Rockstar Games co-founder and Grand Theft Auto series co-creator Dan Houser and his wife Krystyna Jakubiak have paid $8.5 million to scoop up a Los Angeles area home, their third in the region and at least their fourth property in the United States. According to Dirt, Houser is the buyer of a six-bed, eight-bath, 7,000 square-foot New England-inspired home in Pacific Palisades, California.
The house–built in 2018–sits on .16-acre lot, but location is everything. The home has a fireplace and balcony off the main suite. The home also has a movie theater and entertainment room, as well as a temperature-controlled wine room that can fit more than 200 bottles. You can see inside the house at the listing from Compass.
The home was originally listed for $10 million, but Houser and Jakubiak got it for $8.5 million on March 30. The seller might have had extra motivation to sell on an advanced timeline due to the recent “mansion tax” in Los Angeles that went into effect on April 1. It charges a 5.5% tax on homes sold for over $10 million, so the seller saved hundreds of thousands in taxes in this sale.