Are JLo and Marc Anthony Heading for the Hills?

Bootylicious pop star Jennifer Lopez and her salsa-singing husband, Marc Anthony, are heading for the hills -- the hills of suburban Los Angeles, that is. According to rumors slip-sliding down the real estate grapevine, the couple recently signed contracts to purchase a sprawling estate in the guard-gated Hidden Hills community.


A Hotel-Sized House
Listing information and property records for the 3-acre estate, located in the exclusive Ashley Ridge section of Hidden Hills and last listed at $9.995 million, indicate the estate includes a boutique hotel-sized manse with 17,129 square feet. The two story country ranch-style house includes 9 bedrooms, and a dozen bathrooms spread throughout the the main and guest houses, which ought to provide plenty of room for Jenny and everyone on her block.



All the Bells and Whistles
Beyond the double height entry with its curving Norma Desmond-worthy staircase are formal living and dining rooms, a country-style gourmet kitchen and adjacent family room with paneled walls, a custom coffered ceiling and about an acre of beige wall-to-wall carpeting. As one can and should expect in a $10 million suburban palace, the property comes equipped with all the bells and whistles that celebrities desire, including a humongous home gym, game room, wood-paneled 20-seat theater, wine cellar, big bonus room and a recording studio, which was surely a selling point for this musically minded couple.

Let's Take it Outside
A circular drive leads through a porte-cochere that divides the main and guest houses and into a parking lot-sized motor court surrounded by garaging for 8 luxury automobiles and dark windowed SUVs. The park-like grounds also include a sport court, barbecue center, a gazebo with panoramic views, a free-form shaped swimming pool and spa and plenty of lush lawn areas where the Lopez/Anthony duo can install a celebrity-style swing set for their toddler twins.


She's A Suburban Girl
At first, it seemed a bit unlikely that the smoldering, Louboutin-wearing, ultra-glam La Lopez would spend big bucks on something so, well, suburban. But, then again, the Long Island-based Lopez/Anthony family currently call a multi-parcel estate in super-suburban but swank Brookville, NY home, so maybe it's not such a stretch after all.



It's Raining Celebrities
If the rumors are true, the Lopez/Anthony family will have plenty of famous folks to invite over for backyard barbecues and Saturday night karaoke because you can't swing a cat inside the gates of Hidden Hills without knocking over a celebrity or two. Some of the more notable property owners include Melissa Etheridge and her wife, Tammy Michaels, former desperate housewife Nicolette Sheridan -- who bought her mansion from Etheridge and Michaels -- Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne, the Kardashian clan, and Lisa Marie Presley, who recently listed her sprawling 11-bedroom and 9.5-bathroom equestrian estate with an asking price of $12 million.



Bye-Bye Bel Air
Just before the Christmas holidays, the Lopez/Anthonys sold their Tuscan-style estate in the posh Los Angeles enclave of Bel Air, which they originally purchased in January of 2005 for $6.25M. The St. Pierre Road residence, which happens to be right next door to the house where the Jonas Brothers holed up for part of 2009, was first listed at $8.5 million. Records show the buyer, a hedge fund honcho, paid $7.5 million for the 4-bedroom and 6-bathroom mansion.