Selena Gomez Bought Tom Petty’s $4.9 Million Mansion

Social media superstar, singer and actress Selena Gomez now lives in a rambling hillside mansion that the late Tom Petty once owned. 

Located in Encino, California, Gomez picked up the heartbreakingly beautiful estate for $4.9 million — and the house looks to be worth every penny. It has been fully renovated and features some stunning amenities, like an incredible second-floor master suite, a chic-looking she shed and a resort-style backyard.

Want to see inside? Come and take a look at the “Come and Get It” singer’s newest home, and learn all about its seedy past, which includes an attempt on Petty’s life.

The 9,100-square-foot mansion features six bedrooms, eight full bathrooms and two half-baths.

Petty and his family lived here in the 1980s. Everything was going fine until the morning of May 29, 1987. 

Petty, his wife (that would be Jane Benyo at this time) and his 5-year-old daughter were eating breakfast inside.

Someone smelled something different in the air. It wasn’t eggs or bacon or pancakes or whatever it was the Pettys were eating that day. It was the odor of smoke. His daughter was the first one to see the flames.

A fire was quickly spreading, incinerating everything in its wake. 

Petty evacuated with his family, unharmed.

Their maid suffered minor injuries and burned hair. 

“I saw my housekeeper go up in flames, hair catching fire,” Petty recalled.

The house, though, was a total loss.

Almost the entire mansion burned down, causing $400,000 in losses, which must have been the cost of the entire house.

About $600,000 worth of the Pettys’ belongings were destroyed.