Tasteful Friends: Brad Pitt buys cliff house in Carmel

I love the treacherous parapet he's named Angelina's wing.

[quote] Brad Pitt buys cliff house in Carmel

The Cliffhanger: Angelina has hired a rain man to focus storms on a certain cliff in Carmel.

It's beautiful. It looks more like Italy, Greece or Croatia, than California.

Two comments and both about Angelina Jolie on a thread that has nothing to do with her.

Needs more stone 🙄

Is stacked stone more likely to resist earth tremors and shakes or more likely to crumble? It seems like a preservation nightmare. But also seems like a good fit to Pitt who can entertain himself for decades in the his dotage renovating this and that. It will have a pleasant masculine interior. I was surprised how much I like the interior, more than the exterior. Exterior reminds me of Gillette Castle in CT and many homespun "grand" rock houses and castles scattered here and there.

He bought the house months ago and we had a few threads on it already. Weird topic to bring up again.

Love the property, but THIS is the house that needs to be there...

From the movie "North by Northwest"

Is it the house from Judy's A Star is Born? It looks depressing enough.

It's the DL James house and I love it.

The property in France was magnificent. This is meh in comparison.

The cliff house looks like a place where a violent child abuser would lure innocents to their doom!

An interesting house. A nice house. But for $40M, I would want an elegant house with some better architecture and interiors.

Earthquake and it's gone.

@r12, "The cliff house looks like a place where a violent child abuser would lure innocents to their doom!"

Just needs Angelina Jolie and some fresh baked gingerbread...

Actors are overpaid.

There is more details here, it looks like he is cash broke and ready to leave Hollywood for good and retire.

I’ve been to Caramel. I actually saw Oscar winner Dorothy Malone hanging her laundry back when she was still alive. I also purchased a couple of charming Christmas ornaments from a shoppe that I’ve since retired as I’m now walking in the truth as Witness.

R18 = KS, hard at work on his third instalment of memoirs?

I doubt he’s cash poor if he can buy that place. He’s not selling that LA compound, just renting it. I can’t see him living in a celebrity retirement village lol Too bad Brad didn’t follow the Keanu model of aging celebrity heartthrob. Keanu is the only one of that era that still really impresses me.

someone called the TOWN of Carmel a "celebrity retirement village". He is not moving into a Shady Pines. That house, in Carmel, is the "celebrity retirement village".

Too many rocks.

It's one of the masterpieces of Charles Sumner Greene, also responsible for the Gamble House in Pasadena.

Hope Pitt takes good care of it.

Do you even lift, brah?

The man is pushing 60 and has been through hell in the last 10 years. Some of it was of his own making, but that doesn't make it less hellish. He's got his Oscar and plenty of money: I an see him keeping a low profile at least for a few years, until the twins turn 18 and Angelina moves on to her next crusade. He can produce as long as he wants, and will probably get some juicy supporting roles in his 60s and 70s the way other aging A-list men do. Audiences still like him, the industry likes him, he'll be fine.

I love this house. And it being a D.L. James’ former home, makes it even more idyllic, because surely one can imagine how he lived and worked, while in the home.

The ocean views are stunning in a way most beach homes cannot offer a viewer, due to the manner in which the house is designed strategically.

Congrats to BP. I hope he enjoys his home as much as he possibly can. 👍🏽

Enjoy retirement, Brad!

This house isn't in Carmel, it is in Carmel Highlands. It is very secluded. Right near Sharon Stone's house in Basic Instinct.

It's very rustic and old world...beautiful. A gorgeous home on the rugged California coast.

Is it high enough to survive a mega tsunami?

I bought a house in Nougat.

If I were rich I'd live along the coast anywhere from Santa Barbara up to SF. The most beautiful coastline this side of the Mediterranean 😍

R17, I stand corrected. You might be onto something. I don’t think he’ll ever be destitute, but I read he is selling his production company, Plan B. So he might be having some financial issues. I thought it was odd that he was doing all these side ventures. It does seem like he’s winding down his Hollywood career.

R33, his legal battle is expensive and he might lose money from that 250 million lawsuit..