15 celebrities who, despite earning millions, decided to live in modest houses

Maybe you’ve already seen those TV shows that show the luxury and style of the mansions of the famous, and thought that the money that some of them spend on their homes is exaggerated. However, as hard as it is to believe, there are celebrities who, for some reason, think the same way, and have decided to live in modest places despite having assets valued at millions of dollars. Matthew McConaughey and his motorhomeJohn Krasinski and his bachelor pad, and Kesha, with her bungalow, are some of the stars who voluntarily saved on housing.

O awesome.club prepared a list of celebrities who, at certain times in their lives, preferred to invest in things they deemed more important than having a lot of square meters at their disposal.

Eight months after ending his relationship with Kristen Stewart, with whom he lived in a mansion in Los Angeles (over 370 square meters), Robert Pattinson decided to sell the property and move to a nearby location, in the same city, but much more modest. With an estate of about 100 million dollars (about 500 million reais), Pattinson bought a house of 180 square meters, disbursing 2.1 million dollars for it (something around 10 million reais). And how is the residence? It is a “rustic” place, but decorated with the best quality finishings, with only two bedrooms and two bathrooms. Ah, and there is another factor that marks the “simplicity” of the place: the actor’s home is behind another house, and it is possible to get there by going through a long corridor.

Vincent Kartheiser, who played advertising executive Peter Campbell in Mad Men, lived in a kind of cabin with 54 square meters. Yes, that’s exactly what you read, 54 meters. The actor bought the property in times of lean cows, and to try to recover the amount invested, he renovated it while continuing to live in the place. Following the concept of Japanese industrial houses, Kartheiser tried to build an apartment with all the comforts, taking advantage of every centimeter for it.

Finally, he was able to sell the cabin, only for far less than he expected. The original price was 808 thousand dollars (4.4 million reais) but it sold for 650 thousand (3.6 million reais). Want to know how much he bought the place for? For 547 thousand dollars (just over 3 million reais), but taking into account the total renovation, which hardly cost less than 100 thousand dollars (554 thousand reais), it is possible to say that the business was not very profitable.

The well-known actress, who, in 2015, entered the list of forbes as the highest paid in the world (she pocketed the equivalent of 288 million reais that year), she also had her moment of “humility”. By the way, until 2015, Jennifer Lawrence lived in a condominium house, with 131 square meters, located in Santa Monica, California. In 2012, she had already said that she was used to living in “normal” places, and that she would feel strange living alone in a large mansion. However, despite such statements, the actress has made two major investments: in 2014, she bought a house of 511 square meters in Los Angeles; and in 2017, she became the owner of another property, in Tribeca, with 297 square meters and valued at 9 million dollars (almost 50 million reais).

In the entertainment world, many people are familiar with the bohemian fame flaunted by Matthew McConaughey. Taking that into account, it’s not exactly a surprise to learn that, until 2004, the actor lived in a motorhome with 8.53 square meters. Before leaving the mobile residence in a trailer park and renting a house to live with his pregnant girlfriend, the star not only lived in the motorhome, but he also used it as his production company’s office. Do you want to know what “luxuries” were available? Satellite dish on the ceiling, barbecue at the back and spaces to store books and scripts. What else is needed to be happy?

Between 2006 and 2011, the interpreter of Jim in the well-known comedy The Office lived in a property of 119 square meters. The apartment in Los Angeles cost almost 1 million dollars (about 5 million reais) to John Krasinski, and had a beautiful view of the famous “Sunset Boulevard”.

A year after his marriage to actress Emily Blunt, in 2011, he decided to sell the old house, and ended up making a loss. But that shouldn’t have been too much of a problem for the couple, as they later moved into a home in Brooklyn Heights, valued at $11 million.

Incredible as it may seem, the protagonist and creator of the successful series Girls lived in an apartment with a single bedroom and bathroom. Lena Dunham bought the 74 square meter property in 2012, the year her series debuted, paying $500,000 for it. However, when we analyze the region where the apartment is located, the price can be considered low compared to other residences. And what region is this? Brooklyn Heights, the luxurious neighborhood of New York.

But the famous did not stay long living in the place, which was rented in 2014 and sold in 2017, for the sum of 850 thousand dollars (4.7 million reais). The actress cannot complain as she made a good profit on the investment.

