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      Charlie Puth Is Selling His $11 Million Midcentury House in Beverly Hills to Josh Flagg

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      He already owns a Beverly Hills fixer-upper that you might have seen featured on the latest season of Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles. Now word on the street has it that Josh Flagg has decided to plump up his property portfolio with another residence in the 90210, this one a renovated modernist spread in the posh Trousdale Estates neighborhood.

      As first reported by TMZ, the real estate broker and reality TV celeb is currently under contract to purchase the mid-1960s digs from singer-songwriter Charlie Puth for an undisclosed amount in an off-market deal. After first hitting the market late last year with a nearly $17 million ask, records show the house underwent several substantial price chops before landing at its current $11 million ask. The recently married Grammy-nominated musician originally acquired the home for around $9 million almost seven years ago, back in winter 2017. 

      Towering double doors open into 4,800 square feet of split-level living space.

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      Built and designed by noted architect Rex Lotery, the property is widely known as “The de Cordova House,” for its previous owners Freddie de Cordova, a longtime producer of The Tonight Show when it was hosted by Johnny Carson, and his socialite wife Janet. The split-level abode has four bedrooms and five baths in 4,800 square feet of living space boasting terrazzo-clad rooms flowing out to courtyards providing canyon and city lights views.

      Perched atop a ridge amid a roughly half-acre parcel of land, the stone, glass, and redwood structure is tucked away behind gates and high hedges and fronted by a spacious motorcourt with room for up to nine vehicles. Double front doors open into an entry foyer, which displays a striking floating staircase and steps descending to a soaring living room lined with built-in shelving and walls of glass.

      The garage has been converted into a fitness studio.

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      Other main-level highlights include a cozy sitting area warmed by a fireplace and a dining room topped with a sculptural chandelier, plus a gourmet kitchen outfitted with wood cabinetry, marble countertops, an eat-in island, commercial-grade appliances, and a hidden refrigerator. Upstairs, the primary suite has a spa-inspired bath equipped with dual vanities, a soaking tub, a steam shower, and a sauna, while the landscaped grounds come complete with a pool, a fire pit, and several spots ideal for alfresco lounging and entertaining.

      In addition to his soon-to-be-former Beverly Hills home, Puth also maintains properties in Studio City and Santa Barbara. As for Flagg, he still owns the aforementioned 7,100-square-foot Beverly Hills mansion that he picked up sight unseen in spring 2022 for $9.2 million, as well as a place on Miami Beach’s exclusive North Bay Road.

      Click here for more photos of Josh Flagg’s new Trousdale Estates home.

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      This $13 Million U.K. Country House Was Once Home to a British Movie Star

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      Drummers Yard, formerly known as Birchens Spring, is among the U.K.’s most interesting country houses. Designed in 1938 by Arts and Crafts architect John Campbell, who lived in Germany for much of his career, the Grade II-listed property in Buckinghamshire graced the pages of Country Life before the once-glamorous estate fell into disrepair. Following years of neglect, the English manor notched another claim to fame when it was snapped up in 1960 by legendary British actor Dirk Bogarde, best known for his starring roles in Doctor in the House (1954), The Servant (1963), and The Night Porter (1974). 

      Modeled after the hillside villas of Italy combined with the stateliness of a Scottish castle, Bogarde remodeled Drummers Yard from top to bottom before offloading the place two years later to Peter Rogers, the producer of the wildly popular Carry On comedy film franchise, and his wife, Betty Box, who worked on the Doctor series that Bogarde appeared in. The sought-after spread traded hands once more in 1997 to the current owners, who, after nearly three decades in residence, have hoisted the property on the market for £10 million (or about $13 million). 

      A spacious reception room spills onto a large stone terrace.

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      “Campbell intended for each room to have at least two garden elevations, ensuring the house is light, bright, and airy with exceptional views of the gardens,” notes the listing, which is being represented by Knight Frank. “Whilst appealing to architectural purists, the house will equally suit families looking for a comfortable, well-laid-out home.” 

