisers, once recently. The furniture and the art on the walls is staged. In addition, Rob Lowe is true class. He is down to earth and extremely nice. He also looks terrific up close. He’s aged very well.

Looks like something someone with either hundreds of millions of dollars or billions of dollars would live in.

Not Rob Lowe!

Remember his house in that show where he was something in Ojai (oranges?) with the gay brother who is now in The Russians (or was since it got cancelled). I always pictured him living in a place like that.

The Lowe’s probably can afford all that house because they got married early and stayed married. From the sound of it, he fucked all the nannies and she stayed put. She obviously knows which side her bread is buttered on.

It looks like a country club on the outside. If it really is staged, then they went overboard with the chairs and mid-century decor. No window treatments anywhere, just black Venetian blinds...odd. Seems bigger than 10,000 square feet, which really isn’t that big for these types of houses.

The real hoot is Derek Jeter's upstate NY "castle compound" which comes on after the Lowe home has finished. There's even a mini Statue of Liberty in the backyard.

I hope it's staged because there is just way too much furniture and generic art in every room. Even the pool has too much furniture all crowded about. The kitchen is ugly. The bathroom is ugly. Rooms with no purpose. Just too much in every sense.

R50, the point is he went from one movie to another. So what if it's Netflix? He always worked and made great money on West Wing.

Where did that annoying queen get all that money?!

[quote]His wife is a high-end jewelry designer who sells her wares at Bergdorf-Goodman and Neiman-Marcus. She definitely makes money but, like Rob, doesn't make the kind of money necessary to build such an expensive home and the exorbitant maintenance costs. They also have a few million in furniture, art and antiques in that home. I have a feeling that the wife is from a wealthy family. If you google her, she's homely as can be. I think he married her for her money.

I could swear that she started off in the business being a make-up artist. She is very homely though and unfortunately, their sons got her looks.

[quote]The house is heavily staged. I’ve been there twice for fund raisers, once recently. The furniture and the art on the walls is staged.

So what did you think of the decor? I would have loved to see the property as it really was, rather than the staged version.

[quote] From the sound of it, he fucked all the nannies and she stayed put. She obviously knows which side her bread is buttered on.

Yes, and she has a face like a can of worms.

I've told you this before but I love your posts and am glad you haven't been driven off, Tony Woodard. You remind me of my partner.

who does he think he is?? And how could he afford that??

Too big and boring. There's nothing original or personal here. I'm sure it's staged, but the whole layout comes off as traditionalist and bland.

Love the pool.

Too bad you'll never live within 1000 miles- so no need to worry.

I have a feeling that he was a kept boy when he was younger, probably by a billionaire oil sheik. The sheik obviously gave him tens of millions during their time together.

Too big for me, but I like the furniture. Especially that round table with the wood/leather chairs.

He's been working steadily since 1979. If he had and has sound financial advice the should have made a fortune. I hardly say someone who stared in West Wind, Brothers and Sisters, and Parks and Recreation as a sitcom star.

He may have made some tabloid headlines during his career but I don't remember any that would suggest he was squander his paychecks.

It is nice but a bit too big for his family. What did he need all that space for.

Does anyone know how much he paid for the estate? The selling price is not indicative of the original purchase price. I actually have to say I like it. There's too much of it, but what I saw in the pictures I did like. The front of the home was not to my liking, but the back patios were so nice and spacious. The interiors were nicely done and I loved the bar. The kitchen was the least to my liking, but just being picky. Great views of the mountains and their is a bit of an ocean view. Aside from all of this, I think they're asking way too much for it.

I will never understand some people's need for a 10,000sq ft or more home. They always usually look like hotels, resorts, museums or offices.

I love every inch of this property Never did I think freakin Rob Lowe would make it to the top of the DL Tasteful Friends list.

And you know, hats off to Lowe who's had decades to blow his Hollywood money, but instead has managed himself well.

There was a lot of 'cock action' going on there.

How the fuck did he accumulate so much $$$?

Ping Pong, billards, swimming, weight room--it looks like one of those fat farms rich women stayed at to lose weight back in the 1950's.

I'm also shocked he could afford this house. I love him though.

[quote]Too bad you'll never live within 1000 miles- so no need to worry.

This is like one of those tedious, fan comments on People magazine.

R64, you’re sweet, thank you. With the surety of conceit I’ll quote my grandmother and say that ‘you can just tell quality.’ Your husband sounds like a peach, you’re a lucky man!

I’m not really surprised by this house. This is all about his father. His dad is a lawyer and went to school in Charlottesville, VA and Rob was born there. This looks like a ‘Hollywood’ Greek Revival/Georgian retooling of a patrician patriot ideal, a slenderized Mount Vernon. He certainly believes in sticking to his roots; he’s the pater familias in his grand house, and screwing the help... Washington’s house and Jefferson’s behavior.

I and my shitbras should have had a closet! Men are pigs.

indeed. Someone should rent it before its sold and make some really dirty bareback porn with all-American preppy beauties and gorgeous trade representing the servant class.

I give it a 5 for effort. It's totally out of context for its environment. Santa Barbara and Montecito are know for their Spanish Moorish Architecture. Santa Barbara has very strict city codes about how things should look. Tile roofs, wood exteriors running in the right direction, forbidding large street signs like McDonald, gas stations etc. Santa Barbara has been referred to as the Mediterranean of the west in part to that consistency in architecture. This house looks like it was just dropped there like a Disney theme park haunted mansion.

Does it come with vintage, used, classic jockstraps?

