{"id":9708,"date":"2017-10-05T10:30:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T21:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=9708"},"modified":"2017-10-05T10:30:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T21:30:41","slug":"happens-playboy-mansion-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/happens-playboy-mansion-now\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens to the Playboy mansion now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A year ago, the\u00a0new owner struck a deal with Playboy Enterprises, the parent company of Hef\u2019s magazine, to buy the crumbling mansion and pay $US1million a year in upkeep on the property.<\/p>\n<p>Billionaire Daren Metropoulos purchased\u00a0the mansion for $US100 million\u00a0after protracted negotiations in August 2016.\u00a0 As part of the deal, he agreed to the unusual caveat that Hefner and his younger wife Crystal Harris, live at the property for the remainder of the ageing publisher\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theagencyre.com\/for-sale\/playboy-mansion\/#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">29-room mansion<\/a>\u00a0had originally been listed for sale for $US200 million before selling for half that price.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.propertynoise.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Hefner-and-the-bunnies-pictured-in-2014-at-a-Playboy-60th-anniversary-event-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hefner and the bunnies pictured in 2014 at a Playboy 60th anniversary event. 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