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Revamped Playboy Mansion finally finished after five years of renovations under new billionaire owner
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Posted on 05/19/2025 9:58:11 PM PDT by algore

The late Hugh Hefner's legendary home, which served as the backdrop to his Playboy magazine, was sold in January 2016 to Greek-American business mogul Daren Metropoulos for $100 million.

Daren, 42, is the son of billionaire businessman Dean Metropoulos, 79.

Dean is a fan of Hefner's fantasy home, as he was photographed partying it up at the 29-room Holmby Hills property in 2012 alongside rapper Snoop Dogg and an entourage of bunnies.

He entrusted the makeover to architect Richard Landry, who has renovated multiple star's houses such as Tom Brady, Kylie Jenner, Rod Stewart, Mark Wahlberg and Sylvester Stallone.

Dean has spent the last 18 years buying up iconic properties, has splashed out around $326million so far.

Outside of the Playboy Mansion, his purchases include $148million on a Mediterranean Revival-style home in Florida.

'My general approach is very measured and tactical and I am particularly interested in hidden jewel properties that rarely come to market,'

In addition to owning the $100million Playboy Mansion, Dean also owns a 'miniature' mansion next door worth around $60million.

He has hinted in the past that he plans to combine the two estates.

Building permits filed with the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety at the start of renovations five years ago, showed his intention of remodeling the kitchen, family room bathrooms and powder room in the main house.

When Dean originally bought the mansion in 2016, he allowed Hefner to live out his last days. He died at age 91 from sepsis he had developed after he contracted E. coli

Elvis Presley reportedly slept with eight Playmates at once at the home, while John Lennon burned a Matisse original with a cigarette.

Donald Trump even filmed an episode of The Apprentice at the mansion where contestants got to meet Hefner and his girlfriends

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 05/19/2025 9:58:11 PM PDT by algore
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Probably found Hugh’s stash of Viagra in the house


2 posted on 05/19/2025 10:07:38 PM PDT by Hyman Roth
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When Dean originally bought the mansion in 2016, he allowed Hefner to live out his last days there.

Necessary to insert the word "there," insofar as it otherwise reads as though Dean kindly didn't execute him.

Regards,

3 posted on 05/19/2025 10:11:11 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: algore

The property may have needed, new flooring, new dry wall, new windows, along with new plumbing. Sometimes, it’s smarter to replace or remove, vs trying to clean all heavily stained surfaces. Oh yes, new ventilation system needed too


4 posted on 05/19/2025 10:11:36 PM PDT by lee martell
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I wonder if he’s keeping all the cameras and recorders.


5 posted on 05/19/2025 10:18:30 PM PDT by Nachoman (Proudly oppressing people of color since 1957.)
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To: algore

It’s taken that long to get the stains off everything.

wy69


6 posted on 05/19/2025 10:46:20 PM PDT by whitney69
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Playboy Mansion for $100 million + $50 million clean-up fee.

playboy-mansion-01
7 posted on 05/19/2025 11:09:17 PM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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“New plumbing”, you say? That sounds too much like tranny surgery.


8 posted on 05/19/2025 11:35:14 PM PDT by JeemBeau
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To: algore

I was invited there at 19
Too shy to go
Scouts honor

But I did know some playmates


9 posted on 05/19/2025 11:38:26 PM PDT by wardaddy (The Blob must be bled dry)
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I had read the place was a pig stye. In addition to the human stains, those women kept little purse dogs and let them crap and pee everywhere.


10 posted on 05/19/2025 11:39:26 PM PDT by ponygirl (Stay gold.)
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To: algore

The bed can now comfortably sleep 21 people.


11 posted on 05/19/2025 11:52:02 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: algore

I’m surprised such a place still exists in the era of woke.


12 posted on 05/20/2025 1:42:52 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: algore

Did he stock it with bunnies?


13 posted on 05/20/2025 1:50:44 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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I hope they hosed it down with bleach before they brought the contractors in.

CC


14 posted on 05/20/2025 2:28:56 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: algore

A lot of displaced spirochetes are looking for a new home.


15 posted on 05/20/2025 3:24:29 AM PDT by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

He appears to have one or an equivalent as his spouse


16 posted on 05/20/2025 3:57:31 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

Most pics I’ve ever seen of Hefner has him dressed in some sort of pajama outfit. I simply have never seen him dressed in a suit or street clothes.

Those two pretty girls, I wonder what would make them want to be with a dirty old man, literally, in a germ infested rat hole of a mansion.


17 posted on 05/20/2025 4:00:55 AM PDT by redfreedom (Happiness is shopping at Walmart and not hearing Spanish once!)
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$$$
They have no other skills to make money.


18 posted on 05/20/2025 4:54:32 AM PDT by Bobbyvotes
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“Elvis Presley reportedly slept with eight Playmates at once at the home”

This is false. Elvis once chartered Hefner’s jet, but he never once visited the Playboy mansion. Hefner himself has said so. And while it is believed and possible that he slept with multiple girls at once, its highly unlikely they were all or any playboy playmates. Not a single playboy playmate has piped up, claiming she slept with Elvis.

One time in the 1950s, before he had moved to Graceland, a reporter said how Elvis mentioned a rumor going around that he slept with 3 girls at once at a hotel somewhere. The reporter asked, “oh, so it’s not true?”

Elvis: “No, sir. It was 6 girls.”

Reportedly, his father who was standing there, beamed.


19 posted on 05/20/2025 5:01:06 AM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

Is that kamala on the left


20 posted on 05/20/2025 5:04:46 AM PDT by dynachrome (Auslander Raus!)
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