Chilled-out über-celebrity Matthew McConaughey has reportedly scooped up a nine-acre estate near Austin. The 10,000-square-foot Spanish Med-style mansion was built in 1997 in the style of midcentury architect Addizon Mizner, has seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a carved wood staircase, a two-island kitchen, tiled floors throughout, an elevator, verandas, terraces, pergolas, a courtyard with a water fountain, a stone guesthouse with its own covered porch, and seven boat slips on the lake. According to a tipster, that McConaughey has already moved with his supermodel fiancée Camila Alves has not deterred neighborhood soccer moms, many of whom have been jogging by the house in hopes of catching the actor doing yoga, say, shirtless on the front lawn. (As he's known to do these days.) About what he paid: the property was originally listed for close to $7M but it had been PriceChopped to some $4M by Nov. 2010 and then taken off the market last month—it's likely that it closed for somewhere near the low end of the spectrum.
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What surprised us about the awesome home tours that came out of Austin this year was not just how amazingly designed they were, but how varied each one was. Every single home we featured was so uniquely suited to its inhabitants, and we find that sort of commitment to personal style completely inspiring.