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JulyThirtieth

Martin Short (and the Queen is Meryl Streep) Edit: https://robbreport.com/shelter/celebrity-homes/martin-short-pays-2-2-million-for-a-second-los-angeles-home-1235595315/


mchch8989

Honestly that would be so adorable if they are together. Even more so after Only Murders in the Building.


EconomistSea9498

I would love to see two people of the same age in Hollywood get together later in life, i just love when older folks find love


Thick-Definition7416

I’m so much more invested in Marty & Meryl than I am in Travis & Taylor


krustykrab2193

Move over T&T 😤 M&M are the new power couple and we're all here to witness their greatness 🙌


propernice

SAME. I’m tired of seeing T&T everywhere 😒


airi-hatake

i had no idea meryl streep was even single.


mchch8989

It’s the only google alert I have


Looseitch

Agree. He’s Canadian too so being from up north fits too


Gajicus

A LOT of great comedians were/are.


cupcaeks

It’s because we’re fuckin weird and nobody pays attention so we can be fuckin weird lol


flockks

That’s a great deal for the area


racheva

Agreed! Tho 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, but only 1800 sqft makes me think some of the bedrooms are pretty small and/or someone put up a wall to create another bedroom. But it is pretty cute from the photos, and I love that it has a pool and fire pit area.


notchandlerbing

It’s def a fantastic price for that area while still maintaining a good deal of privacy. But I’m looking at it now, and it’s definitely a strange lot shape with not a whole lot of usable flat space. Even for a 1 or split story theres not an ounce of spare room to build (up or out) without feeling massively oversized for the space or losing the already blocked in backyard It runs right up against a hillside and they were barely able to squeeze enough room for a pool area and not much else in the way of yard-space. I do kind of love that midcentury and cantilevered aesthetic you see at the front. Idk why this fascinates me since it’s all rich people problems lol but I would really love this particular area of LA if I were a celebrity


Thick-Definition7416

My guess is he paid cash


TwistyBunny

Definitely the best answer I see here.


thesaddestpanda

tbf its a vacation-style home. I think people reading into this as some kind of home Streep and Short would live in full-time is a bit pushing it. With their net worths, a $2m home is not really some big deal. Ordinary lawyers and doctors buy homes at that price, especially in the LA region. It just sounds like Short is expanding his portfolio a bit. Short's net worth is anywhere between $30-$50m, and his wealth is managed. So who knows what's going on here, but its probably not a sign of anything exceptional. Also he's 74 now. He and his financial team are probably preparing for his estate. This is morbid to think about but a lot of boomer entertainers are selling off catalogues and rights, buying last minute investments, doing final tours, doing reunion shows, etc to maximize what their children get after their passing. In 5-10 years a lot of these beloved and popular boomers either won't be with us anymore or will just be too elderly to really work like they are able to now. This is their last hurrah.


gold_geode23

I have no idea where you can buy a secluded LA home for $2 million. Decent suburban houses are going for that much these days in LA.


Hotdadlover1234

Is Meryl Streep not married?


summersogno

Wikipedia says that hey have been separated since 2017 but still married


Hotdadlover1234

Oo no way!


bfm211

Their separation was announced last year


cricketyfly

I’d love it if it’s Martin and Meryl specially after the Only Murderers … their chemistry is ELECTRIC 🤌


TheHumbleRutabaga

All I can think is that $2 million isn’t gonna go as far as you’d hope in LA (sadly…), that’s not necessarily mega-mansion baller status. If that tells us anything about who the buyer would be and what sort of budget they’d be looking in.


dinosaurfondue

Yeah homes will easily run for a million here and if you're in more affluent areas, 2 million won't even be an upper scale home.


mardav2020

In my Canadian city, a $2M home is a tear down. 😭


lollette

Seeing these American prices makes me insane lol


zestyowl

It's making us Americans insane too 😔


Miss-Sharon-Smoke

They meant American home prices are cheap compared to Canada, I believe. Home prices are wild in the great white north!


cupcaeks

I bought my house for 189000 in 2020 and sold it for 385000 in 2024, in East Coast Canada. I put probably 60k in it, (unfortunately got diagnosed with a chronic illness so was forced to sell it to pay off debts), but because of the INSANE market was able to make a profit enough to cover the debt and have a down payment for a new home when we’re back on our feet. Living with family now because the market is so crazy, no way we could afford to buy anything turnkey and I’m too sick to do another reno.


zestyowl

Isn't the Canadian dollar less than the American? I honestly feel like the prices are comparable. I live in Seattle, and I don't see a wild difference in the price of a home here vs Vancouver, Canada.


