Audrey Hepburn’s Switzerland home on market for $33 million

La Paisable, an eighteenth-century Swiss farmhouse formerly owned by Audrey Hepburn, has been listed for sale. 

The villa is located in the picturesque mountain village of Tolochenaz, about half an hour east of Geneva. 

Hepburn lived in the home for thirty years, from 1963 to her death in 1993. 

She is buried in the small local cemetery, just a few minutes away from her final home. 

“The house is called ‘La Paisable’ which means ‘peaceful place,’ and it really is a peaceful place. It has quite the amazing atmosphere,” owner Katharina Beaujolin tells Bloomberg. 

After raising six children in the property, Katharina and her husband Jean-Marc are looking to downsize. 

“All of our kids went to school and university here and were quite happy,” she says. “You have very good schools, excellent universities, the lake and the mountains – what else do you want?”

The Beaujolins bought the house from Hepburn’s sons in 2001. When they first moved in, the home was exactly how it had been during the actress’s lifetime. 

“The decoration was Audrey Hepburn’s and it was wow – a lot of flowers everywhere on the curtains, and it was perhaps a bit out of fashion,” Katharina says. 

On her sixtieth birthday, Hepburn was sent 60 white rosebushes from the fashion house Givenchy. Many of the original rosebushes can still be seen from the kitchen window. 

During the Beaujolins’ time in the property, tourists would occasionally stop by to take photos outside the house, but Katharina insists it was never intrusive. 

In total, there are 21 rooms spread over three floors, including 12 bedrooms and eight bathrooms. 

Five original eighteenth-century fireplaces give the home a sense of rich history. 

Outside, there are over 40 acres of land with century-old trees, rolling hills, and a heated swimming pool. 

The house is listed with Knight Frank for 19 million Swiss francs ($AU33.3 million).