Who knew rob lowe is so rich!

The laminate floors make me puke

Isn't it possible all the materials are natural, but new and glossed up? Rob Lowe's current plastic perfection is presumably built on a body made of living cells.

You lives here? A company?

Meant: WHO lives here? A company?

It's hot where I live.....

R85, get yourself back to your optometrist. Clearly time for a new prescription.

He’ll get 27 mil for it tops.

Laminate floors.

Cheap cheap cheap

Does Oprah drop over and ask to borrow a cup -- or a ten-pound bag -- of sugar?

I think it is clearly staged. There are no personal touches. The art is very generic.

What Timmy and Babe said.

Why are people surprised he has money? He has been working since 1979. The Outsiders was released in 1983. What if he pulled all, most or some of his money out of the market shortly after the dot.com bubble started to burst? He still would have made a fortune.

How the hell does Rob Lowe of all people afford this house?

He must get a hefty paycheck for making a series unwatchable.

Dull.

JFC, what a bunch of idiots on this thread. How many times does it have to be posted that he has been working forever? I went to high school with Ted McGinley and he has at least $25 million in real estate, all paid for. A house in the Palisades, one on Balboa Island and some rentals.

Asking isnt getting though, but Rob will most likely make a nice profit on this place after 13 years.

Love it BUT the kitchen reminds of The Shining kitchen. And the upper railing/stairs reminds me The Omen house.

[quote]Why are people surprised he has money? He has been working since 1979. The Outsiders was released in 1983. What if he pulled all, most or some of his money out of the market shortly after the dot.com bubble started to burst? He still would have made a fortune.

Rob put the money he made into things like any smart celeb should do.

He partnered up with billionaire Tom Barrack years ago who he was very close with. Rob Lowe and Barrack with Barrack's Colony group purchased Miramax back in 2010 for 660 million.

It sold in 2016 to a group overseas in Qatar for an estimated 1 billion dollars. He was also part of some of his other media ventures.

As for the home, I thought about posting this here but upon really looking at the listing the place looked quite nice so I saw no reason to.

Thanks for posting this OP!

Such a lovely hotel.

R101- yes, he certainly cultivates the right people. Seems nice too. I love the way he treated the firefighters recently, catered meals.

When it comes to celebrity homes, people don't pay extra because a celebrity owned it, they pay market value. Only the clelb thinks its worth more. Oprah bought the most expensive piece of property in that area at the time and it was 50 million. Way above most other estates. His is nothing compared to her estate, doubt he will get asking price. The house itself is garbage from an architectural point of view. What you are paying for is the land and location.

Ewww

Laminate floors

I'm digging the laminate floor truthers. Cracking me the fuck up.

They're not even good laminate floors. They look like 1970s 8x10 wood panelling for rec room walls.

If you were building a house of this size and caliber, why would you use laminate? From the pictures shown, looks like a lot of reclaimed wide plank stuff. I worry that the taste and knowledge level here is dropping precipitously.

[quote] I went to high school with Ted McGinley and he has at least $25 million in real estate, all paid for.

Many of these pretty boy actors, like Rob and Ted, had rich sugar daddies who gave them millions and helped them profit from lucrative business deals. There are closeted oil sheiks who want the prize of a famous movie idol boyfriend.

Get glasses r108

Did that joke a bit better than you a while back, flooring expert.

Whatevs r111. You still seem to be missing the differences between the reclaimed hardwood and the laminate. I agree some reclaimed hardwood was used. The rest is laminate.

Get glasses r111.

I love the leading line about all the tragedy in this area. Always a selling point for a nearly 50 million dollar home. Rob Lowe made crazy amounts of money with investments and the Miramax deal in the past few years. I wonder why he is selling this house. Is he leaving his frau wife? I doubt she would willingly jump ship although his boys are adult aged at this point. She has always put up with his cheating and scandals, so maybe he has found someone new to have John Stamos style babies with?

How many areas do you need to have a sit down? Damn.

No open floor plan with the kitchen? Fuck that, burn the place down.

I would love to get fucked in each of those chairs!

Again, dude. They've did a costly new build. You were already wrong once. Your thoughts on the subject are far from reliable. This is the hill you're gonna stake your claim on? Go ahead.

Yep, that was an editing error, lol.

r1

He doesn't pay cash for it. And when he can no longer afford it, the realtors love it, because they can add to the value by saying a celebrity lived there.

Dear god, are there no gay men posting on this thread? The floors are magnificent wire brushed French oak.

I have nothing bad to say. Gorgeous place.

All beautiful til I got to the morgue/kitchen.

Yuck.

R12O gets it. So many wanna be house flipper types that don't know quality when it's smacking them in the face.

Oh my G!!!! The pond has Japanese fish!!

And I disagree with the poster above who said 10,000 is too big. If you want to live the kind of life where having fundraisers for big charities and things is important to you, having a big house with lots of room is key.

R109, you know shit. Ted did not have or need a rich sugar daddy- he came from an upper class family in Newport Beach with money. One of the nicest guys ever, knew his limitations, worked his ass off and was rewarded for it by Aaron Spelling.

And then there was Married With Children. Most actors would have killed for that role alone.

Please don't post with the big boys.

R125 um Married with Children was low low budget. I'd call that the sunset of his career.

I hate it

The 'sex tape' with that scorching hot, and probably professional, number reveals Rob's homosexuality.

One guy/two fish = str8 city.......but Two guys/one fish - homo time!

