I’m probably the only person who still gets Netflix DVDs in the mail. I mostly stream stuff these days, but I keep the DVD option in case there’s a movie I can’t get any other way for one of my Movie House posts.
Readers kept asking me about the houses in Keeping Up With the Joneses, so I requested it from Netflix. And then the DVD sat next to my TV for months, waiting for me to watch it. Sad state of things when putting a DVD into the player seems like “too much hassle.” 😉
I finally sat down to watch it and the neighborhood looked so picture perfect, I assumed they filmed on a backlot. When I looked it up, I was surprised to learn it’s a real cul-de-sac in Atlanta. Not only that, but they shot inside the actual houses we saw onscreen, which is a rare thing these days.
I tracked down both the Jones and Gaffney houses — take a look!
The Real Houses from “Keeping Up With the Joneses”
Jon Hamm and Gal Gadot play the Joneses, who move into a quiet neighborhood in Atlanta.
When their blue two-story first appeared onscreen, I barely got the words “Cute house!” out of my mouth…
…before this happened:
Gah! I hate when they blow up nice houses in movies.
I found an old listing for this house, which sold in 2015 for $388,500. It wasn’t blue then, though.
It looked so different, it took me a minute to realize it was the same place!
The houses are located in the Dupont Commons neighborhood.
Zach Galifianakis plays Karen’s husband, Jeff Gaffney, and they live a few houses down:
I found the real estate listing for it from 2015, when it sold for $417,000.
Oddly enough, the house’s colors changed a bit and looked more pink in this shot:
Makes me wonder if the house colors were altered digitally instead of with actual paint?
The listing said:
This sought after Dupont Commons home is perfection from the stone front porch to the lush backyard! The open main floor plan features a separate dining room, new hardwoods, rich molding, and a newly updated granite & stainless kitchen with breakfast bar.
A fireside family room connects to the separate office w/French doors. Large master bedroom suite up plus two spacious secondary bedrooms. Enjoy the gracious deck and patio overlooking the custom landscaped backyard.
All this plus an unfinished basement and 2 car garage in the community’s most sought after cul-de-sac.
Looks like a pretty sweet cul-de-sac to live on, with or without spies for neighbors!
Read more about the neighborhood on the builder’s website,
which says Atlanta is becoming “Hollywood’s East Coast hub.”
See the listing photos for the Jones house and the Gaffney house.
Visit my Houses Onscreen page to see the others I’ve featured, listed A-Z.
Fun – always enjoy these tours!
Shelley
I am always amazed at the difference paint color can make — and totally clueless about how to choose *the* paint scheme that will turn a house from ‘meh’ to WOW! There are a couple of houses in my own neighborhood that have been completely transformed just with paint – no landscaping or design changes, and the difference is AMAZING. Is this a God given talent, or can anybody learn how to choose the right paint? I’d really love to learn how. (and her’s where I’d normally insert an emoji with a pleading face…)
Fun read, as always!!!!!! Thanks!
(I still actually use and buy DVD’s! :o))
Annette
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I love the houses. But jon hamm would look good in a tool shed!
Haha, so true! 😀
I had to laugh at your first paragraph, because I also still get DVDs through Netflix. I’ve had some interesting TV series lately so I put that new DVD in right away and send it back pronto. But that hasn’t always been true. Now I’ll have to put this movie into my queue. Thanks, as always.
I’m glad to know I’m not the only one still getting the DVDs! I’m not very good at sending them back in a timely manner, however. 🙂