![]() ![]() Late last year Rod lost two of his beloved older brothers, Bob, 88, and Don, 94 in quick succession. The singer, who bought his LA mansion for $12.8million is also likely to make a very healthy profit on it ensuring financial security not only for his last years, but also for his 8 children. he is keeping his Palm Beach home, where the family often spends Christmases. The model, 100ft long and 23ft wife, is his pride and joy, built over a quarter of a century while touring. “I am moving my model railroad from America over to here,” he told the Mail on Sunday. The biggest sign that he was leaving LA for good was when he spent $85,000 shipping his enormous 124ft long model railroad - he objects to the term train set - which depicts an American city in the 1940s inspired by Manhattan, to his new Essex home. Ryan Lahiff The rocker and his wife have made this mansion in Essex, just outside London, their permanent home. Stewart and his family have not used the Los Angeles house as a proper home for some years, leading to the decision to sell. The London-born singer returned to the UK with third wife Penny Lancaster and their two sons in 2016 where he lives in a $5million home in Essex, just outside London. While the European-style 33,000 square feet home, which comes with a pool and its own soccer field, might have been one of his main houses since 1991, in truth it hasn’t been home for some years. So it is no surprise he is getting his affairs in order, including putting his ornate $70million LA mansion up for sale. Ryan Lahiff Not included in the sale is the 100ft railroad the rocker lovingly built over more than a quarter of a century, because it has been dismantled and shipped to England.īut, at the same time, he’s been knocked by the deaths of some of his dearest friends and family a reminder that even rock legends aren’t immortal. ![]() Jonas Mohr/Wolfie's Whisky/MEGA Selling the Los Angeles home he has owned since 1991 is a significant move, sources tell Page Six. Ryan Lahiff The 78-year-old rocker has unveiled his own whisky line and is far from retiring, but is conscious of the passing of time. He has already removed his giant model railway, a sign of how serious his decision to leave LA is. ![]() He’s also just brought out his own line of whisky claiming it depicted “the carefree behavior of my more mischievous days and the excitement of what life still has to offer.” Rod Stewart’s decision to put his Los Angeles home on sale for $70M is part of his effort to secure his legacy, sources say. The “Maggie May” singer, claimed earlier this year, ahead of his tour of Australia that “life could not be better” insisting that he was in no mood to join the “pipe and slippers club yet.”Īnd in the next few weeks he will be embarking on the latest leg of his world tour in the UK, performing to some of his biggest crowds at arenas and in the grounds of stately homes, accompanied by Boy George and Culture Club. Rod Stewart’s son Sean blew through inheritance to rebrand clothing lineĪt 78, Sir Rod Stewart still seems to have the drive and the energy of a man half his age if he’s not racing across the world to perform, he’s housing Ukrainians, making new albums and even filling in potholes outside his UK home. ![]()
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