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Kat Von D sells 13-bedroom Hollywood mansion for half original listed price as LA ‘mansion’ tax looms

By Kate Ng,

2023-03-29

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Kat Von D has reportedly found a buyer for her 12,565-square-foot property more than a year after she put it on the market.

The celebrity tattoo artist has sold her home, which was featured in the 2003 film Cheaper By The Dozen , for US$7.75m, down from the original US$15m price tag.

Von D, 41, first listed the 13-bedroom, 10-bathroom mansion in Los Angeles in January 2022. Six months later, she cut the price to US$12.5m.

According to TMZ , she finally closed the sale of the house on Tuesday (28 March) for half of the original market price to Tyler James Cassity, the co-owner of the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

It comes as celebrities living in Los Angeles rush to sell their homes ahead of 1 April , when the city’s new Measure ULA, also known as a “mansion tax”, comes into force.

The tax will require sellers to pay a four per cent transfer tax on property sales of more than US$5m, and a 5.5 per cent tax on sales of more than US$10m.

All funds raised from the tax will go towards public housing, with the city aiming to raise up to US$1bn to address its growing homelessness crisis.

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Von D first bought the mansion, which features Gothic-inspired décor, a hidden bar, a library, and a bright red pool, in 2016 for US$6.5m.

Just before she listed the property, Von D announced she was closing her tattoo parlour High Voltage in Los Angeles and was moving to Indiana.

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On Instagram, she said: “As some of you know, we recently purchased a beautiful home on a bit of land in rural Indiana, and the more time we spend out there we realise we feel more at home there than we do in LA.

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“After much thought, we have decided we will permanently be moving to Indiana at the end of this year. We plan on selling our beautiful home here, and I will most likely open a private studio in Indiana once we are done with the house remodel there.”

The KVD Beauty owner rose to fame after appearing on reality shows Miami Ink and LA Ink . She is married to artist Rafael Reyes, with whom she shares son Leafar Von D Reyes.

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