Dave Grohl’s ‘Broken’ Homes? Inside Foo Fighters Star’s Incredible Properties as He Admits To Fathering Child ‘Outside His Marriage’

Foo Fighters founder Dave Grohl sent shockwaves through the entertainment industry when he admitted that he has welcomed a baby daughter “outside” of his 21-year marriage to wife Jordyn Blum.

In a stunning statement, the 55-year-old rocker—who shares three daughters with Blum—confessed that he “recently became the father of a new baby daughter,” adding that he is “doing everything to regain [the] trust and earn [the] forgiveness” of his family.

Grohl did not share any other information about the identity of the baby’s mother, noting only that he “plans to be a loving and supportive parent” to the newborn, who is now half-sister to his daughters Violet, 18, Harper, 15, and Ophelia, 10.

Blum has yet to publicly address her husband’s infidelity, nor has she confirmed whether she plans to remain in their marriage.

This is not the first time Grohl has admitted to being unfaithful to a spouse. During his first marriage, to Jennifer Leigh Youngblood, the former Nirvana drummer confessed to cheating, an admission that ultimately led to their divorce.

However, the rocker’s use of the word “we” in his statement seems to suggest he has hope that his second marriage will survive this scandal. Grohl also asked for the public’s “consideration” as he and his loved one try to navigate the bombshell behind closed doors.

Perhaps thankfully for Grohl, he has plenty of properties in which to seek refuge over the coming weeks, having amassed an impressive portfolio of real estate, much of which is located in California.

Sherman Oaks, CA

The self-proclaimed “Valley Girl” just sold a longtime Sherman Oaks, CA, home for a sweet profit. The musician picked up the four-bedroom residence in the San Fernando Valley in 2001 for $569,000.

Grohl let go of what was billed as an “incredible development opportunity in prime Sherman Oaks” for $1.6 million in June.

“We’re extremely excited to see this house get reimagined and back on the market in months,” the listing agent Tim Gavin posted on Instagram in announcing the deal.

Encino, CA

Grohl has put down major roots in the oft-derided Valley.

“I love living in the Valley. My wife was born and raised in the Valley,” he told the Los Angeles Daily News in 2013.

Grohl picked up another longtime piece of real estate in 2003, the same year he married Blum. He paid $2.2 million for the Encino, CA,  abode, which is his primary residence.

Built in 1950, the 8,342-square-foot mansion offers five bedrooms. The one-story property sits on a 2-acre parcel, which includes a pool and a three-car garage.

The property is estimated to be worth around $6.8 million, according to Realtor.com®.

Studio 606 in Northridge, CA

Choosing to stay close to home, the Foo Fighters founder grabbed a bare-bones warehouse in Northridge, CA, for $1,165,000 in June 2004 and transformed it into a recording studio.

“We were looking for a place to have a studio and also to have storage, and also to rehearse, and basically like a headquarters,” Grohl said on a tour of the space. “We found this one. It was just concrete walls and floors.”

But now it’s a state-of-the-art rocker nirvana.

There’s a control room and guitar storage—and for Foo fans, it’s the studio where they recorded the albums “In Your Honor” and “Echoes Silence Patience and Grace.”

Other bands have also used the studio to record, from Motorhead to Alice In Chains, along with other superstars such as Alice Cooper.

Paranormal activity in Encino mansion

Grohl hasn’t used his own home as a recording space, but his band recorded its 10th album at a different mansion in Encino.

However, things got spooky and certain events led the band to believe the house was haunted. Cue scary music!

“When we walked into the house in Encino, I knew the vibes were definitely off,” Grohl told NME in 2020.

“We started working there, and it wasn’t long before things started happening,” he said. “We would come back to the studio the next day, and all of the guitars would be detuned.”

Although the band set up cameras to try to capture any paranormal phenomena, members stayed mum, signing nondisclosure agreements because the landlord was “trying to sell the place,” Grohl said. “So, I can’t give away what happened there in the past, but these multiple occurrences over a short period of time made us finish the album as quickly as we could.”

