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Rock Star Eric Clapton Asking $1.5 Million For Beach House November 23, 2003

Eric Clapton has put his Venice, Calif. beach house on the market at just under $1.5 million.

The legendary British rocker decided to sell his home of four years because he needs more space for his growing family.

The ocean-view house, designed by Arata Isozaki and built in 1986, has one bedroom and two bathrooms in about 2,100 square feet.

The living room has a 30-foot cathedral ceiling, skylights and floor-to-ceiling windows, which open onto a Japanese bamboo garden. The master bedroom has a 20-foot cathedral ceiling. The house is a few steps from the beach.

Clapton also has homes in England and Antigua, West Indies. He has two homes in France.

Reggae legend Bob Marley’s eldest daughter, Cedella, is used to large creative projects: She has been a member of Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, a pop-reggae band of Marley’s children that has recorded and toured widely, and also owns the Tuff Gong clothing line of trendy Jamaican wear.

Now she’s moving her family from their Miami-area home to a new one in Pinecrest, 12 miles south of Miami.

The house will have five bedrooms and measure 12,000 square feet. The lot is 1.21 acres, according to public records. The home is being designed by south Florida residential-design firm Fine Decorators with lots of hand-carved woods, antique walnut flooring and vibrant colors.

Think shabby chic with an Old World feel: The entranceway will have a 10-foot chandelier, and the living room, with 30-foot ceilings and a stone fireplace, will feature a mural about the Marley family history.

The home, which Marley will move into with her husband Dave Minto and their three children, is in an upscale area with many homes valued over $1 million. The Marleys paid $800,000 for their lot, according to public records.

Producer Brad Grey, chairman of Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, has purchased a Malibu home for slightly more than $10 million, and he is refurbishing it.

The Cape Cod-style home has five bedrooms, eight bathrooms and three fireplaces in about 5,700 square feet. The master suite has his and hers bathrooms. A guest suite has a sitting room. The home has stone and wood floors, high ceilings and French doors.

The house, built in the late ’80s, is on the sand and has a courtyard with a pool and a spa. The two-story home also has ocean views from both floors.

Grey, 45, has been executive producer of such TV shows as "The Sopranos," "The Steve Harvey Show" and "Just Shoot Me."

Kelly Osbourne, daughter of rocker Ozzy Osbourne and costar with her family on MTV’s reality series "The Osbournes," has put a Beverly Hills home she bought in March back on the market, this time at about $1.6 million.

She purchased the Spanish-style house, built in the 1920s, for close to its $1.2-million asking price. She did some refurbishing but never moved in.

Her mother, Sharon Osbourne, recently signed a new contract with MTV for "The Osbournes," and Kelly, 19, plans to continue living in the family’s Beverly Hills home while doing the show.

The house she is selling has three bedrooms and five bathrooms in about 2,800 square feet. The master suite has a sitting room and a loft, 11/2 bathrooms and a patio.

Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. has sold his former Toluca Lake, Calif., home next door to Bob and Dolores Hope’s longtime residence for $2.75 million.

Prinze’s home, on an acre with a tennis court and pool, was formerly owned by Eleanor Von der Ahe of the family that founded Vons Grocery Co.

Melanie Brown, known as Scary Spice when she was a member of the Spice Girls, has purchased a home in Los Feliz for about $1.5 million.

The house has three bedrooms and 3½ bathrooms in slightly more than 3,000 square feet. The mid-century modern has city-to-ocean views, a media room, a 1,500-square-foot terrace and a pool.

Brown, 28, moved from England to pursue an acting career.