The new owner of the home where Matthew Perry died will not remove a “Batman” logo the actor installed in the pool.
The Pacific Palisades house sold almost exactly one year after Perry died at the property on Oct. 28, 2023, fetching $8.5 million in an off-market deal, according to the New York Times.
In an Instagram post shared Thursday, Anita Verma-Lallian, a film producer and real estate developer, revealed she is the home’s new owner.
“We are so excited to share that we bought a home in Los Angeles earlier this month! Our agent, Brooke Elliot, said she had an amazing ‘off-market’ property that she really wanted us to see,” Verma-Lallian captioned her post.
Speaking about the home’s future, Verma-Lallian revealed that though she plans to make some changes to the property, they will not scrub the “Batman” logo from the pool.
“We do plan to keep some of the design elements. The batman logo in the pool is definitely staying,” she wrote, adding a laughing face emoji and a prayer hands emoji. “It’s a piece of paradise that is filled with light and the perfect vacation home for us. Can’t wait to make new memories in it.”
Verma-Lallian also shared that she fell in love with the house as soon as her agent showed it to her.
“The moment I walked into the home, I absolutely fell in love with the features, especially the view of the Pacific Ocean,” she said in the caption. “We knew it was ‘the one’ and decided to write an offer on it immediately.”
The movie producer added that the home’s connection to Perry’s passing did not impact her decision.
“As a real estate developer myself, I believe every property has a history that we may or may not know about, and every home carries the energy that the current owner brings to it,” she wrote. “I am Hindu, and it’s customary to do a blessing and prayer anytime you buy a new home. We were so lucky to have our Panditji from Arizona come to the house to do the blessing.”
Of Perry, she said, “We chose to honor the positive aspects of the previous owner’s life, his immense talent, and all the joy he brought to so many people. The decision to purchase the home had nothing to do with the previous owner, just our love of the home.
“Wish you all a very Happy Diwali!! May the new year be flowing with peace, joy, and prosperity,” she wrote at the end of her post.
Perry purchased the 3,500-square-foot Pacific Palisades home for $6 million in 2020. The house has four bedrooms and four full bathrooms.
Perry renovated the house shortly before he died, an insider revealed to People following the “Friends” actor’s death. Perry “was incredibly happy” there and referred to the property as “heaven,” the source shared.
The star died from acute effects of ketamine, according to an autopsy report. The manner of his death was listed as accidental drowning. He was 54.
Perry’s family, fans, co-stars and former colleagues paid tribute to the actor earlier this week on the one-year anniversary of his death. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, and Perry’s TV mom, Morgan Fairchild, were among those who shared remembrances.
In August, US attorneys charged five individuals in connection with Perry’s death, accusing them of helping the actor illegally obtain the ketamine that led to his death. Perry’s former live-in assistant, two doctors, and a woman known as “The Ketamine Queen” were among those indicted.
The former assistant, one of the doctors and another individual, who allegedly acted as a “go-between,” have accepted plea deals and are cooperating with federal authorities.