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    Michael Feinstein’s Revamped 1930s Home Above L.A.’s Sunset Strip Can Be Yours for $4 Million

    It’s been an astonishingly successful journey for Michael Feinstein since he moved from Ohio to Los Angeles in the 1970s at just 20 years old and was introduced to Ira Gershwin, becoming the late and legendary lyricist’s assistant for the next six years and ultimately evolving into a renowned singer, composer, and arranger of his own original music.

    Not only have the musician’s recordings earned him five Grammy nominations, but he’s also received Emmy nods for his PBS-TV specials, helmed an NPR series, and headlined concerts across the globe. He’s even made appearances at the White House, Buckingham Palace, the Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, and the Sydney Opera House.

    A window-lined wet bar lounge sits next to the formal dining room.

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    RELATED: Henrik Fisker’s Scenic Hollywood Hills Mansion Relists at a Discounted $29 Million

    One of his grandest achievements has been the launch of the Great American Songbook Foundation, which celebrates and preserves the legacy of iconic performers from Ella Fitzgerald to Sammy Davis Jr. and many more via documents, images, and historic artifacts. His work is housed at Indiana’s Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts, where he serves as artistic director.

    Word on the street has it that he and his husband Terrence Flannery are now seeking bigger digs in Beverly Hills that can better accommodate their prolific entertaining needs. So, it’s really no surprise that the couple has decided to let go of the more modest-sized L.A. home they picked up in September 2024 for $2.7 million, listing the updated spread high above West Hollywood and the Sunset Strip with Idan Gould of Douglas Elliman for a speck under $4 million.

    An upstairs media room spills out to a balcony with picturesque treetop and city views.

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    Nestled on a corner parcel spanning less than a quarter of an acre, the white stucco and terracotta-roof structure was originally built in 1936. Extensively upgraded and customized during Feinstein and Flannery’s tenure, the modern-minded Spanish Revival abode features four bedrooms and an equal number of baths in roughly 3,600 square feet across two levels accented throughout with rich hardwood floors, high ceilings, and picture windows.

    Highlights include a spacious sunken living room boasting a decorative fireplace and a formal dining room flanked by a wet bar-equipped lounge, plus a sleek kitchen furnished with custom cabinetry, marble countertops, and top-tier appliances. Up a curving staircase in the double-height foyer is a posh primary suite sporting a floor-to-ceiling fireplace, as well as dual walk-in closets and baths.

    Several backyard vignettes are ideal for alfresco lounging and entertaining.

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    RELATED: An L.A. Home With Ties to Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and More Lists for $7.5 Million

    A media room, a fitness space, and a laundry center with double washers and dryers can be found elsewhere, while the picturesque grounds host a built-in barbecue surrounded by numerous alfresco lounging and entertaining areas overlooking sweeping city views. There’s also an attached two-car garage.

    Per the New York Post, which first reported the listing, the couple still maintain a primary dwelling in Pasadena that’s been featured in film and TV programs such as Glee, along with a New York pied-à-terre on Central Park South, a home in the affluent Indiana city of Carmel, and a 50-acre avocado ranch in the seaside California town of Carpenteria.

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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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    Cloris Leachman’s Former L.A. Estate Hits the Market for $20 Million

    Almost four years after Cloris Leachman passed away at age 94, the Hollywood legend’s totally reimagined onetime estate in the lower Mandeville Canyon area of Brentwood has surfaced for sale, asking a smidge under $20 million.

    The veteran TV and film actress—probably best known during her seven-plus-decade career for her Oscar-winning turn as neglected housewife Ruth Popper in The Last Picture Show, as well as her roles in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Phyllis, and Malcolm in the Middle—reportedly owned the property from 1971 to 2000. Her former home has since been razed and replaced with the modern mansion now on the market for the first time in over two decades. Sally Forster Jones and Kathryn Perkins of Compass share the listing.

    The formal dining room has been painted in a warm buttery yellow hue.

