It seems Powerball winner Edwin Castro got lucky twice - as his $25.5 million (£20million) property in the
Hollywood Hills came inches away from being destroyed by a landslide. New aerial footage shows a partially buried house belonging a neighbour. Meanwhile Castro's home is intact above the famous Chateau Marmont Hotel in West Hollywood, which he bought following his $2.04 billion lottery win in November 2022. He also lives next door to pop star
Ariana Grande . The terrifying landslide followed an incoming storm has neighbours worried about more significant damage still to come. READ MORE: Inside $2billion Powerball winner Edwin Casto's new $47million mega-mansion The half-buried house in Hollywood Hills belonged to the lottery winner's neighbour, who had just finished renovations ( Image: NORTH-SUNSET.COM / BACKGRID) The next-door property that was destroyed was undergoing renovations, and the owner said he was just days away from moving his family in. Phone footage from a neighbour allegedly captured the moment the hillside above the house started to give way. "The hill is giving, oh my gosh! " the neighbour can be heard saying in the video. "And it's making all sorts of noises, like it's cracking."
fire crews were called to the area after the rubble came down at about 5pm as mud landed on the back of the property and slid through the patio door. The thick dirt also covered a part of the roof and the windows of the property, while landing on other areas outside the home. Click here to follow the Mirror US on
Google News to stay up to date with all the latest news, sports, and entertainment stories The largest lotto winner in US history, Edwin Castro, got lucky once again when a landslide caused $500K worth of damage to his next-door neighbour's Hollywood Hills home ( Image: NORTH-SUNSET.COM / BACKGRID) Another neighbour, David Marvisi, was left in shock after the calamity, estimating the damage to be a staggering $500,000. He lamented: "The house is about $50,000 in damage but he needs a shotcrete because his property starts from there and all the way to the end." City safety inspectors and geologists have been on-site, scrutinising the house and surveying the area, while neighbours cross their fingers, hoping that officials will chip in with the costs for clearing the debris and repairing the damaged home. Marvisi, who has been a fixture across the street for over 20 years, described it as the worst landslide he's witnessed in the neighbourhood. Landslides are becoming more common in California, with waterfront homes bearing the brunt of the damage ( Image: NORTH-SUNSET.COM / BACKGRID) He warned that no insurance policy would cover such an event, cautioning: "You have to be very careful. You have to know what you're getting into because Mother Nature can cost you some money." Lottery champ Edwin, who scooped his home last March for a cool $25,500,000, enjoys a plush pad featuring five bedrooms, seven bathrooms, and a sprawling 13,500 square feet of luxury living space. The fortunate fellow chose a one-time cash payout of $997.6 million, catapulting him into the ranks of the wealthiest lottery winners in history. After bagging the Powerball prize, Castro expressed his disbelief and joy, stating, "As much as I am shocked and ecstatic to have won the Powerball drawing, the real winner is the
California public school system." Thanks to Castro's windfall, California's public schools got a hefty boost, raking in $156 million from the state's lottery. Since his life-changing win, he's been keeping a low profile, reportedly splurging up to $21,000 weekly on round-the-clock security to stay safe.