In most of his movies, Jason Statham plays the tough man, but when it comes to his house, he makes sure it’s a place where he can relax. “Everything in the UK is simply these little rooms with fireplaces. The 52-year-old British actor was interviewed by ArchDigest.com for a new profile of one of his Los Angeles houses. “Every house looks the same; they’re all red brick, and they’re very different to California midcentury architecture,” he said.
“So, [here], when you get floor-to-ceiling glass and it connects the indoors with the outdoors, it’s almost like this free-flowing connection,” he said. There is just something really Zen-like about it that makes you feel at ease. The Fast & Furious star claims that more exposed homes are his favorite type, despite the fact that many would anticipate celebrities like Statham to avoid them given their existence in the spotlight.
He told the magazine, “Put me in a glass box and I’ll be very happy.” The symmetry and openness of things, in general, are really enticing. The Expendables actor boasted that he has a talent for discovering houses that he can gut and transform into his own while showcasing the recently refurbished house with its cedar wood ceilings and big windows. “I’m always looking for places to either renovate or to buy, to move up the ladder,” Statham said to the publication. “This one had a particular appeal and seemed to appear out of nowhere. As with most of these middle ages, it was quite depressed and neglected.
The actor acknowledges that the refurbishment of the four-bedroom, three-bathroom home, which exudes modern, minimalist elegance, was not inexpensive. “I didn’t actually have a budget. As a result, every finish increased in price, making it a somewhat extravagant year, according to Statham. “I think it would have been simpler to build a new house. However, as part of the refurbishment, we had the opportunity to learn from some of its original charm, such as the butterfly ceiling and the drop-down that essentially let you run the cedar ceiling up from the inside of the home all the way out to the overhangs. If we had planned it out on paper, I don’t believe we would have done those things.
