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      The Strokes’ Albert Hammond Jr. Lists His Revamped L.A. Home for $2.9 Million

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      Albert Hammond Jr. doled out just over $1.8 million for a dated little number perched high in the Hollywood Hills back in 2019. Since then, the house has undergone a dramatic remodel and is essentially brand new from top to bottom. Now the Los Angeles-born guitarist for The Strokes and his longtime wife Justyna are walkin’ out that door and hoisting the revamped modern spread on the market with an asking price of nearly $2.9 million.

      Perched on a promontory high above the Sunset Strip, amid a parcel spanning almost half an acre and accessible via a gated driveway that flows to an attached two-car garage, the all-white stucco structure was built in 1977 and updated by the local design firm Fine Craftsmanship. Inside, four bedrooms and four baths are draped across 2,605 square feet of multi-level living space accented with hardwood floors, 20-foot ceilings, interior windows, and vast expanses of glass offering picturesque views that encompass Universal Studios, the Hollywood Sign, and beyond.

      Main-level highlights include a brick-clad foyer that steps up to a dining area and a sleek kitchen furnished with top-tier Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances, plus a separate windowed prep area. A bedroom with its own bath is tucked away behind the kitchen, while steps lead up to a fireside living room sporting a custom bookshelf wall with a rolling library ladder, a drop-down projector screen for watching movies, and sliding glass doors opening to a patio.

      The pitched ceiling soars to over 20 feet high over the dining area and kitchen.

      Carter Tanton

      RELATED: Red Hot Chili Peppers Frontman Anthony Kiedis’s Former L.A. Home Lists for $5.5 Million

      Two additional en suite bedrooms on the top floor of the house include a primary suite featuring a private balcony, a walk-in closet, and a sky-lit bath equipped with dual vanities, a spa tub, and a steam shower, and elsewhere is an office/den loft that could be used as a fourth bedroom.

      Rounding out the listing held by Robert Kallick and Sara Kaye Sexton of Compass are the secluded grounds, where you’ll find terraced and landscaped gardens paired with multiple patios hosting a pool and spa, as well as a barrel-style sauna, a cold plunge, and an outdoor shower.

      In addition to their Hollywood Hills home, the Hammonds also own a two-bedroom condo in the Century City neighborhood of L.A. that they picked up in spring 2020 for $1.6 million.

      Click here for more photos of the Hollywood Hills home.

      Carter Tanton

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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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      Bono Is Behind the Recent Purchase of a $7 Million Home in Los Angeles

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      Last year, the Hollywood Reporter cited an unidentified source who claimed that Bono is one of the investors behind a spec-built avant-garde mansion that sits at the end of a swooping drive on a high knoll in the foothills just above L.A.’s Sunset Boulevard. The main part of the residence includes a distinctive triangular section that hovers over the lower floor and is visible as one drives north on Fairfax Avenue.

      Robb Report cannot confirm the music industry icon’s involvement in the by-any-standard spectacular residence, but records reveal that the legendary frontman and international activist, who closed a residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas earlier this year, is involved in the purchase of a nearby home that recently traded for $7 million. Records show that Paul Hewson, Bono’s real name, is the managing agent behind the LLC that acquired the hillside home.

      Images of the snazzy pad have largely been scrubbed from the internet. However, property records and archived listings show the home was built almost 25 years ago and has since undergone a sleek, contemporary makeover. Interior spaces include a double-height entrance gallery, a three-story travertine-clad wall alongside a wood and glass staircase, and an open-plan chef’s kitchen with a Moroccan tile backsplash. In the light-filled combination living and dining room, an automated wall of glass slides open to a glass-railed balcony with knee-buckling views.

      RELATED: This Hollywood Hills Home Above L.A.’s Sunset Strip Was Custom-Designed For Absolute Privacy

      There’s a fireplace and a private balcony in the top-floor primary suite, along with a swanky walk-in closet and a spacious bathroom. And on the lower floor, a glass-encased wine display case is nipped under the stairs next to a TV lounge that is warmed by a linear fireplace. Another vast bank of glass slides open at the touch of a button to another sun-splashed terrace, this one with an infinity-edge pool and spa that cantilevers over the hillside and a remote controlled outdoor television that rises on a hydraulic lift so that it can be viewed from the spa or while relaxing on the poolside loungers.

