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    The Former President of J.Crew Relists His Renovated Hamptons Retreat for $6.8 Million

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    In July of 2018, real estate broker David Granville and his partner Jeffrey Pfeifle, a retired fashion exec who once served as the president of J.Crew, hoisted their longtime Hamptons home onto the market for $5.9 million. The listing was later taken down, and now the couple is attempting to sell their Water Mill residence for a second time, and now they’re asking a cool $6.75 million for the sumptuous pad. 

    Granville and Pfeifle acquired the property at 204 Upper Seven Ponds Road back in 2008 for $4.3 million and gave the place a maximalist redesign. The shingle-style home was originally built in 2003 and features seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms in a generous 6,000 square feet of living space. “This estate truly offers the best of luxury living and high style in the Hamptons,” notes the listing, which is being repped by Granville, in addition to his Corcoran colleague Mala Sander. 

    The voluminous great room spills out to a covered dining patio overlooking the manicured grounds.

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    The duo’s Long Island oasis sits on just shy of three acres of land. The grounds are complete with a gated entrance, a dramatic long driveway, and an apple orchard. There’s even potential to add a tennis court, too. Once inside the main house, you’ll notice the digs are an eclectic mash-up of Nantucket and Palm Beach styles. First, you’re welcomed by a grand foyer and great room. The latter is decked out with soaring cathedral ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows, and a cozy fireplace. There’s another fire feature in the den as well, plus a full bar and coffered ceilings.  

    A boldly appointed den features a stone fireplace, a full bar and marble-like trompe l’oeil carpeting.

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    Elsewhere, the kitchen is any chef’s dream, equipped with granite countertops and top-of-the-line appliances. And when it’s time to turn in, the primary suite privately occupies its own wing on the first floor with dual bathrooms and a dedicated sitting area.

    Outside, the estate is surrounded by lush gardens, rolling lawns, and decorative fountains. There are plenty of green spaces to hang by or for entertaining, including a sprawling covered deck that can seat up to 30 guests comfortably. There’s also a 50-foot-long swimming pool, a chic cabana, a pool house, and an outbuilding that’s currently configured as a gym. 

    Over the years, Granville and Pfeifle have listed their home for rent at a rate of $110,000 from August to Labor Day, a relative bargain compared to a newly built home in the Water Mill area that was asking $1.2 million for the Memorial Day to Labor Day summer season or $1 million from July to Labor Day, a steep amount that tracks with the current Hamptons rental market. 

    Click here to see more photos of 204 Upper Seven Ponds Road.  

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      Rams QB Matthew Stafford Lists One of Drake’s Former SoCal Homes for $5.7 Million

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      Ever since he sashayed into Los Angeles a few years ago, you could say former Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has been just a wee bit busy. He’s not only captured a Super Bowl victory with the Rams and inked a four-year, $160 million deal that runs through 2026, but he’s also doled out upwards of $69 million on five properties in the affluent guard-gated community of Hidden Hills—among them, a newly built modern farmhouse and an adjacent winery estate, plus two side-by-side homes he acquired from music superstar Aubrey “Drake” Graham.

      The 36-year-old NFL star and his longtime wife Kelly have since sold a glassy mansion elsewhere in the celeb-studded enclave for $21 million to private aviation CEO Bill Papariella. Now the couple is getting ready to lighten their real estate portfolio once again, asking $5.7 million for one of the 1950s ranch-style houses they purchased from Drake in 2022.

      The Staffords plunked down $5 million for the house that’s currently up for grabs and then paid another $6 million for the more modest place right next door. The $11 million they paid for the two properties was a whopping $3.6 million more than the combined $7.4 million Drake originally wanted for the properties. The Canadian rapper and singer initially placed all three homes that made up his sprawling Hidden Hills compound on the market, asking a combined total $22.2 million. The final piece of his puzzle—a 16,000-square-foot Tudor-style house known as the YOLO (You Only Live Once) Estate—eventually went to high-powered attorney Makan Delrahim at a significantly discounted $11.3 million.

      As for the 1.6-acre property that’s now on the market, the traditional four bedroom, five-bath home offers a little more than 3,600 square feet of living space boasting fireplaces, hardwood floors, and high ceilings throughout. Described in previous marketing materials as “exquisitely transformed,” the wood and brick structure also features floor-to-ceiling doors that open to an al fresco entertaining area, plus landscaped grounds hosting a heated pool and a pool house, a barbecue area, a pizza oven, and an 800-square-foot guesthouse.

