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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.

      Adrian Van Anz

      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.

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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.

      Nils Timm

      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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      One of L.A.’s ‘Most Interesting’ Estates Lists for $15 Million

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      Around 14 years ago, Moby doled out just over $3.9 million for a “replica of a Norman castle” that was reportedly occupied in previous years by the likes of Debbie Reynolds, Marlon Brando, and The Beatles. Alas, the Los Angeles spread proved too “elaborate for one simple little guy,” so the musician and architecture aficianado wound up selling the fairytale-esque digs after four years and an extensive restoration at a hefty profit. Now, a decade later, the illustrious structure has once again popped up for sale in the Beachwood Canyon neighborhood of Hollywood Hills, this time with a $15 million asking price.

      “I loved Wolf’s Lair,” Moby said of the place he called “the most interesting home in L.A.” at the time. “If I’d started a cult or a family (and trust me, I’ve tried to start both) it would have been the perfect home. Basically I wanted something simpler than a mountaintop castle.”

      The fireside living room has a bookshelf-flanked picture window offering up views of Griffith Observatory.

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      Originally built in the late 1920s for real estate developer and art director L. Milton Wolf (complete with a turreted room for his exotic pet gibbon), the estate was sold to Moby in 2010 by businessman Jay Faires and onetime TV host Debbie Matenopoulos. Moby went on to drop about $2 million on an extensive renovation and restoration before transferring it in 2014 as part of an off-market deal to an LLC tied to Switzerland-based Nathaniel (Nat) Rotschild, a wealthy heir to the Rotschild banking dynasty, who undertook his own update of the premises.

      Hidden away behind walls and gates, atop a secluded promontory spanning 3.4 acres, the property includes a main house and a guesthouse that was tacked on in the 1960s by noted modernist architect John Lautner—for a total of eight bedrooms and six baths in nearly 5,000 square feet boasting carved-wood details, arched doorways, coffered ceilings, and large windows overlooking picturesque views of Lake Hollywood, the iconic Hollywood Sign, and Griffith Observatory.

      The park-like grounds are spotlighted by a kidney-shaped pool alongside a pool house.

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      Inside the primary residence, largely period interiors are highlighted by formal living and dining rooms, as well as a galley kitchen sporting high-end stainless appliances and a breakfast nook with built-in banquette seating. One of the bedrooms has been transformed into an office space, while the primary suite features a bath equipped with dual vanities, a soaking tub, and a separate shower.

      A two-bedroom guesthouse that was used as a recording studio during Moby’s tenure has its own living area, kitchen, and roof deck, and rounding it all out are park-like grounds showcased by a kidney-shaped pool nestled alongside a pool house, a pergola-shaded dining area, and private hiking trails. There’s also said to be a “secret” subterranean room that once served as a prohibition-era bar, plus an attached two-car garage and a cobblestone motorcourt.

      The listing is held by Billy Rose of The Agency.

      Click here for more photos of Wolf’s Lair.

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      One of Matthew Perry’s L.A. Homes Lists for $5.2 Million

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      Before he passed away in October 2023 at age 54, Matthew Perry plumped up his real estate portfolio with yet another Los Angeles residence. The comedian, producer, and actor—best known for his Emmy-nominated role as Chandler Bing on the long-running sitcom Friends—doled out a speck under $5 million in an off-market deal for a sleek midcentury-modern villa in Hollywood Hills that was originally listed for around $6 million. Now that place has popped up for sale once again, this time asking $5.2 million.

      Built in 1957 and recently renovated, the place is nestled amid an almost quarter-acre parcel above the Sunset Strip. Fronted by a short yet wide driveway that empties out at an attached two-car garage, as well as a privacy screen and an off-kilter set of steps leading up to an atrium-style entryway, the all-white structure has three bedrooms and four baths in a little more than 2,500 square feet of single-level living space, boasting a mix of stone and blonde hardwood floors throughout. Fleetwood sliding glass doors also spill out to a covered lounge area overlooking a swimming pool and a fire pit.

      A central patio overlooks a swimming pool and a fire-pit.

