By James McClain Despite coronavirus woes, Grammy Award-nominated Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders has nonetheless reaped a small fortune in profit by unloading his Los Angeles cottage.
The 3,000 sq. ft. quintessential California bungalow sold in a bidding war for $3.1 million, $130,000 over the asking price and a whopping $800,000 more than he originally paid five years ago, back in May 2015.
The bidding war may — or may not — have had something to do with the home’s impressive Hollywood pedigree. Back in the mid-to-late aughts, the house was owned by three-time Academy Award nominee Mark Ruffalo, who sold the property in 2009 to quirky actor-musician Zooey Deschanel and her then-husband, Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard.
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