      Set on a whopping 12 wooded acres near Beaconsfield, the house itself has been adapted to contemporary living by award-winning interior and architectural studio, Tollgard Design. There are seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms across the main house’s 10,000 square feet. On the ground floor, potential buyers are welcomed by a grand entrance hall topped with a dramatic brick and stone arched ceiling. A corridor brings you to a sunroom that overlooks the garden, a circular-shaped formal dining area, a drawing room with a fireplace, and a thoroughly modern Scandinavian-inspired kitchen by Sola. The bedrooms are located on the home’s upper levels. 

      The updated minimalist kitchen is by Swedish design brand Sola.

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      Despite the many modern updates, rest assured you’ll find plenty of period details reminiscent of the Arts and Crafts movement, including its whitened brick arches and Cornish slate roof. In addition, the digs contain a private gym, complete with a sauna and a steam room, while the grounds are decked out with a two-car garage, a tennis court, and a separate two-bedroom cottage with its own entrance. 

      Click here to see more photos of Drummers Yard.

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      Jenn Tran of ‘The Bachelorette’ Gave Away Her Final Rose at This Exotic Hawaiian Estate

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      Always wanted to live out your fantasy of being on one of TV’s top reality dating shows? Now’s your chance, because the picturesque estate where Jenn Tran’s final rose ceremony took place in early September on the Season 21 finale of The Bachelorette has just popped up for sale on the Big Island of Hawaii, asking $3.75 million.

      And though things didn’t quite work out for Tran—her proposal to Devin Strader fell apart shortly after the pair left paradise—this magical locale certainly serves as a prime backdrop for conjuring up some romance. Currently operating as a family-owned wedding and special events venue known as Pa’ina Place, the listing is held by Carrie Nicholson and Coco Scherer of Hawai’i Life. 

      The three-acre site currently serves as a wedding and special events venue.

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      Sited in the Kaloko area amid a lush parcel of land spanning just over three acres, along the slopes of the Hualalai Mountains within “the only tropical cloud forest in the U.S.,” the property features two main structures and a guest cottage, all overlooking the Pacific.

      The first main structure includes a full kitchen, one bedroom and a bath, while the second main structure also has its own kitchen and living area, plus two bedrooms and one-and-a-half baths. There’s also the guest cottage, which comes with a kitchenette, a cozy studio setup with a bath, a tropical-inspired outdoor shower, and an ocean-view barbecue deck. 

      A modern bridal suite comes complete with its own dressing room.

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      Outdoors, the grounds are laced with landscaped gardens and citrus trees and host meandering pathways leading to a great lawn flanked by a gazebo. There’s also an event pavilion equipped with a cooking station and lighting and sound systems, as well as a detached bridal suite sporting a dressing room and a bath with an al fresco shower, an entire building devoted to restrooms, two fire pits, an upper viewing platform, and plenty of parking.

      A 26-year-old physician assistant student who lives in Miami, Tran began her journey on The Bachelorette back in July as the show’s first Asian-American female lead in the franchise. Out of 25 suitors, she wound up proposing to Strader at the end, only to have him become distant after they left Hawaii and eventually break off the engagement over a phone call. Most recently, she’s been competing with pro partner Sasha Farber on Dancing With the Stars.

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      Car Collector Magnus Walker Lists Downtown L.A. Live-Work Building for About $20 Million

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      A 26,000-square-foot live-work warehouse building in downtown Los Angeles, owned for almost 25 years by bon vivant former fashion designer and inveterate car collector Magnus Walker—one of the largest collectors of Porsches in the world—has zoomed onto the market with an asking price of around $20 million.

      Walker initially housed his Serious Clothing company in the building—the brand was popular in the L.A. music scene and worn by everyone from Gwen Stefani to Alice Cooper and Madonna—but later converted it to a live-work space through an adaptive reuse program. It wasn’t long after acquiring the property that Walker fell into the film location business, and Walker told Robb Report that “Filming was a happy accident. We saw the opportunity to build something into a pretty lucrative film location business for the next 10-12 years.” Since then, the building has been the site of numerous films, commercials and videos for Kevin Costner, Mary J. Blige and The Eagles.

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      The two-story brick building, which dates to 1903, occupies three parcels over two lots with multiple street frontages and a heavy-duty gate that opens to a courtyard parking area with room for up to a dozen cars. Indeed, Walker has filled the courtyard with a gleaming selection of his vast collection, including a vintage Rolls Royce and a couple of ‘70s-era Corvettes.

