Bruce Lee?s Massive 5,700-Square-Foot Property Was Put On Sale for an Eye-Catching Sum in 2011

Martial Arts legend Bruce Lee traversed through a lot of hardships, especially with finances, before becoming the globally recognized star that he is. Although he was born in Chinatown, San Francisco, his family returned to Hong Kong when he was just 4 months old. Lee lived in a cramped household in Hong Kong, where the daily struggles further increased during World War II. Thus, years later, when Lee purchased a palatial 5,700-square-foot house in the same densely packed region of Hong Kong, it was a matter of pride. Such was the aura of the property, that decades after Lee’s death, the property went up for sale. The whopping amount at which the house was listed is bound to drop anyone’s jaw.

Located at 41 Cumberland Road in Hong Kong?s Tony residential district of Kowloon Tong, Lee’s house was every bit majestic as its price. Lee brought that house after his friend Raymond Chandler secured a certain undisclosed loan for him. Nearly four decades later, its selling price had multiplied by manifolds.

Bruce Lee’s want for a better lifestyle prompted his move to the grand new house

Lee had learned from Steve McQueen, who he also considered his biggest rival in terms of stardom, that “image is important”, and to be a star, he needed to look like one. In 1972, Bruce Lee was high on the success of ‘Fist and Fury’ and it gave him a boost in both fame and finance. This demanded a shift in their living conditions. So after he, his wife Linda, and their kids moved back to Hong Kong from Bel Air, Los Angeles, they got a great, spacious flat. However, it was nothing like his house in Bel Air.

The residential property that was eventually put on sale for US$23 million in 2011, was Lee’s home for a short span of time.? After Lee’s unfortunate death in 1973, the house passed through many ownerships. However, when he moved into the house in 1972, it was a grand affair for the family.

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American author Matthew Polly wrote in Lee’s biography, ‘Bruce Lee, A Life’, “A cramped apartment was fine for a contract actor, but not for Hong Kong?s biggest box office star”. Lee thus moved into his two-story, eleven-room, gray concrete home.

The grandeur of the house only increased the value every year

Describing the property, Polly wrote in the book, “It was cordoned off by eight-foot stone walls and a wrought iron gate… The furnishings in Bruce and Linda?s home were a mix of Western and Chinese modern, in beaming bright colors, and carefully collected pieces of Chinese art. Bruce had an extensive collection of martial arts weapons he loved to display and demonstrate. The huge front yard of Bruce?s new home had a Japanese garden and an extended driveway for his Mercedes and any other car he might add to his collection”.

Putting all of these features together, it is really not a surprising factor that the residential property got jacked up in price to such an extent. Right after Lee’s death, it was brought by a property tycoon named Yu Tengnian. He had brought it for 8.5 million Hong Kong dollars in 1974.

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