Nicole Richie and Joel Madden’s homes, throughout their nearly two decades as a couple, have always seemed reflective of their interesting personalities. A true California girl through and through, Berkeley native Richie has mostly stayed put in the Golden State throughout her life. The actor, designer, and sometimes rapper was adopted by music legend Lionel Richie at the age of three and rose to prominence as a pop-culture icon of the aughts when she starred in reality series The Simple Life alongside Paris Hilton from 2003 until 2007; the lifelong friends will soon reunite to honor the show’s 20th anniversary with a three-part special, Paris & Nicole: The Encore. In 2006, Richie began dating Good Charlotte frontman Madden (who at the time resided in a bachelor pad fit for a pop-punk rocker), and the pair bought their first home together three years later.
Since then, the House of Harlow founder has established a downright wholesome cottagecore-style home life for herself, raising a menagerie of pets, gardening, beekeeping, and harvesting eggs from her backyard chicken coop. “My perfect night in is to be home alone, in my garden,” Richie told British Vogue in 2020. “I got into gardening because I really just fell in love with the idea of being outside. Watching food grow is just the opportunity to relax, to decompress.” Unsurprisingly, Richie and Madden’s homes have tended to reflect the entrepreneur’s chic yet down-to-earth domestic sensibilities, often with room for a mini homestead in the back. Read on for a rundown on all of the properties that the couple have called home.
Madden’s Glendale bachelor pad
In 2004—two years before he and Richie’s relationship began—Madden spent $1.8 million on a 4,718-square-foot Spanish Colonial in Glendale, California. Built in 1930, the two-story structure had exposed beams, hardwood floors, crown molding, and three fireplaces lined with colorful Spanish tiles. Madden toured the four-bedroom and…