      According to the listing, there’s also an option to acquire the neighboring 2-acre estate that has a 2,400-square-foot, brick-accented house with three bedrooms, three baths, and rustic interiors including vaulted wood-beam ceilings and an antique brick fireplace and built-in seating in the living room. Rounding it all out: a private horse trail in the backyard.

      Hidden Hills, a guard-gated community deep in the San Fernando Valley, has become the unofficial hangout spot for the Rams. In addition to Stafford, other residents have included Sean McVay, Cooper Kupp, Jalen Ramsey, and Aaron Donald. The Staffords also maintain a Tuscan-inspired vacation home in Orange County’s swank Newport Coast community that they purchased back in 2020. More

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      A Horror Filmmaker’s Former L.A. Home Just Hit the Market for $4.2 Million

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      If the walls of this historic Los Angeles house could talk, they’d probably begin with relating stories of what it was like to serve as a onetime gathering spot for German and Austrian intellectuals at the invitation of writer Franz Werfel and his socialite wife Alma, the widow of composer Gustav Mahler. They also might chatter a bit about the duo of Hollywood scions who once resided here—Dennis Hopper’s designer daughter Marin, who shared the place with her entrepreneurial husband John Goldstone, as well as Michael Landon’s youngest son Christopher, a horror filmmaker known for flicks like Disturbia and Happy Death Day.

      But wait, that’s not all! These walls also might have some insight into the life and work of Maybeck Award-winning architect Barton Myers, who presided here with his wife Victoria. More recently, though, they probably would speak of current caretaker Travis Nash, who is known for co-founding the luxury cannabis and apparel brand Potent Goods with his Juicy Couture-designer mother Gela Nash-Taylor.

      Whatever the case may be, this edifice is no doubt filled with plenty of tasty tales, and honestly, we can’t wait to see who the property’s next interesting steward will be!

      The family room flaunts a snazzy wet bar flanked by French doors that open to a terrace.

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      Records show Nash and his wife Veronica acquired the saga-filled structure from Christopher Landon in summer 2018 for $3.1 million. Now, six years later, the couple has decided to flip the two-story Spanish-style dwelling in the Outpost Estates neighborhood of Hollywood Hills back on the market for a smidge under $4.2 million. The listing is held by Jade Mills and Alexis LaMontagna of Coldwell Banker.

      Nestled securely behind high walls and bougainvillea-topped gates, amid a third-acre parcel resting at the end of a cul-de-sac and high above the Hollywood Bowl, the creamy stucco and red terracotta-roof dwelling was completed way back in the late 1920s, per online reports, and today features four bedrooms and a matching number of baths in a little more than 3,200 square feet of “meticulously renovated” living space boasting a mix of dark hardwood and Saltillo tile floors, pitched wood ceilings, fancifully wallpapered walls, and arched doorways throughout.

      The bi-level primary bedroom suite has a screening/sitting room up top.

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      Among the main-level highlights is a step-down living room sporting a stonework fireplace, plus an adjacent family room with a wet bar and a modernized kitchen that has an eat-in island embedded with a farmhouse sink and a wine cooler, top-tier stainless appliances, and an accompanying dining area offering up views of Griffith Observatory. Standing out on the lower floor is the primary suite, which comes complete with a lofted screening/sitting room and a luxe marble bath equipped with dual vanities, a freestanding tub, and two walk-in closets.

      The amenities continue outdoors, where an inviting brick-clad courtyard out front is enhanced with a tree-shaded entertaining space and a wood-burning fireplace, while the garden-laced backyard is spotlighted by a tiled spa and numerous terraces offering picturesque views across L.A.

      Click here for more photos of 6900 Los Tilos Road.

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      Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue’s Former Connecticut Hideaway Lists for a Record $27.5 Million

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      A waterfront mansion in Connecticut once owned by Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue has returned to market seeking a whopping $27.5 million. 

      Back in 2007, the entertainment industry veterans built their dream home on the shore of Long Island Sound, designed by local Westport architect Roger Ferris + Partners. The television icons, who married back in 1980, later offloaded their sprawling Beachside Avenue property in 2013 to its current owner Andrew Bentley. At the time, the local property magnate shelled out a cool $20 million for the shingle-style colonial, Mansion Global reported. Bentley also snagged several parcels nearby, including two that formerly belonged to disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.