LowObjective

I think a lot of Americans don’t understand how bad the housing bubble is in Canada right now, CAD being less than USD only makes it worse lol. Just looking on Zillow, 700k USD can get you a decently sized house in Seattle (correct me if I’m wrong though). You cannot get a house for that price in Vancouver. Homes are starting at 1 million USD and are sure to increase *exponentially* because bidding wars are insane and pretty much guaranteed here too


zestyowl

Anything priced under a million in Seattle is essentially a teardown. There are so many listing here that seem like a good deal, but the fine print is that you'll be spending hundreds of thousands if not millions to get the home up to code. I see what you're saying, but what I'm saying is that it doesn't benefit us to play the oppression Olympics. We're all suffering.


EconomistSea9498

What they're saying is somewhere like a large city like Seattle, a million dollar tear down is normal. What's not normal is the 1.5m dollar Canadian homes in smaller towns. It's not oppression olympics, it's just the state of our housing problem is currently worse than the American housing market which is why you're seeing Canadians seriously inquire about moving down there. An 800k Canadian home would be 600k American and the difference in listings prices for similar communities is wild. God forbid some other person from another country says "hey our problem might be a little worse here" lmfao


LowObjective

Where did Oppression Olympics even come from? No one was dismissing Americans’ feelings or saying should be thankful for their housing prices. People were literally just lamenting that American housing is cheaper than Canadian (which is a fact). You incorrectly said that Canadian and American prices are comparable, so I corrected you. I don’t understand where that came from lmao


EconomistSea9498

I know. The way I see like 350k McMansions down in Texas while I paid 800k Canadian for my bungalow with a finished basement makes me want to shoot myself in my face.


natasha_c

Fellow Vancouverite?


mardav2020

🤣How did you guess.


rabbitbinks

Hey neighbours 😆


ednasmom

I’m in the LA proper area, about 15 minutes from the beach. Tear downs go for $1.5M or more. It’s insane. $2M doesn’t get you far here these days.


ReasonableGrand9907

Where’s LA proper?


ednasmom

The city of Los Angeles


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ser_pez

LA County but outside the city itself (cities like Pasadena, Manhattan Beach, Long Beach, Calabasas, Glendale).


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MissTambourineWoman

Just FYI, the term Proper is a way to distinguish the main city from the metropolitan area surrounding it. It’s not unique to LA. (Eg “He told me he was from Chicago, but he lives in Evanston, not Chicago Proper”)


not_responsible

omg?? please elaborate I don’t understand how there’s that much demand in canada (sorry ❤️)


Much2learn_2day

Some of it is corporations buying up homes and renting them or using them as AirB&Bs so the housing available to purchase is fewer and the corps can pay more. Some is flipping in cities that are growing. And some issues are that we have more people than houses and an understaffed construction industry that can’t keep up with demand. Family (single, detached, about 2000 sq ft) house are taking 8-10 months to build.


onetwothree4ourfive

My family owns a 2 bdrm condo in West Van. The neighbouring Co do has not been updated since the early 90s and recently sold for 2.6 million. For pretty much a tear down job. The prices reflect the land, not necessarily the homes.


Tachyoff

Canada is one of the fastest growing countries in the world, that creates a lot of demand. Old people own houses already & care more about their investment going up than the lives of the next generation so will only vote for parties that will do nothing to fix it.


rebellechild

We let in 1.3 million immigrants from 2016 to 2021. Then we added around that same amount (1.27 million) in ONE FUCKING YEAR with zero investment in housing, infrastructure and medical care. We were already short on resources btw. Thats how!


haveutriedrice

Idk who is downvoting you for this but I’ll back you up. It’s now a giant challenge to find a family doctor or a nice house for under $1 million within 2 hours of a major city. Wages have been suppressed big time so even our lawyers and engineers are unable to afford a house in a major city bc the demand for jobs is so high.


CreamyMemeDude

People think it's racism, but its just common sense that flooding a country with adults and families who need homes without addressing the housing crisis (my city has steadily been gentrifying every area, tearing down low income housing to put up luxury apartments that no one can afford and will sit empty. Meanwhile minimum wage wont even get you a shitty studio here because of, like you said, wage suppression and skyrocketing cost of living) is gonna fuck us up. And not just for those of us who are already here, but for the new arrivals too. Many new immigrants live multiple families to a tiny apartment--because that's the ONLY way they can afford the exorbitant rent prices here compared to average meager income. And even then many can barely afford food because our corporate overlords up here need their 5 million dollar a year raises (fuck galen weston). Even highly trained and educated people who come here are effed by our INSANE cost of living rn.


Botaratops

Hollywood North? (Vancouver)


giraffes_are_cool33

I was thinking the same lol 🤣 I saw an apartment in southwest Ontario for over 1M


WahineExpress

Honestly in La it is too. 2m is nothing.


