A massive home previously shared by the late Suzanne Somers and her husband, Alan Hamel, is back on the market, per Page Six. The couple previously sold the beautiful Palm Springs, California, home in 2021. The mansion, which the couple called home for over 40 years, sold for $8.5 million at that time, with the current owners now listing it for “just under $9 million.” Thanks to TopTenRealEstateDeals.com, Somers’ fans can check out the massive pad as it was when she put it up for sale a few years back.
Somers and Hamel moved into the home in 1977, the same year they married. Somers was best known for playing Chrissy Snow on Three’s Company and Carol Foster Lambert on Step By Step.
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Hamel, a producer and TV host, and Somers listed the home in January 2021 for $8.5 million. Somers and Hamel listed the home several times during their time living there, including in 2008, when they listed it at a whopping $35 million. Scroll on for a look at the estate Somers and Hamel called home.
Overhead view of the property
The home was inspired by the L’oustau De Baumaniere in Provence, France. It mixed the couple’s love of nature and elegance with striking contrasts. For example, the home has crystal chandeliers, but they hang from reclaimed wood to bring a sense of rough against smooth and hard against soft. The home sits on a hill, with the property covering 28 acres and overlooking Mesa Canyon.
Inside the kitchen
The estate includes five buildings, with 10,000 square feet of pavilions. One building includes the master suite, the living room, a two-room kitchen, a wine cellar, and a stone guest house designed in the 1920s. There is also plenty of space for guests, as the dining room has space for 32 seats.
Pool details
Somers and Hamel could have even hosted their own shows, as the estate includes an outdoor amphitheater carved into the mountain. It has 50 seats and a dance floor. Other recreational features include a pool, spa, hiking trails, and a natural waterfall. There is even a private funicular, golf carts, and hillside stone steps that lead to the buildings.
Main bedroom
The celebrity power couple plan to move to a smaller home nearby that will be as green-friendly as possible, Hamel told the New York Post. “Even though I am not one of those ‘greeniacs,’ we’re making sure the air quality is balanced and perfect, and even the drywall doesn’t have all those chemicals,” he said. The new home will be solar-powered and will feature an organic garden.
An ornate bathroom
Somers described their new home as a “party house, a very sexy house.” There will also be a source of natural heat they call a “passion pit,” they told the Post. This is a tribute to the “passion pit” in the old houseboat Hamel lived in while the couple was falling in love. It’s what they called a carpeted area in front of a fireplace.
More outside amenities
It was hard for Somers to let go of the Palm Springs home because it meant so much to them, but they decided it was time to let it go. “It sold because I finally let it go — emotionally, spiritually, and physically,” Somers told the Post at the time. She said the home was “not the right home anymore” for the two at that stage of their lives.
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