Prince secretly bought the house from Purple Rain for $117,000

Culture 11:52 20.07.2016

Prince bought the house that propelled him into Purple Rain fame in the 1980s eight months before he died, a real estate agent has claimed.

The house, located at  3420 Snelling Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota, went up for sale a year ago.

It appeared in the 1984 movie in which Prince played budding musician The Kid - a performance that earned him the Academy Award for best original song score the following year.

Prince snatched the house in a secretive transaction eight months before his April 2016 death, real estate agent Deborah Larson of Coldwell Banker Burnet told the Star Tribune.

'I don't think he had a plan. I think he just wanted it,' Larson, who handled the sale, said.

A woman gave Larson a phone call last July around 5 pm saying she wanted to make an offer on the house without viewing it - and offered to pay for it in full up front, Larson said.

Larson, who had heard a lot of bogus inquiries from fans until that point, was unconvinced at first. But she told the woman on the phone how to complete the transaction.

The woman followed through and called back within a couple of hours, having completed all the steps.

The house used in Purple Rain, located at 3420 Snelling Avenue (pictured) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, went up for sale a year ago with an asking price set at $110,000

Larson understood Prince was behind the purchase when she saw the name of his company, NPG Music Publishing, on the paperwork, the Star Tribune reported.

Prince paid $117,000 for the two-story, three bedroom property, $7,000 beyond the asking price, which was set at $110,000.

The home, which was built in 1913, was in need of repair, the listing stated at the time.

Prince never settled inside the Snelling Avenue property. He lived at his Paisley Park estate in Chanhassen, about 20 miles away, at the time of his death. 


 

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