They had the nerve to call this the Gold Room. Sheesh! Thin gilt. Half the decor is old bits and pieces from decrepit Europe. What kind of chandeliers are those! Not a single crystal! Boy those Vanderbilts deserved their social climbing reputation. Now I KNOW classy. I have the classiest homes. If its gold, its solid gold you better believe it. The White House is a dump by the way.

Really beautiful estate. I did notice all the chairs too. It's like a fetish, isn't it?

"The Shining" kitchen is obviously a catering/service kitchen. The show kitchen is in the previous photo.

I’m with R82. Its looks Disney. And it’d be like living in a big resort hotel rather than a home. Meh.

Still - some Russian or Chinese - or arab! - gazillionsire will likely snap it up to launder some dough. Though bet he’ll be lucky to 75% of the asking price. Even those guys have their limits - and it’s not like funneling dirty money through Lowe is likely to get them any political indulgences as well.

That's not staged. The furniture is generally beautiful (Hermes blankets at $2500 a pop on every chair in the media room!) though there must be 200 places to sit and the outdoor furniture does make the property look like a resort.

Imagine living in a house like that in a location like that. Wow.

[quote]They live nest door to Oprah

[quote]Can you imagine?

Easily. I imagine that she is a good and considerate neighbor. One could do considerably worse.

As for the place: Too much stuff and far too cluttered. I do like "The Shining" stainless steel kitchen (even if it is for catering and service), the huge walk-in closet, and the cinema/media room. The pool and its immediate area is gorgeous.

Probably owes a ton on it. Who does she think she is? Johnny Depp???

Now I'm curious how much he owes. Im not logging into my work computer today, but will look over the weekend.

[quote]How many areas do you need to have a sit down? Damn.

I'm going to break into his house and sit in every one of those chairs. Smash them to the floor!

I've rarely seen a house match its owner so well. If you turned that symmetrical, traditional, beautiful but slightly dull house into a person, it would BE Rob Lowe.

[quote] [R43], you are delirious. He built it in 2005 and just finished Bad Seed and is in Africa on another movie. Why would you think he needs money? You must live paycheck to paycheck with your comments.

I don't know whether Lowe needs money or not. You stated that people often downsize; when the kids leave. I stated that people often downsize; when they run out of money. No one here knows what the real reason is or how much Lowe has or doesn't have in his bank account.

r138 deserved to be banned for flagrant abuse of semicolons.

R138, I will look up how much he owes at work. I'm betting it's not that much. I did read the article and he does say he is downsizing because the kids moved- but of course he could be a liar!

Why is not dere more of that gold? Dat is what is class.

[quote] [R138] deserved to be banned for flagrant abuse of semicolons.

An independent clause contains a subject and verb, and conveys a complete thought. It is a sentence in its own right. When joining two independent clauses without the use of a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, or nor), use a semicolon.

[R138], I will look up how much he owes at work. I'm betting it's not that much. I did read the article and he does say he is downsizing because the kids moved- but of course he could be a liar!

Yes I'm aware of what Lowe said. Where are you checking, register of deeds?

R142, I'm a bank fraud invesigator- I can find out the loans against the property.

R143-if you really are who you say you are then you know very well that you could lose your job for that, looking up someone

My company doesn't care- I do it discreetly and not very often. I don't work for the government.

Sheryl and Rob Lowe both have been accused of sexual harassment. Sheryl apparently strolled around the house exposing herself and engaging in "crude" behavior. Rob- ditto. His "friend"Tom Barrack well known for orgy type parties. Nasty perverts.

Too pretentious and too huge. Nothing seems right proportion wise, and nothing seems authentic or unique. A very grand effort made by a very insecure person. Loved the comment from the poster above who said it resembles a Restoration Hardware store! DE TROP

Lots of jealousy on this thread.

He is like Brad Pitt; pretty but definitely not masculine or handsome.

Rob has always reminded me of Brad Pitt. Just more feminine.

Guess he needed a house with a West Wing.

R148 Just because some of us have taste, and understand the difference between vulgar displays of wealth (conspicuous consumption) and knowing how to live well with nice authentic things does not make us jealous R148. Most people wouldn't want a house like this. It would be fine to visit as an inn or a B&B, take a swim, play some tennis and enjoy the view, but to actually live there? Embarassing.

Scarlett O'Lowe.

Embarrassing is a little harsh. It's not too large considering and has beautiful grounds and view. I could work with it.

Good on you for being able to work it R154. I am entirely entitled to my opinion. It is an ersatz version of an old money Georgian Revival. I know better not to ever live in something so tacky. Even if I genuinely felt no embarrassment, my family and friends would remind me daily! My values would prevent me from living in something so over the top as well.

Agree with the proportion criticism.

Personally, I favor smaller spaces and use of color. I guess it has to be more of a blank slate, for marketing purposes, but whatever. I’m not their target.

It’s not ugly or anything, but I wouldn’t want it. And that’s not sour grapes.

Vintage gossip: “Lowe, Rob. Caught on tape enjoying favors of an underage girl in the company of another man. Slut. Never graduated from high school; couldn't tell you who's buried in Grant's Tomb. Has acquired a well-earned diva reputation on the set of West Wing. Good with his fans, though. Linked with Jane Fonda, Jodie Foster (merkin duty), Melissa Gilbert, Fawn Hall, Nastassja Kinski, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy, and Princess Stephanie.”

Where did he get the money for a house like that? He never starred in any blockbuster movies, or starred in any hit TV shows with wide syndication.

He's doing something illegal here.