      It’s not clear if the property was acquired for personal use or as an investment, but Bono and his high school sweetheart wife Ali Hewson are known to have several other homes across the world, including a substantial estate with a tennis court and a swimming pool perched above Killiney Beach outside of Dublin, Ireland; a seafront villa in the South of France; and a penthouse in one of the towers at the elegant San Remo apartment house on New York’s Central Park West, which they scooped up back in 2003 for around its $14.5 million asking price from late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

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      Mark David

      Mark David got his start writing about real estate with the saucy cult-favorite blog The Real Estalker, on which he obsessively tracked the secretive world of celebrity property transactions. A much…

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      Lizzo’s Modern Beverly Hills Home Just Hit the Market for $16 Million

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      Now that Lizzo has doled out $12.4 million for actor Jeremy Renner’s longtime midcentury digs in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, the Grammy-winning singer, rapper, and classically trained flutist has decided to put her other home that’s tucked away in a celeb-favored enclave in the mountains above Beverly Hills on the market. The ask is an impressive $16 million, which is a whopping million dollars more than she paid for the place a little more than two years ago.

      Records show the Detroit-born musician acquired the modern spread from Warner Brothers CEO and co-chairman Aaron Bay-Schuck in spring 2022 for $15 million. Sited on a third of an acre in an exclusive gated community where nearby neighbors include Lisa Vanderpump, Jessica Alba, and Demi Moore, the property was previously owned by English pop singer Harry Styles from 2014 to 2016. Subsequently demolished and rebuilt by Simo Design and Fischer Construction, the sleek wood and stone structure ultimately sold to Bay-Schuck in late 2019 for $11 million.

      Secluded behind walls and gates, the two-story residence has three bedrooms and five baths in roughly 5,400 square feet of L-shaped living space centered around an open-air atrium. Floor-to-ceiling walls of glass frame sweeping canyon and hillside views, with glitzy amenities encompassing a gym and wellness area, as well as a movie theater and a studio/office.

      Other highlights include a formal dining room topped with fanciful globe lighting, plus an adjacent living room sporting a two-way fireplace that connects on the other side to a gourmet kitchen seamlessly flowing to a covered outdoor lounge area. A massive primary suite hovers atop the backyard’s saltwater infinity pool and comes with a luxe bath spotlighted by a floating soapstone fireplace and a concrete soaking tub. The oak tree-laced grounds also host a kitchen setup and a fire pit. More

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      ‘Masters of Sex’ Star Lizzy Caplan Lists Her Hollywood Hills Home for $2.85 Million

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      About four years before Lizzy Caplan married English stage and screen actor Tom Riley (and not too long after she split up with late actor Matthew Perry), the veteran film and television actress plunked down a tad more than $1.8 million for a circa 1961 modernist home in Los Angeles that nearly a dozen years later has popped up for sale with a $2.85 million price tag. Patricia Ruben of Sotheby’s International Realty—Los Feliz Brokerage holds the listing.

      Alternatively, the 2,100-square-foot, three-bedroom, two-bath Hollywood Hills home, on a quiet street above Bronson Canyon in the Los Feliz Oaks neighborhood, is also available for rent at $15,000 per month, down from the original ask of $17,500 per month.

      The kitchen’s emerald-green cabinets contrast with the wood ceiling and butcher block island.

      Jo David for Sotheby’s International Realty

      Beyond the gated courtyard entry and through the front doors, an atrium is bursting with lush greenery. Pale wood floors flow into the living room, anchored by a whitewashed raised hearth brick fireplace. Glass sliders open the room to the backyard, and clerestory windows bring tons of light into the fashionably eclectic space. A cozy adjoining sitting area is decked out with a curvaceous built-in sofa alongside built-in bookshelves. 

      The nearby kitchen, fitted with chef-grade appliances, emerald-green laminate cabinets and a rustic butcher block island set below two Moroccan lanterns, is open to a relaxed dining area that spills out to the backyard through more sliding glass doors.

