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    ‘Real Housewives’ Star Angie Katsanevas Lists Her Modern Utah Home for $4.5 Million

    Just as Season 5 of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City is getting cranked up on Bravo, complete with lots of drama right out of the gate, cast member Angie Katsanevas has decided to put her Utah home up for sale. The Greek reality show star and her husband Shawn Trujillo are asking $4.5 million for the modern residence, which is listed by Dorthy Androulidakis of Summit Sotheby’s International Realty.

    The couple, who own several beauty salons across three states, acquired the modern spread in 2020 shortly after it was completed. Resting on a hillside parcel spanning over a third of an acre, within the affluent Upper Avenues neighborhood, the boxy all-white structure features four bedrooms and an equal number of baths in a little more than 6,300 square feet of three-level living space punctuated throughout with ash-toned hardwood floors, high ceilings, designer light fixtures, and walls of glass providing picturesque views of the surrounding mountains and valleys.

    One of two seating areas in the living room is dominated by a massive stone fireplace.

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    Among the main-level highlights is a soaring open-concept great room, which is centered around a show kitchen outfitted with custom cabinetry, a 16-foot island, Miele appliances, and a prep kitchen hidden away around the corner. An accompanying dining area has sliding glass doors spilling out onto a front-facing patio that has a covered entertaining alcove and an adjacent lounging spot warmed by a gas firepit. Back inside, the living room offers two seating areas centered around a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace.

    Upstairs, the primary suite comes with a separate fireside lounge area, two walk-in closets, and a marble-clad bath equipped with dual vanities, an ebony-hued soaking tub, and a glass-encased shower, while an entertainment-ready lower level is decked out with a screening/family room hosting a linear fireplace and a wet bar. Rounding it all out is a gated driveway leading to an attached three-car garage, plus a backyard barbecue station flanked by a grassy lawn.

    An al fresco lounging and entertaining patio out front overlooks sweeping mountain vistas.

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    Katsanevas—who was introduced to RHOSLC in Season 3 and became an official snowflake holder in Season 4—founded Lunatic Fringe Salon with her longtime husband Trujillo in the late 1990s in Salt Lake City. The hairdressers currently have nine locations in Utah, Idaho, and Ohio.

    Click here for more photos of Angie Katsanevas’s Utah home.

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    Red Hot Chili Pepper Anthony Kiedis’s Former Beverly Hills Home Lists for $11.25 Million

    If you want these kinds of digs, it’s Californication!

    Anthony Kiedis, the frontman for the Los Angeles-based rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, snapped up a Tuscan-esque home in Beverly Hills way back in 2004, around the same time the group recorded their Grammy-winning album, Stadium Arcadium. The lead singer lived at the gated Davis Drive residence until 2007, when he sold it to screenwriter-director Akiva Goldsman, best known for scripting the four-time Oscar-winning 2001 biopic A Beautiful Mind starring Russell Crowe.

    Property records show that Goldsman offloaded the three-and-a-half-acre compound in 2018 for $7.8 million to Seagram heir Eli Bronfman and his then wife Nicole Gertner. In 2022, after they split up, the vine-covered estate was transferred to Gertner, while Bronfman went on to drop $35 million in an off-market deal for a bachelor pad in New York City.

    Heavy wood ceiling beams and a massive fireplace anchor the light-filled living room.

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    All that to say, Gertner is now parting ways with Kiedis’s former abode and has put the place up for sale. This time, the property is priced at a cool $11.25 million. Carl Gambino and Alyson Richards of Compass share the listing with Drew Fenton at Carolwood Real Estate. 

    Originally built in 1951, the 6,000-square-foot spread comprises five bedrooms and five-and-a-half baths. The lavish retreat is oozing with Old World charm and benefits from a bell tower that’s still intact. Accessed via a spiral staircase, the space not only serves as an interesting design element but is equipped to double as an office or a workout studio.

    French doors open to wrought-iron Juliet balconies in the fireside primary suite.

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    Internally, the residence channels a certain European je ne sais quoi with elegant paned windows, glassy French doors, exposed beam ceilings, and stately fireplaces. There are also tons of terracotta tile, natural stone, raw wood, and wrought-iron accents throughout. On the first floor, you’ll find a living area grand in proportions and an open-concept chef’s kitchen. The latter is kitted out with a walk-in pantry with lots of storage and a cozy breakfast nook.  

    Among the more opulent features is the primary suite, which occupies the second level. In true rockstar fashion, the room is complete with private balconies, dual walk-in closets, and a spa-like ensuite bathroom. Outside, the grounds feel akin to a Zen-like sanctuary filled with lush greenery and a trellis-covered patio. An alfresco fireplace, swimming pool, and dining area are certainly perks. 

