Editor’s note — 9 November 2026: this article has been fully rewritten and verified. The previous version carried several errors, which are corrected here. Its title, “$15 Million Matthew Perry House”, was wrong — Perry never owned a $15 million house; $14.95 million was the asking price of his Malibu beach house in 2020. The old post also said his Pacific Palisades home “sold shortly after his death” — it actually sold a year later, in October 2024. Its Hollywood Hills price is now out of date: that house sold in February 2025 for $4.1 million. The old post’s “Beverly Hills Mansion” and “New York City Apartment” have been removed entirely — no reliable evidence was found that he owned either. The invented “Personal House Touches”, interior-design and outdoor-living sections have also been removed; every detail below is verified from reputable reporting.
Matthew Perry’s house story ends in a quiet cul-de-sac in Pacific Palisades, in a 3,500-square-foot midcentury home he bought for $6 million in 2020. It was there, on 28 October 2023, that the Friends star was found unresponsive in his hot tub, aged 54. A year later the house sold for $8.55 million. But the Palisades cottage was only the last stop in one of Hollywood’s most active property careers: a glass beach house in Malibu, a full-floor penthouse in Century City, a modernist home in the Bird Streets, and a final Hollywood Hills purchase he never got to live in. This is the full, verified story of the Matthew Perry house collection.
Who Was Matthew Perry?
Matthew Langford Perry was born on 19 August 1969 in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and raised in Ottawa, Canada, where his mother worked as a press secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. He moved to Los Angeles as a teenager to act, and at 24 he was cast as Chandler Bing on Friends — the role that made him famous worldwide. The show ran for ten seasons, from 1994 to 2004, and turned its six stars into household names.
After Friends he worked steadily in television and film — The West Wing, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The Odd Couple, and films including Fools Rush In, The Whole Nine Yards and 17 Again — earning Emmy nominations for The West Wing and The Ron Clark Story. In 2022 he published his memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, an unflinching account of his decades-long struggle with addiction. He never married; he was engaged to literary manager Molly Hurwitz from November 2020 until June 2021. He died on 28 October 2023, aged 54.
His death was ruled an accident by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. The autopsy, released on 15 December 2023, found the cause was the acute effects of ketamine, with drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine listed as contributing factors. The report noted he had been clean for 19 months and that his last ketamine infusion therapy, a week and a half earlier, could not explain the levels found in his system. Five people — including his live-in assistant and two doctors — were charged in August 2024 in connection with the ketamine that killed him; by 2026 all five had been convicted.
Where Did Matthew Perry Live?
At the time of his death, Perry’s main home was the Pacific Palisades cottage at 18038 Blue Sail Drive, which he had bought in August 2020. It was a deliberate downsizing: in the same month he bought it, he put his Malibu beach house up for sale, and in 2021 he sold his Century City penthouse. The Palisades house was the smallest home he had owned in years — and the one he lived in until the end.
The Pacific Palisades Home: His Final Residence
Perry bought the Pacific Palisades house in August 2020 for around $6 million, according to property records. It is a midcentury modern home built in 1965, with about 3,500 square feet, four bedrooms and four-and-a-half bathrooms on roughly 0.4 acres in the secluded coastal neighbourhood of Pacific Palisades, west Los Angeles.
On 28 October 2023 he was found unresponsive in the hot tub at the house and pronounced dead at 4:17 pm. A year later, in October 2024, the house sold in an off-market deal for $8.55 million — about $2.55 million more than Perry had paid. The buyer was Anita Verma-Lallian, a real estate developer and film producer based in Scottsdale, Arizona, who bought through a trust and said she planned to use it as a vacation home. The sale closed on 16 October 2024, almost a year to the day after his death. She held a Hindu blessing ceremony at the property and said she intended to keep some of Perry’s design elements.
In January 2025 the house faced a new threat: the Palisades Fire swept through the neighbourhood, destroying thousands of homes. Verma-Lallian confirmed on Instagram that the house survived, with only minor backyard damage, crediting firefighters and neighbours.
The Hollywood Hills Home: The Last House He Never Lived In
Perry’s final property purchase came just five months before his death. On 31 May 2023 he paid $4,995,000 for a midcentury home in the Hollywood Hills, above the Sunset Strip. Built in 1957, the house has about 2,800 square feet, three bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms on a sloped 0.22-acre lot, with one bedroom converted into a screening room.
He is believed never to have lived there: he began renovating it almost immediately after buying it, and it was still being worked on when he died. After his death the estate listed it in May 2024 for $5.195 million. It did not sell at that price; the asking price was cut to $4.7 million in September 2024, the listing was briefly taken off the market in October, and the house went into contract in December 2024. Property records confirmed the sale in February 2025 at $4.1 million — about $895,000 less than Perry had paid. The buyer’s identity was not made public.
Malibu: The Beach House and the Perry House
Perry owned two notable homes in Malibu, and they are often confused with each other — and with the Pacific Palisades house. The first was his glass beach house on Carbon Beach, which he bought in 2011 for $12 million in cash from developer Scott Gillen. The roughly 5,500-square-foot home had four bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms, with walls of glass looking out to the Pacific. In August 2020 — the same month he bought the Palisades cottage — he listed it for $14.95 million, cut the price twice, and sold it in January 2021 for $13.1 million.
