Matthew Perry’s Hollywood mansion goes on sale: Friends star bought the property three months before he died from ketamine overdose and never had a chance to live in it

The mansion that Matthew Perry bought for $5 million just three months before his tragic death and never got to enjoy before dying from the “acute effects of ketamine” has returned to the housing market.

Perry, who died suddenly on October 28, 2023 at the age of 54, after being found unconscious in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home, bought another beautiful home in LA shortly before his death.

The owned by Hollywood Hillslocated at 1479 Rising Glen Road, was a three-bedroom, four-bathroom home spread over 2,566 square feet on a 9,622-square-foot lot.

Perry closed on the $4,995,000 sale of his new, fully furnished home on May 31, 2023.

Nestled in the hills above the iconic Sunset Strip, the beautiful home has a classic feel, with walls of glass surrounding a sun-drenched terrace in the center of the property.

Perry, who died suddenly on October 28, 2023, after being found unconscious in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home, bought another beautiful home in LA shortly before his death.

The Hollywood Hills property, located at 1479 Rising Glen Road, was a three-bedroom, four-bathroom home spanning 2,566 square feet on a 9,622-square-foot lot.

From the street the property offers privacy with surrounding gates and a large driveway leading to a double garage.

There is a beautiful pool and fire pit on the south-facing terrace, which receives an abundance of sunlight all day long.

The expansive deck provides a large space to entertain guests and enjoy the best sunny weather in California.

All bedrooms are en suite and offer natural light all day long.

The house has a classic architectural design with a modern flair and is decorated with light and bright walls and furniture, with accents of wood and earth tones.

Listing agents Greg Holcomb and Tim Durkovic of Douglas Elliman declined to comment.

Sadly, Perry didn’t get the chance to enjoy his exciting purchase before he abruptly passed away in October – in a death that shocked the world.

Perry made a fortune thanks to his time as Chandler Bing on the hit sitcom Friends, but he also made millions from a robust real estate portfolio.

There is a beautiful pool and fire pit on the south-facing terrace, which receives an abundance of sunlight all day long

The expansive deck provides a large space to entertain guests and enjoy the best sunny weather in California

Before his tragic death at age 54, the beloved star had downsized. He sold his properties for a total of $35 million in recent years and replaced them with more modest homes – although there is no indication he was in financial trouble.

Like many actors when they find success, Perry bought his first mansion in Los Angeles just a year after Friends premiered in 1994: a two-bedroom house in the Hollywood Hills.

“If you have a successful sitcom, it’s the law: between the first and second seasons, you buy a house,” he told the Toronto Star at the time.

It’s not clear how much he bought it for, but the Canadian-American sold his first mansion in 2001 for $839,000. The property is now worth about $2 million.

He had already moved into a new home in 1999, when he bought a 6,500-square-foot mansion in Beverly Hills for a reported $3.2 million. The nearly 2,000-square-foot property included a pool, sauna and walls of glass, a feature that would be part of many of Perry’s future homes.

Also in 2005, Perry purchased a furnished two-bedroom apartment on the Sunset Strip for approximately $2.5 million. The house, previously owned by Mr. Elton John, was a corner unit in the Sierra Towers building in the West Hollywood area.

Boasting a classic architectural design with a modern flair, the house is decorated with light and bright walls and furnishings, with accents of wood and earth tones and a striking color statement.

Perry never got the chance to enjoy his newly purchased property as he died of a tragic and sudden death just months after the $5 million purchase.

In 2006, Perry purchased a 4,100-square-foot mansion on the Sunset Strip for $1.7 million. It had walls of glass opening onto a patio and pool, as well as multiple fireplaces and a home theater. He sold the property in 2014 for $5.695 million.

In 2008, Perry moved from that glass house to a mansion on Carman Crest Drive, for which he paid $4.475 million. The three-bedroom house also featured glass walls and modern architecture.

He sold the house in 2013 for $4.6 million, but had already moved on to another home in 2011, when he bought another glass-covered three-bedroom home in the Hollywood Hills for $8.5 million.

Also in 2011, the Friends star purchased a $12 million Malibu beachfront home, which he once called his “kick-ass Malibu house.”

Perry moved again in 2017 – this time to a ‘mansion in the sky’ with a whopping $21 million price tag.

In 2020, Perry sold his Malibu beach house for $12.95 million – less than the original sale price of $14.95 million, but still more than the actor bought it for.

That summer he bought a $6 million cottage in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, where years later he would be found dead in the hot tub.