EXCLUSIVE: John Goodman Finds a Buyer for His Longtime New Orleans Home—After Slashing $700K From Asking Price

Hollywood legend John Goodman has found a buyer for his beloved New Orleans home, six months after he put the historic property on the market for $5.5 million.

Goodman, 73, purchased the four-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom dwelling in 2005, 16 years after he and his wife, Anna Beth Goodman, relocated to Louisiana from Los Angeles with their family.

The actor purchased the property from Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor for $1.8 million in an off-market deal, and he and his wife then spent years overhauling the home to turn it into their dream escape in the Big Easy.

However, in February, Goodman put the home on the market—initially listing it with an asking price of $5.5 million, before reducing that to $4.75 million in April.

Now, records indicate that the home has found a buyer, with the listing showing that the property is pending sale.

It’s unclear what prompted Goodman to list the property. However, its appearance on the market came just three weeks after his longtime home in California was razed by the January wildfires.

The actor had purchased that home, which was located in Pacific Palisades, in 2007 for $4.6 million. It is understood that he used it when he was in Los Angeles for work commitments.

He is reported to have carried out extensive renovations to his L.A. abode, expanding it and adding amenities.

Meanwhile, at his New Orleans home, Goodman and his wife worked to retain much of the historic charm of the property, which was originally built in 1850. The listing notes that they “perfectly balanced” the older elements with some “modern luxury.”

“Built in the 1850s, this meticulously maintained property features deep double galleries overlooking lush gardens and a gated entry framed by ancient Crepe Myrtles,” the description goes on.

Among the many jaw-dropping architectural touches inside the home are a sweeping grand staircase, a formal dining room, and an enormous fireplace that provides a cozy and welcoming touch to the home.

“A chef’s kitchen, complete with quartzite countertops, custom cabinetry, and high-end appliances, adds contemporary flair,” the listing adds.

The property offers three bedrooms, including a beautiful primary suite. A fourth room, which currently serves as a dressing room, could be converted back into a bedroom.

Outside, residents can take full advantage of the warm New Orleans weather while lounging on the covered veranda or soaking in the saltwater pool.

In 2014, Goodman opened up about his reasons for relocating to Louisiana from California in an interview with Garden & Gun magazine.

He simply “wanted to get away from Los Angeles,” he told the magazine.

Explaining that he had “kind of had it with show business,” the actor said that he and his wife were originally considering a move to St. Louis—just a short distance from the Missouri suburb where Goodman was born and raised.

“The options were St. Louis or New Orleans. We got as far as buying land in St. Louis,” he revealed—before joking that his wife then set about “designing a house that got to be the size of Buckingham Palace.

“I said, ‘This ain’t gonna work out.’ So we chucked it and bought a haunted house [in Old Metairie, a suburb of New Orleans] instead.”

However, the “haunted” property was a touch too spooky for the family, so they opted to move to a new home without a creepy atmosphere.

As for what he loved so much about New Orleans, Goodman credited the lifestyle.

He fell in love with the city when he attended Mardi Gras in 1972 with some friends from college, he said.

“I can watch the tourists go by my front yard, be a zoo animal, read Willie Morris, sip a faux bourbon—in my case a Diet Coke—with some mint leaves,” he said.

“No, seriously, it all started in 1972. I came down for Mardi Gras with a group of Sig Eps from Missouri—I went to what’s now called Missouri State. I just flipped for the city, and I’m too lazy to define what it is, exactly. After that, every time I’d get a couple of bucks, I’d go down.”