Omg r158. Read the rest of the thread.

r158-- Before he made it big, he was on the Price is Right and won the Showcase Showdown. It set him up pretty well for life.

Glad the standard of taste is still here, as in the "Tasteful Friends" threads. R156 and other posters can see the proportions are all wrong. There is an utter lack of symmetry as well: a hallmark if you will of great classical design. True Georgian style is all about symmetry. It doesn't take a Brit to see this. This is the epitome of American excess in all its "glory".

so very many, MANY chairs. Couldn't one have 75% fewer chairs and 1 servant to move chairs where you want them when you need them, especially on the porches, verandas, terraces, and lawns. All I see are CHAIRS.

Yes, the plethora of chairs is amusing too R162. With this much money, one could have three lovely homes with staff in three different countries, and still have money left for better things, and who needs so many chairs after all?

It would make a great bed & breakfast, but a strange place for a family to live. If its not staged then the wife has very masculine taste.

Rob’s sex tape sounds so hot, too bad about the underage girl cause I’d love to watch it

That can’t be pro staging—wife has a chair fetish...bet she is a major frau

[quote] Beautiful home. Was it the Colby mansion on that "Dallas" spin-off?

*sigh* "The Colbys" was a "Dynasty" spin-off. The house used was the Hilton estate in Bel Air. Conrad Hilton bought it for a song in 1950 from the original owner, Hilda Boldt Weber. Between her gambling habit and construction of the house, she went bankrupt and later killed herself.

It’s positively beautiful. I was never a fan of Rob Lowe and never found him to be handsome or even talented. Yet, this house is stunning.

The Hilda Boldt Weber Bel Air mansion was fab.

R168, creepy figure there to the left.

Yes. Large scale.

I prefer the Colby-Hilton-Boldt pad, just from the pics

It's a Wonderful Life is the movie on the tv screen.

I remember some tv interview where he said the boys would go out back and surf all day. Amazing life and house.

Many of the rooms look small or maybe they were just shot at poor angles and the exteriors look like a hotel or resort. I'm sure the taxes and upkeep on this must be killing him. I wouldn't pay over $30 million for it and Oprah would have to relocate as part of the deal.

magnificent, but 47 mil seems too expensive

He has been sober almost 30 years and his wife was his make-up artist. She was very protective of him when he was getting sober and getting his career back on track after the sex tape. He was a regular on three successful TV series and worked steadily in film and TV.....so take out booze/drugs, add good business/investment managers and I can see how he has a $47 million house.

47 Mill' and no Gift Shop? Peasants -

R168 looks like The Beverly Hillbillies mansion.

R155, let's see your house- you pretentious queen. And those of your fabulous friends and family. You reek of Flyoverstan, or should I say grease.

I do think it's the height of DL to weigh in and say, oh, the house is only worth 27 million. Or 35 million. Or I'd never pay 47 million for that. Maybe 30 million. Bitches. please. You can afford a nice condo in a decent neighborhood. Good for you. Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

didn't he rape some teenagers?

The majority of these comments are by posters with no idea of real estate or how things work. $45 million, his property taxes! How can he afford that? That is the asking price for the house, not what he paid for the land and to build the house. He pays his taxes based on the land value (bought in 2005) and the .improvements. Most of you are hopeless, especially the laminate flooring morons.

You deserve your condos in Cleveland, rented or owned.

R164 / R183, my understanding is that the tape had multiple women on it. On the same tape there was a video of the 16 year old and her 22 year old friend or girlfriend depending on who you ask. Due to the fact that it was 1988 and in Georgia the sex with the 16 year old wasn't illegal, the recording of it was. However the 16 year old used a fake ID and thus the "intent" to "knowingly" record someone underage wasn't there. The girls slept with him then stole the tape (they later made copies) and some of his money. He did community service, settled with the younger one's parents for the recording and was never formally charged with anything. The part of it online is of a model named Jennifer, who was an adult, who had sex with Rob and his friend which was also on the same tape.

On the surface he comes off as a nice, affable, person but we know from leaks and his own mouth that he had behind the scenes trouble with many of the casts that he has worked with. It wasn't until Parks & Rec did he actually work on a show where the cast didn't entirely hate him afterwards and even after he left the show (only to return at the end) he managed to continue to hang out with them. It seems like whatever his issues were he got over them.

Finally, nice house. Beautiful house but that asking price is way too high.

Slide 8 of the photo gallery.....I have that same toaster in my kitchen, in the 2-slice version! It's by Cuisinart.

Honest to god. We are so proud. Shut up now please.

Fuck right off R187. Please go away.

Remember he had the direct TV commercial gig as well.

John Corbett and Flo the insurance gal are set for life

For once a Tasteful Friends offering that is beautiful.

I love all of it. It's nicely decorated, not overloaded with furniture and art, tasteful, has some great outdoor spaces and verandahs. Love it!

I could happily live there for the rest of my life but I would definitely need a cleaner.

How many full or part time staff do we think this requires? An estate manager, 2 housekeepers, a team of gardeners that come 2 full days each week. Pool service. Is the tennis court clay? If so that requires at least weekly maintenance.

Do they have a full time cook? Rob and Sheryl each must have a full time assistant. The kids are older so don’t need nannies anymore but there must have been one for each kid when they were young.

Staff for this property alone could be $1 MM a year.

And he must also own a vacation house or two, right?

Why you getting so emotional and defensive R181; did you design the bloody thing or what? Get yourself a tube of Vagisil for that irritated "Big Boy" twat of yours.

