Inside Jennifer Lopez’s mega mansion, on sale for US$42.5 million: 6 months after marrying Ben Affleck, her 1940s Bel Air home is back on the market – and it even has a 100-seat outdoor amphitheatre


We’re talking about her sprawling Bel Air retreat in California that is currently listed for sale and could be yours for a cool US$42 million, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Equipped with an outdoor 100-seat amphitheatre, a private lake and beach, an indoor cinema, an infinity pool, a gym and fitness centre, and 13 bathrooms, the luxe home sits on a 3.2-hectare (eight-acre) parcel not far from the Bel Air Hotel.

The creamy stucco and wood-accented structure includes over 12,800 sq ft of living space with several expansive terraces. It also includes a guest cottage, a pagoda with a firepit and a spa to complete the space.

On the inside, the home features a double-height living room boasting a fireplace, wet bar and curving wrought-iron staircase, along with a formal dining room, wood-panelled library and gourmet kitchen with a stone fireplace and a small breakfast nook.
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The primary suite upstairs houses an office and study space, a guest room and a room for guests and massages. The main suite also comes with its own library and sitting room. Other spaces include a spacious family/game room with an additional wet bar and a lower level with a plush cinema, according to the Carol Wood Real Estate website the property is listed on.

Lopez bought the home seven years ago from actress Sela Ward for US$28 million. It was built in 1940 and was originally designed by architect Samuel Abraham Marx, who also designed the New Orleans Museum of Art, among others.

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Other properties owned by the couple include a New York City penthouse, a mansion in the Hamptons, and a small cottage in LA’s Encino neighbourhood.

- Bought for US$28 million in 2016, the Shotgun Wedding actress has just listed her stunning, 9 bedroom, 13 bathroom California mansion for a whopping US$42.5 million
- Designed by modernist architect Samuel Abraham Marx, it boasts a luxury outdoor amphitheatre, an infinity pool and a cinema with posters of her and Ben Affleck’s films on the wall