    Andrew Bramasco

    RELATED: Artist Ed Ruscha’s Onetime L.A. Compound Just Listed for $4.6 Million

    Designed by architect Lise Claiborne Matthews and completed in 2003, the residence offers a total of six bedrooms and seven baths in roughly 10,600 square feet across three levels. Elegant yet warm interiors boast hardwood floors, high ceilings, custom millwork, curved glass windows, and French doors throughout. All the furnishings are also available for purchase.

    Tucked away behind a lengthy tree-lined driveway and gates, amid a two-parcel spread spanning nearly an acre, the structure stuns from the outset with its dark wood-shingled, white-trimmed, and stone-accented facade. Beyond the manicured lawn framed by hydrangeas, wisteria, and mature trees, steps lead up to a front door that opens into a double-height entry foyer flanked by formal living and dining rooms.

    The movie theater has rows of plush seating.

    Andrew Bramasco

    At the rear of the house, a sunken fireside family room opens seamlessly to a foliage-laced backyard featuring a 50-foot saltwater pool and spillover spa, a meditation area, and a koi pond. Back inside, a casual dining area connects to a sleek kitchen outfitted with a butcher block-topped island, a trio of sinks, and top-tier Viking, Sub-Zero, and Miele appliances. A sunroom overlooks the surrounding gardens, with the rest of the main level containing a study, a guest suite, and a bedroom.

    Four additional bedrooms upstairs include a posh primary suite flaunting a private balcony, a separate sitting room, two walk-in closets, a dressing area, and a luxe bath sporting a soaking tub and an oversized steam shower. The lower level, meanwhile, is primed for entertainment and wellness with a kitchenette-equipped lounge, a billiards room, a sauna, a movie theater, a wine cellar, and a soundproof playroom.

    A 50-foot saltwater pool in the backyard is flanked by a sundeck and spillover spa.

    Wayne Ford

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    Rounding it all off is a detached three-car garage flanked by a spacious motor court that can accommodate parking for at least a dozen vehicles. Per the listing, there’s also a large, fully functional gym or potential accessory dwelling unit, plus plenty of room on the grounds for a future play area or a sports court.

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    Andrew Bramasco

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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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    Henrik Fisker’s Scenic Hollywood Hills Mansion Relists at a Discounted $29 Million

    Henrik Fisker first hoisted his contemporary Los Angeles mansion on the market back in late 2024 for nearly $34 million. Almost a year later, the auto designer behind the retro-inspired BMW Z8 roadster, Aston Martin DB9, and failed Fisker Karma luxury plug-in hybrid still hasn’t enticed any takers and has decided to try his hand at offloading the place once again, this time with a slimmed-down $29 million ask. The listing is held by Barron N. Hilton and Tessa Hilton, who recently stepped away as co-CEOs and founders of their Hilton Hilton brokerage to join Compass.

    The property was previously owned by entrepreneur Stratton Sclavos, who completed the existing house in 2015 but lost it to a bank-affiliated entity in a 2020 foreclosure. Fisker and his business partner and wife Geeta Gupta acquired the Hollywood Hills abode tucked away on a secluded yet prime Bird Streets cul-de-sac just above Sunset Strip the following year for roughly $21.8 million.

    The sprawling fireside great room opens to a decked backyard via a floor-to-ceiling wall of glass.

    Mike Kelley

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    Nestled behind walls and a double interlocking iron gate, the blocky and angular structure offers a total of six bedrooms and seven baths in 11,800 square feet on three levels accented throughout with travertine and skylights. Vast expanses of glass overlook picturesque city and ocean views from the 0.43-acre parcel, with swanky perks ranging from a Savant system to a gym and wellness center. An attached 20-foot garage with copper-hued doors and lifts can accommodate up to six vehicles.

    A soaring wood front door pivots into the entry foyer, which is flanked on the left by a bookshelf-lined office with a powder room. From there, a spacious great room has a 35-foot-tall ceiling topped with mother-of-pearl light fixtures that sing when the wind blows and a massive two-way fireplace that connects to a lounge and wet bar. An automated wall of glass opens vertically to the backyard, while an adjacent dining room has a picture window looking out to a garden. A family room flows to a sleek wood-paneled kitchen outfitted with a large eat-in island, a La Cornue range, and a butler’s pantry.