    Click here to see more photos of Anthony Kiedis’s former home.

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    A Bonkers L.A. Mansion With a Kobe Bryant-Themed Basketball Court Is Up for Rent at $250,000 a Month

    Looking to join the emerging group of wealthy individuals who are foregoing the hassle of home ownership in favor of leasing? This place just might fit the bill!

    After two years on the housing market and a couple of substantial price chops, Jeffrey “Jeff” Feinberg has decided to hoist the extravagant Brentwood mansion he won in a bidding war a little over three years ago up for rent, asking a pricey $250,000 per month. The listing is held by Dan Malka of Engel & Völkers.

    The hedge fund executive paid $44 million—a million bucks above the property’s initial $43 million asking price—for the then-brand-new place back in June 2021, before he flipped it back up for sale a short year later with a $4 million jump in price. He subsequently relisted the property at the end of 2022 for a speck under $43 million and then reduced the ask to $38 million at the beginning of 2023, but there were still no takers.

    An outdoor basketball court pays homage to the late NBA legend Kobe Bryant.

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    Nestled amid a secluded cul-de-sac, on over an acre of land overlooking the Getty Museum, the modern structure known as The Oasis was built on spec by veteran developer Ramtin Ray Nosrati and features seven bedrooms and 11 baths sprawled across almost 17,000 square feet of three-story living space. Glitzy amenities range from a TV wall, a car gallery, and a sports simulator room to a 3-hole putting green and a Kobe Bryant-themed basketball court.

    Main-level highlights include a soaring great room showcased by a striking floating staircase that’s topped by a custom icicle chandelier and flanked by a living moss wall that descends to a succulent garden on the lower level. A linear fireplace encased in a floor-to-ceiling stone wall serves as a focal point of the living room, and there’s also a full wet bar with a wine station, a dining room boasting a 1,000-gallon aquarium, and a gourmet kitchen outfitted with a separate catering kitchen and a walk-in freezer.

    A towering great room is spotlighted by a striking floating staircase, a custom icicle chandelier, and a living moss wall.

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    A sumptuous upstairs primary retreat rests beneath a wood-paneled coved ceiling and comes complete with a linear fireplace, a seating area, a private balcony donning a firepit, and dual closets and baths. And the lower level has a 250-bottle wine cellar (climate-controlled, of course), as well as a 12-seat movie theater jazzed up with a starlit ceiling, sports simulator and massage rooms, a plunge pool, an entertainment lounge, and an auto gallery that can accommodate up to 10 vehicles.

    A mirrored gym on the bottom floor leads out to an outdoor basketball court paying homage to the late Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, with the mostly turf-clad grounds also hosting a 70-foot infinity-edge pool and spa sitting alongside a cabana with a TV bar, a pizza oven, and a barbecue station. Rounding it all out are a trio of roof decks and a detached two-story guesthouse, plus state-of-the-art security in the form of a laser system and a 24-hour guard house.

    A snazzy car gallery can accommodate up to 10 vehicles or a huge dance party.

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    A former managing director of the George Soros-founded hedge fund-turned-family office Soros Fund Management, Feinberg once had his own investment firm. The $1 billion JLF Investment Fund was shuttered some years ago and the veteran trader now operates Feinberg Investments, a limited partnership that invests his personal wealth.

    The hedge funder is also known for his love of particularly flamboyant homes. Back in late 2019, Feinberg famously made waves by selling his $15 million Hidden Hills mansion to YouTube celebrity Jeffree Star, then followed that up with the 2021 sale of an oceanfront home in the beachside city of Santa Monica for $10.6 million. He also once owned a huge compound atop Malibu’s Point Dume, though that property was sold by his ex-wife Stacey Feinberg for $21.8 million.

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    This SoCal Estate Was Once Home to Frank Sinatra. Now It Can Be Yours for $8 Million.

    When you run across a place that’s been graced through the years by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Jon Hamm, and Beyoncé, is touted in marketing materials as “one of the most filmed homes in America,” and has the added cache of having been fashioned by a noted architect, you have an inkling that it’s going to be a showstopper. And this sprawling midcentury residence in the suburban Los Angeles neighborhood of Chatsworth, on the western edge of the San Fernando Valley, is not one to disappoint.

    To boot, after floating on and off the market for the past decade or so—once for as much as $21.5 million—the estate probably best known as Byrdview, as well as Farralone and Fox House, has just popped up for sale again with a substantially reduced $8 million ask.

