After first hitting the market almost 18 months ago for nearly $27 million and subsequently undergoing a couple of significant price chops, pioneering video game writer, director, and producer Dave Anthony has officially offloaded a residence in the posh Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles he acquired 15 years ago, in 2010, for $3.5 million. Aaron Kirman of Christie’s International Real Estate Southern California and Drew Fenton of Carolwood Estates held the listing.
The sprawling white brick and limestone home sold to an unidentified buyer repped by F. Ron Smith and David Berg of Compass for $22 million, which is a lot less than the creator of the blockbuster Call of Duty: Black Ops franchise originally wanted. However, it’s still a whopping $18.5 million more than he and his wife, Betim, paid for an existing 1940s house on the hillside property before razing it and embarking upon a custom rebuild in 2018.
An oak-beamed living room with a wood-burning fireplace flows to a light-filled conservatory.
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Completed in 2022 and set on a gated and hedged hillside parcel spanning almost three-quarters of an acre, the Oren Dothan-designed abode now offers seven bedrooms, eight full baths, and two powder rooms in roughly 9,000 square feet of H-shaped living space across three levels. English country-inspired interiors by Marie Carson of M. Elle Design sport plastered brick walls and floors clad in wood imported from Germany’s Black Forest, plus smart-home and security systems.
Standing out on the main level is a fireside living room with a vaulted oak-beamed ceiling and steel-framed doors spilling out to a terrace, as well as a conservatory and a wood-paneled dining room topped with a decorative tracery ceiling. The kitchen is outfitted with a fossilized stone eat-in island, Dacor and Sub-Zero appliances, and a windowed breakfast nook with built-in banquette seating, while the primary suite has a projector and a retractable 100-foot screen, a sitting area opening to a balcony, and a marble bath anchored by a nickel soaking tub.
The dark-hued office has bookshelves concealing a secret server/panic room.
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The lower level features a soundproof movie theater with cashmere recliners and an entertainment lounge with a bar and a climatized wine cellar, and upstairs is a mirrored gym and a dark-hued study, also soundproof, that has a wet bar and bookshelves concealing a server area that doubles as a panic room. Outdoors, the Christine London-landscaped grounds host a tiled zero-edge pool with a Baja shelf and spa, a grilling station, a fire pit conversation area, and a fountain with lights and jets choreographed to music. There’s also a cobblestone motor court flanking a two-car garage.
Born in Liverpool, England, Anthony relocated in 2004 to Los Angeles, where he worked on Call of Duty, one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time with more than 500 million copies sold to date. His breakout came with 2010’s Black Ops, which he directed and wrote. He also wrote and directed the sequel. He went on to launch the gaming studio Deviation Games, which recently closed up shop. As of now, he is reportedly “pursuing a new challenge professionally.”
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Source: Luxury - robbreport.com