      One of the guest bedrooms is outfitted as a den with a built-in entertainment center, and the other, painted a deep shade of blue, has a contrasting wall of white oak wardrobes, while the primary bedroom is a calm oasis with a view into the atrium. The attached bathroom includes a wet area swaddled in blue tiles with an indoor-outdoor shower space.

      The pool is shielded from neighboring homes by mature plantings.

      Jo David for Sotheby’s International Realty

      Tall trees and lush greenery ensure the backyard is private enough to skinny-dip with complete confidence the neighbors can’t see. Concrete terracing surrounds the pill-shaped pool, while a decked lounge area pushes out over the hillside with cushioned seating, retractable sunshades, and, if you sit in just the right spot, a peek-a-boo view of the Hollywood Sign.

      Caplan’s early roles included several episodes of the cult fave TV series Freaks and Geeks and outcast Janis Ian in the 2004 comedy movie Mean Girls. More recently she portrayed Alex Forrest in the TV version of the 1987 film Fatal Attraction, and she’ll next be seen on the silver screen in the third installment of the Now You See Me heist film franchise.

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      This Revamped $11 Million L.A. Home Dates Back to Hollywood’s Golden Age

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      Throughout their lengthy lives together, Golden-Age Hollywood couple Stanley Rubin and Kathleen Hughes racked up many accomplishments between them—he as a prolific film/TV writer and producer who helped run the Writers and Producers guilds and garnered one of the first Emmys ever awarded, and she as an actress who’s probably best known for her turns in the cult film It Came from Outer Space and as Henry Blake’s wife Lorraine in M*A*S*H.

      Rubin passed away back in 2014 at age 96, and early last year, Hughes sold their longtime marital home in the coveted Bird Streets area of Los Angeles for nearly $5 million. Now their longtime Hollywood Hills property high above the Sunset Strip has once again popped up for sale after a thorough remodel with a $6 million jump in price, asking a speck under $11 million. The listing is held by Weston Littlefield and Alex Howe of Christie’s International Real Estate Southern California.

      Completely rebuilt down to the studs, the home features sleek custom-poured terrazzo floors and a newly designed kitchen.

      Matthew Momberger

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      Originally designed and built for the couple in the late 1950s by lesser-known architect Richard Frazer, the midcentury-modern home is tucked away at the end of a secluded cul-de-sac street, amid a half-acre parcel of land carved into the hillside. Inside, four bedrooms and an equal number of baths can be found in almost 3,500 square feet of single-level living space that’s been meticulously remodeled by its current owner, Philippe Naouri of the preservation-minded development firm Maison d’Artiste.

      A walkway passes through a sculpture-clad entryway before emptying out at bright orange double doors. Once inside, stylish interiors boasting custom-poured terrazzo floors are highlighted by a spacious living area anchored by a massive stone fireplace and floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors spilling out to a slender covered patio. An adjacent dining area connects to the streamlined kitchen, which has a center island equipped with a sink and a cooktop, plus ebony-hued appliances encased within a wood-paneled wall.

      The cactus-laced backyard is centered around a pool and spa overlooking panoramic city views.

      Matthew Momberger

      Holding court on the other side of the living room fireplace is an office space with built-in shelving, and elsewhere is a glass-lined primary suite that has a walk-in closet, as well as a spa-like bath sporting dual vanities, an open two-person shower, and access to an outdoor shower. Also available on the desert-inspired grounds, which overlook unobstructed city and canyon views, are a freeform pool, a raised spa, a Baja shelf-like water feature, and a fire pit conversation area; and out front is a gated motor court flanked by carport parking for two vehicles.

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      Red Hot Chili Peppers Frontman Anthony Kiedis’s Former L.A. Home Lists for $5.5 Million

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      Over a decade after rocker Anthony Kiedis sold his home in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles for nearly $1.9 million, the Red Hot Chili Peppers founder and lead singer’s former residence has once again surfaced for sale. Known as Castillo de la Esperanza (Castle of Hope), the Mediterranean-style abode is now on the market for $5.5 million. The listing is held by Markus Canter of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties.

