J.Lo sells her Bel-Air estate for $34M 

Jennifer Lopez has sold her estate in Bel-Air for $34 million, or $8.5 million less than its asking price.

The singer-actress sold the home and guest house on 8 acres at 1492 Stone Canyon Road, the Wall Street Journal reported. The mystery buyer was from out of state.

The sale comes four months after newlyweds Lopez and actor-filmmaker Ben Affleck closed on a fully furnished, 38,000-square-foot estate on 5 acres in Beverly Crest for nearly $61 million.

Lopez had listed her Bel-Air property in February for $42.5 million.

Lea Porter of the Beverly Hills Estates, who represented the buyer, declined to name the clients, who she said were from out-of-state. 

“My clients fell in love with the land,” she said. 

Lopez bought the 14,000-square foot estate, with its own pond and sandy beach, from the actress Sela Ward and her husband, Howard Sherman, in 2016 for $28 million.

The nine-bedroom, 13-bathroom French Country-style mansion, built in 1940, was taken down to the studs by Ward and rebuilt using reclaimed wood from Mississippi and Louisiana in a nod to her Southern roots.

She then added antique doors and stone and other building materials from France.

The wood and stone mansion sits inside imposing gates, surrounded by tall trees and a large motor court. It’s accompanied by a guest cottage, pool, putting green, a 100-seat amphitheater, vegetable garden and a pagoda with a fire pit, according to the listing.

The two-story main house has a soaring living room with a stone fireplace, wood-beamed ceiling, a bar and a dramatic staircase with wrought-iron railings. A separate library is paneled in light-colored wood.

The kitchen has wooden ceilings and a dining island. Off the kitchen, a dining nook is framed by casement windows and a stone wall.

The rustic home with a low-pitched roof includes a gym, formal dining room, game room with a billiards table and a home theater.

The property, listed by broker Brett Lawyer of Carolwood Estates, was among the priciest for sale in Bel-Air.

The neighborhood has logged at least four sales over $40 million in the past year, according to Zillow, including The One megamansion, which sold at auction in March of last year for $126 million.

— Dana Bartholomew

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