J.Lo and Ben Affleck scrap $35M house deal for $64M mansion nearby

J.Lo and husband Ben Affleck have ditched a deal to buy a $34.5 million mansion in Pacific Palisades for a $64 million estate down the street.

The A-list newlyweds have canceled escrow on the new 15,100-square-foot home at 14330 West Sunset Boulevard and have signed a contract to buy the 16,000-square-foot estate at 1678 Alta Mura Road, Dirt.com and TMZ reported.

Married six months ago, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have gone on a dancefloor of dizzying real estate deals. The blended family has five children.

From their rented Beverly Hills mansion, the showbiz pair had appeared ready to buy the “Hamptons-esque” house on Sunset Boulevard, after a $55 million estate they tried to buy in Bel-Air fell through.

This was after Lopez listed her Bel-Air retreat last month for $42 million – it’s now in escrow for $39 million, according to TMZ – following the sale last year by Affleck of his bachelor estate in Pacific Palisades for $28.5 million. 

Then in late February, Michael Milken’s son Gregory listed his 1.1-acre compound in the Palisades Riviera for $64 million.  Soon afterward, a paparazzo shot the couple making the rounds after entering in Affleck’s electric S-Class Mercedes. 

Though online listings show Milken’s property is still for sale, TMZ reported the couple are in escrow for the property.

Brokers Fred Bernstein and Ethan Peskowitz of Westside Estate Agency hold the listing for the Milken house. The gray-shingled three-story mansion with white trim, built in 2005, has 13,000 square feet and includes a 3,000-square-foot guest house.

The six-bedroom, 10-bathroom mansion includes two studies, a professional media room, a large game room and views of Los Angeles.  The guest house has two more bedrooms, four more bathrooms and an 800-square-foot gym.

A private road leads into a large motor court in front.  Out back, there’s a resort-style pool and 8,000 square feet of lawn. 

But the real estate dance isn’t over. 

Affleck owns a secluded riverfront compound in Georgia, where he and J.Lo were married, while her holdings include a Hamptons estate and a duplex penthouse in New York City that has been on and off the market several times since 2017.

— Dana Bartholomew