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      Marsha Mason’s Former Farm Hits the Market, Quinta Brunson Buys and Sells, and More Celebrity Deals

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      Published on July 30, 2024

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      Back in the early 1990s, a few years after her decade-long marriage to playwright Neil Simon had ended in divorce, Golden Globe-winning actress Marsha Mason packed up and left Hollywood and a movie career she never planned. The Goodbye Girl star went on to dole out around $1 million for a 247-acre estate in rural New Mexico and started a business specializing in organic medicinal herbs. Mason eventually wound up selling the place in early 2014 for $6.2 million and moved to the New York area to focus on theater work. But now Mason’s old farm has popped back up for sale at $16 million, with the listing held by Laurie Hilton of Sotheby’s International Realty-Santa Fe Brokerage.
      Resting along the banks of the Rio Chama River, about 57 miles north of Santa Fe, Abiquiu Valley Farm features a 6,500-square-foot main home designed by noted architect Theodore Waddell, plus a 3500-square-foot guesthouse. There’s also a large special-events facility with a kitchen and two apartments and equestrian facilities boasting a 10-stall Morton barn and a sandy outdoor dressage area, as well as the state’s only Demeter-certified Biodynamic organic farm producing medicinal herbs, alfalfa, and other forage crops.
      In addition to a central atrium, the primary dwelling is highlighted by a spacious great room with dual fireplaces; a handsome bookshelf-lined library; a formal dining room that connects to a gourmet kitchen; and a primary suite hosting tiled baths.

      Image Credit: Mediakingsmen for Sotheby’s International Realty

      The three-bedroom, five-bath guesthouse has a central courtyard, an open-plan living, dining, and kitchen area, and two separate casitas surrounded by gardens. A riverfront bosque and a fly-fishing pond also can be found amid the grounds, which overlook the scenic Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

      Colin Farrell’s Onetime L.A. Home Is Up for Grabs at $2.8 Million

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      It’s been almost five years since Colin Farrell sold his home in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles for $1.3 million. Now the Irish actor’s charming Tudor Revival-style residence has once again popped up for sale, this time asking a speck under $2.8 million. The listing is held by Penelope Stipanovich of The Agency Beverly Hills and New York.
      Known as “Treetop Lodge,” the restored 1920s structure is tucked away behind walls and gates and has four bedrooms and three baths in a little more than 2,700 square feet of multi-level living space displaying dark hardwood floors, high ceilings, arched doorways, stained glass, and steel casement windows.

      Image Credit: Taryn for Engel Studios

      Other highlights include a living room sporting a brick wood-burning fireplace flanked by built-in shelving and a gourmet kitchen decked out with custom cabinetry, marble countertops, Wolf and Fisher & Paykel appliances, and an accompanying breakfast nook offering up views of the iconic Hollywood Sign.
      The primary suite has dual walk-in closets and a luxe bath spotlighted by a soaking tub, while a basement space currently serves as an artist’s studio and the oak-laced grounds host meandering pathways, a hot tub, and an oversized two-car garage.
      Per Architectural Digest, Farrell currently maintains a $5.9 million estate in the Los Feliz neighborhood of L.A. that was once owned by Oscar-winning Hollywood film director Frank Lloyd, as well as a rustic cabin retreat in California’s scenic Mammoth Lakes community that he acquired for $1.3 million in spring 2023.

      Quinta Brunson Buys and Sells in L.A.

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      Now that she’s recently upgraded to a snazzy $7.9 million Hollywood Hills mansion that was once owned by DJ Calvin Harris, Quinta Brunson unsurprisingly has no need for her other more modest digs in the suburban San Fernando Valley community of Valley Village. So, the Abbott Elementary Star has unsurprisingly put the midcentury-modern abode she paid $1.5 million for back in late 2021 on the market.
      Brunson is asking $1.65 million for the updated 1960s house, which weighs in at almost 2,200 square feet and has four bedrooms and three baths. A grassy lawn, redwood fence, and decorative two-car garage front the single-story structure, which is highlighted by a vaulted and sky-lit courtyard leading to double front doors.
      Once inside, a spacious great room features the original floating fireplace and glass sliders leading outdoors, and an adjacent dining area connects to an eat-in kitchen with high-end stainless appliances. A separate wing holds a primary suite flaunting a bath with dual vanities and a glass-encased shower, with the landscaped grounds hosting a pool flanked by a sundeck and a pergola ideal for al fresco entertaining.
      Brunson isn’t the only Abbott Elementary star that’s snagged new L.A. digs. While she was purchasing her Hollywood Hills retreat in July, fellow cast member Lisa Ann Walter was busy picking up Veep and Arrested Development actor Tony Hale’s “cozy, sit-by-the-fire refuge” in Studio City for $2.6 million.

