Inside Ellen DeGeneres's stunning $23.8 million California beach house
<p><span>Seven months ago, comedian talk-show star Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi listed their lavish Tuscan-style home in Montecito, California, for sale.</span></p>
<p><span>It’s still on the market, for US$45 million ($57.6 million), but in the meantime DeGeneres has found something new.</span></p>
<p><span>And it’s a beauty. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://www.mansionglobal.com/" target="_blank">Mansion Global</a></strong></span> describes DeGeneres as a “serial house flipper”, and says property records show last week she bought a new house right on the beach at Carpinteria, in Santa Barbara County.</span></p>
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<p><span>She paid US$18.6 million ($23.8 million) for the house, purchasing it through a private trust and her business manager.</span></p>
<p><span>The listing, by MK Properties, refers to the “striking contemporary architecture that employs multiple-storey walls of glass to showcase panoramic views of the ocean, island, coastline and beach cove”.</span></p>
<p><span>“The open and airy entry level includes a vast great room where the living, dining and kitchen spaces are ‘as one’ with the beach.”</span></p>
<p><span>But it is the upper level that truly shines. The master suite is a private sanctuary, featuring a bedroom, office, bathroom and enormous walk-in wardrobe. There’s a double-sided gas fireplace in the suite, and floor-to-ceilng windows with views to the sea.</span></p>
<p><span>There are four bedrooms in the house, and it comes with a separate bunk house that can sleep eight.</span></p>
<p><span>Guests will never be short of things to do. In addition to the 24 metres of beach frontage on the 4572 square-metre property, there’s a clay tennis court with lights, and a plunge pool on the deck</span></p>
<p><span>DeGeneres is known for her passion for design and now has her own show on HGTV, </span><em><span>Ellen’s Design Challenge</span></em><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>Scroll through the gallery above to see inside the lavish house.</span></p>
<p><em>Republished with permission of <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Stuff.co.nz</span></strong></a>.</em></p>
