Mel Gibson giving up his slice of paradise in Costa Rica

  • By Neal J. Leitereg and Lauren Beale Los Angeles Times (TNS)
  • Saturday, August 26, 2017 1:30am
  • Life

By Neal J. Leitereg and Lauren Beale / Los Angeles Times

Mel Gibson discovered his 400-acre beachfront jungle getaway while scouting locations for his 2006 film “Apocalypto.” Now the actor-director, known to roam the property with machete in hand, has put the retreat in Costa Rica up for sale at $29.75 million. He previously listed it three years ago at the same price.

Called Playa Barrigona, the property has three hilltop villas, a dining pavilion and more than two miles of coastline.

The courtyard-style main house features indoor and outdoor dining and living areas, seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms. Spanish and Italian tiles, stone carvings and native woods are among the details. One side of the house opens to a veranda, a crescent-shaped swimming pool and sunning areas.

The other two-bedroom houses have kitchens, living rooms and swimming pools. A structure with an open-air dining room and commercial kitchen was shipped from Bali and reassembled on site.

Rocker buys L.A. estate: Adam Levine won’t be coming home to Beverly Crest in Los Angeles anymore. The Maroon 5 frontman and his wife, model Behati Prinsloo, have purchased an estate in Holmby Hills for $18 million.

Designed by architect Caspar Ehmcke and built in 1966, the French Regency-style home sits on more than an acre of grounds that abut the Los Angeles Country Club.

Features of the 9,200-square-foot house include a garden-view breakfast solarium, scaled formal rooms and an office/den. Two master suites are among the five bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms.

Decking surrounds a quatrefoil-shaped swimming pool in the back yard. A pool house, a two-story guesthouse, a three-car garage and a gated motor court also lie within the fenced and gated grounds.

Levine, 38, is the lead vocalist and guitarist for Maroon 5, a Grammy-winning pop-rock band. He is a coach on the singing competition series “The Voice.”

Morissette headed for a Brentwood breakup: Alanis Morissette is giving the peace sign to her longtime home in Brentwood. The singer last week listed the Mediterranean-style spread for $5.495 million.

Built in 1951, the two-story house sits behind gates on a lot of more than half an acre with a swimming pool and a sports court.

Features of the two-story home include vaulted ceilings, Arts and Crafts-style woodwork, French doors and five fireplaces. The roughly 5,150 square feet of living space contains open living and dining rooms, a chef’s kitchen with a curved island/bar, a library and an office/den.

The master suite comprises three rooms and two bathrooms. In all, there are seven bedrooms and 6.5 bathrooms. The property last changed hands in 1996 for $1.795 million, records show.

Morissette has won seven Grammys. Among her hit songs are “You Oughta Know” and “Ironic.”

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