350 North Carolwood Drive
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Fleur de Lys (Los Angeles, California)

Fleur de Lys is a mansion in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California.


Overview

Situated on five acres of land in Holmby Hills, the 45,000-square-foot (4,200 m2) property has twelve bedrooms, fifteen baths, a fifty-seat theater, a ballroom, a gym, a pool house, a 1,200-foot (370 m) running track, a tennis court and a guest house. There is a 200-yard (180 m) driveway from the gate to the main house.

The house was commissioned in 1996 and completed in 2002. It was modelled after King Louis XIV's Palace of Versailles.[citation needed] It was designed by architect Richardson Robertson III of Robertson Partners.

The home has 12 bedrooms, 15 bathrooms. Lot is 4.19 acres (1.70 ha) between Carolwood and Angelo Drives. Main entrance on Angelo drive. Total floor area is 35,046 square feet (3,255.9 m2).


Ownership

The original owners were David I. Saperstein and his wife Suzanne Saperstein. Upon their divorce in 2004, his wife received the property in the settlement. She put it on the market for US$125,000,000 (£78 million) in 2006. On March 28, 2014, the house reportedly sold to a Norwegian billionaire, close to the Fjellberg family, for US$102 million in cash, the most expensive property ever sold in Los Angeles County at the time, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Client
David I. Saperstein

Architect
Richardson Robertson III