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CELEBRITY HOMES
Alicia Keys buys America’s
most phenomenal home
The prominent Razor House in LA
Alicia Keys has scored one of today’s contemporary masterpieces, the Razor House in La Jolla,
California. Its sleek contemporary lines and commanding views over the Pacific Ocean have graced
the pages of cutting-edge magazines and websites around the world, in addition to a starring role
in Visa Black Card and Calvin Klein television commercials.
T
he “Girl on Fire” and 15-time-Grammy-winner, Alicia
Keys, is the big winner once again and holds the keys
to the Razor House as its new owner. Designed by Wal-
lace E. Cunningham in La Jolla, California, it was on the mar-
ket originally at $45 million, then at $30 million, reduced to
$24.995 million, with Keys paying $20.8 million.
Built in 2007, the Razor House extends several stories below
the original surface so that each roof forms a terrace to the
adjacent upper floor. The center of the structure is essentially
hollowed out creating a perimeter house wrapped around
an open courtyard, which allows daylight, moonlight and
stunning views.
The main house has 10,240 square feet of living space
including two master suites, two additional bedrooms, six
baths, two steam rooms/showers, gym, rooftop spa and
built-in outdoor BBQ. The master-suite baths include showers
and freestanding tubs as well as closets. The detached multi-
leveled guest house has 1,301 square feet and includes two
bedrooms and two baths, each having separate entry points
on different levels.
Luxury finishes and special touches include travertine
stone floors that run continuously from interior to exterior,
solid-walnut flooring in the library and on the family-room
ceiling and suede-wrapped walls in the primary master
suite. The library contains a custom Ralph Lauren glass-and-
stainless pool table.
Both the main kitchen and service kitchen are furnished
with Gaggenau, Miele, Subzero and Hoshizaki in multiples
to cover large-scale entertaining while a computer room
houses all of the homes integration and automation
systems. A subterranean garage houses four cars and a
glass elevator operates from the subterranean garage
level all the way to the rooftop-terrace level of the home.
Entertainment includes a state-of-the-art theater and
a 5,100-cubic-foot-infinity swimming pool that visually
blends in with the ocean.
One of California’s most picturesque locations on the Pacific
Coast, La Jolla has been the home of Theodore “Dr. Seuss”
Geisel, actor Gregory Peck, Jonas Salk who developed the
polio vaccine, astronaut Sally Ride, NFL pioneer Paul Brown
and actress Raquel Welch.
Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys has scored one of today’s
contemporary masterpieces for $20.8 million, originally
listed at $45 million, and conveyed with a guarantee of
spectacular sunsets. It is located in La Jolla near Torrey
Pines Golf Course, Del Mar Racetrack and the La Jolla
Playhouse.
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SOURCES TopTenRealEstatedeals.com
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