The longtime Los Angeles estate of the late fitness icon Richard Simmons has officially hit the market for $7 million, (AUD $10.5million) one year after his death at age 76.
The 1937 Neoclassical Revival Colonial-style residence, perched just above the Sunset Strip, was Simmons’s primary home for more than four decades, and it’s as much a time capsule as it is a trophy listing.
According to Zillow, the 4,119-square-foot home sits on a gated half-acre block and includes a motor court, a detached two-car garage, a keyhole-shaped swimming pool, a poolhouse, and extensive terraced side yards with potential for formal gardens or a guest house.
The property is being listed by John A. Lucy of Keller Williams Hollywood Hills.
Beyond its stately columned entrance, the interior reflects Simmons’s eccentric style and 1980s flair. A custom hardwood foyer with purple geometric inlays opens to a formal centre hall floor plan.
Inside, there’s a step-down living room, music room with double-sided fireplace, a formal dining room for ten, and an updated kitchen.
Architectural Digest reports the showstopper, though, is the two-level, four-room primary suite, complete with plush lavender carpeting, sky-themed murals, multiple balconies, a fireplace, a luxurious bath, a dressing room, and an upper-level Keiser-equipped gym.
In total, the house features four bedrooms and five bathrooms, with additional guest and staff quarters, a maid’s suite with laundry and service entrance, and a second-floor den.
Simmons, who rose to fame in the 1980s with his “Sweatin’ to the Oldies” workout series, stepped away from the public eye in the 2010s.
Rumours about his health and wellbeing circulated for years, but in a January 2024 Facebook post, he clarified: “Don’t believe everything you read. I no longer have a manager, and I no longer have a publicist. I just try to live a quiet life and be peaceful.”
In his final interview, published by People the day before his death in July 2024, Simmons said: “I feel good! I am grateful that I’m here, that I am alive for another day. I’ll spend my birthday doing what I do every day, which is to help people.”
