The new owner of the house where Matthew Perry died has vowed to keep the ‘Batman’ logo in the pool

The new owner of the house where Matthew Perry died will not remove the “Batman” logo that the actor put in the pool.

The Pacific Palisades home was sold almost exactly a year after Perry died at the property in October. 28, 2023, getting $8.5 million in an off-market deal, according to the New York Times.

In an Instagram post shared on Thursday, Anita Verma-Lallian, a film producer and real estate developer, revealed that she is the new owner of the house.

“We are so excited to share that we bought a house in Los Angeles earlier this month! Our agent, Brooke Elliot, said she had an amazing property ‘off the market’ that she really wanted us to see,” Verma-Lallian wrote in her post.

Speaking about the future of the house, Verma-Lallian revealed that while he plans to make some changes to the property, they won’t be removing the “Batman” logo from the pool.

“We plan to keep some of the design elements. The batman pool logo is definitely here to stay,” she wrote, adding a laughing face emoji and a praying hands emoji. “It’s a piece of heaven that’s filled with light and the perfect vacation home for us. I look forward to making new memories in it.”

Verma-Lallian also shared that she fell in love with the house as soon as her agent showed it to her.

“The moment I walked into the house, I absolutely fell in love with the features, especially the view of the Pacific Ocean,” she said in the caption. “We knew it was ‘the one’ and decided to write an offer for it right away.”

The film’s producer added that the house’s connection to Perry’s death did not influence her decision.

“As a real estate developer myself, I believe that every property has a story that we may or may not know, and every home carries the energy that the current owner brings to it,” she wrote. “I’m Hindu and it’s customary to say a blessing and a prayer whenever you buy a new house. We were very fortunate that our Panditji from Arizona came home to give the blessing.”

Of Perry, she said: “We chose to honor the positive aspects of the previous owner’s life, his incredible talent and all the joy he brought to so many people. The decision to buy the house had nothing to do with the previous owner, just our love for the house.

“Wishing you all a very Happy Diwali!! May the new year flow with peace, joy and prosperity”, she wrote at the end of her post.

Perry purchased the 3,500-square-foot Pacific Palisades home for $6 million in 2020. The home has four bedrooms and four full bathrooms.

Perry renovated the house shortly before she died, an insider revealed to People following the “Friends” actor’s death. Perry “was incredibly happy” there and referred to the property as “heaven,” the source said.

The star died from the acute effects of ketamine, according to an autopsy report. His manner of death was listed as accidental drowning. He was 54.

Perry’s family, fans, co-stars and former co-stars paid tribute to the actor earlier this week on the one-year anniversary of his death. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and Perry’s TV mom Morgan Fairchild were among those who shared memories.

In August, US attorneys charged five individuals in connection with Perry’s death, accusing them of helping the actor illegally obtain the ketamine that led to his death. Perry’s former assistant, two doctors and a woman known as the “Queen of Ketamine” were among those charged.

The former assistant, one of the doctors and another individual who allegedly acted as a “go-between” have accepted plea deals and are cooperating with federal authorities.