Monica Bellucci, who you may have seen in the series That’s Paris! (France 2 broadcasts the finale of season 1 this Wednesday evening), has been in a relationship with Tim Burton for more than a year. They had made their relationship official on the red carpet of the Rome Film Festival in October 2023. In the past, the American director, who chose her for the sequel to Beetlejuicereleased in cinemas in September, shared the life of Helena Bonham Carter, a British actress he had first met on the set of his film Planet of the Apes in 2001 (we will subsequently see her in several of her successful feature films such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as well asAlice in Wonderland).
Their friendship quickly turned into a relationship, and the Burbank, California native acquired two properties adjacent to his partner's 19th century artist's house, located in the London neighborhood of Belsize Park. This is what we learn in the pages ofAD Magazine : “Helena Bonham Carter retained her residence, while Tim Burton converted one of the neighboring houses for his personal use, and the third became the main space where their two children, born in 2003 and 2007, played under the supervision of their nanny.”
They even went until “tear down a wall between their two homes“, to then connect them”via a gateway with dome on the first floor“. The one who also left its mark in Fight Club and the saga ofHarry Potter had explained that it was their divergent sleeping habits, notably the director's snoring, which had pushed them to each have their own accommodation and sleep separately. Note that these residences were kept by the actress after their separation in 2014.
The couple also had a country house, acquired in 2006 for 3.4 million euros. Known as Mill House and located in Oxfordshire, this 18th century brick house greatly appealed to Tim Burton who, “true to his eccentric style“, “adorned the vast garden of more than three hectares with hand-painted dinosaur statues, including an impressive 7.6 meter tall T. rex.“A home that he has kept since their breakup. And that’s not all, since they also lived in New York,”in an apartment in the iconic Art Deco building of One Fifth Avenue“.
Tim Burton and his Mansion with Roof Garden
Return to London then for Tim Burton where, between 2016 and 2019, “he rented a vast 1,200 square meter space, called Eglon House, in the upscale Primrose Hill neighborhood“. He needed a place to work on the live-action remake of Dumbo for Disney. This four-story residence was made up of two buildings connected around a central courtyard. He would have used a “wing as a studio and personal living space, while the other accommodated his creative team as well as other production teams.” AD Magazine specifies that this 5 bedroom residence had impressive features, with “its floor-to-ceiling bronze windows, a 185 square meter master suitea sauna, a steam room, as well as a swimming pool in the basement that transforms into a cinema room at the touch of a button.”
And in 2018, Tim Burton acquired for 13 million euros a London mansion, featuring “a double-height ballroom and a roof garden.” Finally, let's not forget that “at one time resided in the exclusive hilltop neighborhood of High Tower Court in Hollywood“in Los Angeles.”This popular enclave, which has also hosted personalities like Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain, is distinguished by a rare feature: access is only by a private elevator dating from the 1920s or by a long winding staircase.”
You will have understood it, Tim Burton's housescontinued to echo the dark visual language that permeates all of his work.” His unique style was felt in every place he passed. “It has slime balls, dead Oompa-Loompas lying around, skeletons, and weird alien lighting.”, had already explained Helena Bonham Carter about her decoration choices.
Note that he cultivated his taste for macabre atmospheres from a very young age, since as a teenager he liked to regularly take refuge in the cemetery located next to his home. “It was a place that was exciting, lonely, special and emotional. Ultimately, it was a good place to think.” he confided in 2012 to Entertainment Weekly.
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