Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch on the market for £54m

By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent

Michael Jackson’s former Neverland ranch is on the market for just under £54m. There is almost a third off the asking price since it was for sale back in 2015, then on the market for £82m.

With 22 structures spread across approximately 2,700 acres of land, this impressive property has five bedrooms in the main house, out-houses, a four-acre lake, lagoon style pool, barns, corrals and a five-bay garage.

It’s also not short on entertainment facilities. It has an outdoor kitchen, 50-seat movie theatre, dance studio, lighted tennis court, a tennis pavilion/pool house and three guest rooms. It also comes with a fire station, railway station and railway track.

Now reverted to its original name – Sycamore Ranch, it’s in Los Olivos, 35 miles from Santa Barbara and Santa Maria in California.

Michael Jackson bought the property for $19.5m in 1987. In 2008, Jackson hit financial difficulty and handed the Title over to Colony Capital, an investment firm.

The property is now being sold jointly with the Jackson estate after undergoing a full renovation, where the petting zoo and amusement park have been removed.

Bea Patel

Bea is the Property Editor for The London Economic. She's also a writer and journalist, writing for a variety of publications and websites, including Estate Agent Networking, The Royal British Legion and The Asian World Media Group. Bea is also Director of a property tech business – Shop for an Agent – an estate agent comparison site that lets homeowners and landlords compare estate agents' fees and services. She has a BSc (HONS) degree in Multimedia Studies from the University of East London.