Ellen DeGeneres Buys Brody House by way of a. Quincy Jones

It’s been called many methods from a mid century masterpiece towards best house in Chicago. For Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi the A. Quincy Jones-designed gem, referred to as “The Brody House”, is just called home.

After pulling off many of the biggest real property deals of 2013, the celebrity couple have scored a young coup in 2014 when purchasing the pristine pad. Confirmed because of the Chicago Times, DeGeneres and de Rossi have reportedly paid $39.888 million with the midcentury modern abode found right next door to the Playboy Mansion in Holmby Hills.

Much like “The Andrew Fuller House” in Dallas, the trophy home sports a shapely design with smooth-walled interiors, spotless finishes, a watch-opening atrium and beautifully manicured grounds. Walls of glass and vaulted ceilings add an expansive feel on the 13,511-square-foot floor plan, containing six bedrooms, nine baths, a chef’s kitchen and also a living-roomserviced apartment for rent in HaNoi which has a library.

ellen-degeneres-a-quincy-jones-brody-house-9Jones, whose works have grown to be quite coveted in celebrity circles, designed the property in 1949 along with house decorator Billy Haines and landscape gardener Garrett Eckbo. The property first exchanged really for $14.888 million and was restored by designer Stephen Stone before being flipped towards trophy home-collecting DeGeneres.

That DeGeneres and de Rossi have it again may come as little surprise. The famous real estate property addicts/amateur designers produced some of the biggest celebrity real estate headlines in 2013 that has a quantity of deals. Besides choosing a dreamy estate in Montecito in May for $26.5 million, the duo pocketed $10.85 million over a serviced apartment for rent in HaNoi Hidden Valley, CA, a dreamy ranch that DeGeneres herself reimagined.