Continuing with our aesthetics of the city jaunt.
From the New York Post, September 11:
Pierce Brosnan forced to flee $100M Malibu compound over fears of quakes, fire and sky-high costs
Pierce Brosnan is ready to say goodbye to his slice of Malibu paradise, after decades of dodging wildfires, worrying about earthquakes and shelling out a fortune to keep his sprawling $100 million compound afloat.
The former James Bond star, 73, and wife Keely Shaye Smith, 62, are preparing to move on from the spectacular oceanfront estate they have called home for more than two decades, with Brosnan admitting that life along California’s famously volatile coastline has begun to lose some of its luster.
“We’ve been spared by the fires a few times now. But I think it’s time to move,” Brosnan told The Times. “Everything changes, everything falls apart.”
The actor said living beside the Pacific Ocean, in an area vulnerable to earthquakes and devastating wildfires, has created an underlying sense of unease.
“We live by this body of earth’s water on a fault in a ring of earthquakes. That creates a fear,” he told the outlet....
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Real estate pro tip: If you are selling your $100mm California compound, do not be the first to mention the cost, the fires and the earthquakes when addressing potential buyers. Be forthright if asked but don't lead with, say, potential tsunami risk living on the beach.