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Developers are listing a contemporary Mediterranean home with six bedrooms built on a piece of property once owned by former President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan for a king’s ransom: $33 million! The builders purchased the Reagans’ original house — a modest, 4,700-square-foot single-story home — for about $5 million in 2012 and demolished what was once dubbed “The Home of the Future.”
Photo credit: Chad Z. King / A Bird’s Eye, Lee Manning and Ethan Pines Photography
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Nancy, who passed away at her home in Bel Air at age 94 on Sunday, never lived in this house and never got a chance to soak in this tub, which is part of the his and hers bathrooms on the second floor. Notice the impressive Pacific Palisades through the large windows!
Photo credit: Chad Z. King / A Bird’s Eye, Lee Manning and Ethan Pines Photography
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The main house is a Spanish Revival style and boasts 12,000-square-feet of space — and the grounds include a guest house. Nancy will be buried tomorrow next to her Ronnie at his presidential library in Simi Valley, Calif. When the Reagans bought the property in the 1950s, Ron was hosting the TV show “General Electric Theater,” so GE built “The Home of the Future” just for them, with all the latest in contemporary gadgets — like an all-electric kitchen, futuristic lighting — and a home theater. All of it gone now.
Photo credit: Chad Z. King / A Bird’s Eye, Lee Manning and Ethan Pines Photography
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The new mansion's interiors were designed by Jaman Properties, and its exterior was designed by Scott Shrader. The professional-grade kitchen (with an antique beamed ceiling) was created in collaboration with Chef Gino Angelini.
Photo credit: Chad Z. King / A Bird’s Eye, Lee Manning and Ethan Pines Photography
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Devoted outdoorsman Ron would have loved this dining area — the long wooden table is nestled amid 100-year-old olive trees! President Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 1994. He died in 2004 at the age of 93.
Photo credit: Chad Z. King / A Bird’s Eye, Lee Manning and Ethan Pines Photography
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One of the features of the original house has survived: the shower door from the bathroom. That’s because Ronnie was taking a shower on election night in 1980 when he received a phone call from President Jimmy Carter congratulating him of winning the election. “Mr. Reagan? Congratulations,” said the lame duck president. “You're president of the United States.” The original bathroom was demolished, so only the plaque and the door preserve that historic moment.
Photo credit: Chad Z. King / A Bird’s Eye, Lee Manning and Ethan Pines Photography
