McCourt’s Tennis-Court-Pool

Written by Jim the Realtor

June 29, 2011

The owners of the L.A. Dodgers have just settled their nasty divorce, which divulged the four expensive L.A. homes they bought during their tenure.  Here is one, from businessinsider.com:

Jamie McCourt likes to swim. That’s cool, right?

I mean, swimming is fantastic exercise, it’s relaxing, it’s clearly good for your skin, so what’s not to like?

I’m guessing that was the logic when Jamie plunked down an additional $14 million (that’s on top of the $21.25m purchase price) to turn the outdoor tennis court of the Holmby Hills mansion in the picture into an Olympic-sized indoor swimming pool with its own pool house, sauna, steam room, and massage room.

And while this would hardly be the only $30 million mansion in Holmby Hills, it might be the only one that’s only used for the pool.

That’s right. Post—separation, this 15,000 square-foot palace is being maintained by Jamie “exclusively for swimming,” according to Frank’s attorneys, while she lives in a separate beachfront Malibu mansion that used to belong to Courtney Cox and David Arquette (love must have been in the air!).

Of course, only having one olympic-sized swimming pool is like only having one pair of underwear, so Jamie’s been filing plans with the Malibu city office to expand the pool at that location and put in a snazzy wood deck and private cabanas.

Of course, none of this is cheap, which would explain why one of the centerpieces of the divorce proceedings is almost $750,000 a month in mortgage payments on their private homes.

 

5 Comments

  1. Daniel(theotherone)

    I was at the central courthouse when they were in full battle. You can not believe how small those two are. 5-1 and 5-3, maybe.

  2. Geotpf

    Sounds like they are small in character as well.

  3. Former RB Resident

    Jim, FYI, they haven’t settled their divorce. They reached an agreement which was dependent upon MLB approving the FOX TV deal, which MLB rejected, so there isn’t a deal.

  4. FutureRSFbuyer

    $750K/month in mortgage? How is that even possible? Doesn’t that correspond to a total of $100 million in loans?

  5. NC

    They tried to act like some big tycoon but the way they do business go to show they are just white trash who like to show off.

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