Inside Emma Stone's $41 million renovated estate
Emma Stone has listed her newly renovated Texas estate for a hefty $US26.5 million ($A41.1 million).
Located in the upscale Tarrytown neighbourhood, the 1.25-acre property will be among the most expensive on the market in Austin, Realtor reports.
According to Eric Moreland of Moreland Properties/Forbes Global Properties, one of the listing agents, the actress and her husband, comedy writer Dave McCary spent more than three years renovating and restoring the home.
Moreland said the couple's New York business interests have expanded since they started the remodel, and while they hope to live in Austin eventually, it doesn't make sense for now.
The couple, who are co-founders of the production company Fruit Tree, own a roughly $US12 million ($A18 million) apartment in lower Manhattan, according to property records.
Stone is slated to star in the upcoming contemporary Western film 'Eddington.'
It's unclear what Stone and McCary paid for the Austin property, since Texas is a nondisclosure state.
The Georgian-style brick house dates to around 1940, making it one of the oldest estates in the area.
The roughly 10,000-square-foot estate includes a main house with four bedrooms and a two-bedroom guesthouse.
The property also has a pool, a hot tub, and a garage with a screening room and entertaining space above.
As part of the renovation, the couple removed, cleaned and reused all the exterior brick.
The pair also reconfigured some of the living spaces, opening the kitchen to the living room for a more modern layout.
It took more than a year just to install the millwork in the screening room, said Moreland.
The contractors are now putting the finishing touches on the property, he said.
The 'La La Land' actress has a track record of buying and selling her homes for significantly more than she paid.
In 2022, she sold her blufftop Malibu, Calififornia, home for $US4.425 million after buying it for $US3.25 million in 2018, according to property records.
Last year, she sold her home in L.A.'s Comstock Hills neighbourhood for $US4.3 million, significantly more than the $US2.3 million she paid in 2019.
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