    An L-shaped infinity pool overlooks sweeping views of the Downtown L.A. skyline.

    Mike Kelley

    RELATED: David Lynch’s Midcentury Hollywood Hills Compound Lists for $15 Million

    A floating staircase heads upstairs, where the secluded primary suite comes with a glass-railed balcony warmed by a fire pit and a luxe bath sporting dual vanities, a soaking tub, a glassy shower, and two walk-in closets. Down on the lower level is a mirrored gym and a wellness center with pink Himalayan salt walls and a sunken cold-plunge tub, as well as a sauna and a steam room. A media room sits next to a poker lounge surrounded by a glass-encased wine cellar.

    Stealing the show is the fully decked backyard, which is spotlighted by an L-shaped vanishing-edge pool featuring an inset spa and a Baja shelf with daybeds. There are also two fire pits, an alfresco dining spot with a drop-down cover, an outdoor kitchen boasting a Lynx grill, and a bar.

    Fisker, 62, is best known for designing ultra-luxury cars for BMW, Ford, Tesla, and Aston Martin before starting Fisker Automotive in 2007. Despite substantial financing, the company failed. In 2016, he launched Fisker Inc., with the Electric Ocean SUV beginning production in 2022 and delivering in 2023. The company subsequently filed for bankruptcy in 2024.

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    Mike Kelley

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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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    An L.A. Home With Ties to Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and More Lists for $7.5 Million

    When David Fillet moved into this nearly century-old Los Angeles home in the Outpost Estates enclave of Hollywood Hills back in the 1970s, the doctor hired a historian to do a deep dive into its past, and what he found was intriguing.

    Not only was the place once owned by Oscar-winning songwriter Jimmy Van Heusen, who was frequently visited by his close friends Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby, but the original Dracula actor Bela Lugosi had also rented the residence in the early 1930s while his house nearby was being built. Along with a slew of other prominent folks, actress Yvette Mimieux was even rumored to have occupied the Maravilla Road property in the late 1960s.

    A fireside living room comes with picture windows overlooking city skyline views.

    Marc Angeles & Tiffany Angeles/Unlimited Style Photography

    RELATED: David Lynch’s Midcentury Hollywood Hills Compound Lists for $15 Million

    Fillet picked up the estate in 1972 for a mere $138,000. Now, for the first time in over 50 years, the Spanish Colonial Revival-style property has popped up on the market again for $7.5 million, with Tom Davila, John Zaffarano, and Kennon Earl of Rare Properties of Compass sharing the listing.

    Originally designed and built for retired physician and surgeon Frederick Dunsmoor in the late 1920s by lesser-known architect Adolph Semrow, Villa Dorada rests beyond gates at the end of a secluded cul-de-sac parcel spanning a third of an acre, high above Brad Pitt’s newly purchased home. Half a dozen bedrooms and seven baths are spread across 7,400 square feet of decidedly dated yet well-preserved living space on three stories accessible via a wood-paneled elevator. Period details include magnesite floors, an intimate “telephone room,” and the original intercom system.

    The primary bedroom has a sitting area and access to two private balconies.

    Marc Angeles & Tiffany Angeles/Unlimited Style Photography

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    Among the highlights is the circular entry foyer, which boasts a spiral staircase and a massive wrought-iron chandelier dangling from a vaulted hand-painted ceiling. From there, a sunken reception parlor comes with a built-in bar and a powder room, and a spacious wood-beamed living room has a decorative tiled fireplace and a glass and wood-trimmed door spilling out to a covered terrace. An adjacent coffer-ceilinged dining room connects to the eat-in kitchen.

    Directly below the main level is an exercise room and a primary suite flaunting a fireplace, a sitting area, dual balconies, a walk-in closet, and a fanciful stone-clad bath with dual vanities and a large glass-encased shower. The bottom-most level, meanwhile, hosts staff quarters with two bedrooms, a living room, and a kitchen, along with a fireside recreation room that leads out to a terraced backyard overlooking sweeping city lights and ocean views. There’s also an attached three-car garage out front.