      Arched French doors offer up to sweeping views of the Long Island Sound.

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      The Gold Coast home, currently Westport’s most expensive listing, was briefly on the market in 2020 for $28 million. Now that the spread is back up for sale—albeit with a slight discount—it stands to set a record for the area if it fetches anywhere near its whopping $27.5 million asking price.

      RELATED: A Former Grey Goose Exec Re-lists a Sprawling Connecticut Home for $28.5 Million

      Measuring 11,450 square feet in size, the rambling residence occupies a generous 6.6-acre plot with 400 feet of private waterfrontage, along with a cobblestone courtyard and manicured gardens. Altogether, the home features five bedrooms and five full bathrooms, plus a powder room, and throughout are striking coastal views in every direction thanks to walls of windows and French doors that open to broad terraces bordered by plush lawns.

      Other notable highlights include a south-facing patio that can be reached via the main living room, sunroom, and kitchen. Plus, the primary suite has been decked out with rustic barn wood ceilings, a recently redesigned sitting area, and a sleek spa-like bath and dressing room. The property also features a guest wing with its own separate entrance, a full-size tennis pavilion, a home gym, and four garages.

      The primary suite faces the water and features barn wood ceilings.

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      “There are no other properties with the expanse of land, amount of waterfront and level of luxury home available for purchase,” Compass agent Leslie Clarke, who’s representing the listing, told Mansion Global. “Beachside Avenue is a coveted address and it’s rare for properties to come on the market.” 

      RELATED: A $25 Million Private Island in Connecticut That’s Just 40 Minutes From Manhattan

      Funnily enough, the standing record in Westport for the town most expensive home was set in 2006 when Donahue and Thomas offloaded another waterfront home on Beachside Avenue that they owned to financier Herbert M. Allison, Jr. for $25 million. Since sold again, the current owners of the property, Peggy and Gary Reiner, have built a huge new house closer to the water’s edge and, as of last year, planned to demolish the original Tudor-style home.

      Click here to see more photos of Thomas and Donahue’s former Connecticut home.

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      Tom Brady’s Former Center Hikes His South Florida Home on the Market for $3.2 Million

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      Much like Tom Brady, the legendary quarterback he loyally snapped the ball to as center of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Ryan Jensen—aka, the “Red Tornado”—also is staying busy off the field after leaving the NFL. Following in the footsteps of his former teammate, who’s dabbled in several business ventures since officially hanging up his cleats in early 2023, the recently retired NFL player has embarked upon a new career as a residential developer and is currently in the final stages of building a 20,000–square-foot home in his native state of Colorado. That means Jensen no longer has a need for his South Florida digs, so he’s hoisted his residence in Tampa’s affluent Davis Islands community up for sale.

      Jensen, who serves as a managing partner and co-owner of the Tampa-based design/build company Gilk, acquired the then-newly built residence for just over $1.5 million back in 2018, shortly after he signed a four-year, $42 million contract with the Bucs. Now, six years later, the place has returned to the market with a $3.2 million ask. The listing is held by Eric Dungy and Jon Fincher of Compass.

      A lengthy entrance foyer flows to a rear living room with French doors opening to an al fresco dining terrace.

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      RELATED: NFL Star Nick Bosa’s South Florida Condo Is Up for Grabs at $1.75 Million

      Resting on just under a quarter-acre of land, the two-tone stucco and wood-sided structure was completed by Javic Homes and features five bedrooms and an equal number of baths in 4,500 square feet of living space boasting dark hardwood floors and high ceilings throughout. Double front doors open into a lengthy entrance hallway, which flows to a spacious rear great room spotlighted by a living area that has French doors spilling out to a covered al fresco dining terrace sporting a built-in barbecue station.

      Back inside, a formal dining room connects to the gourmet kitchen, which is furnished with an eat-in island, top-tier stainless appliances, and an oversized walk-in pantry. Other main-level highlights include a large bonus room that’s currently set up as a TV-viewing space and an en-suite guest bedroom.

      Upstairs, a landing area doubles as a lounging spot and four additional bedrooms include a primary suite with two walk-in closets, as well as a spa-like bath outfitted with dual vanities, a soaking tub, and a separate shower. Outdoors, a screen-enclosed backyard holds a pool flanked by a raised spa on one end and a fire pit on the other, while an attached three-car garage with an EV charger sits out front. Per the listing, a golf cart also is included as part of the sale so buyers can tool around in “Super Bowl champ style.”

