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Playboy Mansion sells to 32-year-old next-door neighbour, Draen Metropoulos. Picture: Supplied
HUGH Hefner appears to have found the perfect buyer for the Playboy Mansion who has agreed to let the 90-year-old live there until he dies.
The New York Post reports that Daren Metropoulos, Hefner’s 32-year-old neighbour, is in a contract to buy the estate.
Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner has struck a good deal. Picture: APSource:AP
Daren Metropoulos is no playboy, according to his father. Picture: TwitterSource:Supplied
“He wants to bring the [5.3-acre Beverly Hills-area] property back to the original history of the location,†Mr Metropoulos’s father, Dean Metropolous said.
It will be “totally different†from the way Playboy founder Hefner has operated the estate since 1971, when he acquired what became the Playboy mansion.
Playboy Mansion has been sold. Picture: SuppliedSource:Supplied
Mr Metropolous, who presently lives next door to the mansion, plans to reconnect the two estates, which originally constituted the Wolfskill Ranch.
As part of the deal, Hefner, 90, gets to live in his estate until he dies.
The Playboy Mansion will be part of an expended property. Picture: SuppliedSource:Supplied
Mr Metropoulos — who co-owns and helps run snack food company Hostess — paid well below the $US200 million ($272 million) asking price, two sources said.
It is believed he was able to snatch the property for around $US100 million.
Still, if any single women are interested in dating the newest owner of the Playboy Mansion, his hobbies are skiing and snowboarding, having grown up in Vermont, his father said.
The gaming room of Playboy Magazine publisher Hugh Hefner's property, the Playboy Mansion. Picture: AFPSource:AFP
“He is a very serious young man. He’s very engaged in business,†Dean Metropoulos said of his son. “He is not a playboy at all.â€
Dean and his sons Daren and Evan are the principals of Metropoulos & Co., which runs Hostess, and he has controlled Pabst Blue Ribbon, Ghirardelli Chocolate, Pinnacle Foods (the parent of Vlasic Pickles) and Morningstar Foods.
The lobby of Playboy Magazine founder Hugh Hefner's property, the Playboy Mansion. Picture: AFPSource:AFP