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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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    A Prime-Time Soap Opera Icon’s Rosy Hollywood Hills Home is Up for Grabs at $6 Million

    Two years after his death at age 84, the longtime Los Angeles estate of prime-time soap opera writer and producer David Jacobs is now on the market in the Beachwood Canyon neighborhood of Hollywood Hills for just under $6 million after it was initially priced at $7 million. Ed Solorzano and Lauren Ravitz of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties hold the listing.

    A Baltimore native who started out as a writer of magazine articles and nonfiction books, Jacobs went on to create two of the small screen’s most popular shows of all time—Dallas and its spinoff Knots Landing, both of which ran for 14 seasons and notched a total of 700 episodes between them. He’s also known for Paradise, Four Corners, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and Homefront.

    A spacious double-height living room spills out to a terracotta-lined deck.

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    Custom built in 1984 and designed by architects Michael Pearce and Richard Clemenson, the rose-hued architectural spread is perched on two contiguous parcels spanning over an acre. Three separate structures set at the end of a lengthy gated driveway include a main home, a guesthouse, and a studio-topped garage, for a combined total of four bedrooms and eight baths in roughly 6,400 square feet.

    The primary dwelling features three bedrooms and six baths in 4,000 square feet. Three levels boast ’80s-appropriate details, beginning with a pastel color palette and extending to bleached oak floors and copious glass blocks. Expansive windows and multiple patios and terraces overlook picturesque views of Griffith Observatory, the Hollywood sign, the downtown skyline, and the ocean beyond.

    The pool and sundeck are separated by a modern take on a mono-style colonnade.

    REWS Media LLC/Mike Coster

    RELATED: An Oscar-Nominated Producer Lists His Updated 1920s L.A. Home for $7 Million

    Main-level highlights include a double-height living room warmed by a fireplace, a dining area, and a tiled kitchen outfitted with a stainless island and matching stainless appliances, plus a breakfast nook. A downstairs primary suite comes with a stone fireplace, a private balcony, a dressing room, and dual walk-in closets and baths, while a loft and flex space on the topmost floor are currently being used as an entertainment area and an office.

    Outdoors, the grounds are showcased by a long, rectangular swimming pool that flows through a maroon colonnade-like structure to the grass-trimmed sundeck, as well as a barbecue station, a flat play area, and several spots ideal for alfresco lounging and entertaining. Rounding it all out is the one-bedroom, two-bath guesthouse with a glass-ceilinged living room and a kitchenette, along with the two-car garage and its upper-level studio space.

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    REWS Media LLC/Mike Coster

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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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    ‘Mountainhead’ Star Jason Schwartzman’s Cozy L.A. Bungalow Lists For $1.8 Million

    It’s definitely not the over-the-top Utah mansion in Deer Valley that Jason Schwartzman inhabited as a tech mogul in the HBO movie Mountainhead, though that place is currently available as a vacation rental for a whopping $60,000 per night. But a charming and far more modest Tudor-style cottage he owns in real life is now for sale in the celeb-packed Los Angeles neighborhood of Toluca Lake for a speck under $1.75 million after it was initially priced at $1.8 million. Danny Emmer of Douglas Elliman holds the listing.

    Records show the actor—probably best known for the Wes Anderson films Rushmore and The Grand Budapest Hotel, as well as the HBO series Bored to Death and animated film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse—paid exactly $1.75 million for the property less than a year ago, in October 2024.

    The fireside living room flows to a dining area via a wide arched doorway.

    Noel Kleinman

    RELATED: Linda Lavin Called This Vintage L.A. Bungalow Home. Now It Can Be Yours for $2.2 Million.

    Built almost a century ago and recently remodeled, the white stucco and gable-roof structure features three bedrooms and two bathrooms in roughly 2,300 square feet on a single level boasting red oak floors, high ceilings, built-ins, arched doorways, and latch-style windows. There’s also a detached one-bedroom, one-bath guesthouse with a kitchen and living area.

