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Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair. Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi’s attempt to flip a $30 million Cotswolds farmhouse has been thwarted by floods, planning battles, an anemic property market—and the Romans By Ashley Baker For chronic house flippers Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, the spoils of Hollywood have long been rivaled by the riches of real estate. Over the past two decades, the couple has bought and sold more than 30 homes in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, and Montecito,...