One of the best looking men who ever lived. But if you had told me he'd still be a working actor, four decades later, I'd have laughed. He gets a lot of points for pure survival in a business that a lot of others didn't (I liked his two books too).

The semi-colon queen strikes again!

I think the grounds are amazing but the house and its interiors, while lovely in a generic sense, are somewhat underwhelming. Just really bland and unmemorable. I'm a realtor in Colorado, so I have seen some grand spaces and knock-your-socks-off homes. I wouldn't rank this home anywhere near the top of desirable properties available on the market unless you really wanted to live in Montecito and loved the lot and its amenities.

Like you can compare Highlands Ranch to Montecto.

Gorgeous home and location including magnificent oaks which aren't featured in the photos. I'd live out my days here even after it fell into disrepair gliding through her rooms in grand robes and colorful turbans.

CO, this must be a joke post.

What’s the act called? The Aristocrats!

"True Georgian style is all about symmetry."

Yeah... Mount Vernon's windows are gonna have to disagree with you on that.

Honestly many of you need to hand in your DL celeb gossip cards. Sheryl Lowe (nee Berkoff) got her start in showbiz as a well-known MUA on LA porn shoots. She was also something of an 80s metal-hair band follower (some would say, groupie) and a mainstay at spots like the Rainbow on the Strip. They've done a great job 'erasing' her past over the years, as Lowe was outspokenly political and would toy with the notion of running for office. This was discussed a lot on early DL threads back in the day.

She also dated Lowe pal Emilio Estevez before hooking up with RL. That makes two women stolen by other actors (Demi Moore the other). The other rumor about her & the hubs is they were heavily into BDSM at home, with Lowe the sub (obviously).

Her marriage to Lowe seems stable and she certainly has helped keep him sober and productive so it's worked out well. NICE house.

I wouldn't refer to Mt. Vernon as true Georgian style either R200, though more honest in its approach than the Lowe estate, MV is Palladian, or Neo-Palladian specifically with additions, and unplanned later structures. In Britain, we use the term probably more narrowly than Americans do. Mt. Vernon is a timber structure by an unknown architect, something we would not hold up as an example of true Georgian style in Britain, though of the period. Architecture can be described in numerous ways, however symmetry remains a strong feature of planned Georgian structures by notable Architects. This is best or more aptly described as a Colonial Neo-Palladian, with an earlier Carolean-style cupola.

Neighbors Rob, Ellen Degeneres, and Scooter Braun have all had their Montecito houses featured in Architectural Digest recently. I think they've had it with the fires and mudslides and want to sell before the next big one hits. It costs them a lot of money to protect their properties and to clean-up all the mess when it's over.

Do you think Oprah will stay put in Montecito, or do you think she'll end up selling too?

MUA?

Stunning home, grounds, view

Beautiful house and grounds not like the huge monstrosities built by the nouveau Rich’s tech giants.

A publicist told me that he and his wife have always been so close with their boys that he can't stand being the in house where they grew up now that they're going off on their own - one is finishing law school, the other just graduated from Stanford. He says its too sad and he & Cheryl need to move on to the next chapter. He adores his boys and they him. It's obvious from interviews they have done together and from their show The Lowe Files.

Someone help me understand why someone who is a laughing stock needs such a house.

Does George Hamilton have a house like Buckingham Palace?

R207 keep the bullshit. Most people love their kids and most people don’t pick up and move after their kids graduate from college. And Lowe’s 2 sons have been in college for the last few yrs. So they haven’t lived there permanently for a while.

R196, you obviously know nothing and are determined to display that ignorance for all to see. Colorado's resort areas have amazing homes that are much more beautiful and dazzling than that rather tired colonial. As I mentioned, the grounds are lovely but the home itself is nothing unusual or particularly interesting. Perhaps you should try educating yourself before venturing to post.

Except you work in Highlands Ranch.

McMansion?

Jesus, more seating than the Rose Bowl. That house is brimming with places to sit down.

They even have seats for individual parts of the body.

MUA = makeup artist.

Good luck getting that price. It'll go for 20 something million.

One of the Ecclestone brats bought the Spelling mansion for around $80m a few years ago, did some tacky renovation job and now has it listed for $200m.

And it isn't going anywhere R217.

I love all these apartment dwellers who couldn't come up with $5000.00 cash in the next 5 days if their lives depended on it commenting on the materials used in the construction of this house. BITCH PLEASE!.

Where's the mall?

There is no mall. Rob isn't a tacky Jew.

[quote]keep the bullshit. Most people love their kids and most people don’t pick up and move after their kids graduate from college. And Lowe’s 2 sons have been in college for the last few yrs. So they haven’t lived there permanently for a while.

Most people, R209? Many parents move after their kids are out of the house and show no signs of ever returning. Maybe they've reached retirement age and head to a place with a better climate or that they've always wanted to live? Maybe they don't need all the extra room, sell it, make a few bucks at some point and move to a smaller place that they don't have to manage as well. I know quite a few people whose parents just up and left the place where they grew up as soon as they graduated college because they have zero reason to provide stability for anyone. It happens.

Also he obviously loves those kids very much and did a tv series with them last year. So it's not too much of a stretch of the imagination that he might not like walking past their empty rooms every day. Some people have actual feelings.

[quote] I'm just impressed that Rob Lowe can afford a $47 million dollar crib.

I'm still stunned that he has an asset worth that much.

He was so hot in the Go-Go's "Turn to You" video back in the day.

I actually like Rob's most recent sitcom (the one where he played Fred Savage's older brother.) Both that, and the one with John Stamos and Josh Peck, should've been renewed.