      Joel Madden, Nicole Richie are Selling Their Beverly Hills Estate

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      Following in the footsteps of his Good Charlotte bandmate and twin brother Benji Madden—who with his actress wife Cameron Diaz just hoisted their sprawling Beverly Hills compound up for sale at $17.8 million—Joel Madden and his spouse Nicole Richie also have put their nearby 90210 spread in a celeb-studded gated community on the market for a tad under $13 million, or around $2.8 million more than they paid back in spring 2021.
      Described in the listing as a “Taste of Paris meets Beverly Hills,” the four-bedroom, six-bath home offers 6,100 square feet of stylish Simo Design living space introduced via a double-height entry foyer displaying a curving staircase. From there, the fireside living and family rooms and eat-in kitchen all have doors that open to al fresco spaces.
      Another family room could easily be converted into a screening room, while a glass-lined primary suite features a fireplace, a seating area, a gallery hallway, a walk-in closet, and a marble-clad bath warmed by yet another fireplace. There’s also not just one but two laundry rooms, along with an attached three-car garage and ocean-view grounds hosting a pool and spa.

      Patricia Wettig, Ken Olin Put Venice Home on the Market for $5 Million

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      Married actors Patricia Wettig and Ken Olin have officially listed their longtime home in L.A.’s seaside community of Venice for a smidge under $5 million. The couple—probably most known for their roles on the Golden Globe-winning TV series thirtysomething, which ran from 1987 to 1991—paid $4.5 million for the Scandinavian-inspired digs nearly five years ago.
      Built in 2017 and designed by Hawaii-based Peter Vincent Architects, the sleek black and wood-accented structure rests on a gated corner parcel and has four bedrooms and an equal number of baths in 3,820 square feet of two-level living space. There’s also a detached two-car garage topped by a guest suite with a Murphy bed and bath.
      On the main level, a family room is highlighted by a fireplace and floor-to-ceiling glass doors spilling out to lush grounds filled with a fountain-clad courtyard, a plunge pool, a fire pit, and a barbecue station. A dining area adjoins the chef’s kitchen, which is furnished with steel and glass cabinetry, an eat-in island, a pricey Lacanche range, and a wine fridge-equipped pantry, with a floating steel staircase heading to an upstairs primary retreat holding a spa-like bath with dual vanities, a soaking tub, and a rainfall shower. More

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      Rob Lowe Is Seeking $6.6 Million for His Beverly Hills Home

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      Back in late 2020, Rob Lowe sold his lavish Montecito estate in an off-market deal to private equity tycoon Jack McGinley for $45.5 million. The West Wing and 9-1-1: Lone Star actor and his longtime wife Sheryl Berkoff subsequently went on a pricey real estate buying spree, forking over a total of $18.2 million for two more homes in the same coastal California enclave—one of which was sold in 2022 for $14.9 million—and doling out an additional $3.75 million for a luxe crash pad in Los Angeles.

      As first reported by Realtor.com, the last-mentioned residence in the sought-after Franklin Canyon neighborhood of Beverly Hills has now returned to the market, asking a smidge under $6.6 million. The listing is held by Tomer Fridman and Jacob Steagall of Compass.

      An open-concept living, dining, and kitchen space flows out to a covered al fresco entertaining balcony.

      Ryan Lahiff

      RELATED: J.Lo and Ben Affleck Officially List Their L.A. Home for $68 Million

      Originally built in the 1950s but extensively renovated in the years since, the modern stucco structure rests on a walled and gated hillside parcel spanning less than a quarter of an acre and features four bedrooms and five bathrooms in almost 3,000 square feet of two-level living space boasting a mix of stone and wide-plank oak floors, vaulted wood-beam ceilings, and large windows offering plenty of natural light.

      A second covered outdoor living space, this one with a fireplace and TV, sits off the lower-level family room.

