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The Short Answer
The Jonathan Kelly house is listed, not sold. The ask is $37.995 million for the Bel-Air mansion, against the $26 million Kelly paid in 2023.
Kelly bought it as an investment and rented it out, without ever moving in himself.
He called the house an asset, and said it was time to exit. The listing first appeared on 2 October 2026, retold by Parade eighteen days later.
This tour starts with the price history, then the rooms, and names the unknowns. Our Celebrity Homes collection holds more star homes told the same way.
Jonathan Kelly House: The Investment Maths, Plainly Stated
The mansion first asked $47.5 million, before a new Los Angeles tax took effect. Kelly bought just before that tax arrived, and he paid $26 million, far below the first ask.
The $21.5 million gap sits at the heart of this story: Kelly bought low, by Bel-Air standards, and waited.
He now asks $37.995 million: $11.995 million above what he paid, and $9.505 million below the first ask.
An asking price is not a sale price. No buyer, closing date, or cut has been reported. The table below states the record as reported.
| Step | What happened | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Before the mansion tax | First ask for the new mansion | $47.5 million |
| 2023 | Kelly bought the mansion as an investment | $26 million |
| 2 October 2026 | Kelly listed the mansion | $37.995 million |
| 30 October 2026 | No sale, no cut, no buyer reported | No closing price |
Realtor.com reported the first ask, the purchase, and the listing. Dated 2 October 2026, the piece set out the tax timing and carried Kelly’s own words.
Parade retold the story on 20 October. Realtor.com is this article’s single external source.
Glass Walls, Three Levels, and a Golf Course View
Zoltan Pali designed the three-level mansion, 16,849 square feet, completed in 2022 and still newly built when Kelly bought it.
Bel-Air Country Club’s fourth green lies below the house. Glass walls throw the rooms open to the terraces and the pool, blurring inside and outside.
Room after room, the finishes stay close to nature: stone, and wood in warm tones. One olive tree stands in the central courtyard, with French walnut finishes warming the rooms off it. Folding glass doors run along three sides of the courtyard, opening the rooms straight onto it.
Past the entry, a staircase of glass and steel climbs through the house, and a lift reaches every level. The upper terrace runs the whole main level, joining the kitchen to the primary suite. Lounge and dining spots line the terrace, facing the club one way and the city the other.
The pool level holds the outdoor kitchen. The infinity pool and spa share the terrace with lounge areas behind the water. Past the disappearing edge, there is nothing but treetops and sky.
Two Primary Suites and Rooms Built to Entertain
The count runs to eight bedrooms and 11 bathrooms, eight full and three half.
Two primary suites sit on separate levels. The first of the two sits by the central courtyard on the main floor, with sliding doors onto its own terrace. Pale stone lines its bathroom walls, where a long double vanity stands beside a freestanding tub and glass shower.
The other suite belongs to the pool level, and its doors open straight onto the pool terrace. Warmer tones shape its bathroom, where the double vanity fronts in wood and stands beside a freestanding tub.
Travertine stone runs the length of the fireplace in the formal living room. A wood panelled wall backs the dining area. A long table stands under pendant lights, and glass doors open to a terrace with club views.
The kitchen holds a long stone topped island. Full height wood cabinets form a clean backdrop for a breakfast nook in a corner of retractable glass. Its walls open almost fully to the terrace.
The lower level holds the entertainment and wellness rooms. A home theater holds rows of lounge seating and a full width screen. A bar and media lounge sits nearby, with a long stone bar.
A sauna lines its walls in warm wood, with tiered benches. A gym and wellness facilities complete that level. A wine room and a podcast studio sit in the house too, a rare pair for a mansion tour.
Paul lived in his Los Angeles house for six years, as the Aaron Paul house tour records. Kelly never moved into this one, and the contrast changes how each listing reads.
Who Is Jonathan Kelly?
Kelly built his wealth through a family toy business. Kelly Toys, the family firm, created and launched Squishmallows in 2017. The plush figures, soft and marshmallow-like, found their audience on TikTok during the pandemic.
The brand grew past claw machines and fairs into a much broader retail market. Two deals, in 2020 and then in 2022, took the company out of family hands. Parade names Jazwares, a Berkshire Hathaway firm, as buyer, tying those sales to the Bel-Air purchase.
Kelly is an entrepreneur, not a film star. The house story needs both parts to make sense.