      Part of the building serves as a workshop and showroom for Magnus Walker’s classic car collection.

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      Raw and industrial, the cavernous and rambling interior spaces have exposed brick walls, patinated wood floors, a functioning freight elevator, soaring ceilings punctuated by skylights, and enormous south-facing casement windows that fill the upper level with sunlight.

      A massive roll-up door allows cars to be driven right into the building. In one section of the ground floor, a brilliant blue Pininfarina Battista is on display, while another area serves as a garage and workshop where Walker, famous for never selling a Porsche once it comes into his possession, keeps more than a dozen collectible versions of his favorite automotive brand.

      Making for an easy commute to his workshop and studio on the ground floor, the 11,200-square-foot upper level served as Walker’s bohemian residence, which he described as “a mini Hearst Castle/English stately home mixed with midcentury modernism and 60/70s furniture pieces.”

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      Huge casement windows on the upper-level living area frame city views.

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      In addition to an enclosed courtyard garden enveloped in lush greenery, flaming bougainvillea and fragrant night-blooming jasmine, the building’s prairie-sized rooftop offers 360-degree vistas over the city, including an up-close view of the downtown skyline.

      The number of bedrooms and bathrooms found throughout the massive structure is available by request via Tori Horowitz and Rinat Greenberg of Canyonhaus at Compass as well as through Geoff Anenberg at Normal Properties.

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      David and Victoria Beckham Drop $80 Million on a Waterfront Mansion in Miami Beach

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      They already own a $20 million condo in downtown Miami’s ultra-luxe One Thousand Museum tower. Now word on the street has it that A-list couple David and Victoria Beckham are spreading their real estate wings over to the South Florida coast, having doled out $80 million for an all-new modern mansion overlooking Biscayne Bay on Miami Beach’s exclusive North Bay Road.

      As first reported by The Real Deal, the Beckhams—he a retired soccer star-turned-co-owner of the MLS team Inter Miami, and she a fashion and beauty mogul who first gained popularity in the 1990s as a member of the pop group Spice Girls—are currently under contract to purchase the Choeff Levy Fischman-designed digs. The seller is Hamptons-based spec developer Niklas de la Motte, who picked up the property in 2018 for $10 million from the trust of the late Sir Edward Porter and his wife Lady Anna Lee, co-founders of Miami International Fine Arts College (now Miami International University of Art and Design). The listing is held by Dora Puig of Luxe Living Realty.

      Lighted steps lead to the front door, which opens into 12,500 square feet of open-concept living space.

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      Nestled amid a gated parcel spanning over a half-acre, the Bart Reines-built abode that currently stands in the stead of a former 1920s Mediterranean-style house offers nine bedrooms and 13 baths in a little more than 12,500 square feet of living space on two levels. Stylish interiors by Antrobus Design Collective are adorned throughout with Ipe wood, Perlato marble, metal accents, and doors and windows framed in dark bronze, while posh amenities include an office, a movie theater, a gym and spa, and a rooftop deck providing bay and city skyline views, as well as a three-car garage with lifts and a private dock resting along 124 feet of waterfront footage.

      Among the other standout features is a dramatic entryway boasting a pair of reflecting pools and a cascading waterfall, plus a central courtyard donning yet another reflecting pool complemented by a two-story living green wall. There’s also a spacious living room sporting a linear fireplace and floor-to-ceiling pocketing glass doors spilling outside, along with a formal dining room, a sleek gourmet kitchen with a trio of islands and a commercial-grade walk-in refrigerator, and an opulent primary suite decked out with a luxe bath flaunting dual vanities and a soaking tub.

      Sitting out front are a duo of glassy reflecting pools and an attached three-car garage with lifts.

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      Rounding it all out are the palm-laced grounds, which host a lengthy infinity-edge pool abutting a marble-clad terrace spotlighted by a covered al fresco entertaining area with an outdoor kitchen.

