LaDainian Tomlinson finally sells house
Former Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson has finally sold his estate in Poway, his co-listing agent said Wednesday.
The 2006 NFL MVP sold his property for the list price of $3.495 million to Ray Lucia Jr., chief executive of San Diego-based RJL Wealth Management, said Tomlinson's co-listing agent Daniel Beer.
Tomlinson bought the 13-acre property in 2004 for $3.5 million, and spent an additional $1.5 million to combine two parcels and add features to the house. The home boasts a wine rack, a wall-sized fish tank, a basketball court, golf green, and a bridge over its pool. It also has a movie theater with a 1967 Ford Mustang split in half to create a drive-in movie experience.
LT didn't have early success selling the 9,610-square-foot, five-bedroom, 5 1/2-bath home.
Tomlinson, a future Hall of Famer who played nine seasons for the Chargers, first listed the property for $5.2 million in fall 2011. At the time, he was in his final season in the NFL, with the New York Jets. With no takers, LT listed it again for $3.75 million in 2013, but again that failed to attract a buyer.
Tomlinson's property was listed one last time this summer for $3.495 million. It sold a little more than two weeks later. Beer, who listed the property with Kofi Natei Nartay of The Agency, which is based in Los Angeles, said the closing represented the end of a tough process for the Tomlinsons.
Tomlinson, who now lives in Texas, sold the house because he no longer needs property in San Diego and wants to move on, Beer said.
Through a spokesman, Lucia declined to comment on the purchase.
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