Kim Kardashian buys 'buffer' home between her and Kanye
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Kim Kardashian's amazing property journey
Having been in the public eye for more than 15 years, reality television star turned entrepreneur, Kim Kardashian is now worth an estimated $1.8 billion, according to Forbes. After developing multimillion-dollar businesses and with a growing family to boot, it will come as no surprise that the SKIMS owner's property portfolio paints a pretty impressive picture. Click or scroll through and let’s take an inside look at the businesswoman's extraordinary real estate journey…
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Where does Kim Kardashian live?
The social media influencer, entrepreneur and aspiring attorney has lived in a variety of homes around the Los Angeles area, including Bel Air and Beverly Hills. She currently resides in her Hidden Hills mansion with her four children, after she won sole ownership of the home during her divorce from Kanye West. But where did the famous Kardashian grow up?
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Kim Kardashian’s childhood
Pictured here with her lawyer father, Robert Kardashian and sister Kourtney, Kim grew up in the idyllic surrounds of Los Angles. Her parents Kris and Rob raised the children; Kim, Kourtney, Khloe and Rob until their divorce in 1991.
Kim Kardashian's childhood home
Before the split, the Kardashian family lived together in this Beverley Hills 90210 manse, a short hop from Rodeo Drive. According to Realtor, after tying the knot in 1978, newly married Kris and Rob splashed out the tiny sum of $383,500 on the home a year later, eventually selling in 1994 for a huge $1.5 million.
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Where is Kim Kardashian from?
The sprawling open-plan property in Beverley Hills stretches over 3,922 feet and was built in 1951. With four bedrooms and four bathrooms, the home had plenty of space for the young Kardashian clan.
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Where did Kim Kardashian grow up?
In 1998, seven years after her mum Kris married Caitlyn Jenner, then known as Bruce, Kim graduated from Marymount High School in Bel Air, California, which she attended with future socialite friend, Paris Hilton. But it would be a few years before her career started to take off.
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The start of Kim Kardashian's career
At just 20 years old, the soon to be reality star secretly wed music producer Damon Thomas. But when Kim’s dad passed away in 2003, her marriage broke down a year later. Around this time she also became close with former high school friend, Paris Hilton and began working as the celebutante’s assistant where she got her first taste of the limelight. In a 2019 episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Kim acknowledged that Hilton 'literally gave me a career'.
Kim Kardashian’s reality show debut
But it wasn’t until 2007 when reality show, Keeping Up With The Kardashians first aired on E! Entertainment that Kim became a household name. The show followed the daily exploits of the Kardashian-Jenner family including stepfather Caitlyn Jenner and younger half-sisters Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner. 2006 was also the year that Kim, Kourtney and Khloé opened their first DASH store in Calabasas.
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Kim Kardashian’s LA Condo
Just before she was first thrust into the limelight on KUWTK, Kim moved out into her first home in 2005. Although we don't know what the star paid for her new Beverly Grove pad, she sold up in 2010 for $885,000 according to the listing.
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Kim Kardashian’s LA Condo
While the décor has changed since the Kardashian lived here, it's easy to see how the young starlet lived. Spread across 1,720 square feet, the condo boasts three bedrooms, and a kitchen complete with Viking appliances. The space also features a breakfast bar ideal for the star to enjoy those huge Chinese chicken salads that she is so fond of.
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Kim Kardashian’s LA Condo
Large floor-to-ceiling windows grace the open-plan living area allowing for stunning views across Los Angeles. Playing host to a working fireplace and space for a dining room table, it’s the perfect room for entertaining.
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Kim Kardashian’s LA Condo
The extra-large master bedroom includes a spa-like bath as well as a separate shower, fireplace and huge walk-in wardrobe. Becoming somewhat of a style icon herself, the fashion-loving star certainly would have enjoyed the extra closet space.
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Kim Kardashian’s business career
Kim soon became a successful entrepreneur, making her fortune through modelling, clothing collections including shapewear brand SKIMS and even a very successful app game, alongside her daily role as an influencer. Kim's boasts over 313 million followers on Instagram and is still one of the world's most popular reality stars to this day.
Kim Kardashian’s Beverly Hills Villa
After slowly climbing up the celebrity ranks, Kim released her own perfume in 2009 and a year later bought her first mansion. This Tuscan gated resort villa was home to the star from 2010, when she bought it for $3.4 million, according to the listing. The five-bedroom, five-bathroom abode sweeps across nearly 3,800 square feet and boasts its own private pool, perfect for filming KUWTK scenes.