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      Highlights consist of a formal dining space-turned-billiards room that connects via a two-way fireplace to an office nook and an accompanying living area, which sits adjacent to a streamlined kitchen outfitted with stainless appliances, a stylish backsplash, and an eat-in peninsula illuminated by a trio of dangling pendants. All of the bedrooms are of the en-suite variety, including a primary retreat hosting a walk-in closet, and a spa-inspired bath equipped with dual vanities, a rectangle soaking tub, and a glass-encased shower, and another one that’s been converted into a “very chic screening room” replete with a projector and surround sound.

      In addition to the Hollywood Hills house, Perry—who in late 2022 released his first book, Friends, Lovers, and The Big Terrible Thing, a memoir where he opens up about his struggles with a Vicodin addiction—also owned a contemporary Pacific Palisades cottage that he purchased for exactly $6 million back in 2020. It’s there that he died from the “acute effects of ketamine,” according to an autopsy conducted by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner.

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      ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Star Ariana Madix Just Picked Up a New L.A. House in the Hills

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      It’s been one heck of a whirlwind year for Ariana Madix. Not only did the popular Vanderpump Rules star part ways with her longtime boyfriend Tom Sandoval after a particularly salacious cheating scandal, but the former bartender also found a new East Coast love interest and made her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago. She also came in third place on the most recent season of Dancing With the Stars and was just tapped as the new host of Love Island USA.

      But, perhaps most importantly, the 38-year-old Florida native has finally managed to move out of the trendy modern farmhouse-style home in the Valley Village area of Los Angeles that she purchased with her former flame in 2019 for $2 million and then continued to share long after their much-publicized split.

      Though the pair are reportedly still at odds over what to do with the property—he wants to buy out her portion of the home, while she would like to sell it and split the proceeds—records show Madix has nonetheless gone ahead and shelled out $1.6 million to buy her own midcentury-modern residence high atop the Outpost Estates neighborhood of Hollywood Hills. And per the New York Post, which first reported the news, “Ariana has fallen in love with this home and is excited for a new chapter.”

      Originally built in the early 1960s, but recently having received an extensive renovation, Madix’s new digs come complete with three bedrooms and two bathrooms spread across two levels of living space offering up picturesque views of the iconic Hollywood Sign.

      Unfortunately, images of the home are unavailable, but listing materials note that the updated structure is highlighted by an open-concept main level featuring a combined living/dining area that connects to a kitchen outfitted with brass finishes and stainless appliances.

      Upstairs, a “generously sized” primary suite boasts a sitting area and modern bath; and outdoors, the private grounds span less than a quarter-acre, and host a terraced backyard sporting an al fresco entertaining space that’s big enough for a gathering of up to 20 friends, as well as a meditation deck. There’s also an attached two-car garage out front. More

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      Rapper Aminè Just Picked Up a Sleek Architectural-Style House in Los Angeles

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      Back in 2015, Adam Aminé Daniel snuck into an unlocked music room at Portland State University one fall evening, laptop in tow, and proceeded to record the vocals for a tune he dubbed Caroline. Then a marketing student/aspiring hip-hop star who “couldn’t afford to pay for a real music studio,” per The New York Times, he soon had a surprise breakout hit on his hands and went on to ink a deal with Republic Records.

      Today, the Grammy-nominated rapper, singer and songwriter, known simply to his fans as Aminè, has fortuitously amassed enough wealth to acquire a striking Architectural-style residence tucked away in a particularly secluded enclave of the Hollywood Hills. Records show the Oregon native recently paid Ryan Hudson a little over $2.7 million for the nearly half-acre spread, or just a slight $375,000 more than the Honey co-founder doled our for the place almost four years ago, in spring 2020.

      Originally built in the early 1980s, and situated beyond a lengthy gated driveway, the imposing all-white stucco structure contains three bedrooms and an equal number of bathrooms in nearly 3,600 square feet of open-concept living space on two levels—all of it decked out with a mix of dark hardwood and polished cement floors, high ceilings, expansive skylights and surround sound.

      Main-level highlights include a spacious entrance hallway that flows to a sunken living area warmed by a fireplace, as well as a gourmet kitchen featuring an eat-in island, top-tier stainless appliances, and an accompanying breakfast nook that opens via sliding glass doors to an al fresco lounging and entertaining terrace overlooking picturesque views of Mount Lee. There’s also a wet bar-equipped media room on this floor.

