From London prefab mansion to New York apartment

The walls of La Gaviota have been demolished and are now part of Marbella’s historyAntonio Banderas bought this property after the death of Encarna Sánchez in 1996. It was a gift from the former mayor of Marbella, Jesús Gil, to the COPE journalist for her public support in the run-up to the elections, and the actor from Malaga felt that he ended up paying the price for the irregular urban management of the time.

However, after the walls collapsed, the protagonist of The Skin I Live In He has other intentions with the land, as he is not going to sit back and do nothing and everything seems to indicate that he has very serious intentions of building another mansion within the framework of legality.

As he has expressed on occasion since the legal dispute was triggered more than a decade ago, he has felt like a victim: “I have not committed any illegality, I bought the house from a third party with all the papers in order and if the city council deceived me, I am not to blame,” he declared to Vanity in 2013.

Banderas’ other ‘seagulls’

What other properties does Banderas own both in Spain and in other parts of the world? As one of the most recognized and admired Spanish actors outside our borders, he has amassed an impressive fortune based on his work, effort and recognition that has allowed him to own luxury real estate gems. The apartment he bought in 2005 with his ex-wife Melanie Griffith for 3.3 million euros in New York with views of Central Park, the lung of Manhattan, is one of them.In 2018, he put it up for sale for an amount of around 7 million euros, but it is still his today. It has four bedrooms (three suites and a spare room), four bathrooms and is very bright. It is located on the fourth floor of The Prasada building.

If we move to the United Kingdom we travel to the mansion that could now inspire him to build his new Gaviota. This is a luxury prefabricated house. It is located in Surrey, north of Greater London, and he bought it in 2016, already separated from his ex-wife.It is one of 200 homes of this style built by the German studio Huf Haus in the area. The house, with a half-hectare garden and valued at three million euros, is in the heart of the English countryside and has 5 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms. Among its neighbours, Cate Blanchett.

And from the London mansion we move on to the penthouses he has in Spain.In Malaga, his hometown, he has had a penthouse in Plaza del Zegri since 2014. Located next to the Alcazaba and also with views of the Customs House, the Picasso Museum, the Roman theatre and the cathedral tower, this two-storey apartment with a surface area of ​​around 500 square metres is located in a building steeped in history in the noble part of the city.

The other penthouse we are talking about is in Madrid, and this one has been there for much less time. It was in April of this year when we learned that Nicole Kimpel’s boyfriend bought a penthouse on the Golden Mile valued at one and a half million euros. The penthouse, which has spectacular views of the Retiro Park, is located on Alberto Bosch Street, in a nearly century-old building that was completely renovated in 2004. The apartment has 80 square meters of usable space and has a 20-square-meter terrace. In addition, it has a storage room on the ground floor.