The 4,000-square-foot, five-bedroom, Spanish-style abode, which dates to 1936, was eventually sold, spirits and all, in 2021 for $4.3 million.

Beach bliss

It isn’t all work: The singer and guitarist also owned a beach house in Oxnard, CA, a coastal city west of L.A.

He appears to have purchased this getaway in 2006, as a brand-new build for $3.7 million. It was sold at a loss for $2.9 million in 2015.

Offering ocean and coastal views, the “casually elegant” four-bedroom pad sits right on Mandalay Beach. It features an open floor plan, a state-of-the-art kitchen, and high beamed ceilings.

The garage fits four cars, and the second floor features a primary suite complete with a fireplace and a balcony. Right off the dining room is an entertainment center.

More spooky behavior in Seattle, WA

Prior to life in L.A., the Nirvana drummer lived in a ’90s-era home in Shoreline, WA. He purchased the five-bedroom dwelling, set at the end of a cul-de-sac, for $335,000 in 1993.

Spanning almost 4,000 square feet, the multilevel home built in 1991 includes a living room, family room, rec room, second kitchen, five decks, three fireplaces, and plentiful storage. However, during the rocker’s ownership, he claimed the home had another feature: It was haunted.

“I moved into a house in Seattle in 1993,” he told NME. “It was a new house built at the edge of a forest, and little things started happening: noises, motion detectors going off. That soon ramped up into doors opening on their own, or I’d feel like someone was right behind me at all times.”

The odd activities were not enough to drive him out.

“It wasn’t so bad that I wanted to move though,” Grohl admitted. “I just sort of stayed there and felt creeped out for two and a half years.” In 1997, he sold the place for $345,000.

When Nirvana made it big in the early 1990s, Grohl said he bought a beach house in North Carolina.

While there, he became a barbecue aficionado.

“When Nirvana became popular, the first thing I did is I bought a beach house in North Carolina and spent years up there, and I just ate pulled pork like f—ing crazy from the time I was 22 to about 25 years old,” Grohl told Variety.

Rockin’ residence in Virginia

After the death of founder Kurt Cobain, Nirvana broke up and Grohl began to form the Foo Fighters. Tired of the L.A. scene, he briefly moved back to the area where he grew up, picking up a 1970s-era split-level home in Alexandria, VA.

Although he sold it long ago, and the four-bedroom, 4,500-square-foot residence has since been completely redone. But the residence remains a part of rock history, as the basement is where the Foo Fighters recorded their first Grammy-winning album, “Nothing Left to Lose.” The album cover was even shot on the front deck, according to Annapolis Magazine.

“When we won for best rock album, which we made in that basement, I was so proud—because we made it in my basement in a crappy makeshift studio that we put together ourselves,” Grohl told the magazine.

“I stood there looking out at everybody in tuxedos and diamonds and fur coats, and I thought we were probably the only band that won a Grammy for an album made for free in a basement that year,” he said.

Childhood home in Springfield, VA

Grohl grew up in Springfield, VA, living with his mother in a single-story, three-bed, two-bath, 2,000-square-foot home. The cozy abode was purchased in 1975 for $49,000. Built in 1958, the brick house includes a fireplace and sits on a third of an acre.

When he was 7, his parents divorced, and he and his sister, Lisa, were largely raised by their mother, Virginia Grohl. At age 12, he picked up the guitar, later switching to drums.

Grohl attended multiple local high schools, eventually dropping out at the age of 17 to join the Washington, DC, punk-rock band Scream as drummer.

“Whenever I felt overwhelmed with the success of Nirvana,” Dave told the Washingtonian, “I would just go back to Virginia, to that house, to the bedroom where I grew up and the neighborhood that I walked through to school every day and all of my friends were two or three blocks away, and it helped me keep my head level.”

Although he apparently considered buying a new house for his mom in the 1990s, the two decided against it, choosing to preserve the memories of his early love of music.

His mom split her time between his childhood home and L.A., before passing away in 2022.