Kim Kardashian’s Beverly Hills Villa
Rich, hardwood flooring flows throughout the large chef’s kitchen complete with a center island that's lit by via the plethora of hanging lights and paneled windows. The kitchen area opens out to the family room and lower level outdoor living space for large get-togethers and Kardashian family dos.
Kim Kardashian’s Beverly Hills Villa
Ornate floor and wall tiling adorn the upstairs bathroom which is illuminated via recessed spot-lighting, whilst wall sconces and two large windows provide leafy views over the garden and beyond.
Kim Kardashian’s Beverly Hills Villa
During her three year stay at the home, the businesswoman married former NBA basketball player Kris Humphries in August 2011. Despite airing in a special titled Kim’s Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event, Kim filed for divorce just 72 days into the marriage as reported by US Weekly. The pair lived in the house together until their divorce, which was maybe why Kim decided to sell up in 2013 for $4 million, making a tidy profit.
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
Shortly after her divorce from Kris Humphries, Kim started dating long-time friend Kanye West. After dating for two years, the pair married in May 2014. Unsurprisingly their wedding was a high profile celebrity-filled affair, held at Fort di Belvedere in Florence, Italy following a seven-month engagement according to ABC News.
Kim Kardashian’s Bel Air Mansion with Kanye West
Before the wedding in 2014, the pair announced their first pregnancy in January 2013 during Kanye’s New Year's Eve performance in Atlantic City. Before North West was born in June 2013 the parents purchased this family-sized mansion within the guard-gated community of Bel Air Crest for a cool $9 million, according to the listing.
Kim Kardashian’s Bel Air Mansion with Kanye West
All 9,000 square-foot of the Bel Air mansion was renovated and redesigned to the duo’s style, featuring fresh white walls, stainless steel fixtures and clean lines throughout. A glass wall in the living area boasts covetable vistas over Los Angeles from the privacy of their gated community.
Kim Kardashian’s Bel Air Mansion with Kanye West
With seven bedrooms and seven bathrooms, there was plenty of room for a growing family and on 5 December 2015, while the couple still lived in the home, Kim gave birth to their son, Saint West. Elsewhere, the sleek minimalist kitchen boasts a long, slim center island and stainless steel appliances.
Kim Kardashian’s Bel Air Mansion with Kanye West
After transforming the abode to their minimalist taste, Kim and Kanye decided to sell the property. Making a tidy profit, the Bel Air mansion sold for $17.8 million in 2017. In the summer of 2017 it was confirmed by People that Kim and Kanye had hired a surrogate to carry their third child, so it looked like the growing family were on the market for a new home!
Kim Kardashian’s Hidden Hills Mansion with Kanye West
In 2014, Kim and Kanye purchased this expansive estate in Hidden Hills for $20 million, set across three acres of land, boasting beautiful vineyards, mature trees and rolling lawns. According to People, Kris Jenner claimed the home was valued at around $60 million after the couple completely reimagined it.
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Kim Kardashian’s Hidden Hills Mansion with Kanye West
As documented in Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Kim and Kanye welcomed two more babies to their family via surrogate. Their second daughter, Chicago, was born on 15 January 2018 while their second son, Psalm was born on 10 May 2019. A full house!
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Kim Kardashian’s Hidden Hills Mansion with Kanye West
Inside the palatial home, huge arching hallways and streams of white space make for a somewhat spiritual building. Speaking to Architectural Digest in February 2020, Kanye described the Hidden Hills mansion as a 'futuristic Belgian monastery’. Designed by the couple alongside Belgian architect Axel Vervoodt, they spent $20 million on the extensive renovations.
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Kim Kardashian’s Hidden Hills Mansion with Kanye West
During the renovations the couple and their children stayed across the road at Kris' home for three years, eventually moving out in 2017. The massive house boasts two kitchens, two pantries, several freezers and a huge walk-in refrigerator. Here we can see the family in one of two kitchens that boasts a vast, round wooden table.
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Kim Kardashian’s neighboring country home
Not content with just one Hidden Hills mansion, Kim and Kanye then invested in a neighboring property in October 2019 for just under $3 million according to the listing. Earlier that year they had also purchased a second adjoining house in an off-market deal for $2.7 million, securing seven-and-a-half acres of land surrounding the primary Hidden Hills mansion.
