Actress Emma Stone starred in Paramount+’s “The Curse” two years ago as one half of a reality TV renovation duo. The actress brought a lot of practical experience to the role as she is also a house flipper in real life. She and her husband, Dave McCrary, have just put her latest remodel on the market for $26.5 million in Austin, Texas
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The home is a sprawling 10,000-square-foot estate that she and McCrary purchased in 2021 for an undisclosed fee. The newly renovated four-bedroom home has a two-bedroom guest house as well, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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New York Commitments Made Austin Living Unfeasible
Though Stone and McCary originally planned to live in the home in the pricey Tarrytown neighborhood, New York-based work commitments have not made that possible, one of their listing agents, Eric Moreland, told the Journal. The couple also owns a $12 million condo in Lower Manhattan.
Three-Year Renovation
Moreland said that Stone and McCrary spent over three years renovating and restoring the home, including meticulously removing, cleaning, and reusing all the exterior brick. He said installing the millwork in the screening room was a year-long undertaking.
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According to The Music Essentials, Stone has an estimated net worth of $40 million, earned primarily from acting and endorsements. The website says that her most lucrative film was her Oscar-winning performance in “La La Land,” for which she received $26 million, largely through back-end profits from the film’s $447 million worldwide gross.
Endorsements and House Flips
In addition to her movies, for which she is routinely paid around $7 million to $8 million, Stone also endorses fashion brand Louis Vuitton, which The Music Essentials reports she is paid between $6 million and $8 million per year.
Stone, whose best-known films other than “La La Land” include “The Amazing Spider-Man,” “The Favourite,” and “Poor Things,” has been flipping homes as a side hustle for several years. The Journal reported that she sold her blufftop Malibu, California home in 2022 for $4.425 million after buying it for $3.25 million in 2018. Last year, she sold a personal residence in L.A.’s Comstock Hills for $4.3 million, a considerable increase on the $2.3 million she paid in 2019.
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Critical Acclaim
“Acting is inherently embarrassing — this, as a job, is just silly and you can feel really stupid,” she told the New York Times in 2023 when “Poor Things” was released. Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos worked with Stone on two of her most critically acclaimed films, “The Favorite” and “Poor Things.” “Thankfully, with Yorgos," Stone added, "it’s much more freeing and I feel confident because we can quickly get to, “I guess this one’s not working, let’s go somewhere else. Also, I can cry to him if I’m freaking out about something, which I have many times."
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