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Suzanne Somers Lists Palm Springs Home—Again

The California property is now on the market for $14.5 Million

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Actress and health guru Suzanne Somers is trying to sell her 70-acre desert oasis in Palm Springs, California—again.

Ms. Somers, 70, and her husband, producer Alan Hamel, 80, relisted the secluded compound this week for $14.5 million with Teles Properties. The celebrity couple has been trying to unload the dreamy estate for nine years, bringing the home on and off the market and changing the price, according to listing records.

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Property records for the home list a post office box connected to the Suzanne Somers Foundation. Ms. Somers and her husband have also given interviews about the home, sharing the same images as those on the current listing.

The property first hit the market in 2008, amid the collapse of the housing market, for $35 million.

"When we were first trying to sell, there was no market," said listing agent Scott Lyle, of Tele Properties. This time, however, Mr. Lyle said he’s received interest from potential buyers in just the first two days since the listing went live.

Ms. Somers, a model and actress, who starred in the hit sitcom "Three’s Company" and worked as the spokeswoman for Thighmaster, has more recently championed health and wellness causes, writing several best-selling self-help books.

The very private property—which can only be accessed by a funicular, golf cart or by walking up an onerous staircase—has five separate buildings connected by stone paths and raw desert landscape. In total, there are eight bedrooms and 11 bathrooms, according to the listing.

Construction on the collection of buildings began in the 1920s, and in the 1950s, famed architect Robert Fray built one of the houses from rocks collected in the area, according to the listing. It now serves as a zenned-out, two-room suite with interior glass walls, a fireplace, rock shower and meditation garden.

The estate’s master suite is an entirely separate villa, with an outdoor shower, his-and-her offices and a balcony far enough from civilization to house a soaking tub that overlooks Palm Springs. The master suite’s "his closet" also works double duty as a safe room, according to the listing.

Today its laundry list of amenities includes a 5,000-bottle wine cellar, multiple spas and waterfalls, hiking trails and updated lighting and sound systems. The property even includes a sheltered outdoor amphitheater carved from the mountain side.

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The owners have continued to work on the home in the years since it first went up for sale, said Mr. Lyle, who did not identify his clients. Recent work includes additional swimming holes and grottos, and an outdoor entertainment space with a glass bar.

"They can’t help themselves, they keep enhancing it," Mr. Lyle said.

The home includes furnishings collected from around the world, according to the listing.

In 2013, Ms. Somers and Mr. Hamel told The Wall Street Journal that they were building a new home on a 500-acre lot elsewhere in Palm Springs.

The couple bought the home in 1977, the same year they were married. Master craftsmen have been employed to add onto the property for more than 30 years, according to the listing.