      In addition to their new Miami Beach home and their $20 million condo at downtown Miami’s Zaha Hadid-designed One Thousand Museum residential high-rise, the Beckhams also lay claim to a $40 million townhouse in London and a $15 million country estate in the Cotswolds. More

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      An Atlanta Mansion That Starred in ‘The Accountant’ With Ben Affleck Can Be Yours for $10 Million

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      Around a year and a half after it first hit the market with an impressive $15 million price tag, a sprawling lakefront estate on the outskirts of Atlanta has popped up for sale again with a discounted ask. But you’ll still need a considerable sum of cash to pick up the keys to the modern mansion, which is now listed for exactly $10 million.

      Hidden away beyond a lengthy gated driveway in the suburban enclave of Sandy Springs, amid a nearly four-acre parcel bordered by a lake and a 30-acre nature preserve, the limestone-clad structure was custom-built by Cablik Enterprises and the architecture firm Dencity. Records show the current owners are Florida-based couple Mike Kohlsdorf, president of Francisco Partners, and Shelly Justice, founder and chair of Senegal Software, who paid $562,000 for the property back in 2003.

      And if you’re thinking this particular abode looks a tad familiar, that might be due to its starring role in The Accountant, a 2016 action/thriller film starring Ben Affleck. On screen, the glitzy spread portrayed the residence of principal villain Lamar Blackburn played by John Lithgow. It also was a recipient of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association’s OBIE Award for “Best New Home” in 2012.

      The main living area’s two-way fireplace opens on the other side to a cantilevered deck.

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      Per the listing held by Katie McGuirk and Kelley Day of Ansley Real Estate Christie’s International, the property features a main home and a recently added guesthouse with its own family room and kitchen—for a total of five bedrooms and nine baths in a little more than 12,200 square feet of tri-level living space, all of it inspired by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright.

      A walkway spanning a water feature leads to the glassy front doors, which flow to an open-concept great room featuring a living area accented by a two-way fireplace and walls of glass spilling out to a cantilevered deck. There’s also a formal dining room adorned with glossy black tiled walls and a Swarovski crystal chandelier that sits adjacent to a gourmet kitchen outfitted with a bespoke glass backsplash, lighted quartz countertops, and top-tier appliances. A posh primary suite has a fireside seating area, a private terrace, a showroom-style closet, and a luxe bath sporting a soaking tub and a steam shower.

      An infinity-edge pool with a Baja shelf and spa overlooks the lake.

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      Elsewhere is a glass elevator, an office, a climate-controlled wine cellar, a wet bar-equipped golf simulator room, a media room with a full kitchen, a gym, a shooting range/safe room, and garage space for up to five vehicles. Rounding it all out are the fully fenced and landscaped grounds, which host an infinity-edge pool with a Baja shelf and spa, two built-in grilling stations, and a fire pit lounge, along with a dock, a boathouse, and even a teak boat.

      This is not Kohlsdorf and Justice’s only home. Back in summer 2022, the couple paid an entity tied to New York hedge funder Mendy Haas $14.5 million for a 4,500-square-foot waterfront property in the Bay Point neighborhood of Miami.

      Click here for more photos of the Georgia home.

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      ‘Glee’ Alum Kevin McHale Lists His Midcentury L.A. Home for $2 Million

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      With his successful run as paraplegic show choir member Artie Abrams on the FOX musical/drama series Glee wrapping in 2015, Kevin McHale has since moved on to other endeavors. Not only has he launched the YouTube series The AlphaBeatZ centered around five animated singing and dancing teddy bears, but he also appeared on a season of RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race and even released his debut EP titled Boy. Most recently, he snagged a co-starring role as middle-schooler William Barfée in the Kennedy Center’s Broadway Center Stage production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

      On the real estate front, the actor and singer has now decided to hand over the keys to his longtime Los Angeles residence, putting his midcentury-modern home in Hollywood Hills up for sale at a speck under $2 million, which is around $970,000 more than he paid for the place back in spring 2012.

      A super-sized primary suite is decked out with a bookshelf-lined lounge area.

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      Described in the listing as a “serene haven,” the gray stucco and glass structure was built in 1956 and is sidled up against the street on a compact cul-de-sac parcel. Inside, three bedrooms and a couple of baths can be found in a little more than 2,000 square feet of two-level living space, which boasts updated interiors containing a mix of oak and stone floors, high wood-beam ceilings, and floor-to-ceiling walls of glass framing city lights and canyon views.

