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Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli’s Former Seaside Rental in Cape Cod Lists for $6.8 Million
A quintessential New England escape rented by the late and legendary actress and singer Judy Garland in the early 1960s while her daughter, Liza Minnelli, was performing and working at the Cape Cod Melody Tent has just returned to the market in the charming village of Hyannis Port, right across from the storied Kennedy Compound.
Last sold in fall 1990 for $930,000, the coastal estate was initially put up for sale in January at $7.5 million for the first time in more than three decades. Subsequently reduced and then removed from the listings in mid-June, it’s now back with a slimmed-down $6.8 million ask. Paul Grover and and Matthew de Groot of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Robert Paul Properties hold the listing.
A nearly 900-square-foot wraparound porch is ideal for relaxing and entertaining.
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Affectionately known by locals as the Judy Garland House and set amid a third of an acre, the roughly 5,000-square-foot cedar-shingled residence was originally built over a century ago in 1890. Seamlessly blending modern updates with original details, the two-story home spans about 5,000 square feet, including a separate guest wing above the attached two-car garage.
Introducing the property is a vast, partly enclosed wraparound porch overlooking sweeping views of the Hyannis Harbor and the Nantucket Sound. From there, a living room sports a whitewashed beam ceiling, a fireplace with a stone surround, and a built-in window seat. Other highlights include a fireside sitting room, a formal dining room that opens to a deck, and an eat-in kitchen with all-white cabinetry, newer stainless appliances, a walk-in pantry, and access to an outdoor dining patio and shower.
The living room has a white beamed ceiling, a stone fireplace, and a built-in window seat.
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Five upstairs bedrooms include a primary bedroom with a windowed sitting area, double mirrored closets, and a lilac-tiled en suite bath, while three additional bedrooms and a large den can be found atop the garage.
An added bonus: The parcel, which sits at the corner of Irving and Iyannough avenues, is just steps from the Hyannis Port Yacht Club and the seashell-laced Eugenia Fortes Beach.
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Wendy Bowman
Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…
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Inside Dave Portnoy’s $97 Million Property Portfolio
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A Luxury Marketing Guru’s Picturesque Retreat in California’s Carmel Valley Lists for $13 Million
After six years of ownership, Emma Gwyther has decided to put her sprawling estate in California’s affluent Carmel Valley enclave up for sale. The luxury auto and lifestyle brand marketer—known for crafting global campaigns and experiential events for an A-list clientele that includes the likes of Ferrari, Rolls-Royce, Bugatti, Aston Martin, and Maserati—is looking to sell the stylish residence for a dash under $13 million.
Records show the founder and CEO of the South Carolina-based Interluxe Group acquired the property in 2019 for $1.6 million. She subsequently rebuilt the former 1970s home on the site, working in collaboration with DMC Builders and interior designer Sharon Cleland of J Banks Design Group to create the new modern retreat that’s now on the market. Tim Allen of Coldwell Banker Realty holds the listing.
The fireside living room is topped with a rustic wood-beam ceiling.
Sherman Chu/Courtesy Tim Allen Properties
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Resting on over three acres in the desirable Miramonte neighborhood, just minutes from Carmel-by-the-Sea, the entire spread includes a main home and a guesthouse with a combined total of four bedrooms and five baths across roughly 5,400 square feet. A pool, a secluded spa, fireside conversation areas, and several terraces offer sweeping views of the valley and rolling hills, while an attached two-car garage is flanked by a pea gravel motor court.
Clad in creamy stucco and stone and capped with a slate tile roof, the main three-bedroom, four-bath home boasts a mix of wide-plank oak and tile floors, plaster walls, and a trio of fireplaces across two levels. In addition to a swath of antiques, special touches include wallpaper by Designers Guild and Gucci; fabrics by Kravet, and Colefax and Fowler; and custom furnishings by Rose Tarlow, Holland MacRae, and Madeline Stuart.
The wallpapered primary bedroom opens out to a private balcony with hillside views.
Sherman Chu/Courtesy Tim Allen Properties
Among the other highlights is a living room flaunting a decorative stone fireplace, a rustic wood-beam ceiling, steel-framed glass doors on both sides, and a bar tucked around the corner. A sleekly designed kitchen is outfitted with a veined marble backsplash and countertops, a spacious eat-in island, a Lacanche range, and a butler’s pantry. An adjacent dining area spills out to a pergola-shaded entertaining terrace topped with lanterns.
Elsewhere is a cozy coffered-ceiling family room with a fireplace and built-in cabinetry, plus a fireside primary suite sporting a private balcony and a bath with dual vanities, a clawfoot soaking tub, and a glass-encased shower. Topping it all off is the guesthouse, which sits opposite the pool and an open-air cabana and comes with a bedroom, an outdoor tub and shower, and an enclosed patio hosting a kitchenette with a Big Green Egg.
The guesthouse’s bedroom is served by an outdoor bathtub in a walled courtyard.
