Tom Cruise Fights Tobey Maguire for The Perfect House  7/13/05

Hollywood heavyweights Tom Cruise and Tobey Maguire are fighting to buy Ron Lowe's luxurious house in California, because both stars have decided it is their dream home.

Cruise is desperate to turn the $7 million (#4 million) property, located just a few doors up from talk show queen Oprah Winfrey, into a love nest for fiancée Katie Holmes, but the Spiderman star had the same idea for his girlfriend Jen Meyer.

However, the War of the Worlds actor believes he has an advantage over his bidding rival - he has been friends with West Wing heart-throb Lowe for over 20 years.

A friend of Cruise tells British newspaper the Daily Express, "Tom is hoping his history with Rob will count in his favor. They co-starred in The Outsiders back in 1983."