Definitely, Elijah Wood doesn’t need great luxuries to be happy. In 2013, the actor bought his home in Austin, Texas, for just over $1 million. The property of the one who gave life to Frodo in Lord of the Rings it is Victorian in style, and despite its low value by celebrity standards, it is approximately 300 square meters. It has four bedrooms, four bathrooms and three living rooms.

Deion Sanders, a former player who has a place in the NFL Hall of Fame, has a net worth of around 40 million dollars (223 million reais). However, he chose to live in a 56 square meter house in Cedar Hill, Texas, USA.

Although the property is not very large, it is a true refuge in the woods, but with luxuries worthy of an American football star: large bedroom, bathroom in the best spa style, cinema room and a terrace with space for practice of yoga.

Between 2014 and 2015, Kesha lived in a Spanish-style bungalow of about 130 square meters, located in Venice Beach, California. Despite not being a mansion, the place had a peculiar beauty, as it had a very romantic master bedroom and French doors that led to an outdoor area, with a fireplace and a hot tub.

The famous singer bought the property for 1.65 million dollars (9.2 million reais), selling it a year later for 1.8 million dollars (just over 10 million reais).

A few years ago, the actress and businesswoman, who became a star in the 1990s thanks to her work on the series Barred at the Ball, he lived in a sort of bungalow with his family. There, she maintained her own vegetable garden, in which she grew fruits and vegetables. In addition, she had a chicken and a pig as pets.

Despite having a net worth estimated at approximately 120 billion dollars (almost 710 billion reais), Warren Edward Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, still lives in the same house he bought in 1958 for about 30 thousand dollars (175 thousand reais ), now valued at more than 600 thousand dollars (approximately 3 million reais). His small mansion, located in Omaha, Nebraska, is 610 square meters, and has five bedrooms and two bathrooms.

The house is not exactly modest, but taking into account Buffett’s gigantic fortune, the property is even “simple”. The 89-year-old billionaire could live anywhere in the world he wanted, but he chose to stay in the city where he was born.

At first, this name may not sound famous, but Tom Shadyac is one of those responsible for great comedies in cinema, such as almighty🇧🇷 Ace Ventura — A Different Detective, The Liar, The Nutty Professor, between others. This American screenwriter, director and producer cultivated most of his fortune between the end of the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s. At the time, he invested in a mansion in the American city of Pasadena: the property is about 1,500 square meters. However, after a bicycle accident that left him with a depressive disorder, Shadyac had something of a revelation, and decided to sell his large residence and move to an area of motorhomes in Malibu, called “Paradise Cove”. It’s the same one where Matthew McConaughey parked his motorhome🇧🇷

In 2012, one of the most successful periods of glee, the protagonist of the series, Lea Michele, lived in a cozy house in Los Angeles, bought for 1.4 million dollars (7.8 million reais). The property was not very large, but it had its luxuries, including a beautiful marble countertop in the kitchen and a saltwater swimming pool heated by solar energy. The actress lived there until 2015, when she decided to move to an apartment worth 3 million dollars (16.7 million reais). His new residence has, among other amenities, a two-story gym.

Musician and singer Chris Daughtry, who ranked fourth in the american idol, bought a home in the US state of North Carolina for $690,000 ($3.8 million) in 2006. The 334-square-meter property had four bedrooms and three bathrooms. The artist lived there with his wife and their four children — two of whom had to share a room. However, although not all children had a room of their own (a rare thing among celebrities) the house did offer a saltwater pool, spa and championship golf course. In 2011, Chris put the property up for sale.

Tech tycoon Mark Zuckerberg lives in a $7 million (39 million reais) property, which is nothing short of modest. However, considering that the property is in Silicon Valley, a highly valued location, and also taking into account the fortune of more than 60 billion dollars (more than 330 billion reais) of the creator of Facebook, it is possible to say that the house does not it is an excessive luxury.

The biggest investment that Zuckerberg made was in privacy, since he spent 30 million dollars (167 million reais) to buy the four properties that surrounded his house, only to demolish them all and build smaller residences.

If you had the fortune of the celebrities listed above, where would you choose to live? In a gigantic mansion or in a smaller house, but with some amenities? Comment!