    “I’m excited that the new owner has embarked upon this very realistic sale for this incredible property,” says Craig Knizek, who shares the listing with Blair Chang, both of The Agency. “After a recent foreclosure, I’m encouraged that the new owner is providing very clear and dependable guidance to the market that this property now is truly for sale. I’ve been involved with this property for 13 years. I can finally and confidently say that this new owner recognizes that path to a successful sale.”

    Sir Paul McCartney is said to have tinkled the ivories of the piano in the glass-walled entertaining room.

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    Originally built by noted modernist architect William Pereira in the early 1950s for New York banking heiress Dora Stillman and her actor husband Jody Hutchinson—who held legendary parties attended by Hollywood A-listers such as Garland, Angela Lansbury, Jane Wyman, Lucille Ball, and Ava Gardner, just to name a few—the dwelling was later rented out to Sinatra for nearly 10 years in the late ’50s and early ’60s.

    In addition, those seeking an additional income stream might be interested to know that the house has long been a popular production site for movies and TV shows, including Swordfish, Six Feet Under, The Last Man on Earth, Dreamgirls, Californication, Mad Men, Aquarius, and Beef. Miley Cyrus also shot portions of the music video for the song Flowers there.

    The main home is spotlighted by a a 50-foot pool nestled alongside a 2,000 square-foot pergola.

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    Resting at the end of an almost mile-long driveway, atop a secluded promontory spanning nearly 14 acres and overlooking virtually the entire San Fernando Valley, the walled and gated compound includes a 6,661-square-foot main home and a separate 1,120-square-foot guesthouse—for a total of seven bedrooms and eight baths in a little more than 8,100 square feet of meticulously restored living space.

    Inside the four-bedroom, six-bath primary midcentury dwelling are a mix of poured concrete and hardwood floors, copious built-ins, several wood-burning fireplaces, and 16-foot walls of glass. Other highlights include a living area flaunting a cocktail bar with a 150-bottle wine refrigerator, a formal dining room topped by a swanky chandelier, and a kitchen sporting an eat-in island and stainless appliances. There’s also an entertaining room and a lavish primary suite boasting a fireside seating area, a bespoke closet, and a spacious bath equipped with dual vanities and a soaking tub.

    President John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe allegedly trysted in the guesthouse while Frank Sinatra was living there.

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    Separate from the main house is a one-bedroom guesthouse, where JFK and Marilyn Monroe supposedly engaged in a tryst. It includes its own dipping pool. Rounding it all out are the resort-like grounds showcased by a 50-foot pool surrounded by a flagstone sundeck and a 2,000-square-foot pergola, along with a three-car garage and parking for more than 200 vehicles.

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    Dick Ebersol and Susan Saint James’s N.Y.C. Pied-à-Terre Is Up for Grabs at $2.5 Million

    A New York City residence long owned by Dick Ebersol and Susan Saint James has just popped up for sale in the Lenox Hill neighborhood of Manhattan.

    The married entertainment industry veterans—he a broadcasting legend best known for co-creating Saturday Night Live with Lorne Michaels, as well as developing the concept for Sunday Night Football and producing numerous Olympic Games as head of NBC Sports, and she a retired actress who starred in shows like McMillan & Wife alongside Rock Hudson—are asking just under $2.5 million for the five-room apartment. The listing is held by Maria Daou of Coldwell Banker Warburg.

    The couple’s home rests on the 35th floor of the former Trump Plaza, at 61st Street and 3rd Avenue in Manhattan.

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    The 36-story residential and retail building at 167 East 61st Street, formerly known as Trump Plaza, was designed by architect Philip Birnbaum and built in the early 1980s. The home rests on the 35th floor and has three bedrooms and an equal number of baths in 1,700 square feet of open-concept living space outfitted with high ceilings and mosaic-style parquet wood floors.

    Among the highlights is a bookshelf-clad entrance hallway with art gallery-like walls that leads to a spacious living room boasting floor-to-ceiling windows and access to a wraparound terrace providing sweeping views of the city skyline, Central Park, and beyond. An adjacent dining area connects to a gallery-style equipped with custom blue-hued cabinetry, plus GE Café and Sub-Zero appliances.

    Three bedrooms are filtered across the 1,700-square-foot city-view apartment.

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    Elsewhere are a laundry station and a trio of en-suite bedrooms, most notably a corner primary retreat hosting a walk-in closet, as well as a renovated bath flaunting dual marble sinks and a deep soaking tub.

    The new owner also will be privy to plenty of amenities, courtesy of a hefty $6,884 monthly HOA fee, including a landscaped atrium bolstered by a two-story waterfall, a communal lobby, a dedicated staff, a 24-hour doorman, a concierge, a fitness center, a playroom, a private community garden, a garage, and storage space. The building, which allows pets, pied-á-terre ownership, co-purchases, gifting, and subletting, comes with a 2-percent flip tax paid by the buyer.

