Kanye West Finds a Buyer for $39 Million Malibu Mansion He Gutted, Removed Windows from and Abandoned

Selling Sunset’ star Jason Oppenheim, whose brokerage sold the property, confirmed to PEOPLE that the home is in

Kanye West has found a buyer for the beachfront Malibu home he put on the market in December 2023 after gutting it.

Selling Sunset star Jason Oppenheim, whose brokerage sold the architecturally significant property, confirmed to PEOPLE that the home is in escrow.

In 2021, the rapper paid $57 million for the home, which he has since stripped of all its interior fixtures and fittings. He initially listed the mansion, which features views of the Pacific Ocean from every room, for $53 million before dropping the price to $39 million in April 2024.

In December, Oppenheim confirmed to PEOPLE that West had removed the house’s interiors and the asking price reflected the cost of installing new finishes.

Photos and video of the property in its current state published by the New Yorker in July, show the ocean-facing facade with all the windows removed and its railings rusting in the open air.

A few months before West listed the property, a former employee of the rapper who was hired to manage the remodel, sued West over allegedly dangerous working conditions and unpaid wages in September 2023.

Tony Saxon, who says he was hired in September 2021 as a project manager and served as a full-time security guard and live-in caretaker for the residence, claims he made “constant complaints” to West about various safety hazards, including “workers unsafely demolishing various parts of the house with no safety equipment,” in a filing obtained by PEOPLE.

Saxon claims he worked 16-hour days, during which he was responsible for cleaning, construction, demolition, coordinating all workers, hiring contractors and 24/7 security.

The document alleges that Saxon was sleeping in “makeshift conditions” on the ground with his coat as bedding throughout his employment.

The complaint also claims that West “disregarded” Saxon’s concerns that he needed to rest due to a “severe” back injury.

Saxon alleges he was fired in November 2021 after refusing to remove all of the windows and electricity from the home.