    Sitting beyond an ivy-lined sidewalk, the home is accessed via a red-hued walkway that meanders through a manicured lawn with a tiered fountain before emptying at the covered porch entry. Once inside, a living room is anchored by a modern ceramic-tiled fireplace and an adjacent dining area has French doors spilling outside. The kitchen comes with quartz countertops, a glossy subway tile backsplash, an apron-front sink, a refurbished vintage O’Keefe and Merritt stove, and a breakfast nook.

    A light and bright kitchen is outfitted with a refurbished vintage O’Keefe & Merritt stove.

    Noel Kleinman

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    Set off by themselves are the sleeping quarters, which include a primary suite flaunting a reading alcove, a walk-in closet, and an upgraded bath, plus two additional bedrooms that share a bath. Outdoors, the hedged parcel spans less than a quarter of an acre and is spotlighted by a pergola-shaded dining space and a patio fronting the 634-square-foot guesthouse and attached one-car garage with a bonus space up top.

    An L.A. native and member of the Coppola family—he’s the son of Rocky actress Talia Shire and nephew of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola—Schwartzman is also recognized for his musical endeavors as a drummer and songwriter for the rock band Phantom Planet, famous for the theme song for The O.C. TV series, and as a solo artist under his Coconut Records label. As far as acting, he recently joined the ensemble cast of the upcoming Amazon MGM Studios AI film Artificial, directed by Luca Guadagnino.

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    Noel Kleinman

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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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    David Lynch’s Midcentury Hollywood Hills Compound Lists for $15 Million

    The avant-garde Los Angeles compound assembled and customized over several decades by legendary filmmaker David Lynch has officially popped up for sale, eight months after he passed away at age 78. Consisting of seven separate structures, the asking price for the entire spread is $15 million. Marc Silver and Barry Sloane of The Agency Beverly Hills share the listing.

    Tucked away on five contiguous hillside parcels, amid two-plus acres just below Mulholland Drive in the Outpost Estates neighborhood of the Hollywood Hills, the gated property is centered on a pink-hued residence originally designed for writer Marilyn Johnson in the early 1960s by Lloyd Wright, the eldest son of Frank Lloyd Wright. The aptly named Marilyn Johnson House, acquired by Lynch in 1987 for $560,000, per The Wall Street Journal, has been recognized by Historic Places LA as an “excellent example of Mid-Century Modern residential architecture.”

    The main home was designed in the 1960s by Lloyd Wright, the eldest son of Frank Lloyd Wright.

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    The unconventional writer and director—famous for his movie and TV projects ranging from Eraserhead and Blue Velvet to Twin Peaks—went on to purchase a home to serve as a base for his Asymmetrical Productions company, plus a Brutalist-style abode that held a library, a screening room, and an editing suite and later starred in the film Lost Highway. In 1991, he commissioned Lloyd Wright’s son, Eric Lloyd Wright, to create a pool and pool house notched high up on the hillside. There’s also a two-story guesthouse and a one-bedroom space finished in smooth gray plaster—for a combined total of 10 bedrooms and 11 baths in 11,000 square feet.

    Containing roughly 2,000 square feet with three bedrooms, the primary dwelling boasts a cement exterior accented with chevron patterns. Adorned throughout with walls of glass, clerestory windows, natural wood, and metalwork, the minimalist interiors are highlighted by a living room sporting a soaring wood-beam ceiling, an eye-catching sculptural fireplace, and access to a fountain-clad patio. A dining area connects to a galley-style kitchen, which is outfitted with chartreuse green countertops.

    The living room is anchored by a monumental sculptural fireplace.

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    Lynch, who was also an accomplished visual artist, musician, and actor, looked to his L.A. compound as a source of creativity and inspiration. “The whole space is just pleasing, gives me a good feeling,” he said in a 1997 article by the German design magazine Form. “So it effects my whole life to live inside of it. And then, sometimes I see things, shapes or something that would go inside of it and that leads to furniture or film.”

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    Neue Focus

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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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