      Ryan Lahiff

      Especially standing out is a fireside living room that connects to a glass-lined dining area with steel-framed French doors spilling out to a shaded balcony ideal for al fresco entertaining. Back inside, an adjacent kitchen is outfitted with custom ebony-hued cabinetry, stone countertops, an eat-in peninsula, and top-tier stainless appliances.

      The private backyard holds a putting green nestled alongside a fire-pit conversation area.

      Ryan Lahiff

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      Other highlights include a mirrored gym, a wine cellar, and a bar-equipped family room that opens to a covered terrace warmed by a fireplace, plus a primary suite that comes complete with a walk-in closet and a sky-lit bath sporting dual vanities, a soaking tub, and a glassy two-person shower.

      Rounding it all out is the landscaped backyard, which hosts a pool and spa surrounded by a sundeck, as well as a fire pit with built-in seating and a putting green.

      Click here for more photos of Rob Lowe’s house.

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      Ben Affleck Just Paid $20.5 Million for a Cliff May-Designed Equestrian Spread in Los Angeles

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      Seemingly rare are the Tinseltown romances that play out like they do in those endearingly sappy Hallmark movies. Case in point: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, who recently split after nearly two years of marriage. The result? A rumored divorce, along with the inevitable sale of the 38,000-square-foot Beverly Hills mansion the once-happy A-Listers shared for a little more than a year.

      Affleck has nonetheless trudged on residentially, with the California-born actor and filmmaker first hanging out in a $100,000-per-month rental near his ex-wife Jennifer Garner and their teen-aged children and now picking up Los Angeles digs in the horse-friendly Sullivan Canyon community on the border of Brentwood and Pacific Palisades, right next door to a home owned by another Hollywood legend, Diane Keaton.

      The creamy stucco, stone, and terracotta-roof home is fronted by a stone-paved motor court and an attached three-car garage.

      Tyler Hogan

      Records show Affleck doled out $20.5 million for his new estate, which is roughly $16 million more than previous owners David Calvert-Jones, the Australian-born nephew of billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and his wife Karina paid for the property back in early 2010. Before that, it was owned for almost five decades by Hollywood actress and activist Maxine Cooper and her Oscar-nominated producer and screenwriter husband, Sy Gomberg.

      Originally built and designed in the early 1940s by noted architect Cliff May, the equestrian property underwent an extensive renovation and expansion during the Calvert-Joneses tenure in collaboration with architect Steve Giannetti and interior designer Kelly Harmon and includes a five-bedroom, five-bath house featuring roughly 6,200 square feet of split-level living space.

      A fireside living room with a vaulted wood-beam ceiling flows to the outdoor gardens.

      Tyler Hogan

      Nestled amid a cul-de-sac parcel spanning nearly two-thirds of an acre within the Riviera Ranch enclave that May developed, the walled and gated structure is known as Paradise Found and highlighted by a fireside living area that doubles as a screening room and a formal dining room accessible via pocketing wood doors. Also standing out is a gourmet kitchen outfitted with an eat-in island, top-tier stainless appliances, and a glass-lined breakfast nook, as well as a family room, a private office space, and a primary suite boasting a fireside sitting area and a luxe bath with dual vanities, a built-in soaking tub, and a separate shower.

      Yet more amenities can be found outdoors, where the garden-laced grounds are spotlighted by a central courtyard hosting a pool and spa flanked by an open-air cabana, along with several spots that are ideal for al fresco lounging and entertaining. There’s also a two-story detached guesthouse, horse stables, and an attached three-car garage resting beside a spacious cobblestone motor court.

      Set on nearly two-thirds of an acre, the property includes a structure where you can keep your horses.

      Tyler Hogan

      In addition to his just-purchased Brentwood pad, Affleck also lays claim to a secluded riverfront country estate in Georgia that he picked up in 2003, back when he and Lopez coupled up the first time around. It was here that the erstwhile couple held a lavish wedding celebration in 2022. As for Lopez, who has been spotted looking at homes in L.A. for the past couple of months, she recently sold a duplex penthouse in New York for $25 million and still owns a Hamptons estate she paid $10 million for more than a decade ago. More

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      Rams QB Matthew Stafford Lists One of Drake’s Former SoCal Homes for $5.7 Million

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      Ever since he sashayed into Los Angeles a few years ago, you could say former Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has been just a wee bit busy. He’s not only captured a Super Bowl victory with the Rams and inked a four-year, $160 million deal that runs through 2026, but he’s also doled out upwards of $69 million on five properties in the affluent guard-gated community of Hidden Hills—among them, a newly built modern farmhouse and an adjacent winery estate, plus two side-by-side homes he acquired from music superstar Aubrey “Drake” Graham.