      Upstairs, a sumptuous primary bedroom comes complete with a fireplace, large walk-in closet, separate office space and access to a roof deck, plus a luxe bath outfitted with dual vanities, a spa tub and steam shower; and outdoors, the grounds host meandering nature pathways shaded by mature eucalyptus and oak trees. Topping it all off: an attached two-car garage and additional parking for guests.

      After Caroline peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2017, Aminè went on to release the albums Good for You and Limbo, along with the mixtapes ONEPOINTFIVE, showcasing the multi-platinum hit Reel It In, and TWOPOINTFIVE. During his career, the 29-year-old also received a Grammy nod for “Best Dance Recording” as a featured artist on Disclosure’s My High, and most recently, he released Kaytraminè with his longtime collaborator Kaytranada in 2023. More

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      Inside the $3 Million L.A. Home of Late Game Show Icon Bob Barker

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      The first house in what is known today as L.A.’s Outpost Estates neighborhood, which winds up into the mountains north of Hollywood, was built in the 1850s by Don Tómas Urquidez in the middle of a sycamore grove near what is today the intersection of Outpost Drive and Hillside Avenue. The three-room adobe structure was later owned by Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, the first publisher of the Los Angeles Times, who dubbed it the Outpost.

      The land around Otis’s Outpost was eventually acquired by developer Charles E. Toberman, who erected a 30-foot red neon sign that read “Outpost” to promote the upscale development that he called Outpost Estates. Early residents of the hillside enclave included silver screen superstars like Bela Lugosi and Dolores Del Rio, and current showbiz residents include Charlize Theron and David Lynch.

      The living room is ample with a fireplace, stained glass, and French doors to the yard.

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      In 1929, a spacious new house was completed on the site of the original adobe cottage, and six decades later, in 1969, the Spanish-Revival-style home was acquired by 19-time Emmy-winning game show host and dedicated animal rights advocate Bob Barker. The beloved host of The Price Is Right occupied the vintage residence for more than 50 years before he died in August 2023, just a few months shy of his 100th birthday. 

      Today, Barker’s home is listed for sale for $2.988 million with Robert Valandra of The Flying V Realty Investment Company. Valandra is one of Barker’s nephews and the executor of the trust that owns and is selling the property.

      Original elements are present throughout the circa 1929 Spanish Revival-style home.

      Sam Ghazi

      In need of a restoration and update, the nearly 5,000-square-foot fixer-upper is still in possession of much enviable original detail, including stained-glass windows, wrought-iron detailing, antique light fixtures, and, on the wood-beamed ceiling over the switchback staircase, a delicate fresco. In the 28-foot-long living room, a fireplace is surrounded by the original wood paneling and arched French doors open to the backyard, while the library includes an original walk-in wet bar. Elsewhere are a dining room, a separate breakfast room, a kitchen with a butler’s pantry, a large laundry room, and a couple of powder rooms.

      There are four bedrooms and three bathrooms on the upper floor. Two bedrooms share a Jack and Jill bath; another has a private bath; and the primary suite includes a bathroom of its own, along with a walk-in closet and a dressing room.

      The backyard and swimming pool are hedged for privacy and gated for security.

      Sam Ghazi

      There’s an almost 400-square-foot garage at the end of a gated driveway and a 600-square-foot basement level that could be used for additional bedrooms, a screening room, or a home office. 

      The slightly more than quarter-acre parcel is privatized by tall and thick hedging. Several rooms on the ground floor spill out to the backyard, and stairs provide access to a long balcony on the upper level. Stepping stones across a tree-shaded lawn connect the house to the swimming pool, which is surrounded by flagstone terracing.

      The property is number 673 on the L.A.’s list of historical and cultural monuments and, as marketing material states, offers a preservation-minded buyer the opportunity to “bring this sleeping beauty back to life.”

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      Bob Barker’s House in Photos

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      Just curious why this is a fixer upper when Bob Barker’s net worth when he died was $70 million dollars. The exterior brickwork is broken up, and the floor tile in the main bathroom looks old and terrible, as does the shower tile. No offense, but had Barker abandoned this home to live elsewhere, or was he just extremely thrifty? There’s just a disconnect here. Thanks. More