      Records show Kiedis paid around $2.2 million for the property in 2000. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer then wound up selling the residence three years later for almost $1.9 million to New York Times bestselling author J. Randy Taraborrelli, best known for penning celebrity biographies. He went on to offload the place in 2009 for $3.1 million to Desperate Housewives producer Kevin Murphy and his TV producer wife Noreen Halpern, who sold it in late 2023 for $4 million.

      The ornate living room is enhanced with a vaulted wood-beam ceiling and a stone fireplace.

      Danny Farrell/Ingenious Media Lab, courtesy of St. James + Canter, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services California Properties

      Perched atop a walled and gated parcel spanning roughly a half-acre in the Hollywood Knolls enclave overlooking Lake Hollywood, the stucco and terracotta-roof structure was originally built in the mid-1930s. Remodeled through the years, the estate features a main home and a guesthouse that was tacked on in 2016—for a total of six bedrooms and an equal number of baths in 6,300 square feet.

      As for the primary four-bedroom, four-bath dwelling, it’s fronted by a fountain-clad courtyard and boasts a little more than 4,000 square feet of two-level living space accented with a mix of hardwood and stone floors, high wood-beam ceilings, hand-laid Spanish tile, and vintage-inspired light fixtures, plus picturesque city lights, mountain, and valley views from almost every room.

      Among the highlights are a chandelier-topped foyer displaying a wrought iron-railed staircase and a spacious living room sporting a decorative fireplace and a cozy library area with built-in shelving. A 12-seat dining room resting beneath a curved ceiling and donning a stained-glass window opens out onto a terrace ideal for alfresco dining, while the sky-lit kitchen is outfitted with custom cabinetry, a center island, top-tier stainless appliances, and an accompanying lounge/breakfast nook.

      The two-story guesthouse offers versatile living spaces, making it perfect for a variety of uses.

      Danny Farrell/Ingenious Media Lab, courtesy of St. James + Canter, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services California Properties

      Elsewhere is a bar/parlor room, as well as an inviting primary suite that comes complete with a Juliette balcony, a walk-in closet, and a luxe bath flaunting dual vanities and a large shower. Outdoors, the landscaped grounds are laced with water-wise gardens and meandering pathways and host numerous terraces and patios. A curving pool and spa are flanked by a sundeck and a rustic pavilion used for entertaining.

      Also holding court on the property is a two-story guesthouse with two bedrooms, two baths, a kitchenette, a living area, laundry facilities, a wine cellar, and a gym. There’s also an owned array of solar panels, along with two separate entrances that empty out at a detached three-car garage and an adjacent carport with room for one vehicle.

      Click here for more photos of Anthony Kiedis’s former house.

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      Songwriter Ingrid Michaelson’s Chic Spanish-Style L.A. Home Lists for $4.3 Million

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      Now that Ingrid Michaelson is spending more time on the East Coast—specifically, creating music and lyrics for The Notebook on Broadway—the folk-pop singer and songwriter, whose catchy tunes can also be enjoyed on TV shows ranging from Grey’s Anatomy to One Tree Hill, is making plans to scoot out of her Los Angeles abode. The New York native and her actor partner, Will Chase, have just put their delightful Spanish Revival-style home in the Outpost Estates neighborhood of Hollywood Hills on the market for $4.3 million. Eric Lavey of Sotheby’s International Realty holds the listing.

      “I started to realize that it was more of this beautiful, almost jewel that we never wore,” Michaelson told Bloomberg, which first reported on the sale. “And it’s such a gorgeous place. I just feel like someone should live in it.”

      The Girls Chase Boys and The Way I Am crooner acquired the 1920s home in spring 2019 for around $3.6 million, picking up the multi-level spread from High School Musical star Ashley Tisdale. Weighing in at 3,520 square feet and containing three bedrooms and four baths, the Charles E. Toberman-designed premises underwent an extensive renovation before Michaelson took up residence. Francesca Grace has since staged the interiors anew, complete with a white baby grand piano that belongs to Michaelson but could be sold with the house.

      A stylishly decorated dining room flows to the outside via rustic wood-trimmed French doors.