      A backyard screen enclosure hosts a pool and fire-pit.

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      Retired from the NFL as of early February after 11 years due to missing most of the last two seasons with a knee injury, 33-year-old Jensen was originally selected in the sixth round of the 2013 draft by the Baltimore Ravens. He went on to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where the Pro Bowler helped Brady and the team capture its second Super Bowl title in 2021.

      “The NFL chapter of my life is coming to a close,” Jensen said via his Instagram account. “As this chapter closes and I reflect on every aspect of my career, it makes me proud. In the hard times and good, there is always something special to learn. Retiring from the game you have loved from a very young age is always hard. I am excited for this next chapter and the new opportunities and challenges it will bring.”

      Click here for more photos of Ryan Jensen’s South Florida house.

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      The Founder of the Fear of God Label Has His Designer-Done L.A. Home Listed for $14.9 Million

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      Having stitched up a $20 million deal for a snazzy compound in Beverly Hills earlier this year, fashion designer Jerry Lorenzo, founder of the high-brow streetwear label Fear of God, has hoisted his perfectly tailored home in L.A.’s Los Feliz neighborhood on the market for $14.9 million.

      Originally built in the 1930s for the Ralph family, the founders of the Ralph’s grocery store chain, now owned by Kroger, the Spanish-style home sits on Nottingham Avenue, one of the neighborhood’s more coveted streets. It was later owned by soap star Ronn Moss (The Bold and the Beautiful), who sold up in 2015 to political operative Paul Manafort and his son-in-law Jeffrey Yohai. Long story short, Manafort got into a tussle with the government and the house was seized and sold to a couple of Hollywood managers who spent a year renovating before they flipped it in 2018 for $8.495 million to Lorenzo and his wife Desiree Manuel.

      The street-style style icon has subsequently given the place a total makeover spearheaded by Kathleen and Tommy Clements, who remade the interiors into what marketing materials describe as “a world of refined beauty, where warm-toned interiors and carefully curated finishes create an atmosphere of understated luxury.” The listing is held by Tyrone McKillen of Plus Real Estate Group.

      RELATED: A Well-Preserved 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival Manor Is Up for Grabs in L.A.

      The dining room is embellished with the original carved wood ceiling.

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      Between the main house, guesthouse and poolside loggia, there’s about 7,200 square feet dressed in muted tones and soft textiles that reflect Lorenzo’s dedication to quiet luxury. Spare and refined but too plush and moody to be minimalist, the home features travertine-lined archways and variegated chevron-pattern parquet flooring throughout the main and upper floors. The spacious foyer’s focal point is a swooping staircase that echoes the sensual and precise drapes and shapes of Lorenzo’s clothing designs, and the formal sitting room is fashionable, if not especially formal, while the dining room features a baronial fireplace and a carved wood ceiling, both coated in the same milky beige color as the walls.

      Elsewhere, the eat-in kitchen is laid out around a doublewide island with a prep sink with white oak cabinetry, gourmet appliances and grey flannel-colored countertops and backsplashes shot through with lightning bolt-like streaks. A nearby lounge with floor-to-ceiling walls of glass looks out over the backyard

      A window-lined seating area spills out to the backyard.

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      Five bedrooms and seven bathrooms are dispersed across the one-third-acre property. One guest bedroom, done up as a study, has French doors to a column-supported loggia, while the primary suite is a private retreat with a fireplace, a sleek, compartmentalized bath, and a two-room closet and dressing area.

      At the back of the house, a vine-draped pergola shades a poolside terrace. There’s a sports court between the main house and a detached two-story guesthouse situated at the back of the property next to the swimming pool. On the opposite side of the yard is a sunken spa and a dining pergola.

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      Psychic Medium James Van Praagh Wants $4.7 Million for His Enchanting SoCal Oasis

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      Back in 2015, James Van Praagh was seeking a home where he could blend his “meditative, mindful awareness and utilize his clairvoyant abilities to enhance the property and activate a restorative energy that would elicit a natural sense of well-being and love.” He ultimately doled out $2 million and change for a secluded two-acre spread in the San Diego County beach town of Encinitas and then went on to create several “healing gardens” designed to celebrate the senses and to evoke a feeling of peace and serenity. Now, after almost nine years of ownership, the psychic medium is hoping he can channel a buyer who’s willing to shell out the $4.7 million he’s asking for his personal sanctuary-like retreat, with the listing held by Neda Nourani of Compass.

