Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez List Their Malibu Home For $8 Million
In February 2019, Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez purchased a waterfront home in Malibu from Entourage actor Jeremy Piven for $6.6 million, according to the Los Angeles Times. Now, just one and a half years later, the couple has put the home back on the market for $7.9 million.
The 4,400 square foot house, located in the heart of Malibu, boasts numerous terraces and 50 feet of sandy beachfront. It offers three levels of space, four-bedrooms, and is equipped with glass walls and doors that deliver stunning views of the Pacific ocean. Carl Gambino of Compass holds the listing.
Now, you're probably wondering what caused the home's price to increase over a million dollars in just under two years? Well, it might have something to do with last year’s visit from Chip and Joanna Gaines.
OK let’s backtrack a little. Last February, after buying the home, Lopez appeared on Ellen to share the news of the couple’s property, which she referred to as a “fixer-upper.” While on the topic of “fixer-uppers,” Lopez also expressed her love for the HGTV show and the Gaines family.
"I'm obsessed with Fixer Upper," J.Lo said on Ellen. "And we actually got a 'fixer upper' next to the water. And I was like, wouldn't it be amazing to have [Joanna] do our house? But she doesn't do anything outside of Waco," Lopez continued. However, the Jenny From the Block singer did mention that she had a FaceTime call with Joanna Gaines, arranged by Rodriguez, exposing the fact that the two women were in contact.
The next month, the two couples appeared to have met up in person as a photo of the four of them circulated on Instagram. TMZ also caught the HGTV stars outside the Malibu home with a camera crew in tow, prompting rumors that Lopez had hired Joanna to do some work...although a source tells People that this meeting was “really just an opportunity for them to walk the space together and for Joanna to hear Jennifer’s vision for the space.” It has not been confirmed whether the Gaineses ended up renovating the Malibu property.
While there's a lot still up in the air, there's a good chance that Lopez and Rodriguez did have some work done on the house, which is why the price increased over the past year. And if the people who did fix up this house were Chip and Joanna Gaines, we can probably expect to catch this project on the couple's upcoming Magnolia TV network, launching in October 2020.
Hopefully, we’ll get to the bottom of this soon! Either way, we stan this celebrity friendship!
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