    In addition to their N.Y.C. apartment, the couple recently paid $6.7 million for a trendy modern farmhouse-style property within the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, just south of Beverly Hills and Century City. The husband-and-wife duo also maintains another L.A.-area residence in the beachside city of Santa Monica, along with homes in New England and Colorado.

    Click here for more photos of Dick Ebersol and Susan Saint James’s N.Y.C. apartment.

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    NBA Star Spencer Dinwiddie’s SoCal Home Just Listed for $7.7 Million

    A little over two years ago, Spencer Dinwiddie doled out $6.9 million for a modern Craftsman-style mansion in an exclusive gated enclave of 26 homes set amid a suburban area of Los Angeles between Malibu and Calabasas. Now that he’s returned to the Dallas Mavericks after a short stint with the Lakers, the veteran NBA player has decided to let the place go for $7.7 million, which was the original price it was listed for in 2022 before the L.A. native scooped it up at a substantial discount. The listing is held by Bjorn Farrugia and Alphonso Lascano of Carolwood Estates.

    Dinwiddie’s estate is hidden away down a lengthy gated driveway, atop an acre-plus promontory lot. Built in 2021 by “one of the most experienced and meticulous builders in Southern California,” per a previous listing, the dark beige and white-trimmed structure is fronted by a motorcourt flanked by an attached four-car garage.

    The living room is spotlighted by a floor-to ceiling stone fireplace and a wet bar with wine storage.

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    Inside, five bedrooms and seven baths are sprawled across a little more than 7,200 square feet of living space adorned throughout with high ceilings, red oak hardwood floors, natural stone details, and Italian light fixtures. Several balconies and porches provide seamless indoor/outdoor environs and frame sweeping views of the surrounding Santa Monica Mountains.

    Introducing the home is a wood front door topped by a stone-columned portico illuminated with gas lanterns. An entry foyer displaying a winding wrought-iron staircase flows to the living room, which rests beneath a wood-beam ceiling and features a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace and a wet bar with wine storage.

    Other highlights include a formal dining room, plus a cozy fireside family room that connects via a casual dining area to a sleekly designed gourmet kitchen outfitted with an expansive eat-in island, a butcher block island, and top-tier Gaggeneau appliances. Pocketing glass doors open to an al fresco dining and entertaining terrace with a fireplace.

    Numerous balconies and porches offer picturesque views of the Santa Monica Mountains.

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    Elsewhere on the main level is an office space, while an upstairs primary suite spanning roughly 1,000 square feet comes complete with a fireplace, a seating area, a private balcony, a bespoke walk-in closet, and a luxe bath boasting dual vanities, a two-person shower, a soaking tub, and a separate makeup area. Three additional en-suite bedrooms and a den also can be found on this floor.

    As for the resort-like grounds, expect to find an infinity-edge pool and spa, an outdoor kitchen, and a firepit conversation area with steps ascending to a gazebo. There’s also a Crestron smart-home system thrown in for good measure.

    Click here for more photos of Spencer Dinwiddie’s L.A. house.

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    Nicole Scherzinger’s $7 Million Home Has Sweeping Views From Downtown L.A. to the Pacific

    Don’t Cha wish you had the keys to this chic Los Angeles home? You might be in luck, because Nicole Scherzinger is letting the “purr-fect” place go!

    A little over eight years after the former Pussycat Dolls lead singer doled out $3.7 for the multi-level residence specifically because of its beautiful views framing the entire Los Angeles Basin—even going so far as to knock down a huge wall and install vast expanses of glass to enhance the scenery from the main living area, per a 2019 Architectural Digest tour—she’s now decided to part ways with her Hollywood Hills spread high above the Sunset Strip, asking a speck under $7 million. Per the listing held by David Parnes and James Harris of Carolwood Estates, it’s also available for rent at a pricey $40,000 per month.

    Scherzinger opened up the living area so the gasp-worthy view can be seen upon entering the house.

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    Originally built in 1990 and extensively renovated during Scherzinger’s tenure, the property is cleaved to a steep hillside lot and features four bedrooms and five baths in a little more than 4,600 square feet of neutrally hued living space rife with rustic hardwood floors, high ceilings, and gallery walls that were used to accommodate her vast assemblage of commissioned artwork and career memorabilia. Copious walls of glass also offer up a look at those picturesque vistas from every conceivable vantage point.