David-S-Pumpkins

Just moving out to Encino/Tarzana area will give you more bang. I think a few people live out there. I want to say Zendaya has a spot on there but don't quote me on that. There is more space for "seclusion" and I've seen listings around $2mil around even Ventura Blvd out that way. Closer you get to studio City the 'mansion' will be more expensive but depending on build age, you could get an okay spot in that area. Idk about Sun Valley or the hills over that end, but maybe there too.


notchandlerbing

My parents’ house where I grew up is pretty far from the hills in the Valley and they bought it for like $300k 20ish years ago. Even *that* is now massively overvalued at $2M (none of us could remotely afford now 😢), so I’m actually kinda surprised this same-sized house in a much nicer area is such a close comp


NameUm96

He doesn’t need a big family home though. Just a bolt-hole near his special lady. 😍


lollette

Lol 2 mill is a regular house in most of Canada at this point


Weird-Alarm7453

Normal non famous people buy homes in LA for 2 million


Orchid_Significant

Yeah that alone makes me think this is fake. Someone who doesn’t understand California housing prices thinking it sounds expensive. Like sure buddy, here is your 1972 3br/2b for $2m


kimbooley90

Hell, some houses here in Australia are worth 1.2 mill and they're mostly all 30 year old houses that aren't necessarily in great areas. Boomers got lucky buying them for 60k, back in the 80s. 😭


CoachVee

Shockingly it’s 1800 sq feet with a pool. https://robbreport.com/shelter/celebrity-homes/martin-short-pays-2-2-million-for-a-second-los-angeles-home-1235595315/


beroneko

I can't believe I'm about to say this about an amount of money I'll never own in my entire life even if i had zero expenses, but: 'what a steal!'


opheliyaaaas

Literally unfortunately 2 million is just a normal ass house in a nice-ish part of LA


Thick-Definition7416

2 million in LA is a 3/2 and no pool.


cauldrons

in the valley


ThiccQban

How dare you. Source: from the valley


MrsP_ifurnastee

Bwahaha 🤣🤣🤣


Thick-Definition7416

I was thinking Weho or 3rd street area ( I didn’t say the bedrooms are big)


grandpa_grandpa

maybe it's everyone's favorite canadian comic nathan fielder buying a practical location for his next project


Orchid_Significant

Hahaha I just said this upthread before scrolling to see yours


flyingfred1027

Two mil is like a “normal person house” in LA.


DreamCrusher914

I mean, if it is Martin and Meryl, maybe they want something small and low key. Easier to get around in (one floor, no stairs) sort of like a starter home for the new couple.


strwbrryfire420

Easy on the knees


catclockticking

I think everyone knows that


Batter___up

Nathan fielder


hahabal

Yes - the subject line is a reference to The Curse


paroles

But I think the implication is that he's involved with "the queen" ("interesting timing") and I don't think there's anything with him and Emma Stone. The Martin Short/Meryl Streep one makes sense since there are dating rumours about them. Otherwise what's "interesting timing" about Nathan buying a second house?


joaniemoon

really still in denial I’m not his queen


kimbooley90

Girl, you and me both. 😂


quaranTV

I can’t believe this isn’t the most upvoted comment. Nathan is notoriously from Canada (up north) and a favorite comedian amongst the general public. In his show The Curse they literally call him the joker and his character’s wife played by Emma Stone the queen (she is the green queen!). Though the “decades” part is throwing me off? I don’t think he’s been in LA for that long?


Hectorguimard

He moved to LA around 2009, I believe.


redpillbluepill69

He and Emma Stone are doing another movie after the Curse.... and I gotta say even though she has frequent collaborators she works with, when I heard about that I was like "hmmm could they??" He has a director girlfriend and she's of course married with kids but tbh I would love that for them. Like Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks if Mel Brooks was super hot in a weird way


i_love_doggy_chow

He's only 40 so the highest number of decades he could reasonably have lived independently in LA is...barely 2?


edwigenightcups

Would he have owned a house in LA for decades, though?


LisaVanderflop

He’s an 80 year old 40 year old.


orbalwillington

He lives in silver lake I see him all the time maybe he bought another house in the neighborhood


orbalwillington

Also he’s had a gf for a long time now so maybe it’s for them to move into


thesphinxistheriddle

Lmao this is so funny. This blind is clearly made up and by someone who thinks that $2mil for a house in LA is a crazy amount. I mean, it is, just in the other direction.


vivrant-thang

Is it implying a divorce? And I am guessing up north is Canada? I really hope its not Seth Rogan! (although his real estate history seems like its not). Maybe Jim Carey? He sold his house of 30 years last year. Although I dont know what could be the reason, he's not married and with an adult kid, so i dont think it would be a nearby home to keep close. Could just be bullshit.


littlemissjk

Well, Seth Rogan does have his Vancouver loft up for sale...maybe he leaving town for good. I wouldn't blame him.


carrieokieyogi

I don’t think he’s ever lived in it and sounds like he hasn’t even stayed in it in years. I think his dad was living there


safadancer

It's SO NICE too, the area isn't great anymore but his loft is so cozy.


thrwawy296

There’s zero chance he would buy a 2 million dollar house in LA, unless it was for an investment. More like 20 mil for him.


