Kanye West Lists Malibu Tadao Ando-Designed Home For $53 Million

Kanye West has listed a Malibu oceanfront home designed by Tadao Ando. And while the number isn’t totally shocking given it’s location and celebrity affiliation, there’s more to the story here: First, West will take a loss on the sale. Second, the home has been gutted and his being sold as is.

“It will take several million dollars for the house to be finished,” listing agent Jason Oppenheim told the Wall Street Journal. The 4,000 square-foot house needs windows and doors, plumbing, electrical, HVAC and interior finishes.

The controversial rapper and fashion mogul spent $57.3 million in an off-market deal for the home in 2021. (An earlier listing marketed the home for $75 million before being removed from the market and sold to West).

The four bedroom/four-and-a-half bath residence spans three levels and backs right up to the beach. Quite visually stark, the structure reportedly required 1,200 tons of poured concrete, 200 tons of steel reinforcement and 12 pylons driven 60 feet into the ground, supporting the heavy house from sinking into the sand.

By all accounts, it seems unlikely that West ever lived in the property.

The Wall Street Journal notes that this past September, West was sued by a contractor who worked on the mansion and was also a live-in caretaker. The contractor alleged he was forced to work 16 hours a day and sleep on the floor near open insulation, according to court documents. The contractor claimed he was fired when he refused to rip out the home’s electrical system and replace the wiring with large generators, which he felt would be a fire hazard. West denied the allegations.