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Inside the iconic Playboy Mansion – sex parties, rotting property and glam makeover

The most famous party house in the world, the Playboy Mansion, was left to rot after Hugh Hefner died and is now undergoing a multimillion dollar make over.

Hefner’s next-door neighbour Daren Metropoulos – son of billionaire investor Dean Metropoulos – bought the old-fashioned mansion in 2016 for $100 million.

As part of the deal, Metropoulos said that Hefner was allowed to remain in the home for the rest of his life time.

Hefner lived there for more than four decades where he hosted sleazy glamour women and wild parties – but September 2017 he died aged 91.

Sources claimed looters raided the famous mansion in LA and stripped it with all its fixtures from pictures, garden furniture and even pieces of rock from the landscaping in the famous grotto.

The famous Playboy Mansion is undergoing a multi-million dollar makeover, former home of Hugh Hefner. The 29-room Holmby Hills mansion was sold to billionaire Daren Metropoulos by Playboy Enterprises in 2016.
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Mr Metropoulos agreed to restore the 14,000 square foot mansion back to its ‘original grandeur’ after city officials made it a designated historic landmark.

Now the pool where the magazine mogul once hosted his outrageous parties with A-list guest has been drained and the grounds have been torn up and the mansion is covered with scaffolding.

It’s no shock that renovations are taking place after hearing what former bunnies had to say.

The Playboy bunnies posing in front of the infamous grotto back in 2003
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Hefner’s former girlfriend, Izabella St. James admitted the house needed major work in her 2010 book, Bunny Tales.

She said: “Everything in the Mansion felt old and stale, and Archie the house dog would regularly relieve himself on the hallway curtains, adding a powerful whiff of urine to the general scent of decay…

“Each bedroom had mismatched, random pieces of furniture.

“It was as if someone had gone to a charity shop and bought the basics for each room…

“The mattresses on our beds were disgustingly old, worn and stained. The sheets were past their best, too.”

The bunnies had mandatory 9pm curfews set by Hefner and regular film nights three times a week, where they would watch his favourite 1950s movies.

Hugh Hefner with his bunnies at the “House of Passion” party at the Playboy Mansion in 2004
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The bunnies were given $1,000 (around £725) to spend on clothes per week – but apparently this income would be reduced if managers got wind they were saving too much. Over the years as the mansion became more run down this money was reduced too.

The bunnies were not allowed to date anyone else and were offered free plastic surgery so they could tailor themselves to Hefner’s tastes.

In 2015, Carla Howe told The Sun on Sunday that Hefner had let the property fall into poor condition.

She said: “He almost never leaves home and refuses to change anything in the mansion, so the whole place feels like it’s stuck in the 1980s.

“There is no velvet or gold and all the carpets are brown and curling.

“The only phones you see are old hang-on-the-walls and there’s nothing hi-tech, even the gym equipment has been there for years.

“And because nothing has been changed in the rooms for so long, they tend to have a damp smell.”

Hugh Hefner in the Playboy mansion
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Hefner bought the playboy mansion in 1971 for $1.1 million.

The 29-room mansion used to be home to his many girlfriends, otherwise known as his “bunnies” and also to Hefner’s family, including his two sons Cooper and Marston, whom he had with Kimberley Conrad, his second wife.

The LA property use to include a wine cellar, a screening room, a game room, a tennis/basketball court, a waterfall and a swimming pool area and many more.

The Beverly Hills mansion entrance in 2006 in its full glory
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Young socialites and wealthy celebrities would head to the famous estate for wild pool parties and lavish events, including Leonardo DiCaprio and Eminem.

Then behind closed doors, some former bunnies recalled participating in sleazy orgies and dark drug binges.

Even though the Playboy Mansion has lost its sparkle, Hefner’s legacy lives on.

The men’s lifestyle and entertainment magazine was founded in 1953 and is still going today.

The mag isn’t printed regularly anymore but the publication shares articles online.

Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk


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