Beau Burroughs’ Mansion from “Rumor Has It”

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Back in April, when fellow stalker Geoff, of the 90210Locations website, let me know that he had found the Fundraiser House from L.A. Story (which I blogged about here) at 3456 Via Campesina in Rancho Palos Verdes, I remembered that a few years prior I had tracked down a different Palos Verdes locale – the supposed Half Moon Bay-area mansion where Beau Burroughs (Kevin Costner) lived in the 2005 romantic comedy Rumor Has It. Because I very rarely find myself in that part of town, though, I had never actually stalked it. So I moved the dwelling to the top of my To-Stalk list and headed right on over there while in the neighborhood visiting the L.A. Story pad just a few days later. And wouldn’t you know it – there was a truck parked right in front of the place when I showed up! Boo!

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The mansion appeared once in Rumor Has It – in the scene in which Sarah Huttinger (Jennifer Aniston) woke up at Beau’s residence after spending the night with him – and, unfortunately, very little of the actual home was ever shown. The only areas of the property that appeared in the flick were the backyard –

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with its gorgeous ocean views;

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part of a back door;

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and a tiny portion of a bedroom.

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Despite the fact that I had so little to go on, though, this location was a fairly easy find. Thanks to the Rumor Has It production notes, I knew that at least one scene had been lensed in the seaside city of Palos Verdes and, because Beau’s manse was shown to be situated on a cliff overlooking the ocean, I decided to begin my search there. While watching the flick, I had noticed that the dwelling was located on some sort of a promontory that was directly across from another promontory. On that second promontory sat an immense Mediterranean-style mansion.

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So I used Google Maps to search for that house, which I found fairly quickly thanks to its size, and from there tracked down Beau’s place. As you can see below, the residence sits perched above a site named “Honeymoon Cove.” Um, love it!

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In real life, the mansion, which was originally built in 1973, boasts five bedrooms, seven baths, 6,126 square feet of living space, and a 0.59-acre plot of oceanfront land. The property last sold in October 1995 for $2.5 million.

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Upon arriving, I was happily surprised to discover how much of the residence is actually visible from the street. I had not expected to be able to see any of it.

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As the words on the two pillars that flank the front gate seem to indicate, the residence is named “Punta Vento”, which, according to Google Translate, means “peak wind” in Italian.

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I was shocked to discover, thanks to the fabulous Seeing Stars website, that the same home was also used in the 1987 classic Lethal Weapon, in which it portrayed the mansion belonging to Michael Hunsaker (Tom Atkins). In the movie, a great exterior view of the property was shown.

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The backyard and pool area also appeared;

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as did a small portion of the interior of the house.

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Until next time, Happy Stalking! Smile

Stalk It: Beau Burroughs’ mansion from Rumor Has It is located at 2817 Via Segovia in Palos Verdes.

7 Replies to “Beau Burroughs’ Mansion from “Rumor Has It””

  1. 3456 Via Campesina in Rancho Palos Verdes
    No such address. None of the homes picture are within miles of Via Campesina, which does not offer ocean views. I would suggest doing more reserach and pulling this data down

    1. Check your facts, via Campesina is a Palos Verdes Estates and Rancho PV address, I know because I used to live on via Campesina PVE and many of the properties have Ocean views.
      Start out at Malago Cove, go under the arch, make a right on via Campesina and drive up the hill, at the top you will be in Rancho PV and if you fail to sea the Ocean on your ride up then ought not be driving, because you are blind!

  2. Lovely reportage! I love the house. Punta Vento actually means Point Wind, Cape Wind etc. I want to ask you something bout the legislation of visiting these houses: would it have been illegal to take a photo through or over the gates?

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