Y'all are crazy if you think Rob could afford that house strictly from his B-list acting career. If that were the case, then John Stamos and Robbie Benson should be living in $50 million houses, too.

Hollywood pretty boys like him had rice sugar daddies who bankrolled them. I bet his sugar daddy died and left him a fortune.

no stable?

Do his ugly sons also live at home? Rob passed on none of his good looks to his sons.

One is in law school R228, the other is filming a Netflix movie with Lowe.

His sons seem to have gotten their mothers looks but in all the wrong ways.

R226, why do you believe that someone would pay Rob Lowe more money than what he makes on a TV series, for sex?

People who pay for sex aren’t paying more for sex than a production company pays for its talent.

It’s like you genuinely have a blind spot, where you think that the only way attractive people make it big in life, is on their backs or on their knees. You lack imagination for real and likely scenarios , and seem to err on the side of extraordinary, unique circumstances. If you work regularly, and save money, and invest wisely, and do all of these things consistently, you can buy a house! This house? Probably not, but a house.

Rob has always worked. He definitely could and did afford this house.

Now, back to the house. I wouldn’t live in it if I could afford to. The land and location are the greatest appeal of the place. As someone said upthread, from an architectural POV, the house is trash. Very pretty, well staged trash, but nevertheless, you get the point.

Not sure why anyone would build something so big. He must entertain often.

The biggest surprise regarding Lowe isn’t this house, but his wife. Isn’t she HUGE? I cannot remember what she looks like, but I remember seeing a photo of her years ago, and I was very surprised that she was plus sized.

I went to school with a guy like this. He was GORGEOUS. Ended up marrying a woman who looked like an oversized beach ball who once did lots of meth.

I’m such a cunt for writing that. I know. Sorry Rob! Proud of you for taking good care of your hard earned cash, though!!!! And Stanford for your boy. The future in politics that you always wanted, and honestly, can actually reconsider, because the bar is pretty fucking low, and I doubt it can get lower, though it inevitably will!

Why anyone would want to live in a monstrosity like that beats me. I can't imagine he has balls like the royal family.

I've never seen a photo of her being "HUGE" R230. All of us gain weight differently, unfortunately for her she seems to gain it in the middle.

Bet he loves the tax cuts.

He made a lot of movies in the 80s. And when he left the west wing he was earning 75k an episode (he wanted more) and he was on that show about 4 years so he made close to 8 million there alone. Most 80s stars burned through their money on drugs and partying but maybe Rob was smarter about it.

Out of that 8 million R234 are taxes and manager. Just for argument's sake he netted 4 million. The unknown would be his living expenses and investments. Even in California I would imagine you could live well with 1 million/year. So that would leave 3 million for investment.

He has aged quite well, so far.

But R235 that’s just one of his many roles. We’re actors not paid well in the 80s? The brat pack was huge and he kept on making movies beyond all of them.

I guess the question is how much they paid for this place. If he only paid 10 million that would probably seem more reasonable

For Magnum, P.I. Selleck made $220,000/episode R237. I don't what year into the series that was negotiated.

Books are Awwww-fully decorative, don't you think?

If you look at his IMDB, he never stopped working. 3 series alone at almost 240 episodes total.

I remember reading when he was first hired for West Wing he was planned to be the lead. All stories circled around his character more than Martin Sheen's President Barlett. But they found him to be such an asshole, President Barlett became the lead. Could that be right? I swear I read that.

I don’t think so R241. He was supposed to be more of a lead than he was but it quickly became an ensemble. When the show started Allison Janey and Robert Schiff and the rest were making less than half of what Rob was. By the time he left they were making close to what he was and he wanted more. Rob was making $75k and thought he should be making closer to what Sheen was (around 300 an episode) but Sheen was always supposed to be a big dog. The rest were surprise breakout stars.

I did like Sam Seaborne and wish he’d stayed on the show.

I loved the West Wing. I believe the stories about Lowe. I had a neighbor many years ago who worked with him, and didn’t have anything much to say, other than Lowe was not an agreeable person.

It really doesn't make any difference- he keeps getting hired, so he can't be that bad. Anyone can play his parts.

He wants to get out of Mendicino before the next big rainstorm rolls trailer park size boulders down the hill to mow the house down.

He doesn't live in Mendicino you cretin.

Does he live in "Moneticito" (sic)?

R244, it seems that whatever issues he had working with casts he got over once he started Parks & Rec. There haven't been any (unless someone has heard something) stories about him since he did the series where he seemed to get along with everyone. Rashida Jones referred to him as a, "benevolent narcissist." The guy was even okay with playing a blue bisexual alien that sleeps with Seth MacFarlane's character on The Orville. Maybe he learned not to take himself so seriously?

Does he have another house closer to LA? Because it can be quite a slog commuting from Santa Barbara.

[quote] One of the Ecclestone brats bought the Spelling mansion for around $80m a few years ago, did some tacky renovation job and now has it listed for $200m

Candy Spelling initially listed that 56,000 square ft. monstrosity for $150 million, in 2009. Didn't sell til 2011. When Ecclestone bought it, 2 yrs, $85 million.

Maybe Lowe can afford to keep his home and maybe he can't. No one here knows whats in that man's bank account.

We don't know what's in his bank account, but he's never out of work. It's not like he's some desperate has-been.

[quote] We don't know what's in his bank account, but he's never out of work. It's not like he's some desperate has-been.

