Back in 2021—after he kicked up a big stink about leaving California and moving to Nevada—Gene Simmons offloaded his longtime estate in Beverly Hills for a discounted $16 million and forked over a combined total of $10.8 million for a Las Vegas-area home and the vacant lot next door. The flamboyant singer and bassist for the hard rock band Kiss wound up selling both properties in 2023—he didn’t care for the excessive desert heat, not to mention the strippers down the street—and pocketed $200,000 more than he paid barely two years before.
In the interim, Simmons and his wife Shannon Tweed changed their minds about the evils of California and acquired a hilltop spread in Malibu for $5.8 million. They also doled out $8.2 million for a striking modern villa in the Coldwater Canyon enclave of Beverly Hills. Now, in the latest twist to the couple’s four-year real estate saga, they’ve decided to return the BevHills property to the market and are listing it with Lisa Young, Kennon Earl, and Thomas Davila of Compass for a dash under $14 million.
The great room’s living and dining areas are divided by a three-sided fireplace.
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Perched on half an acre of land that once held a 1957 ranch house owned by the late comedian Charles Nelson Reilly, the parcel was acquired in 2014 for $1.9 million by Roland Schallibaum. The noted Swiss architect subsequently joined with Roger Kurath of Design 21 to raze the existing dwelling and build an ultra-modern anthracite-hued showpiece, complete with four bedrooms and five baths in nearly 7,800 square feet of feng shui-inspired living space offering sweeping canyon, mountain, and ocean views.
Within the boxy two-story concrete, steel, oak, and glass structure, warm yet museum-esque interiors boast radiant-heated concrete floors, soaring ceilings, large triple-paned sliding glass windows, five fireplaces, and high-tech smart-home systems. Outdoors, 1,800 square feet of decking overlooks a dramatic 40-foot infinity pool and spa heated by solar panels and a fire pit flanked by a bronze filigree-accented wall. There’s also a green rooftop with drought-tolerant plantings, as well as a motor court and two garages that can accommodate up to 15 vehicles.
Solar panels are used to heat the dramatic 70-foot infinity pool and inset spa.
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Back inside, a spacious living area sports a three-sided fireplace, while a chandelier-topped dining space that seats 12 flows to a sleekly designed kitchen sporting Gaggenau appliances, a Japanese grill, and an accompanying 1,000-bottle wine cellar. The massive upstairs primary suite comes with a separate lounge and sauna-equipped bath, and elsewhere is a sky-lit gallery space and a plush theater where Simmons has screened movies like 2022’s shark thriller Deep Water, made by the production company he launched in 2023 with Arclight Films chairman Gary Hamilton.
As for who the next owner might be? Well, the 75-year-old rocker and reality TV star—who currently maintains two properties in Malibu, one in Canada, and a couple lived in by his children—told The Wall Street Journal that he doesn’t plan on letting just anyone buy the place. “You have such wonderful times there, you don’t want some schmuck in the place you call home,” he said. “No drugs, no alcoholics. I don’t want anybody coming in there who is going to destroy the place.”
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