      “Working in unison with my guides from the ‘spirit-world,’ I was directed on which plant material to use, emphasizing the aspects of placement, color, texture, and scent,” says Van Praagh. “My guides lovingly informed me to remember that these gardens did not necessarily just belong to me, but were intended for all those who would choose to be caretakers after me. I, of course, understood this and have always believed that every space we inhabit should be better off from having lived in it.”

      An al fresco lounging and dining patio is flanked by a cascading waterfall topped by a Buddha statue.

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      So, what do the new caretakers get for their somewhat substantial outlay of cash? For starters, a 1990-built home featuring five bedrooms and seven baths filtered across nearly 5,000 square feet of living space. Then there’s the inviting palm- and bamboo-laced grounds, which include a redesigned saltwater pool and spa nestled alongside a pool house bath and an open-air cabana, as well as a fireplace and a cascading waterfall, plus a wealth of al fresco lounging and dining spots and pathways meandering through a dedicated park, a fruit orchard, and hand-selected plants culled from across the globe.

      As for the two-story stucco and terracotta-roof home, it’s tucked away behind hand-crafted redwood gates amid a cul-de-sac parcel within the charming and laid-back Olivenhain enclave and offers up picturesque city lights and coastline views. Visitors are greeted by a circular driveway that empties out at an attached garage that can accommodate up to four vehicles. From there, a walkway passes through a xeriscaped lawn and up to double wood front doors that open into an entry foyer displaying a Buddha statue.

      An open-concept living area features a sky-lit family room that connects to a library via a two-way fireplace.

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      Main-level highlights include formal living and dining rooms that sit across from a wine room and a seated bar. An updated kitchen outfitted with custom cabinetry, quartz countertops, high-end Dacor appliances, an eat-in island, a walk-in pantry, and a breakfast nook adjoins a family room boasting a two-way fireplace that connects on the other side to a bookshelf-clad library.

      Elsewhere on the first floor is a primary suite with a separate lounge area, French doors spilling out to a private indoor/outdoor retreat, a walk-in closet, and a spa-inspired bath featuring dual vanities, a glass-encased shower, and a soaking tub topped by a stained-glass window. Upstairs is a movie theater and an additional primary suite that’s currently being used as a bonus space, and rounding it out, per the listing, is a drivable access path that allows for easy maintenance and creates the potential for a large accessory dwelling unit, a barn, or an animal sanctuary.

      Naps come easy courtesy of this covered bed found among the lush grounds.

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      “This property is truly a unique sanctuary, offering a perfect blend of luxury, privacy, and natural beauty,” says Nourani. “What makes it so special is its serene hillside location combined with the meticulously designed garden experiences that create an enchanting and tranquil atmosphere. There is a special energy here.”

      Van Praagh, 65, became all the rage when he appeared as a resident expert on the paranormal talk show The Other Side in the mid-1990s and subsequently rose to fame after announcing the release of his book Talking to Heaven on Larry King Live. Today, the New York-born psychic is still going strong when it comes to helping folks reconnect with their departed loved ones via live readings, an online school, and his Both Sides Now and Beyond podcast.

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      Michael Eisner’s Son Is Asking $14 Million for a Water-View Estate in Los Angeles

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      It’s not his father’s extravagant Malibu spread directly overlooking the Pacific, but it still offers up some particularly stunning water vistas! And after a little more than two decades of ownership, filmmaker Breck Eisner—the eldest son of ex-Disney chairman and CEO Michael Eisner—is now ready to part ways with his longtime Los Angeles home perched high above the picturesque Stone Canyon Reservoir, asking $14 million.

      That’s several millions more than Eisner and his wife Georgia Irwin paid for the Bel Air digs back in 1993. But the couple—he a producer and director probably best known for the 2005 movie Sahara starring Matthew McConaughey and Penèlope Cruz, and she a fellow producer and director—did give the main residence an extensive remodel during their tenure in collaboration with noted L.A. designer Michael Palladino, gleaning inspiration from their honeymoon adventures in Bali and Thailand.

      “They envisioned an organic, open sanctuary that had a direct connection to nature,” says Melissa Alt, who shares the Scenario Lane listing with David Mossler, both of Douglas Elliman.

      The main home is described as a “contemporary California take on traditional New England saltbox forms.”