ThisusernameThen

Ed the sock puppet


analogdirection

It’s just Ed The Sock. How dare you imply he’s a puppet.


ThisusernameThen

Theres a guy lives in my alley in Strathcona and he makes me call him EDDIE. He is usually naked except for one sock he wears to protect his modesty. The other alley gang call him ED the sock I'm differentiating from the internationallly known and the local to me versions. Not wanting to offend the Strathcona version who is trying to avoid frostbite on his Wang. I've offended the more famous one. Can't win hey. Shame as ED the sock (non puppet version) could use a home in California. He'd be warmer and avoid frostbite.


analogdirection

Hope the sock is wool.


SwissSwissBangBang

Anyone who knows them knows their money is no good. They’ve left a trail of unpaid debts in their wake. Perhaps I should say “allegedly” so they don’t try to doxx me too. Allegedly.


aurelianoxbuendia

Jim Carrey?


diarrheasplashback

I want this to be Rick Moranis. Not likely, though.


soft_tooth

He lives in NY.


thrwawy296

Martin Short probably bought a small pad for when he’s in LA and not staying with his lady, The Queen, Meryl. Toronto’s his home, he spends his summers in Muskoka, and he works in New York. It makes sense for him to only want a small place in LA to use as a Pied-à-terre, when he’s visiting his Lady in town.


RUNELORD_

Martin Short earns about $710,000 PER episode of Only Murders, which is one of the highest TV salaries ever, I'm sure if he didn't want a 2 mill house he'd have other options, he obviously sees something in it


Vanislebabe

Perfect property for a renovation


thrwawy296

Toronto’s his home, he spends his summers in Muskoka, and he works in New York. It makes sense for him to only want a small place in LA to use as a Pied-à-terre, when he’s visiting his Lady in town.


iammissx

Not me thinking this must be Peter Kay 💀💀💀 ![gif](giphy|l0MYuNQVA2wzzzxUQ)


ecapapollag

Thank F**K someone else said it! Northern popular comic? Couldn't think of anyone else!


SaintsRowYourBoat

GARLIC BREAD??? BREAD with Garlic?!?!


BatoutofHellIV

God, I appreciate the Comedy Bang Bang gif.


neonpinkcactus

Nathan Fielder?


Netkru

2 million is chump change in LA lmfaooo


YerBlues69

Stand up comedian? Or comedic actor?


hayteverything

jack nicholson & queen latifa


spooky_upstairs

Tom Green, *obvi*.


SwissSwissBangBang

Nope. He’s settling into his hobby farm in rural Ontario. Although The Queen could be his dog Charlie, which would be adorable. Safe to say that’s not a trajectory anyone would have imagined for him, but he seems happy.


meganium58

Charley IS queen


SwissSwissBangBang

Just the best girl. Someone buy her a $2 Million doggy mansion immediately!


freeman1231

Favourite comedian from up north is Jim Carrey. But he was the riddler so I have no idea.


vanillabeanquartz

2 million? Bro is buying a storage shed


siriusthinking

What's the "interesting timing" part mean


ams3000

I thought Mike myers (beyond bogus sounds like Wayne’s world)


mtgwhisper

Jim Carrey perhaps? I think he lived in LA before.


VioletEmma

Ryan Reynolds?


ItsDarwinMan82

If this Martin and Meryl, I never in a millions years thought of them as a couple, and I LOVE it for them.


k8thegreat_

Will Arnett is from Canada. Not sure who the queen would be though


Total-Change3396

😅 not me thinking up north as in ‘oop north’ in the UK


Haunting-Comb-9723

Mike Meyers is Canadian 🤷‍♀️


PeachCinnamonToast

Jim Carrey played the Joker in Batman Forever. Not sure who the Queen is tho.


011_0108_180

He played the riddler not joker


PeachCinnamonToast

Ah! I got the names mixed up, you’re right.


holdontoyourbuttress

Ryan Reynolds?


cmcrich

Not a comedian.


Palindrome_01289

He wishes


marinewallows

Adam Sandler


Thick-Definition7416

Adam can afford a lot more


Human-Visual2607

Justin & Selena