Power couple and Santa Barbara fans Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi have just set a new area record with their latest real estate buy.
According to Siteline Santa Barbara, the couple paid nearly $70 million five bedroom estate and the neighboring vacant lot in the tiny town of Carpinteria. For those keep tabs, the final bill was $41.7 million for the Tuscan mansion and $28.2 million for the 6.6 acres next door.
The deal represents the most ever paid for a Santa Barbara-area estate, a few million dollars over the previous record of $63 million.
The now 10 acre-property includes a private path to the beach below, a one-bedroom guest house, olive trees, a marble mosaic pool, two spas, and an outdoor kitchen.
The main residence include five bedrooms and eight bathrooms across a little more than 9,000 square feet of living space.