2840 Hidden Valley Lane has been sold for $75 million, the highest amount ever for a residential property in Montecito. The seller was Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, who bought it from Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi for $34 million in 2018; they had purchased it from Ted and Heather Sturgess in 2013 and then added two adjacent parcels, for a total of nearly 17 acres. Despite the boldface names, the most famous former owner was the late interior designer John Saladino, who called it Villa di Lemma (get it?) and published a book about it in 2009. The above photo is from that book (and the place surely looks quite different by now).
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Maybe the furniture looks different, but I doubt the house has been remodeled in any significant way. It is a masterpiece. Truly. Ellen filled it full of furniture that completely changed the look, but not the house itself. It was worth every penny of $75 million, in my opinion.