Kelly bought the mansion as an investment. He never used it as his personal home, and he rented it out for a substantial amount, though the exact figure was declined.
Parade cites a reported Zillow rental listing at $125,000 a month. That figure was an asking price, not proof of rent received.
The Mansion Tax, the Wait, and the Exit
Kelly bought just before the Los Angeles mansion tax took effect. The tax applies to qualifying sales above $5 million, and the first $47.5 million ask came before it.
Realtor.com reports Kelly hoped to gain from the timing, and he waited while the market adjusted to the tax. Listing agent Marc Noah says the tax slowed the high end market.
Noah adds that buyers and sellers have grown used to it. Kelly now lists while the market has steadied.
Noah calls the ask an entry point for the neighbourhood. That label needs care: the ask behind it is $37.995 million. The phrase points at the street, not at a bargain, and Bel-Air prices nearby run far higher.
Kelly kept his own words short: the house was an asset, and it was time to exit.
No wider motive or next purchase was reported. The exit reads as a business call, not a life change.
A Street Where Nine Figures Sit Next Door
The street holds sprawling estates at nine figure prices. Developer Ardie Tavangarian lists an eight bedroom spec house at $135 million in the same Bel-Air area, per Realtor.com.
Less than half a mile away, Casa Encantada sold recently. Realtor.com reports a $130 million sale to a company tied to Peter Thiel.
Kelly’s ask sits well below both figures.
Privacy drives many Los Angeles purchases at this level. Kardashian bought neighbouring parcels around her Hidden Hills home, a different privacy play covered in the Kim Kardashian house tour. Kelly bought one house and rented it out.
What Is Still Unclear
Three gaps stay open. First, no sale has been reported. No buyer name or closing date exists in the reporting.
Second, no price cut has been reported. As of 30 October 2026, the listing still shows $37.995 million. Were a cut to surface, the maths would shift at once, but none has, and none is predicted here.
Third, the rental history stays partly hidden. Kelly rented the house, but the rent received is unknown.
No statement explains why he chose this timing, beyond the market timing. When a sale, cut, or statement appears, this tour should be updated.
A listing can return after a pull. The Ozzy Osbourne house came back at a new price in 2026, while Kelly’s house has no such second chapter yet. No return is assumed.
Questions People Ask
Did Jonathan Kelly sell his Bel-Air mansion?
The mansion is still Kelly’s to sell: listed at $37.995 million in October 2026, after he bought it for $26 million in 2023. The reporting names no buyer, closing date, or sale price, so any sale claim stays unchecked for now.
How much did Jonathan Kelly pay for the mansion?
Kelly paid $26 million in 2023, after the mansion had first asked $47.5 million. Kelly bought shortly before the Los Angeles mansion tax took effect, at a price far below the first ask. He now asks $37.995 million, which sits $11.995 million above what he paid.
Did Jonathan Kelly live in the Bel-Air mansion?
Kelly rented the house out from the start and never lived in it, and he has said it was never his personal home. He called the house an asset, said it was time to exit, and no current home of his own is named in the reporting.
How big is the Bel-Air mansion?
Three levels hold 16,849 square feet, eight bedrooms, and 11 bathrooms, split eight full and three half. Zoltan Pali drew the plans, and the build finished in 2022. Glass walls, terraces, and a pool come with the spot above the fourth green at Bel-Air Country Club.
Who is Jonathan Kelly, and what are Squishmallows?
The entrepreneur behind the deal comes from Kelly Toys, the family toy firm that created and launched Squishmallows in 2017. Squishmallows themselves are soft, marshmallow-like plush toys, and TikTok carried them to a wide audience during the pandemic. Two transactions, in 2020 and 2022, sold the company, and the proceeds went toward the Bel-Air purchase.
Why is Jonathan Kelly listing the mansion now?
The reason Kelly gives is timing: he bought just before the mansion tax took effect, and he lists now that the market has steadied. Listing agent Marc Noah says buyers and sellers have grown used to the tax. Kelly called the house an asset, said it was time to exit, and no other motive was reported.
What Comes Next for the Mansion
For now, the mansion waits. Its ask is public, and its owner has said his piece.
A sale would close the investment story with a date and a price. A cut would reopen the maths, and a long hold would test the entry point claim.
Moyenage waits too, for a fence and a garden plan, in the Travis Kelce house tour. This mansion sits in its pause now, and this tour will be updated when the pause ends, with facts checked first.
