Jason Oppenheim, Chrishell Stause, Emma Hernan, and Brett Oppenheim stand together looking dapper. The two Oppenheim's wear suits, Chrishell wears a black maxi dress, and Emma wears a red cut-out maxi.

The $75 Million House

The Selling Sunset cast walk us through how they'd approach the daunting home.

27 July 20222 min read

It was the listing heard around the world when Davina Potratz, against her colleagues’ advice, decided to take on an epic $75 million property. First appearing on Selling Sunset in the series’ third season, the lavish estate continues to loom large in The Oppenheim Group office even as Season 5 comes to a close. The seven-bedroom, 10-bathroom, prime-Beverly Hills-location home is the brainchild of developer Adnan Sen, who has also become a reality presence in his own right. The house, which is still available and listed on The Oppenheim Group website, has become an internet sensation. “I totally embrace it. I love that it’s taking [on] a life of its own,” says Potratz on the virality of her listing. “The house is iconic and Adnan is basically another cast member.” 

Queue asked the cast of Selling Sunset how they would approach selling the stunning home. 

Davina Potratz walks down a white staircase with glass siding. She wears a black mini and star shaped earrings.

Davina Potratz

Queue: What is the first thing you would do as the broker on a $75 million listing?
Mary Fitzgerald:
Oh, well, you have to do extensive marketing, contact all of [the] different press, all of your super high net wealth clients, put it in a massive email blast. And then you have to do brokers’ opens and open houses — all top notch — to really showcase the type of entertaining that you can do with the property and really show what the house offers. So you have to spend a lot of money to list a property like that, which is why you can’t take a number price listing.

Romain Bonnet: She’s good, huh?

Chelsea Lazkani: Ultimately, with selling any house, everything’s [based on] impressions, right? So I’d obviously utilize my social media. I’d probably host a huge giveaway — everybody loves giveaways, so I’d probably have $5,000 of luxury items just to get loads of people in the door and have a load of buzz. Maybe get a little artist there. Call one of my musical friends to come and play at my broker's open. And maybe have some half-naked women walking around, giving out drinks and some fire dancers and a little bit of salsa. Just anything sexy just to attract all the ballers. Just the usual.

Chrishell Stause: Do not try and get $75 million for it. We know that’s not going to happen; start somewhere else.

Emma Hernan: Maybe 50?

Stause: You could definitely sell it, but we’re going to need to start way under that. It doesn’t mean it’s not a gorgeous house.

Amanza Smith: Call Jason and tell him to do all the work and just give me the commission.

Davina Potratz: I feel like people are hitting up Elon [Musk]. They’re asking him to buy the $75 million listing just to set me free. I love all the different ideas people are coming up with. 

As a real estate agent, what stands out to you about this property?

Hernan:
I think it’s just a really unique house. You go in and there are Marilyn Monroe pictures everywhere. And it’s a very unique property, for sure. And the location is great. But yeah, it’s the house. It’s the famous house. 

Smith: I love that there’s more than one property on the property.

Fitzgerald: The lot size is amazing. The flat lot is what people want. And in Beverly Hills and L.A. in general, you don’t get a lot of flat lots. So that is something that is very, very desirable. So I would showcase that aspect of it. Plus, the guest house, the size of the house, it’s very desirable.

Brett and Jason Oppenheim stand together in a sunlit white room.

Brett and Jason Oppenheim

Lazkani: I think I would focus on telling the seller it’s not worth 75 million dollars. So it’d be a little bit more realistic when he doesn’t actually get 75 million dollars. That would be my first thing. Second thing is I’d probably focus on the aesthetics of the house. It’s very open. The architecture’s fantastic. It’s spacious. And it’s one of a kind because it was built by the owner. So it has unique perks that development homes don’t have because it was built to be unique, like a museum.

Would you ever accept a 75 million dollar listing?

Smith:
Yes.

Lazkani: I absolutely would accept a 75 million dollar listing. Come to me. I’m taking on new business.

Stause: If it’s worth $75 million, of course.