A little more than five months after it hit the market, a revamped Hollywood Regency residence in the posh Bel Air enclave of Los Angeles has been sold, according to reliable sources, to legendary TV producer Chuck Lorre for $27.5 million.
That’s far less than the original $31.5 million ask, but it’s nearly $10 million more than architect Mark Rios and Guy Ringler, a reproductive endocrinologist, shelled out for the rundown home over four years ago before giving it a full makeover that was featured in Architectural Digest. Linda May of Carolwood Estates held the listing, with Juliette Hohnen of Douglas Elliman repping Lorre.
Behind gates and towering hedges on almost a third of an acre, the striking terracotta mansard-roof structure is fronted by an attached two-car garage and a gravel motor court. Designed in the late 1940s by famed modernist architect John “Jack” Elgin Woolf and twice occupied as his personal residence, the revamped home offers six bedrooms and eight baths in 8,400 square feet across multiple levels rife with parquet floors, vivid colors, and custom finishes.
The Hollywood Regency home has six bedrooms and eight baths in 8,400 square feet.
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Beyond the towering Pullman entry doors, a glass-encased foyer overlooks a central courtyard. From there, a spacious fireside living area sports a cocktail lounge anchored by a lacquered fiberglass bar, while a red-hued library/media room features a carved marble fireplace and built-in bookcases. A formal dark green dining room capped by an antique mirrored ceiling with a skylight flows to a chic ebony kitchen, which is outfitted with Bulthaup cabinetry and a Lacanche range, plus a handy prep kitchen and breakfast room.
The perks continue upstairs, where the primary suite comes with a private balcony and dual walk-in closets and baths. And other highlights include a Moroccan-themed lounge, an office, a wine cellar, a gym, and picturesque grounds hosting a sunken fire pit area and a stone walkway that empties at a koi pond and gazebo.
Lorre, known as the “King of Sitcoms” for his large assortment of hit shows including Dharma & Greg, The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, and Mom, still owns a longtime home in the Pacific Palisades area of L.A. that he paid $2.6 million for in the mid-1990s. He also maintains an oceanfront retreat in Malibu he bought almost 15 years ago from Tony Danza.
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Source: Luxury - robbreport.com
