The iconic mansion that served as the Banks family home in Will Smith’s hit 1990s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is officially entering the luxury real estate market for the first time in nearly five decades.
Located in Brentwood, Los Angeles, not Bel-Air, the Georgian Colonial estate was built in 1937 and spans roughly 10,000 square feet, featuring six bedrooms and seven-and-a-half bathrooms on a 38,510-square-foot corner lot.
Its instantly recognisable white exterior, columned rotunda, rounded balcony, and manicured hedges made it a symbol of ‘Uncle Phil’s’ lavish success and West Coast opulence throughout the show’s six-season run from 1990 to 1996.
Real estate powerhouses Josh and Matt Altman, alongside Sasha Rahban of The Altman Brothers, stars of Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles, plan to list the property by the end of January for just under Sh3.9 billion ($30 million)
This marks the first opportunity to own the estate since its original sale nearly 50 years ago.
Beyond its pop culture cachet, the mansion continues to shine in Hollywood, doubling as a filming location for Netflix series and sitting amidst celebrity neighbours, including Judd Apatow, the infamous O.J. Simpson estate just two blocks away, and former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan.
With reboots like Bel-Air fueling a wave of nostalgia, the estate is poised to attract both Hollywood A-listers and investors seeking a piece of television history.