Marilyn Monroe’s former Los Angeles house is not going to be listed on the market — regardless of a historic ruling that declared the property a historic cultural monument this week.
The present homeowners of the late Hollywood icon’s sprawling pad — a rich actual property heiress and actuality TV producer husband — don’t have any plans to promote the Brentwood house, TMZ studies.
On Wednesday, the LA Metropolis Council unanimously voted 12-0 to position the enduring property on the listing of Historic-Cultural Monuments.
Brinah Milstein and Roy Financial institution, the house’s present homeowners, will proceed to combat the town council’s ruling that protects it from being torn down.
The couple, who snapped up the property final yr for round $8.35 million, declare the town used “unconstitutional” strategies earlier than they might demolish the abode.
Sources advised the outlet that the pair really feel “violated” by the ruling and don’t wish to be pressured into promoting the house — which the couple had hoped to demolish in a bid to increase their property, the Put up solely reported final yr.
What’s extra, the house is reportedly in a state of disrepair — together with main roofing points — which partially is why they don’t reside there.
The pair are reportedly not trying to repair any of the problems right now, particularly as the brand new ruling makes it troublesome to hold out any work on the home.
Milstein and Financial institution’s allow was initially given the inexperienced mild to enter the preliminary levels of the demolition course of however was quickly paused after officers discovered concerning the plans.
The town council briefly stopped the demolition throughout a September 2023 listening to, claiming the property ought to be designated a historic cultural monument.
The couple filed a lawsuit in Might accusing the town of “unlawful and unconstitutional conduct” and utilizing “backdoor machinations” in its combat to avoid wasting the home, which Monroe bought for $75,000 in 1962.
They beforehand claimed the town exaggerated Monroe’s connection to the home, describing the residence as “the home the place Marilyn Monroe sometimes lived for a mere six months earlier than she tragically dedicated suicide 61 years in the past.”
The house is the place Monroe died of a barbiturate overdose on August 4, 1962.
The one-story, Hacienda-style pad on a 2,900-square-foot property was acknowledged for its significance within the metropolis’s historical past.