Christian Slater with 3618 St. Gaudens Road (Getty Images, 1oak Studios)
Christian Slater sold his Coconut Grove home for 10 percent of the asking price in a bidding war. The real deal Learned.
The ’80s Heartthrob and “Heathers” actor has sold a 3,293-square-foot home at 3618 St. Gaudens Road to Maffer CG LLC for $4.3 million, confirmed broker Liz Hogan of Compass.
The purchasing entity is a Florida company managed by Veronica Silva, Rocio Delgado, Armando Lema and Maria Friedman, all of whom are tied to a Deerfield Beach address. Hogan made sure the buyers were local end users.
Hogan and Charles Celesia, a member of Compass, also represented the seller. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Realty’s Janet Berens brought the buyer.
Records show Slater bought the home for $2.2 million in 2013. The 0.3-acre lot includes the main house and guest house, a total of four bedrooms and three full bathrooms. Slater updated the kitchen, master bathroom and guest bedroom, Hogan said.
Slater only had the property on the market for three days, and Hogan said more than 60 buyers toured the home in that time. Hogan said she anticipated the bidding war despite the summer slowdown and the overall market reversal. In the end, three buyers bought it for the famous Spanish-style villa.
“We were able to use the name to get more eyes on the property,” Hogan said, “and that definitely helped drive the price.”
According to Hogan, Slater needed a quick sale because he had to relocate to New York and Los Angeles for work.
While Coconut Grove’s housing market has cooled, Hogan said it still maintains strong prices and buyer interest.
The Miami neighborhood was home to a few notable sales amid the pandemic’s market frenzy. Related Group billionaire founder and CEO Jorge Perez sold his Coconut Grove property in September for $33 million and donated the proceeds to a Miami foundation. Also in September, Alden Global Capital’s Heath Freeman paid $19 million for a waterfront residence in Coconut Grove. And a waterfront listing home in Coconut Grove sold for $65 million last July, setting a new price record for Miami-Dade County.