    Especially standing out is an open-concept great room, which is accented with rich wood, hand-selected marble, seagrass textures, and doors spilling out onto a wraparound terrace. Within the space is a dining area that adjoins a gourmet kitchen spotlighted by an eat-in island equipped with seats that swivel around to capture the mesmerizing vistas.

    Other highlights include a cozy den sporting a fireplace flanked by built-in bookshelves, as well as a mirrored gym and a cave-like movie theater with tiered sofa seating for up to 10 guests. The spacious primary suite includes a snazzy linear fireplace and what Scherzinger refers to as a “big old fat, juicy, yummy balcony” hosting a firepit. A marble-clad bath has a steam shower, a full-on glam area, and a duo of soaking tubs—one inside and another on the balcony.

    The rooftop lounge area overlooking L.A. is spotlighted by a waterfall-fed plunge pool.

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    The undeniable star of the show is the rooftop lounge area, which contains a heated saltwater plunge pool that’s 6 feet deep, plus a sunbathing deck, a sauna, a wet bar, and last but not least, a whimsical swing where Scherzinger’s been known to literally swing all her cares away while overlooking the City of Angels. An attached two-car garage can also be found on the nearly quarter-acre grounds.

    Born and raised in Hawaii, the Grammy-nominated performer is best known as the former lead singer of the pop girl group the Pussycat Dolls, whose single Don’t Cha topped the charts in 15 countries and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard charts. In addition to acting, which included a role in the animated Disney film Moana, she’s also served as a judge on the TV talent shows The Sing-Off, The X Factor, and The Masked Singer. Most recently, she was cast as Norma Desmond in the Broadway revival of Sunset Boulevard.

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    A 29-Year-Old Tech Tycoon Snaps Up a $4.2 Million Designer Abode in L.A.

    It’s been an almost unbelievably successful ride for Lucy Guo ever since she decided to forego her computer science and human-computer interaction studies at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University in 2014 and accept a two-year, $100,000 Thiel Fellowship that offered her the chance to build a business. Fast-forward to today, and the 29-year-old entrepreneur and tech developer has transformed herself into a self-made multimillionaire with a trio of Silicon Valley startups under her belt.

    Her upward career trajectory seemingly began when the young entrepreneur sold Pokémon cards to friends and taught herself how to code in elementary school, but I digress. After working as a product designer for Snapchat and Quora, the California native co-founded the data-labeling company Scale AI in 2016 and then left a couple of years later to start the early-stage venture fund Backend Capital. Most recently, she launched a creator-focused monetization platform called Passes that not only counts Shaq among its users but also raised a substantial $40 million from investors earlier this year.

    An upstairs screening room with plush seating is ideal for entertaining.

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    In August, as part of her efforts to continue growing Passes, she leased a 25,000-square-foot office space in Los Angeles. Now she’s doled out $4.2 million—$600,000 off the original listing price—for a modern farmhouse-style home in the Melrose Arts District of West Hollywood, adding to a real estate portfolio that includes a $6.6 million residence at Miami’s sleek Zaha Hadid-designed One Thousand Museum tower overlooking the Biscayne Bay. Ricarda Olander and Jonathan Carr of The Agency repped both sides of the deal.

    Built in 2019 and designed by L.A.-based House of Shoor, the white board and batten and brick-accented structure features five bedrooms and six baths in a little more than 4,700 square feet boasting distressed French oak floors, handcrafted clay walls with decorative fluting, and steel-framed glass doors providing seamless indoor/outdoor environs.

    A sun-drenched courtyard off the main living area is enhanced with a dipping pool.

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    Tucked away on a hedge-lined parcel spanning less than a quarter of an acre, the house is fronted by concrete walls and a gated driveway that opens to an attached two-car garage. Two additional gates open to a low-maintenance yard flanked by a walkway that empties out at the glassy front doors. From there, the entry foyer flows to an office with a full bath and a dining area warmed by a fireplace, plus a gourmet kitchen outfitted with dark green cabinetry, Arabescato marble countertops, an eat-in island that seats four, and top-notch Thermador appliances. An adjacent family room has a fireplace and French doors that spill out to a secluded patio with a firepit.

    Upstairs is a window-lined seating area and a bar-equipped screening room, as well as a spacious primary suite sporting a fireplace, a private balcony, a bespoke walk-in closet, and a luxe bath with dual vanities, a soaking tub, and a glass-encased shower. Rounding it all out is a bamboo-laced courtyard hosting a dipping pool, an al fresco lounging space off the second floor, and a rooftop deck with a seated bar and views of the iconic Hollywood Sign and beyond.

    Click here for more photos of Lucy Guo’s new L.A. home.

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