Rams’ Matthew Stafford Throws Down Record $28M on L.A. Estate

RAMS’ MATTHEW STAFFORD THROWS DOWN RECORD $28M ON L.A. ESTATE

Out in the famously opulent Southern California town of Hidden Hills, the sales price record has been smashed once again. An all-new spec mansion located atop a high ridge has quietly transferred for $28.2 million, making it the priciest region home ever sold and comfortably besting a $26 million Hidden Hills sale reported earlier this year.

Per Robb Report, records suggest the buyers are Matthew and Kelly Stafford, he the $160 million guy who led the Los Angeles Rams to Super Bowl LVI victory. As it turns out, the couple’s new mansion on the hill happens to sit directly next door to a 1980s red-brick house and vineyard that the Staffords have owned since March 2022, when they acquired it for $10.5 million. With the acquisition of the more modern estate next door, they now preside over a 3-acre compound with two magnificent mansions and two swimming pools, all of it collectively valued at about $40 million.

The Staffords obviously love Hidden Hills—they’ve now purchased at least five residences in the guard-gated enclave within the past three years alone. Last year, they sold a gleaming mansion elsewhere in the neighborhood for $21 million to private aviation CEO Bill Papariella.

And while it was newly erected this year, the new Stafford homestead rests upon sacred celebrity territory. After all, the hilltop lot represents one-half of a big property originally owned by Jennifer Lopez, who lived there from 2010-2017. During Lopez’s possession, the estate housed a magnificent home that she completely redecorated. But in 2021, the older home was demolished, and the estate was split up into two distinct portions. Stafford’s $28 million house stands on one of those parcels, while the other parcel is occupied by another brand-new spec mansion that’s currently offered for sale on then open market, burdened with a monstrous $40 million asking price.

Since construction was only recently completed on Stafford’s new home, and the property sold fully off-market, we were unable to dredge up any interior images. But online searches show indicate the building is huge—sporting at least 15,000 square feet of living space—and is a remarkable glassy contemporary-meets-modern farmhouse sort of construction, with a touch of Napa Valley hideaway flair tossed in for good measure. The many-gabled roofline is set against vast expanses of glass and a wood- and stone-sided façade.

Hidden Hills, a guard-gated community deep in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley, has become the unofficial hangout spot for the Rams. In addition to Stafford, notable inhabitants include Cooper Kupp, Jalen Ramsey, Aaron Donald and Sean McVay.