For chronic house flippers Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, the spoils of Hollywood have long been rivaled by the riches of real estate. Over the past two decades, the couple has bought and sold more than 30 homes in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, and Montecito, generally without much drama.

But then they came to the Cotswolds. When they purchased Kitesbridge Farm, in the summer of 2024, they intended to use it as a vacation home, hopscotching between the 16,600-square-foot estate and two palatial homes in California.