He has had periods where his career stopped or slowed down. And no major network is paying him 75,000 per episode anymore. He's done several basic cable movies for Lifetime and now hes' doing something for netflix. Both his career and his paychecks have declined.

Rob and Cheryl are nice people, believe it or not. She has kept him sober. She was also very smart about money, and kept buying and redoing houses. They probably paid no more than $5,000,000 for the land, and could easily have built a 10,000 square foot house back then for $500 per square foot. Add in a few million for furnishing and landscaping, pools, etc and they could easily be in that house for under $15,000,000 which based on his earnings and the value they created from their previous homes is very affordable for them. Throw in the money he made on the Miramax deal and he's doing just fine. The house is likely his biggest asset but it makes sense to sell now.

How many "hangout" spaces does one need? The entire house seems designed around lounging. He must own 200+ various chairs and couches.

[quote] Rob and Cheryl are nice people, believe it or not. She has kept him sober. She was also very smart about money, and kept buying and redoing houses. They probably paid no more than $5,000,000 for the land, and could easily have built a 10,000 square foot house back then for $500 per square foot. Add in a few million for furnishing and landscaping, pools, etc and they could easily be in that house for under $15,000,000 which based on his earnings and the value they created from their previous homes is very affordable for them. Throw in the money he made on the Miramax deal and he's doing just fine. The house is likely his biggest asset but it makes sense to sell now.

Perhaps or perhaps not. Lowes friend Tom Barrack (with whom Lowe invested money for the Miramax deal) is a close friend of Donald Trumps. Which sheds further light on Lowe's deplorable political leanings. Bad reputation + deplorable does not = nice. Sounds like a real asshole.

[quote][R32], what a bitter cunt. I saw him at 19 and he was one of the most beautiful men I'd ever seen. So what if his acting isn't the greatest?

Oh, well in that case! Give this man the moon & the stars! He deserves it!

Interestingly enough someone earlier compared him to John Stamos. And Stamos has a higher estimated net worth.

R252, he was making $175K for Code Black. Do shut up.

BTW, Code Black was on CBS. Is that not a major network?

[quote] [R252], he was making $175K for Code Black. Do shut up

Really after the cancellation I would think not? That showed lasted only 3 seasons and he paid less than in the past.

‘Code Black’ Canceled After Three Seasons At CBS

The sad news came today that we were cancelled,” Seitzman wrote. “It’s been a true joy to make this show and watch your response every week. Thank you for all of your passion. Truly, our best episodes have yet to air. We hope you’ll watch and enjoy them. We made them for you.”

Yes, I know it was cancelled, but it was a major network and recent. You are one fucking stupid fag.

[quote] Yes, I know it was cancelled, but it was a major network and recent. You are one fucking stupid fag.

That was a major network that was not paying him $75,000.00 per episode. Which is what I stated earlier. No major network is paying him 75,000 per episode anymore. Both his career and his pay checks are declining. Which is not unusual for an actor his age. And only in your head is he your boyfriend. Name calling won't change that. Get over it.

I can't imagine a recovering alcoholic having that wine cellar and fully stocked wet bar. I could never do that.

"Everything personal has been stripped out."

Kind of like Rob Lowe.

[quote]No major network is paying him 75,000 per episode anymore.

You want to be right so bad, R262.

Be honest, you forgot Code Black existed, is currently still airing (despite being cancelled it still has an episode or two left) and that Lowe was being paid well for it.

Lowe has has been a regular on a TV series on a network every single year since 2010 whether that's NBC, FOX or CBS and there is no doubt he will book a regular spot on another series next year because the man doesn't stop working.

[quote] You want to be right so bad, [R262]. Be honest, you forgot Code Black existed, is currently still airing (despite being cancelled it still has an episode or two left) and that Lowe was being paid well for it. Lowe has has been a regular on a TV series on a network every single year since 2010 whether that's NBC, FOX or CBS and there is no doubt he will book a regular spot on another series next year because the man doesn't stop working.

Why are even still talking. I don't "want to be right." I am right. Everything that said was correct. Including the fact that Lowe is on;y your boyfriend in your head. Do move on.

All right kids...give it a rest

R266, that last post was someone else. You are not right. Code Blue- CBS, salary $175,000. You do the math.

R265 Rob Lowe is TV poison his shows are constantly getting cancelled. Just because he’s working doesn’t mean he’s making anywhere near enough to afford a 50 million dollar house.

It’s not surprising CBS was paying him that. He was making 75k decades ago on the west wing and left because he thought he was worth more so obviously inflation has caused his salary to go up.

Anyway he probably paid nowhere near 50 million for this place and won’t get 50 million for it.

Of course he didn't pay what he's asking, but even if he gets half that a nice profit.

R271 I agree. He’s done very well for himself

"I'm on CBS, Kirstie!"

Rob sold another house in Santa Barbara for over $20 million to some big shot- blanking on the name. I think it was in AD too.

Rob's other house and the Franchise Tax Board

I’m convinced he’s laundering drug money there’s no other explaination for these properties.

Does he get residuals for The West Wing?

How many chairs does one need? Christ, every room had twenty chairs, even the bathroom has a chair. It was just him and his wife and two kids.

Love the bad photoshopped TV screens.

R275 shows exactly where the money cam from to build the house that's now for sale.

R254, that’s what I was thinking. And he’s sober??? Fuck, I’d have to drink all day to lounge in all of those rooms. I would have died prematurely had I lived there.

