In 2017, Cindy Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber bought a mid-century house in Beverly Hills for about $11.6 million. Four years later they sold the same place for $13.5 million, which is a $1.9 million gain. The single-story home sits in the quiet Trousdale Estates neighbourhood, a pocket of Beverly Hills known for its low-slung houses and private lots. OneRepublic singer Ryan Tedder had owned and renovated it before the couple took it over.
The 2017 purchase of Cindy Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber
Crawford and Gerber paid $11.625 million for the property in September 2017, according to the Los Angeles Times. The seller was Ryan Tedder, frontman of OneRepublic, who had bought the house in 2014 for $7.435 million according to Mansion Global and then worked with Alvarez Morris Architectural Studio to expand and update it. The residence was built in 1959 and measures 5,386 square feet. It has five bedrooms and six bathrooms on roughly one acre. It has a swimming pool, spa, and a floor-to-ceiling fireplace; a wet bar serves as a partition in the living room. A three-car garage replaced the original carport during Tedder’s renovation. The original asking price when Tedder listed it had been $12.75 million, so the couple secured the home for a bit less.
Cindy Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber’s life in the Trousdale house
While speaking to Architectural Digest, Crawford said, “It’s mid-century modern, so it’s been fun putting it through our own filter, because some of the mid-century stuff is too low or it’s not comfortable. We make a lot of our upholstery.” “My husband is very, very picky about the cushion density and seat depth because he’s taller”, she added. Despite this, Crawford also said that Gerber “would sacrifice functionality for the look,” in other areas of the home, whereas she cares more about comfort overall. “I think that’s my practical mom brain,” she said.Inside, the open living space has four separate lounging areas divided by a textured white wall that holds a fireplace and bar. A private screening room sits behind sliding black doors, and the kitchen and dining area are lit by a skylight. Outside there’s a large pool with daybeds and seating around a fire pit.
Listing and sale of the property in 2021
Crawford and Gerber first listed the property in August 2020 with an asking price just under $16 million. After months on the market without a deal, the price was lowered more than once. The house finally sold in August 2021 for $13.5 million. That figure represents a gross gain of roughly $1.9 million over the 2017 purchase price. The nearly year-long wait and the final price below the original ask show that even a well-known name and a carefully renovated mid-century house can take time to find the right match in a shifting market.
A familiar pattern for Cindy Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber
This was not the first time the pair moved a California home after a few years of ownership. They have bought and sold several properties in Malibu and elsewhere, often making adjustments as their family’s needs changed. At the time of the Beverly Hills sale, they still owned homes in Malibu, a desert place in La Quinta’s Madison Club, and a cottage in Canada. Earlier, they had sold a larger Malibu compound for $45 million after buying it for more than $50 million, including an adjacent parcel. The Trousdale house simply became one more chapter in a long list of real-estate moves that stretch across more than two decades. For Crawford and Gerber, the pattern has been consistent: buy a place that fits a particular stage of life, live in it for a few years, then pass it along when the next chapter begins.
