A Timeline of Kanye West's Rotting $57m Malibu House

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• Kanye West Reveals Why He Bought a House Across From Kim Kardashian: ‘Nothing Is Gonna Keep Me from My Children’
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West must have understood the importance of private time for the pair in Miami because he surprised Kim with a Miami condo worth $14 million (via Alex Shay). Such a lucky lady to be gifted a 4730-square-foot, four-bedroom, five-bathroom house! However, Kardashian was not a fan of the spontaneous multi-million dollar Faena House purchase, which led to West ultimately pulling out of the purchase deal (via People). West had hired interior designer Axel Vervoordt to re-design his Calabasas home, which he shares with his wife, Kim Kardashian West and has also worked with Los Angeles architect Willo Perron  to design Yeezy's California headquarters in Calabasas, USA. Earlier this month, the star livestreamed another listening party for “Donda” from Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium, but the album has yet to hit streaming services.

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The forward-thinking West purchased two apartments to combine into one massive space (via Highsnobiety). He bought the first one in 2004 and then snapped up an adjacent studio apartment two years later. However, West eventually chose to let go of the two-unit property designed by architect Claudio Silvestrin. The 2,427-square-foot home went on the market for $4.7 million in 2019 (via Observer). West said that his fashion line Yeezy inspired the sleek interior decor (via Harper's Bazaar). His new Malibu beach house was initially listed for $75 million and purchased in an off-market deal, so real estate images of the interiors aren’t publicly available.

Kanye West Just Bought a $57.3 Million Minimalist Malibu Villa by Tadao Ando

The house boasts six bedrooms and eight bathrooms, massive glass doors, automatic windows, and a gorgeous outdoor swimming pool. The Kardashian's homes are known for their luxury, and this Bel Air residence with a Mediterranean style does not disappoint. However, they were keen on meticulously remodeling the space to fit their minimalist and contemporary tastes. The renovations were successful and caused the value to increase significantly (via Bravo). The celebrity couple spent five years flipping the house but did not live there before selling.

Inside Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's monastic Axel Vervoodt-designed house

As it stands now, the building is a concrete shell exposed to the elements. Railings and metal trim pieces around the house have visibly rusted, likely beyond salvageability. Just two years ago, Kanye West was still flying high on the success of his billion-dollar Yeezy sneaker brand. He bought two separate Wyoming ranches, including one that spanned more than 3,000 acres.

Shortly after, the city took notice of the South Shore house and filed a demolition court complaint in January 2019. The report from July 2018 found roof damage, missing siding and issues with the stairs, among other alleged problems. After some controversy with the organization, Kanye officially purchased back the home for $225,000 with plans to renovate it in 2019 under his LLC, Donda Services. The controversial rapper is still working on his much-anticipated new album, “Donda,” inspired by his late mother and, possibly, his childhood home in Chicago. Take a look inside what the home used to look like, before West purchased it. Meanwhile, West is also hoping to unload one of two of his Wyoming ranches, which he listed for sale for $11 million in October.

Kanye West Reveals Why He Bought a House Across From Kim Kardashian: ‘Nothing Is Gonna Keep Me from My Children’

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Kanye West is opening up about the all the drama that surfaced when he purchased a home across the street from his estranged wife, Kim Kardashian. While Kim didn't specify why her daughter prefers to stay at her dad's home, it's possible that North enjoys the simplicity of Kanye's new life. After spending your entire life in the spotlight, craving normalcy is definitely understandable—though we think its safe to assume that his home is probably lavish in its own way. But, if we can defend Kim for one moment, she does have a pretty spectacular real-estate portfolio.

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Brands begin to cut ties with him in October of 2022—Balenciaga was the first—and so followed the end of his brand partnership with Adidas. After closing the Malibu home, The Real Deal reports that Kanye West also purchased a bachelor pad in Belgium. The 22-time Grammy winner was in Wijnegem, a highly affluent community in Flanders, Antwerp (via Het Laatste Nieuws). Axel Vervoordt, a Belgian interior architect, may be the catalyst for this rare real estate move.

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A Timeline of Kanye West's Rotting $57m Malibu House.

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He wants to make the living space family-friendly so that his kids can visit and enjoy hanging out. The couple made a whopping $8.8 million profit for the house once it sold for $17.8 million to Silicon valley philanthropist Marina Acton (via People). The agent that listed and sold the home is also a reality TV star on the Bravo real estate series Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles. West is building the prototypes of igloo-like structures that are aimed to be economically sustainable prefabricated housing for the homeless people. The homes, he believes, will break the barriers between the rich, the middle class and the poor.

Now, both Ye and his 4,000 square foot Malibu home have rotted from the inside out. According to Architectural Digest, Kanye West refers to this Los Angeles home as a "wabi-sabi" masterpiece. The 15,667-square-foot abode is in the Hidden Hills neighborhood and boasts eight bedrooms and eight bathrooms.

Following the first joint Bel Air investment made by West and Kim Kardashian, the couple chose to purchase yet another home in the LA area. According to PopSugar, in the early 2000s, the two were often around each other in some shape or form. However, they didn't really connect until they worked on a project in 2008 together. Nevertheless, they forged separate paths and got involved in different relationships before reconnecting in 2011 and finally dating in 2012. In 2021, Kanye West hosted three listening parties for his studio album "Donda." According to The Architect's Newsletter, the last listening event was the most publicized because of the lengths West and his team took to make it unforgettable. They constructed a home as part of the stage props in Chicago's Soldier Field (via Instagram).