R276, he made around $4.5 million for the show that was just cancelled Code Black, moved directly to starring and directing in The Bad Seed remake, and is now filming a movie in Africa. So there is an explanation. He works a lot. He's got almost 100 credits on IMDB, and several were series.

Also, the idiot poster who knows nothing thinks Netflix, Lifetime and other "non major" networks don't pay well. That's not true.

[quote] In 2006, Lowe and his wife, jewelry designer Sheryl Lowe, quietly purchased the vacant property for $8.5 million

Okay, one of my family members bought a very similar looking home--but 7000 sq feet with one guest house/poolhouse--of the same quality, so I would guess that this house with two guest houses cost between 3.5-4 to actually build. (Then throw in the pool and landscaping.)

I would guess the house in total cost him about 12.5 million.

Discuss.

The Suits of CBS ruined Code Black by putting him in it. The two actors he replaced, Bonnie Somerville and Raza Jaffrey, are performers I actually enjoyed, playing characters I liked. Lowe's character never really fit into the fabric of the show. With all his running around from one external emergency to another, he hardly interacted with the main cast. It was like two shows interspersed in the 46 minute time period. Very poor. Very television-by-committee. I mourn it not, though I will miss Leanne, Mario, Jesse, Rollie, and Angus.

His wife was cute when she was younger. Now she looks matronly. But that doesn’t matter. Sometimes men know what’s good for them and partner with a clever woman who’s an excellent manageress. She’s probably strong enough for both of them and does all the heavy lifting. He’s not leaving her because he’d be nothing without her. I know real-life straight couples like this, on a smaller scale. And sometimes it’s the man holding it all together, not trying to be sexist.

Anyway, good for them. I wouldn’t want the house, but it’s impressive.

She was never cute and their kids are fug.

He never stops working! Omg! So do 99.9% of the rest of us.

I would like to point out that nearly every other straight male actor has one or two expensive divorces and child support payments which have whittled down his net worth significantly. Rob has somehow managed to stay together with his plain wife for nearly all of his adult life. I suspect that selecting a plain but capable woman was part and parcel of his long term plan.

I am old enough to remember when he was first dating Berkhoff and the comments about her then were even less kind than the ones are here.

Oh, and why does everyone keep referring to RL as a Deplorable? He was such an actively dedicated Democrat he went to ATL for the convention which led to his underage scandal at the Peachtree Plaza in 1988. Has he converted?

I've never liked him in any of his series. He was worthless on Brothers and Sisters as well as on Parks and Recreation. He always seems to be acting in a different series from the rest of the cast.

That being said, he's got a high Q rating and has been working and buying and selling real estate for a long time. He's likely also invested well. He comes from an upper class family, unlike many actors who pretty much blow whatever they make. So I imagine he has significant assets to afford to run an estate of that size.

Please remember, he built the house, so his actual costs are bound to have been much less than what he's acting.

I completely forgot Calista Flockhart and Lowe were on that show.

R288 he hates Trump but has some libertarian leanings and finds some of the super PC SJW stuff ridiculous based on twitter. Silly to call him a deplorable

B list. Nobody earns enough to live like a king. This is the problem with the US. The few eat all the good stuff and the rest are fucked. Sports "stars" are even worse.

Apparently Amy Poehler hated working with him on Parks and Rec. I've read he's entirely self involved and egocentric.

Amy Poehler's pussy stinks.

Taxes alone must be at least a weeks salary on a sitcom.

The chairs....my God, the chairs.....

I remember buying a bootleg copy of his sex tape at a porn store- it was called Raw Blow. Great ass and nice dick- a little on the thin side but nice and long.

He’s doing Atkins’ shakes commercials now

Keep those jobs coming honey!

His neighbors are Oprah and Ellen. Any damage from the fire and flood or only in the non $26 million dollar house part of town?

There are pictures of the fire on his Instagram if you are curious enough to look. He helped the firefighters and also had meals catered from his house once it was out of danger.

He may be neighbors with Oprah and Ellen, but he's not part of their social circle because he a Republican asshole.

R256, I belong to this association, however, in a different city.

R297, YOU try dating a pencil dick.

I wouldn't call it a pencil dick, and I'm a top anyway.

[quote]He may be neighbors with Oprah and Ellen, but he's not part of their social circle because he a Republican asshole.

Please...I can hear Oprah now introducing him as "My friend and neighbor--Rob Lowe!"

STILL TRYING!

Doesn't belong in Santa Barbara or Monetcito. Totally out of place. The main style there is a combination of Spanish Moorish architectures. People visiting from Europe often say it's the one place in California that reminds them most of the Mediterranean. In Santa Barbara, they have very strict building codes to keep it that way. No building is allowed to be higher than 4 stores except for those that survived the 1925 earthquake. Public buildings must be Spanish style. Billboards are not allowed. Big neon sign are not allowed. Smoke stacks or industries that produce smoke are not allowed. So a place like McDonald's has a small gold 18 inch plaque instead of a big neon sign.

Good for hm but I can't wrap the concept of a 20 room house. I have zero need or desire for that much space. Why however does he shove as much furniture in each room? The rooms are huge but there is no floor space having to maneuver around all the couches and chairs.

It's not about using all those rooms. Bet he has never had more than 3 ever used at one time. The main reason rich people buy ultra large homes is to park their millions of dollars into real estate. Stock market is volatile and banks only insure up to 500,000. Even if the housing market drops, you still have something physical of value.

Too big and too white.

Matches his bland personality.

I'd rather have multiple nice homes than an albatross like this. And who builds a house from the ground up to dump it after a decade?