The second Malibu home was the Perry House. In 2005 Perry bought a separate Malibu property in the Serra Retreat community — a 1981-built home of about 5,500 square feet, with four bedrooms and six bathrooms on two-and-a-half acres overlooking the ocean — for around $6.5 million. In 2013 he turned it into a sober living facility for men recovering from addiction, run with addiction specialist Earl Hightower. The work earned him the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy’s Champion of Recovery award in May 2013. But the facility was expensive to run, and in 2015 he sold the home for $10.65 million, telling The Hollywood Reporter it was “too expensive to run and the business didn’t really work”. He said he hoped to reopen it somewhere cheaper, in Santa Monica or Studio City, but it never happened.
The Century City Penthouse: The “Mansion in the Sky”
Perry’s most spectacular property was his full-floor penthouse at The Century in Century City. He bought the entire 40th floor in 2017 for $20 million and renovated it with architect Scott Joyce and interior designer LM Pagano. The roughly 9,300-square-foot residence had four bedrooms, a screening room, a large kitchen and four private terraces, and was marketed as a “mansion in the sky”.
He listed it in 2019 for $35 million — at the time the most expensive condo listing in Los Angeles — then cut the price to $27 million and again to $23 million. In 2021 he sold it for $21.6 million to Nick Molnar, co-founder of the Australian tech company Afterpay, in what was then Southern California’s priciest condo sale. Rihanna later bought the penthouse from Molnar in April 2023 for $21 million.
The Bird Streets Home and the Earlier Hollywood Hills House
In August 2011 Perry paid $8.5 million for a modern home in the Bird Streets neighbourhood of the Hollywood Hills, above the Sunset Strip. The 1962-built house had been remodelled into a minimalist, Case Study-style home of 3,821 square feet, with three bedrooms plus a bonus room, four-and-a-half bathrooms, an infinity-edge pool and stepping stones across a shallow pond with fire bowls. He listed it in June 2017 for $13.5 million and sold it off-market later that year for $12.5 million.
Earlier still, he bought a Hollywood Hills home in 2008 for a reported $4.475 million and sold it in 2013 for a reported $4.685 million. Perry bought, renovated and sold Los Angeles homes for most of his adult life; the Palisades cottage was simply the last, and the smallest, of them.
Matthew Perry’s Property Portfolio
| Property | Location | Bought | Price paid | Sold | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Palisades cottage (final home) | Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles | Aug 2020 | $6 million | Oct 2024 — $8.55m | Sold after his death |
| Hollywood Hills home (last purchase) | Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles | May 2023 | $4.995 million | Feb 2025 — $4.1m | Sold by his estate |
| Malibu beach house (Carbon Beach) | Malibu, California | 2011 | $12 million | Jan 2021 — $13.1m | Sold |
| Perry House (sober living facility) | Malibu (Serra Retreat) | 2005 | ~$6.5 million | 2015 — $10.65m | Sold |
| Century City penthouse (The Century) | Century City, Los Angeles | 2017 | $20 million | 2021 — $21.6m | Sold |
| Bird Streets home | Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles | Aug 2011 | $8.5 million | 2017 — $12.5m | Sold |
| Hollywood Hills home (earlier) | Hollywood Hills, California | 2008 | $4.475 million (reported) | 2013 — $4.685m (reported) | Sold |
FAQs
Where did Matthew Perry die?
Matthew Perry died on 28 October 2023 at his home in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, aged 54. He was found unresponsive in the hot tub at the house. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner determined the cause was the acute effects of ketamine, with drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine as contributing factors; the death was ruled an accident.
How much did Matthew Perry’s Pacific Palisades house sell for?
The house sold in October 2024 for $8.55 million in an off-market deal, almost a year after his death. The buyer was Anita Verma-Lallian, a real estate developer and film producer from Scottsdale, Arizona, who bought it as a vacation home. Perry had bought it in August 2020 for around $6 million.
Did Matthew Perry live in his Hollywood Hills house?
No. He bought the Hollywood Hills home in May 2023 for $4.995 million and began renovating it straight away, but he is believed never to have lived there. After his death his estate listed it for $5.195 million, cut the price to $4.7 million, and it eventually sold in February 2025 for $4.1 million.
Did Matthew Perry’s Pacific Palisades house survive the January 2025 fire?
Yes. The Palisades Fire swept through the neighbourhood in January 2025, but the house survived with only minor backyard damage, according to the owner, Anita Verma-Lallian, who credited firefighters and neighbours.
What was the Perry House?
The Perry House was a sober living facility Perry opened in 2013 in a former Malibu home of his, run with addiction specialist Earl Hightower. It earned him the White House’s Champion of Recovery award in May 2013. He sold the home in 2015 for $10.65 million because the facility was too expensive to run, and it never reopened elsewhere.
What the Matthew Perry House Story Shows
Perry’s property story runs in reverse to most celebrity portfolios: the homes got smaller, not bigger. He sold a $13.1 million beach house and a $21.6 million penthouse, then spent his final three years in a $6 million cottage — the smallest home he had owned in years. The two houses he left behind tell the two sides of that story: the Palisades cottage, sold a year after his death for $8.55 million and still standing after the 2025 fire, and the Hollywood Hills house he bought five months before he died and never lived in, sold by his estate at a loss. His most lasting property legacy may be neither: it is the Perry House, the Malibu home he gave up to help other people get sober.
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