| Beverly Park makes one wonder how Beverly Hills is | | | | throughout all these rooms in a home that's on |
| only the 3rd most expensive real estate in the country. | | | | average nearly 30,000 square feet, sometimes there |
| This exclusively private gated community harbors the | | | | just isn't time to find a bathroom if there are only a |
| world's richest gathering of mansions within a 250 acre | | | | few of them. |
| space that's the home or former home to some of the | | | | The community seems to also have an interesting mix |
| most famous, infamous, and just plain rich celebrities | | | | of rich. Of course there are celebrities such as Eddie |
| known throughout the world. It also resides in the 90210 | | | | Murphy, Denzel Washington and Sylvester Stallone. |
| zip code, which means you can still watch some TV | | | | There are also corporate stars, moguls such as Russ |
| shows and feel a connection to the area. | | | | Weiner, the man who founded Rockstar Energy Drink, |
| There are two separate sections of Beverly Park, | | | | and Larry Flax, who founded the California Pizza |
| known as North Beverly Park and South Beverly Park. | | | | Kitchen. Add to that those who bring international |
| North Beverly Park is the more exclusive of the two | | | | wealth and those who decide to remain a bit more |
| sections, with 56 mansion out of 64 available lots, as | | | | anonymous and you have a community that's |
| some homeowners bought two lots so that they could | | | | strangely diverse in its own way. |
| build bigger places to live. South Beverly Park has only | | | | Being an exclusive gated community for the rich and |
| 16 mansions, and is sometimes at the whim of the | | | | famous, you know that security is tight. Initial security |
| other side regarding access to the community for | | | | and gate access is paid for through their version of a |
| staff and visitors. | | | | community association, for which the North and the |
| How exclusive is this area in general? There's a | | | | South seemed to have their own. Many of the homes |
| 70-page homeowners contract that every resident | | | | have their own security as well, and something |
| has to agree to which basically states no home can | | | | different about this gated community is that most of |
| be less than 5,000 square feet. With that said, none of | | | | the homes in the community have their own gates |
| the homes in the community are close to being that | | | | surrounding their homes. |
| small, with the largest homes easily passing 40,000 | | | | I hear you asking about price. It seems that some of |
| square feet. It's one of the few communities in the | | | | the rich have suffered because of the problems with |
| country were there are often twice as many | | | | the financial health of the world, but you don't have to |
| bathrooms as there are bedrooms. | | | | feel too sorry for these folks. At the low end some |
| And it's no wonder why. When one has a mansion, | | | | homes are going for around $8.5 million, while on the |
| they're not relegated to only bedrooms, family rooms, | | | | high end some have asked for as much as $50 million |
| and a kitchen. There's often more than one great | | | | for their homes. Because of the price of homes in this |
| room, media rooms, ballrooms (yes, a few homes in | | | | neighborhood, sometimes it takes a couple of years to |
| the area have their own ballroom), home studios, both | | | | find a buyer, but there always seems to be some |
| indoor and outdoor swimming pools, tennis courts, | | | | homes for sale so if you're interested, make a call. |
| stables, and game rooms. When one has to walk | | | | |