      The 36-year-old NFL star and his longtime wife Kelly have since sold a glassy mansion elsewhere in the celeb-studded enclave for $21 million to private aviation CEO Bill Papariella. Now the couple is getting ready to lighten their real estate portfolio once again, asking $5.7 million for one of the 1950s ranch-style houses they purchased from Drake in 2022.

      The Staffords plunked down $5 million for the house that’s currently up for grabs and then paid another $6 million for the more modest place right next door. The $11 million they paid for the two properties was a whopping $3.6 million more than the combined $7.4 million Drake originally wanted for the properties. The Canadian rapper and singer initially placed all three homes that made up his sprawling Hidden Hills compound on the market, asking a combined total $22.2 million. The final piece of his puzzle—a 16,000-square-foot Tudor-style house known as the YOLO (You Only Live Once) Estate—eventually went to high-powered attorney Makan Delrahim at a significantly discounted $11.3 million.

      As for the 1.6-acre property that’s now on the market, the traditional four bedroom, five-bath home offers a little more than 3,600 square feet of living space boasting fireplaces, hardwood floors, and high ceilings throughout. Described in previous marketing materials as “exquisitely transformed,” the wood and brick structure also features floor-to-ceiling doors that open to an al fresco entertaining area, plus landscaped grounds hosting a heated pool and a pool house, a barbecue area, a pizza oven, and an 800-square-foot guesthouse.

      According to the listing, there’s also an option to acquire the neighboring 2-acre estate that has a 2,400-square-foot, brick-accented house with three bedrooms, three baths, and rustic interiors including vaulted wood-beam ceilings and an antique brick fireplace and built-in seating in the living room. Rounding it all out: a private horse trail in the backyard.

      Hidden Hills, a guard-gated community deep in the San Fernando Valley, has become the unofficial hangout spot for the Rams. In addition to Stafford, other residents have included Sean McVay, Cooper Kupp, Jalen Ramsey, and Aaron Donald. The Staffords also maintain a Tuscan-inspired vacation home in Orange County’s swank Newport Coast community that they purchased back in 2020. More

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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.

      Adrian Van Anz

      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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      The Founder of the Fear of God Label Has His Designer-Done L.A. Home Listed for $14.9 Million

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      Having stitched up a $20 million deal for a snazzy compound in Beverly Hills earlier this year, fashion designer Jerry Lorenzo, founder of the high-brow streetwear label Fear of God, has hoisted his perfectly tailored home in L.A.’s Los Feliz neighborhood on the market for $14.9 million.

      Originally built in the 1930s for the Ralph family, the founders of the Ralph’s grocery store chain, now owned by Kroger, the Spanish-style home sits on Nottingham Avenue, one of the neighborhood’s more coveted streets. It was later owned by soap star Ronn Moss (The Bold and the Beautiful), who sold up in 2015 to political operative Paul Manafort and his son-in-law Jeffrey Yohai. Long story short, Manafort got into a tussle with the government and the house was seized and sold to a couple of Hollywood managers who spent a year renovating before they flipped it in 2018 for $8.495 million to Lorenzo and his wife Desiree Manuel.

      The street-style style icon has subsequently given the place a total makeover spearheaded by Kathleen and Tommy Clements, who remade the interiors into what marketing materials describe as “a world of refined beauty, where warm-toned interiors and carefully curated finishes create an atmosphere of understated luxury.” The listing is held by Tyrone McKillen of Plus Real Estate Group.

      RELATED: A Well-Preserved 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival Manor Is Up for Grabs in L.A.

      The dining room is embellished with the original carved wood ceiling.

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      Between the main house, guesthouse and poolside loggia, there’s about 7,200 square feet dressed in muted tones and soft textiles that reflect Lorenzo’s dedication to quiet luxury. Spare and refined but too plush and moody to be minimalist, the home features travertine-lined archways and variegated chevron-pattern parquet flooring throughout the main and upper floors. The spacious foyer’s focal point is a swooping staircase that echoes the sensual and precise drapes and shapes of Lorenzo’s clothing designs, and the formal sitting room is fashionable, if not especially formal, while the dining room features a baronial fireplace and a carved wood ceiling, both coated in the same milky beige color as the walls.