Sherman Chu/Courtesy Tim Allen Properties
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British-born Gwyther, who maintains a primary residence in the South Carolina oceanside resort town of Hilton Head, said she is sad to part with the beautiful home that’s been her passion for so many years. “There is something so magical,” she added, “about the light and warmth that this special place exudes.”
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Sherman Chu/Courtesy Tim Allen Properties
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Wendy Bowman
Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…
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Jane’s Addiction Frontman Perry Farrell’s Former L.A. Home Lists for $2.7 Million
More than 15 years after rocker Perry Farrell sold his Los Angeles home in the artsy, seaside community of Venice for just over $1.4 million in lieu of a bigger place for his family, the Jane’s Addiction lead singer and Lollapalooza founder’s former residence has once again surfaced for sale. Dubbed the Farrell House, the cubist digs are now on the market for $2.7 million. Laci Buller of Compass holds the listing.
Records show Farrell paid around $310,000 for the property in the early 1990s. The musician subsequently enlisted modernist architect Steven Ehrlich to transform the original 1940s bungalow on the site into a contemporary, Asian-influenced oasis before offloading the place to the current owner in spring 2010 for $1.4 million.
The great room is topped by a double-height barrel ceiling in maple veneer.
David Archer
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Tucked away on a compact parcel spanning less than a quarter of an acre, just minutes from the area’s bustling Abbot Kinney Boulevard and picturesque canals, the dark-hued and red-trimmed structure features roughly 2,000 square feet of open-plan living space across two levels boasting three bedrooms and two baths. A striking maple veneer, barrel-vaulted ceiling runs the entire length of the house.
Among the highlights is a spacious living/media room sporting a massive glossy red and blue tile fireplace and pocketing sliding glass walls leading outside. There are also surround-sound speakers, a custom AV cabinet, a coffee table with a built-in projector, and a valance concealing an automated movie screen and a blue screen for video production. A dining area adjoins the wood-clad kitchen, which is outfitted with a tall and slender stained-glass window, a breakfast peninsula, and top-tier stainless appliances.
A mosaic-tiled lap pool in the hedged backyard has a pergola-shaded sitting area on one end.
David Archer
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Elsewhere is an inviting primary suite flaunting custom cabinetry, a walk-in closet, and a bath with dual vanities, a glass-wrapped soaking tub, and a large rainfall shower, plus a lofted office that spills out to a rooftop deck ideal for alfresco entertaining. Down below, the private backyard hosts a mosaic-tiled lap pool flanked by a sundeck and a pergola-shaded dining spot. A detached three-car garage can also double as an art studio.
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David Archer
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Wendy Bowman
Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…
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Celebrity Photographer Alexi Lubomirski Is Selling His Picture-Perfect New York Estate for $2.2 Million
Alexi Lubomirski has taken Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s engagement and royal wedding photos. He’s also captured striking images of everyone from Beyoncé to Julia Roberts for Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, and more. But one of the celebrity and fashion lensman‘s lesser-known works can be found in the peaceful and affluent New York suburb of Mahopac, about 45 minutes from Manhattan, where he and his environmental activist wife Giada have spent the past two decades restoring and modernizing a charming centuries-old farmhouse.
Originally built in 1825 for one of the area’s largest agriculturalists and acquired by the couple in 2015 for a mere $550,000, the meticulously preserved and updated residence is now back on the market for a dash under $2.2 million. Alissa Kronovet of Houlihan Lawrence holds the listing, with all the pad’s antique furnishings available for purchase separately.
A bookshelf-lined reading nook in the living room opens to a bluestone patio surrounded by grape vines.
Alexi Lubomirski
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Nestled on over three acres laced with mature maple trees, near the private Sedgewood Club offering lake, golf, and tennis access, the Colonial structure’s white wood-sided facade is accented with rows of black-shuttered windows. Inside, three bedrooms and two baths are filtered across almost 1,800 square feet on two levels with the original wood floors. A security system and a whole-house generator have also been added to the mix.
An entry foyer flows to a light-filled living room, which comes with a wood-burning fireplace, a bookshelf-lined reading nook, a built-in window seat, and a door leading out to a covered patio surrounded by grape vines. There’s also a six-seat dining room, plus a newly renovated kitchen outfitted with custom sage-hued cabinetry, butcher block countertops, stainless steel appliances, and a large butler’s pantry holding a second refrigerator.
The forested grounds span over three acres and house a trio of outbuildings.
Alexi Lubomirski
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An upstairs primary bedroom with a walk-in closet shares a full bath with two guest bedrooms, while a fully finished basement with heated floors has another bath and a spacious recreation room that opens out to a wooded backyard spotlighted by herb and rose gardens and a bluestone-encased swimming pool. Also on the grounds are storage, wood, and garden sheds, as well as an attached one-car garage.
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Justin Paliotta
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Wendy Bowman
Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…
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