Alexander Skarsgård

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I think all three of us are right ... sort of. Zillow says it's considered Beverly Glen, which can be Bel Air. But it's zip is Hollywood Hills. Frankly, I didn't check the zip. But it still wasn't Silver Lake. I was less interested in the house's precise location than I was in the inaccuracy of the "news" piece.

It's so highly unlikely they are buying it together, although he might have taken her along for her opinion. It's highly unlikely she'll dump her London and NYC digs, to move to LA. It's actually somewhat unlikely he bought it, because he has Mute set up for Berlin later this year, and if Tarzan is successful, he'll be in London for 6 months filming a sequel (at some point maybe next year). Also, he can fly when and where he's needed for promo, which won't be solely in LA. So, with Tarzan promo and two projects we can see, he doesn't need to be living in LA. Although, I don't think it's impossible he bought the house.

I just think that almost all the info (especially the fake quotes) in the piece was fabricated to make it sound like they were settling down (yes, to make babies). I don't think they are there yet.
 
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I think the story was mostly fabricated, but based on some truth. His car is parked in the carport of that house which has a sale pending. That is no coincidence. He sold his LA house while he was traveling a lot. He even called Bill a little **** because Bill spent more time living in Alex's NYC apartment than he did. So this is not surprising. That's why I'm wondering if he knows about something coming in the future and is getting himself in position before the madness of Tarzan starts.

Also Alexa has recently stated in an interview that she was getting tired of the NYC lifestyle. That was a random thing to put out there. Like I said previously, I can see them living between his house in LA, her NYC apartment (our his if he keeps it) and whatever she has in London. He makes more than enough to be able to have homes in multiple areas.
 
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OK, that sounds reasonable. But I think Alexa was just tired of commuting between NYC and London, since she was working mostly on the European side of the big pond.

Now that we know that the house closed, it's more likely he bought it. But it's still highly unlikely they bought it together.
 
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^^ It's also a possibility that he want to start doing the film business from the other side, ie. be also a producer or something similar, maybe he want to have the production company and then his own house in LA probably would be necessary.
 
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@djuna1 It's possible ... or she was living in that guest house for a few days :)

ETA. If I remember correctly, it was pointed out on the site that during a tour of the house, a house for guests is excluded from viewing for those interested in buying.
 
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I don't know anything about the parking situation in the Hollywood Hills or LA, but I would only park my car in the garage if I owned or rented the place. Wouldn't park my car in the garage if I was just house hunting or visiting someone. There is also only one car in the garage. If he was just visiting friends there should be at least two cars. My guess is that he rented the house while he was filming BLL in LA and the paparazzi thought he was house hunting 'cause there was/is a "For Sale" sign at the entrance. It is very common in my country that the owner/landlord is trying to find a new tenant while you're still living at a house/apartment. Don't know if this is common in the US and if you have to pay $14,500/month rent.

Why did he sell his Los Feliz house in the first place? The new house has a pool and is slightly bigger but it's actually not a huge upgrade. $14,500/month is a lot of money or does the production company for BLL pick up the bill for actors who are not based in LA? His new car is probably an incentive for Tarzan or soemthing too.
 
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He made close to a million dollar profit when he sold his house, in fact you have about a year to reinvest that money into real estate of equal value or more and not pay capital gains tax on part or all of the profit in the US. (1031 exchange). He could pay close to $400,000.00 in taxes if he doesn't exchange. I thought he was doing that in NYC, but maybe he's selling his NYC apartment and doing it.
 
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scaredsquirrel said:
^^I will be going to the Chicago showing - apparently a friend of mine got festival passes so we are going to try to catch a few of the films that weekend, and the theater is only about half a mile from my house. Would love to see Pena, but would find a Skars appearance a better surprise. I don't think he's ever been to Chicago, though...
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Have a great time Scaredsquirrel! :yahoo:
 
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I think he is probably considering buying it on his own he seems to have a lot of friends that like to visit LA (Ulrich, Daga, and Bill) and he does frequent there a lot for work so it does make sense to have a place there doubt he & Alexa are buying it together it looks like things are going well between them but it's only been a year of dating I think he is a bit of a slow mover and they are not quite at the marriage/children phase yet
 
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Kitkath70 said:
He made close to a million dollar profit when he sold his house, in fact you have about a year to reinvest that money into real estate of equal value or more and not pay capital gains tax on part or all of the profit in the US. (1031 exchange). He could pay close to $400,000.00 in taxes if he doesn't exchange. I thought he was doing that in NYC, but maybe he's selling his NYC apartment and doing it.
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That tax issue is an interesting reason for him to buy. This house actually costs slightly less than his old house. But close enough, especially if he bought a place in NY.
 
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I'm not sure why he'd sell his house in LF because he was moving to NYC only to turn around a year later to buy another house. He seems much happier in NYC.
Unless some other info comes out about his future work I'm still going on the presumption that both the car and the house were leased/rented while in was in town for BLL.

Googling the house was a nice excuse, as if I needed one, to check out real estate listings and think 'that's a great house!' or 'did they hire a blind architect/decorator?'

As for Tarzan, WB has been very low key with this. So it seems in tune with what they've not been doing so far for them to hold off until after CACW. Though we're less than two months away now, time to get busy, especially as they don't have the built in name recognition as other movies coming out this summer.
 
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I certainly don't think he'll sell his place in NYC, even if he did buy in LA. Just like I really couldn't see Alexa selling her two places in London and NYC.

I can't even see him needing to be in LA for periods long enough to justify buying a house anytime soon. But I can at least concede his probable lack of knowledge of IRS rules about capital gains for homes.

He is happy in NYC. Although some of that is Alexa. But some is the cosmopolitan atmosphere and fewer paps. West Hollywood and/or hipster locales like Los Feliz have appeal for him. Frankly, West Hollywood has both hipster appeal and a cosmopolitan atmosphere. Celebs aren't really attracted to those places because paps are there. Paps are attracted because celebs are there.
 
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He doesn't buy his own homes. He has a lawyer buy his homes through a trust, that way no one knows what he actually owns. When you are making the kind of money he makes and are from one country, but live in another and work in more countries, you have one hell of a tax attorney and accountant on your payroll. His lawyer and accountant know all about the US tax codes. Really anyone in the US who sells one house to buy another knows about it.
 
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