      William Myers for Sotheby’s International Realty

      The walled and gated structure stuns from the outset with a foliage-clad courtyard sporting a seating area nestled alongside a soothing water feature. An ornate wood front door opens to reveal an entry foyer holding original photographs of the home that have been passed down by the owners, as well as steps leading down to a spacious living room accented by the original dark hardwood floors, an attractive wood-burning fireplace, and the aforementioned piano. Several sets of wood-trimmed French doors spill out to a vine-laced dining pavilion flanked by an octagon-shaped fountain adorned with colorful mosaic tile.

      A dining room topped by an eye-catching matchstick light fixture allows the outdoors in via more French doors, while an adjacent kitchen updated with designer concrete tiles, cobalt blue cabinetry, a pricey La Cornue range, a Sub-Zero refrigerator, and an oversized apron-front sink is abutted by a cozy breakfast nook with built-in banquette seating.

      This inviting tiled and wrought-iron balcony is nestled amid the treetops.

      William Myers for Sotheby’s International Realty

      A wrought iron-railed staircase heads upstairs, where the primary suite boasts a seating area bolstered by large casement windows, along with a walk-in dressing room and a bath outfitted with dual vanities, a vintage-style soaking tub, and a rainfall shower. Two other bedrooms include one with a wall of integrated shelving and a black wave-shaped bed frame from the Francesa Grace furniture line, and another on the lower level that was used as a recording studio.

      Rounding it all out are the alluring grounds, which span nearly a quarter-acre and come with plenty of spots for alfresco lounging and entertaining while overlooking picturesque views of the Getty Museum, Capitol Records tower, and the downtown L.A. skyline. There’s also an attached two-car garage.

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      This $18 Million L.A. Home Has Ties to Britney Spears and Brittany Murphy. Now It Can Be Yours.

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      Though its Hollywood Hills locale high above the Sunset Strip is indeed impressive, perhaps the most intriguing thing about this property is its unusual history. Formerly occupied by pop superstar Britney Spears, who rented it out during her relationship with Justin Timberlake, the place was later owned by actress Brittany Murphy, who went on to collapse on the premises and ultimately die from cardiac arrest in 2009, at 32. The Clueless star’s 40-year-old husband, Simon Monjack, passed away inside the residence just a few months later.

      A developer subsequently bought the estate and gave it a multi-year, down-to-the-studs remodel; David Bernon, a partner at Burn Later Productions and the son of milk mogul Alan Bernon, most recently picked up the home in 2020, for roughly $11.6 million. Now the sprawling contemporary structure in the Bird Streets of Los Angeles has just popped up for sale again, this time asking a speck under $18 million.

      Anchored by a linear fireplace, the formal living room flows to the outdoors and adjacent living areas.

      Tyler Hogan

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      Spanning 9,400 square feet of living space, with five bedrooms and nine baths spread across three levels, the snazzy digs cling to the side of a hill and offer sweeping city lights and mountain vistas from almost every vantage point. A lengthy gated driveway ascends to the stone-clad house, where there’s an attached four-car garage and a motor court that can accommodate several more vehicles.

      A set of steps leads up to the glassy front door, which pivots into a wood-paneled entry foyer topped by skylights. From there, a formal living room boasts a striking matchbook marble fireplace and floor-to-ceiling walls of automated retractable glass doors spilling out to the 1.2-acre grounds, which host numerous terraces, decks and patios, a built-in barbecue and bar, fire pits, and an infinity-edge pool with a spa, a Baja shelf, and a cascading waterfall.

      The sumptuous primary suite is enhanced with a wraparound balcony and fireside seating area.

      Tyler Hogan

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      Other highlights include a streamlined kitchen outfitted with an eat-in island, top-tier Miele appliances, a butler’s pantry, and an accompanying dining area and family room. The top-floor primary suite is another a standout, flaunting a wraparound balcony, a fireside seating area, and a vanity room, plus dual baths and walk-in closets. There’s also an elevator, an office with its own bath, a glass-encased wine display, a movie theater, and a separate fitness studio and massage room wing sporting a private terrace.

      The listing is shared by James Harris and David Parnes of Carolwood Estates and Helen Chong and Susanna Leung of Haylen Group. More