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      Resting amid six parcels spanning 1.2 acres, the water-view estate is showcased by a towering four-bedroom, three-bath main home that’s described in marketing materials as a “contemporary California take on traditional New England saltbox forms.” There’s also a detached two-story glass, steel, and concrete workspace known as “The Cube” that previously served as a studio for Eisner’s production company.

      Originally built in the early 1980s, the stained-pine and zinc-roofed primary dwelling is secluded beyond a lengthy gated driveway and introduced via a boulder-embedded set of stone steps that ascends to a glassy front door. From there, an entry foyer flows to a spacious great room holding a combined living and dining area with pocketing doors spilling out to a trellis-covered deck offering up scenic canyon and reservoir vistas. An adjacent kitchen is outfitted with German-manufactured teak cabinetry, Jura limestone countertops, an expansive island, top-tier Gagganeau, Miele and Sub-Zero appliances, and an accompanying breakfast nook.

      The two-story “Cube” workspace has its own kitchenette, sleeping loft, and terrace.

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      An upstairs playroom is surrounded by a trio of bedrooms, while the self-contained primary suite up above is decked out with a built-in bed, a private balcony, operable skylights, a ceiling-mounted retractable projection screen, two bespoke dressing rooms, and a luxe bath spotlighted by dual limestone vanities and a soaking tub. A lower level has a gym with access to an outdoor shower and a family room that opens to a 60-foot lap pool and a spa tub. Elsewhere is a subterranean den/office with a window that peers into the pool.

      Outdoors, the Pamela Burton-landscaped grounds include a pathway that traverses to the aforementioned multi-purpose workspace, which has its own living area, kitchenette, bath, sleeping loft, and terrace. Also on the property is a gas fire pit encircled by native plants and cultivated gardens, a children’s play area, and a solar panel-clad carport with EV charging stations and room for up to seven vehicles.

      Click here for more photos of Breck Eisner’s Bel Air house.

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      Orlando Bloom Painted This L.A. Mansion Black. Now It Can Be Yours for $5 Million.

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      A decade after actor Orlando Bloom sold his home in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles for nearly $4 million, the Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean star’s notorious black-painted abode has once again surfaced for sale. Fully transformed on the inside—but still retaining that dark-hued façade that reportedly annoyed neighbors at the time and has since become rather trendy—the ranch-style abode is now on the market for a speck under $5 million. The listing is held by Claire and Sam O’Connor of Berkshire Hathaway.

      Records show Bloom and his ex-wife Miranda Kerr paid almost $2.8 million for the house in 2007. The couple—who were burglarized at this same spot around two years later by the film-immortalized teen Bling Ring crew—wound up selling the home in 2014 to an unknown buyer before it ultimately went to former Hulu executive and BlueView Real Estate founder Jeff Martin through foreclosure in 2022 for $3.1 million.

      A spacious fireside living room has walls of windows and a door flowing out to an al fresco dining patio.

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      Tucked away behind gates amid a double parcel spanning three-quarters of an acre in the Outpost Estates enclave that weaves into the foothills above Hollywood, the wood-sided and blue-shingle-roof structure was originally built in the 1940s. Extensively remodeled during Martin’s ownership, the premises feature four bedrooms and an equal number of baths in roughly 3,300 square feet of stylish Francesca Grace-designed living space boasting white oak floors and high wood-beam ceilings throughout, plus doors in every room opening to the outside.

      Among the highlights is a window-lined living room sporting a striking veined-marble fireplace and a door spilling out to a patio that’s ideal for al fresco lounging and entertaining. A wainscoted dining room links via a hallway to the sky-lit kitchen, which is outfitted with custom cabinetry, an eat-in island, top-tier stainless appliances, and a cozy fireside seating alcove.

      The home’s recently updated grounds feature a pool and spa surrounded by a brick terrace.

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      Elsewhere is an office space with yet another fireplace and a primary suite that comes complete with a wood-fluted accent wall, a built-in window seat, a walk-in closet, and a luxe bath flaunting dual vanities, a soaking tub, and a large rainfall shower. Outdoors, the terraced grounds are showcased by a waterfall-fed pool and spa encased within a brick-clad sundeck and steps leading up to a lofty pergola-shaded seating area overlooking the city lights.

      Also holding court on the property, per Mansion Global, is a bedroom that feels separate from the home and can be used as a recording studio, a fitness room, or an office, along with a lengthy driveway that empties out at a spacious motorcourt flanked by an attached two-car garage.

      Click here for more photos of Orlando Bloom’s former house.

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