Real Housewives Star Slashes Price of Beverly Hills Mansion by $3M for Quick Sale

Dorit Kemsley of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills has been trying to sell her Beverly Hills estate house for awhile now, enlisting top L.A. realtor Mauricio Umansky (a.k.a. husband of her fellow Housewives star Kyle Richards) for the job.

When Kemsley first put the home on the market, she was asking $12.75 million. After sitting unsold for six months, Kemsley and husband Paul reduced the price by nearly $2 million, to $10.95 million. It’s currently listed at $9.75 million.

A large gate keeps out the riff raff, while a steep driveway leads to the home within.

When it comes to her personal taste in décor, Dorit describes her style as a “blend of classic and traditional, yet modern and fashionable.”

Beverly Hills living at its finest, the sliding glass doors in this living area open to the pool deck for a seamless flow between indoor and outdoor spaces.

“The price was lowered to get it sold,” Paul (known to Real Housewives viewers as “PK”), told the New York Post‘s “Page Six” column. “We are very keen to move.”

“We want a less vertical house with more of a backyard,” Paul told “Page Six,” adding that the couple’s children (Jagger, 3, and Phoenix, 23 months) are “running around everywhere and we have a lot of stairs, so we want to swap stairs for grass!”

For now, the plan is to stay put until the house is sold – only then will the family start house-hunting. “We haven’t looked yet as I don’t want Dorit to fall in love with another house and then me say, ‘Sorry, love, we need to sell ours first,'” Paul explained.

Dorit and Paul moved into the three-storey, 8,679-square-foot mansion in 2013, and she admitted to Us Weekly that it’s going to be tough to leave. “I’ve spent a lot of time fixing it and making it special,” she said, adding: “I know that this house is perfect and very right for someone.”

In addition to Dorit and her family, another person who’s enjoyed the home has been frequent houseguest Boy George, who’s called the mansion home whenever he’s in Los Angeles. “I think when you stay in someone’s house and you live in their lives and you’re playing with their children and you see them as a couple [it’s different]. I mean he sees us before bed; he sees us first thing in the morning, and it’s not like this lunch date per se,” she says of her friendship with the former Culture Club singer. “You kind of get more intimately connected, and that’s definitely what happened.”

Boy George (who is also godfather to the couple’s daughter, Phoenix), describes Dorit’s decorating style “masculine,” notes Us Weekly, pointing to her tendency toward grey, white, black and beige tones. “If it was up to him, I’d have multi-colour rooms,” she joked.

Situated in an enviable, secluded lot in the heart of Beverly Hills – minutes away from the famed Beverly Hills Hotel, Kemsley boasts to Us Weekly about the home’s “great views” and “great layout.”

The spacious great room is Dorit’s absolute favourite room in the home, featuring a piano that was given to her by Billy Joel.

This, says Dorit, is where she and her husband spend most of their time, joking that the huge master bedroom “can pack 25 people.” The spacious bedroom also features a private sun deck and toasty fireplace.

The deep soaker tub in the master bath offers a spectacular view of nearby Century City.

There’s plenty of marble to go around in this bathroom (one of 7 in the home), featuring a marble-lined shower, flooring and countertop.

The large walk-in closet offers ample storage for the volume of clothing, shoes and accessories befitting one of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

The recently renovated kitchen contrasts dark and light colours, with gleaming black marble countertops and black tile backsplash serving as a counterpoint to the white cabinets.

The fully updated kitchen boasts double ovens and a glass-doored refrigerator.

Although the home boasts its own banquet hall, Dorit noted that most of the couple’s entertaining takes place in the great room and this lavish dining room, with two elaborate chandeliers hanging overhead.

Located off the entry foyer, the office/den features plenty of built-in wood shelving.

Dorit and her family spend plenty of time poolside, frequently enjoying informal meals on the patio.

The pool and hot tub offer an extravagant outdoor space in which to enjoy that spectacular Southern California weather.

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