Ellen DeGeneres’ new $27.4 million Montecito home is massive with plenty of room for her wife Portia de Rossi.
Realtor.com reported that in November the pair closed the deal to purchased Hollywood movie producer Brian Grazer’s old home in the affluent area.
Now public records reveal that the estate is gated with a large winding driveway up to a motor court and extended garage.
The property is on three acres with a long lush lawn, mature trees, a generous terrace, a pickleball court with a cabana house off to the side and a mini forest with over a dozen trees.
There is also a lap pool with a hot tub with plenty of space for outdoor dining room and living room furniture.
The primary residence is an impressive 8,700-square-foot home. And there is a smaller guest house on the lower yard.
Grazer snapped the home up in 2012 for $7.6 million and completed construction on the main residence in 2015, according to Realtor.com.
Ellen DeGeneres’ new $27.4 million Montecito home is massive with plenty of room for her wife Portia de Rossi, according to Realtor.com. Seen at home in Los Angeles
Public records reveal that the estate is gated with a large winding driveway up to a motor court and extended garage. Stock image of a view from Montecito
The property is on three acres with a long lush lawn, mature trees, a generous terrace, a pickleball court with a cabana house off to the side and a mini forest with over a dozen trees
The sale was handled privately, it was claimed by Realtor.com, and that is why there are no photos of the property on real estate websites.
The off-market deal, which closed in late November according to the site, was completed through a trust long tied to DeGeneres’ property holdings, it was also claimed by the site.
People also reported on Tuesday that the home was bought by DeGeneres.
But that does not mean that the 68-year-old comedienne is completely ditching England, where she and her 53-year-old wife moved to in November 2024.
The star and de Rossi will be spending only part of their time in the Southern California community, People added.
‘She’s not moving back to the U.S. but will continue to split her time between both the U.K. and Montecito,’ a source told the site.
Montecito is where her friends Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Aniston own homes. And it is where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reside, and where Kendall Jenner recently bought a house.
Daily Mail has reached out to the star’s representative for comment.
People added that the Hollywood veteran has been ‘missing’ California as it has been over a year since the former talk show host moved to England for a better life.
There is also a lap pool with a hot tub with plenty of space for outdoor dining room furniture. Seen in 2021
The primary residence is an impressive 8,700-square-foot home. And there is a smaller guest house on the lower yard. A view from Montecito of nearby Santa Barbara
She was reportedly so unhappy that Donald Trump had won a second term as President of the United States that she wanted to leave the country.
It was also noted by a People source that DeGeneres has not been seen in her English neighborhood for many months and locals believed she had moved out.
And in December, the TV personality and de Rossi were spied in Santa Barbara. That same month, DeGeneres shared a post from California on her Instagram page.
A real estate source also shared with the site that the couple have been ‘missing the California weather and horse scene’ since moving to the bucolic Cotswolds in 2024.
The insider also shared: ‘Portia loves polo and her horses.’
The Cotswolds is a rural area of south central England covering parts of six counties, notably Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire.
Its rolling hills and grassland harbor thatched medieval villages, churches and stately homes.
Panorama of the Santa Barbara Mountains near Montecito
A general view of Montecito’s downtown area
At the the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center in LA in 2020
Kendall Jenner, seen on January 28 in LA, recently bought an equestrian estate in Montecito
When DeGeneres and de Rossi first moved to England over a year ago they snapped up a farmhouse for around $18 million, but it did not fit their needs, The Wall Street Journal reported, so they moved out.
They then purchased another home in the area that had floor-to-ceiling windows and was more modern.
It also more adequately housed the Arrested Development actress’ horses and provided plenty of land for them to graze on.
In July it was reported that DeGeneres put that first English farmhouse up for sale for a staggering $30.5 million.
But Realtor.com reported in late January that the house has been taken off the market.
It was unclear what prompted the disappearance of the property’s listing or whether DeGeneres had managed to secure a buyer for the dwelling, the site added.
They moved to Oxfordshire; seen at home
De Rossi, second from right, seen in the Cotswolds with her dog
This comes after DeGeneres expressed her support for anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis.
The star took to Instagram to describe her sadness at what’s happening in ‘the happiest city in America’ following the fatal shooting of Renee Good by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers earlier this month.
Referring to her 2024 Netflix special Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval, Ellen said in a video clip: ‘Hey everybody, I just wanted to say, I am so sorry for what is happening in Minneapolis and our country, really, but specifically Minneapolis right now because that’s where I shot my last stand-up special and everybody there couldn’t have been more lovely.
‘I shot it there because they say it’s the happiest city in America. And I found that to be true.
‘So my thoughts and my prayers are going out to everyone, and I’m proud of everyone who’s protesting peacefully, and I am sorry for anyone who has been hurt just for protesting, for doing what you should be doing.’
DeGeneres’ talk show came to an end after 19 years in 2022.
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