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Kim Kardashian’s neighboring country home
Barn style, vaulted ceilings in the living area match the ranch estate feel and equestrian facilities found on the celebrity compound. The main house sits on 3,880 square feet of Californian soil, encompassing four bedrooms and four bathrooms. One for each child!
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Kim Kardashian’s neighboring country home
No Kardashian property would be complete without its own pool and expertly landscaped backyard as pictured here. Featuring a covered patio and built-in barbecue terrace for hungry celebrity guests, it's not known if the pair even lived in the property, although it's thought they still own it to this day.
Kim Kardashian’s Wyoming ranch with Kanye West
However exciting their Los Angeles life was together, the peaceful rolling hills of Wyoming beckoned, and in September 2019 the family bought their own ranch. Named Monster Lake Ranch, the homestead stretches out across 4,500 acres of idyllic mountainous countryside.
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Kim Kardashian’s Wyoming ranch with Kanye West
Consisting of numerous lakeside cabins and outbuildings including a restaurant, saloon, ranch-style event venue, equestrian facilities and a shooting range, the property was certainly large enough for the family of six. Originally listed for $14 million, the exact price they paid is currently unknown. This ranch became Kanye's home, while the couple hunkered down in the media storm of their divorce announcement. However, it seems he has moved onto new pastures, as he recently listed the sprawling property for $11 million with DBW Realty.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye's second ranch
2019 was a busy year for the famous duo’s property portfolio. One month after purchasing the Hidden Hills second home, Kanye followed suit of a number of celebrities fleeing to the countryside and bought a second Wyoming ranch for $14.5 million. Bighorn Mountain Ranch is located approximately 50 miles from their first ranch, on over 6,700 acres of land. Complete with three camps that are dotted around the estate, it has 10 cabins available to the family.
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye's second ranch
One such camp is The Lodge at Bald Ridge, hosting its own log cabin with five bedrooms, four bathrooms and three additional smaller cabins which are ideal for guests or staff. It’s easy to see what attracted the family to ranch living, with plenty of outdoor activities on tap such as skiing, hiking and fishing. The wider Kardashian family enjoyed more time out of the spotlight after December 2020, when Kim Kardashian announced the end of KUWTK, but it wasn't long before the clan was back on our screens. A new show titled The Kardashians launched on streaming service Hulu in April this year.
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye split
News of Kim and Kanye's split came in 2021 after months of rumors and seven years of marriage. We now know that Kanye claimed the ranches in the divorce settlement, while Kim bought her husband out of the Hidden Hills estate for $23 million according to US Weekly.
Hidden Hills 'buffer' home
Kim is still winning the who-can-own-the-most-of-Hidden-Hills race though, as she’s just bought up this understated, custom-built four-bed in the same neighborhood. It sits between Kim’s other Hidden Hills property and the house Kanye snapped up in December – a very expensive 'buffer' between her and her ex, at $6.3 million. It was such an attractive buy, the reality star allegedly paid $800,000 over the asking price, as reported by New York Post.
Hidden Hills 'buffer' home
Quite the time-warp, this is the first time this home has been on the market since it was built in 1975 and Kim can either embrace the formal style of the place or remodel it into a more modern home, in her signature understated style. The large dining room certainly has plenty of space for hosting the whole Kardashian-Jenner clan and looks out onto the greenery of the yard outside.
Hidden Hills 'buffer' home
The dining room leads to a family room with a fireplace and wet bar, and there's also an ensuite bedroom downstairs. A deep green-carpeted spiral staircase adorned with gold-colored railings leads to the second-floor bedrooms. Yet, the New York Post suggests that the star, like Kanye, has purchased the property reportedly as a teardown. Only time will tell...
Hidden Hills 'buffer' home
Having a house between the couple’s respective homes fits nicely with Kim and Kanye’s plan to co-parent their four children, and the kids certainly won’t be lacking play space here. This pad stretches across 4,239 square feet of living space and sits on more than an acre of land, providing plenty of scope for Kim to expand her estate.
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A love nest?
Together Kim and Kanye cultivated a property roster worth nearly $100 million before Kim filed for divorce on 19 February 2021. Now dating comedian Pete Davidson and with the couple recently making a host of red carpet appearances including The Kardashians premier and the Met Gala (pictured), we wonder if the funnyman will be a permanent fixture at her growing Hidden Hills empire.
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What's next for Kim Kardashian?
For now, after purchasing her main expansive Hidden Hills estate from Kanye, Kim stays there with her four children, with her family and ‘momager’ Kris Jenner close by. We can't wait to see what's next for the property-loving reality star...
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