A sprawling, 9,235-square-foot home in Belvedere, Calif. ― located just north of San Francisco in posh Marin County ― has sold for a record-breaking $47.5 million, according to multiple reports.
Not only does this deal beat the highest reported single-family home sale in Belvedere by approximately $22 million, but it shatters the records of the notoriously pricey San Francisco Bay Area by $12 million.
Dubbed Locksley Hall, the property dates back to around 1895. Mining millionaire Robert Friedland and wife Darlene bought the digs in 1995 for — wait for it — $5.5 million. But — wait for it again — the owners flushed in a whopping $30 million in renovation and restoration work that lasted nine years.
Standing on an almost 1-acre plot, the home has five bedrooms, seven full bathrooms and three half-bathrooms. For cooler days, the home has a handful of fireplaces. And for the warmer ones, there’s an in-ground pool with a pool house. Other amenities of note include a rose garden and panic room.
But even better are the home’s views, which look out to the San Francisco skyline and its iconic Golden Gate Bridge.
There’s no word on who the deep-pocketed buyer is, but the home had been on the market for as much as $70 million over the years, according to Yahoo. It nearly sold in 2007 for $65 million, until the housing market collapsed and the deal fell through.