      Elsewhere, the eat-in kitchen is laid out around a doublewide island with a prep sink with white oak cabinetry, gourmet appliances and grey flannel-colored countertops and backsplashes shot through with lightning bolt-like streaks. A nearby lounge with floor-to-ceiling walls of glass looks out over the backyard

      A window-lined seating area spills out to the backyard.

      Shade Degges

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      Five bedrooms and seven bathrooms are dispersed across the one-third-acre property. One guest bedroom, done up as a study, has French doors to a column-supported loggia, while the primary suite is a private retreat with a fireplace, a sleek, compartmentalized bath, and a two-room closet and dressing area.

      At the back of the house, a vine-draped pergola shades a poolside terrace. There’s a sports court between the main house and a detached two-story guesthouse situated at the back of the property next to the swimming pool. On the opposite side of the yard is a sunken spa and a dining pergola.

      Click here for more photos of Jerry Lorenzo’s Los Feliz Home.

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      Michael Eisner’s Son Is Asking $14 Million for a Water-View Estate in Los Angeles

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      It’s not his father’s extravagant Malibu spread directly overlooking the Pacific, but it still offers up some particularly stunning water vistas! And after a little more than two decades of ownership, filmmaker Breck Eisner—the eldest son of ex-Disney chairman and CEO Michael Eisner—is now ready to part ways with his longtime Los Angeles home perched high above the picturesque Stone Canyon Reservoir, asking $14 million.

      That’s several millions more than Eisner and his wife Georgia Irwin paid for the Bel Air digs back in 1993. But the couple—he a producer and director probably best known for the 2005 movie Sahara starring Matthew McConaughey and Penèlope Cruz, and she a fellow producer and director—did give the main residence an extensive remodel during their tenure in collaboration with noted L.A. designer Michael Palladino, gleaning inspiration from their honeymoon adventures in Bali and Thailand.

      “They envisioned an organic, open sanctuary that had a direct connection to nature,” says Melissa Alt, who shares the Scenario Lane listing with David Mossler, both of Douglas Elliman.

      The main home is described as a “contemporary California take on traditional New England saltbox forms.”

      Cameron Carothers

      Resting amid six parcels spanning 1.2 acres, the water-view estate is showcased by a towering four-bedroom, three-bath main home that’s described in marketing materials as a “contemporary California take on traditional New England saltbox forms.” There’s also a detached two-story glass, steel, and concrete workspace known as “The Cube” that previously served as a studio for Eisner’s production company.

      Originally built in the early 1980s, the stained-pine and zinc-roofed primary dwelling is secluded beyond a lengthy gated driveway and introduced via a boulder-embedded set of stone steps that ascends to a glassy front door. From there, an entry foyer flows to a spacious great room holding a combined living and dining area with pocketing doors spilling out to a trellis-covered deck offering up scenic canyon and reservoir vistas. An adjacent kitchen is outfitted with German-manufactured teak cabinetry, Jura limestone countertops, an expansive island, top-tier Gagganeau, Miele and Sub-Zero appliances, and an accompanying breakfast nook.

      The two-story “Cube” workspace has its own kitchenette, sleeping loft, and terrace.

      Cameron Carothers

      An upstairs playroom is surrounded by a trio of bedrooms, while the self-contained primary suite up above is decked out with a built-in bed, a private balcony, operable skylights, a ceiling-mounted retractable projection screen, two bespoke dressing rooms, and a luxe bath spotlighted by dual limestone vanities and a soaking tub. A lower level has a gym with access to an outdoor shower and a family room that opens to a 60-foot lap pool and a spa tub. Elsewhere is a subterranean den/office with a window that peers into the pool.

      Outdoors, the Pamela Burton-landscaped grounds include a pathway that traverses to the aforementioned multi-purpose workspace, which has its own living area, kitchenette, bath, sleeping loft, and terrace. Also on the property is a gas fire pit encircled by native plants and cultivated gardens, a children’s play area, and a solar panel-clad carport with EV charging stations and room for up to seven vehicles.

      Click here for more photos of Breck Eisner’s Bel Air house.

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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.

      Nils Timm

      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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