Richard Pryor‘s former L.A. dwelling — the notorious spot the place he set himself on fireplace in 1980 — simply offered for a cool $3,619,000.
The Northridge dwelling was available on the market for under 3 months by ex-NFL participant turned Hollywood author Rashard Mendenhall — netting him a substantial revenue, as he’d bought it for $2.5M in 2017.
It wasn’t precisely what Rashard had hoped for — he initially listed the house at $4,236,000, a nod to his NFL profession speeding whole of 4,236 yards — nevertheless it’s nonetheless a reasonably candy deal.
This home is not simply any previous property — it’s received some severe historical past. Pryor bought it in ’76, and it is the place he famously doused himself in rum and unintentionally set himself on fireplace whereas freebasing cocaine — leaving him with extreme burns on over greater than 50% of his physique.
Regardless of the incident, the property’s an actual gem … 6,000 sq. toes of dwelling area on a sprawling almost 2.2 acres within the unique Sherwood Forest neighborhood.
It comes full with a connoisseur kitchen, library, billiard room, and even a separate visitor home and pool home — every with its personal kitchen.
There’s additionally an expert dance studio, tennis courtroom, placing inexperienced, and the property doubles as a authorized horse property.
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Neil McDermott and Beate Kessler-McDermott with Hilton & Hyland/Forbes World Properties held the itemizing.
