The house used for filming exterior shots during the insanely popular "Beverly Hills, 90210" television series is really in the 90254 and has once again hit the market.
The three-story, pale-blue house is located on The Strand and listed for $8.9 million.
The 2,868-square foot home was built in 1915 and boasts 136 feet of beach frontage and looks like something you'd find in Cope Cod. It sits at the end of 35h Street and features a 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom bungalow with a full laundry room, kitchen and enclosed patios. There are also two guest suites, each with a private balcony and - no joke - incredible ocean views.
The house has actually been on the market for a while - it first went up in 2010 and was originally listed at $10.5 million
The news comes as a recent sale of a massive Manhattan Beach compound set a record for highest home sale in the history of the South Bay, according to Mark McDermott of the Easy Reader. The home at 1600 The Strand sold for $10.9 million. Escrow closed Friday.
In 1998, the "90210" house was highlighted in a Daily Breeze article, shedding light onto some of the history of the famous residence.
From the article:
Even though filming at the home has long ended -- in fact, a total of only three days' filming took place in 1993 before a lawsuit by a neighbor ended it -- the house still lives on in the weekly show. Enough outtakes were shot to keep the characters in the house for years on end.
The television crews built a studio duplicate of The Strand apartment and shot multiple scenes there.
Several years before the Aaron Spelling show, the house was featured in the Kim Basinger movie, "My Stepmother is an Alien."
In the five-minute appearance, Basinger's character lands on the beach in a spaceship, and runs into a party at the home.
Although some neighbors find filming a nuisance, Steve Suard, who lives next door, doesn't mind it a bit.
"It was definitely fun. I got paid a lot of money to stay off my front patio," he said, recalling the filming days. "I used to say I live two houses from the corner, now I say I live next to the ` 90210 ' house."
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