Bag Yourself a Celebrity Home

Who wouldn't want to live in a former celebrity home? Gaze at the same cracked tile in the bathroom, whilst your posterior graces the same lavatory seat theirs once warmed. Dust a mantlepiece once honoured by awards and photographs of esteemed chums. Chop onions whilst taking in the same magnificent views a teary pair of famous eyes once took in. If you're looking for a new house, and money is no object, you too could walk the halls of the rich and famous.

Dan Aykroyd, Ghostbuster, Blues Brother and all round 80's legend, has put a second LA home on the market. Last year, Aykroyd and his actress wife Donna Dixon sold their house in the Hollywood Hills to Beverly D'Angelo for £1.9m. Now they are looking for £1.3m for a 4,176 sq ft, three-bedroom house, complete with smoking room and mural-covered dining room. They are also looking for £3.5m for their New York condo.

For rock fans, the former home of legendary drummer Jim Capaldi is also up for sale. The Old Parsonage in Marlow, Buckinghamshire - where 60's band Traffic wrote most of their early music - is on the market for £3m. The late Capaldi, who died of stomach cancer three years ago, played with many of the rock glitterati, including George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and fellow Traffic-member Steve Winwood.

Of course, celebrities themselves are far from immune to the lure of bagging a famous home. One Spanish villa now on the market in LA has not one but four famous former residents. The 3,938 sq ft, four-bedroom house went up for sale on February 28, and boasts John Barrymore, Andre Previn, Lee Marvin and James Coburn among its previous inhabitants. The recently restored house has six baths, a library, a media room, a den, a separate guest unit, antique French pavers, high beamed ceilings, extensive tile work, three fireplaces, French doors opening to landscaped patios and a master bedroom suite with a fireplace, patio, spa and outside shower. For all this, and the priceless (to some) cache attached to owning a celebrity home, you'll part with no less than $3.2m.

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