{"id":2942,"date":"2021-12-28T03:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T08:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhythmnation.online\/?p=2942"},"modified":"2022-01-11T03:03:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T08:03:29","slug":"huh-kanye-buys-house-across-the-street-from-kim-say-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhythmnation.online\/index.php\/2021\/12\/28\/huh-kanye-buys-house-across-the-street-from-kim-say-what\/","title":{"rendered":"HUH? | Kanye Buys House Across The Street From Kim… Say What?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When Kanye West is struck by inspiration, he tends to quickly follow through with action. Last month, while donating Thanksgiving meals to the L.A. Mission, West got on the horn for a surprise announcement to the local crowd \u2014 saying he planned to \u201cget his family back together\u201d and rekindle a relationship with estranged wife Kim Kardashian. The fashion mogul added that if he couldn\u2019t live \u201cin the house\u201d with his family, he would buy \u201cthe home right next door\u201d to Kardashian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turns out West wasn\u2019t just whistling Dixie. Though he\u2019s already got a new $57.3 million Malibu mansion\u00a0about 30 minutes (by car) from Kardashian\u2019s vast Hidden Hills estate \u2014 and though she apparently has not wavered\u00a0from wanting a divorce \u2014 West wishes to remain closer at hand. And so he\u2019s dropped another $4.5 million on a relatively modest Hidden Hills estate, one that happens to lie directly across the street from the ex-Kimye compound. From here, the 44-year-old will presumably be able to keep a watchful eye on Kardashian\u2019s doings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Astute real estate followers will know that the erstwhile pair spent years and untold millions building their massive Hidden Hills estate, which was featured in Architectural Digest last year. Back in October, Kardashian paid West $23 million to buy out his 50% stake in the multi-acre property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By comparison to that enormous spread, West\u2019s new bachelor crash pad is a bonafide hovel. Built in 1955 and owned by the same non-famous family ever since, the single-story rancher is spacious but architecturally unremarkable, with four bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms in about 3,600 square feet. (There\u2019s also a wee guest studio with another bedroom and full bathroom, best-suited for staff, attached to the garage.) The equestrian ranch spans just over a flat acre of land, and also includes horse stables and some very dated interiors with wall-to-wall carpeting and a distinctly \u201980s bathroom or two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given West\u2019s status as an architectural tastemaker \u2014 his Malibu home was curated by legendary Japanese designer Tadao Ando and his former Hollywood Hills digs are a study in aggressive minimalism \u2014 he\u2019ll almost certainly give the place a gut rehab before a move-in date can be set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But none of that seemed to matter much. West really, really wanted the place \u2014 and he paid a whopping $421,000 over<\/em> the sellers\u2019 asking price to secure the deed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, given its age, the property appears well-maintained. The big front lawn was recently replaced with drought-resistant AstroTurf \u2014 a good thing for the water bill, given that the San Fernando Valley\u2019s scorching summer temperatures can top 110 degrees. The existing kitchen was remodeled in 2005 and includes a spacious island, granite countertops and some generic-looking white ovens and a white dishwasher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Kanye West is struck by inspiration, he tends to quickly follow through with action. Last month, while donating Thanksgiving meals to the L.A. Mission, West got on the horn for a surprise announcement to the local crowd \u2014 saying he planned to \u201cget his family back together\u201d and rekindle a relationship with estranged wife Kim […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[196,1],"tags":[592,172,308],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhythmnation.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2942"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhythmnation.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhythmnation.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhythmnation.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhythmnation.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2942"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rhythmnation.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2943,"href":"https:\/\/rhythmnation.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2942\/revisions\/2943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhythmnation.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhythmnation.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhythmnation.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhythmnation.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}