Actor George Clooney has put the Lake Como villa he’s owned for 21 years up for sale, People reports. Villa Oleandra, owned by the 62-year-old actor, is currently up for sale, reports the Italian weekly Oggi.

Real estate agent Yasemin Baysal of Como-based Engel & Volkers told the paper that despite earlier rumors of a sale, “this time it’s true,” and went on to reveal that the Milan-based agency, which he did not want to name, it deals with sales.

A local source in Italy told People that the news of the sale is “real.”

What is a villa on Lake Como worth?

The actor, who married lawyer Amal Clooney in 2014 and gave birth to twins Alexander and Ella in June 2017, is currently worth up to $100 million.

The actor reportedly bought Villa Oleander from the Heinz family in 2002 for about $10 million, according to The Washington Post, which reports that the star’s arrival in Lake Como has led to a real estate boom in which prices have doubled, according to Mayor Laglio. .

Clooney later purchased a neighboring property, making it “one of the largest private homes in the area,” according to The Wall Street Journal. According to the publication, the 25-room mansion was valued at more than $100 million in 2022.

A special place for George Clooney

Lake Como is special to the actor on a personal level: it was there in 2013 that he first met his wife of 45 years, Amal, as he revealed in a 2017 interview with The Hollywood Reporter. At the time, Amal joined friends for dinner at George’s house while passing through Lake Como on her way to Cannes, France.

“I thought she was beautiful, I thought she was funny and obviously smart,” he told THR.

In a 2018 episode of David Letterman’s Netflix show, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, George recalled their first meeting. “My agent called me and said, ‘I met this woman coming to your house who you’re going to marry,'” he said. The couple will marry in 2014 at the Aman Canal Grande resort in Venice.

George used to host many famous friends at the villa over the years.

In 2004, the cast of the movie “Ocean’s Twelve”, in which George played, visited the villa. Then, in 2018, Jennifer Aniston stayed at this establishment during the filming of the comedy “Murder Mystery”. In 2010, Emily Blunt and John Krasinski got married there. In 2016, Krasinski told Elle how George proposed his property to the couple: “It wasn’t until the fourth question that I said yes. Because the first three times I thought, no, it’s not true. be serious,” he said.

The actor helped the region

George Clooney played a role in helping the region when it was hit by heavy rains and landslides in the summer of 2021. According to the Evening Standard, 60 residents were evacuated at the time. George continued to help residents.

“It’s a lot worse than I thought. I spoke with the mayor – it will be a big job, millions of dollars will be needed, but this city is strong. It will react and come back stronger than before. This is a very stable city,” said the actor.

In an interview with the British newspaper Times, local mayor Roberto Pozzi said that the actor “came straight to the city hall to see what happened and I assessed the damage.”

In 2019, George teamed up with charity Omaze for a competition where one lucky couple could meet Clooney at their villa. Donations raised during the campaign benefited the Clooney Foundation for Justice, and the package included lunch with George and Amal, a plane ticket and a 4-star hotel stay. In a written statement, the actor said on behalf of the campaign: “Imagine you and Amal discussing current affairs with wine in hand while her husband calmly serves dinner.”

The Clooneys also have various other properties around the world, including France, the UK and Los Angeles.