      Main-level highlights include a soaring entryway lined with clerestory windows that flows to an open-concept great room featuring a living area, a dining nook with built-in seating, and a kitchen outfitted with a breakfast bar and stainless appliances. Tucked away on the lower level is an expansive primary suite, which comes with a bookshelf-clad lounge area, sliding glass doors spilling out onto a wood deck flanked by a flat grassy lawn, plenty of closet space, and a glass-block bath spotlighted by a soaking tub. Elsewhere is a bedroom that’s been converted into an office space and an enclosed patio that currently serves as an outdoor gym, as well as an attached two-car garage out front.

      A fire pit-equipped deck overlooks picturesque vistas.

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      The Texas-born performer, 36, got his acting start when he convinced his talent agent sister to let him audition for a local commercial and subsequently joined the four-member boy band NLT (“Not Like Them”) as one of two lead singers. He went on to snag his breakout role as Artie on Glee in 2009, earning Grammy, Screen Actors Guild, and Teen Choice nods during the show’s six seasons. McHale has also been in True Blood and Glee: The 3D Concert Movie, and he co-hosts the And That’s What You Really Missed podcast on iHeartRadio with fellow Glee alum Jenna Ushkowitz.

      Click here for more photos of Kevin McHale’s Hollywood Hills home.

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      Jack London Penned Novels at This Idyllic Wine Country Estate. Now It Can Be Yours for $5 Million.

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      Always wanted to live like a world-famous literary figure? Now’s your chance, because the picturesque Northern California lodge where the late author and journalist Jack London loved to blissfully while away his days has just popped up for sale. Dubbed Wake Robin and nestled amid a 3-acre parcel in the charming village of Glen Ellen in Sonoma County, tucked away in a narrow canyon between the Sonoma and Mayacamas mountains, this beguiling estate is now on the market for a speck under $5 million with Matt Sevenau of Compass.

      Particularly enamored by his editor Ninetta Eames’s niece Charmian Kittredge on his first trip to the property in summer 1902 with his then-wife Bessie and their two daughters, London returned the next year and later wed his soulmate and fellow writer Charmian after a highly publicized divorce. He subsequently made Wake Robin his home for some eight years, penning the bestselling novels White Fang and The Sea Wolf while concurrently buying seven neighboring parcels that he called the Beauty Ranch and today known as Jack London State Historic Park.

      A tree stump where Jack London is said to have sat and put pen to paper remains on the land.

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      Originally part of a vast Mexican rancho and later a 160-acre ranch, Wake Robin rests beside the merging Sonoma and Graham creeks and was transformed into a lodge during the 1890s by Joshua Chauvet. The deed has changed hands numerous times in the years since, with Ann and Alexander Frick acquiring the place in the 1990s and giving it an extensive renovation before handing over the keys to current owners Malcolm Walter and Elizabeth Fisher in 2020.

      Spanning two stories and roughly 4,300 square feet, the modern three-bedroom, three-bath home is highlighted by an octagon-shaped living room that previously served as a lobby. Elsewhere is a fireside dining area that connects to a kitchen outfitted with Caesarstone countertops, an eat-in island, Dacor and Sub-Zero appliances, and a climate-controlled wine cellar with room for up to 500 bottles, as well as two offices, a bookshelf-clad library, a media room, and a screened porch. Another octagon-shaped room on the upper level houses a primary suite boasting a private deck and a walk-through closet that leads to a luxe bath spotlighted by a spa tub.

      An octagon-shaped living room with a floating staircase once served as the lodge lobby.

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      Outdoors, the gated grounds are laced with oak trees and host a pool and spa, a firepit, and a fully equipped barbecue station. There’s also a barn that could be used as a garage, a gym, or a flex space, per the listing, along with a horseshoe pit and bocce court, a fruit orchard, raised garden beds, and covered carport parking for two vehicles. A tree stump where London would often sit and write also still graces the grounds.

      Water and Fisher, who themselves spent around $300,000 to upgrade the premises during their tenure, are moving because their work is mostly in Sonoma. “While we love living in Glen Ellen … We have found a home in Sonoma with many of the same amenities, but not the rich history that 4100 Wake Robin offers,” the couple said in a statement. “This is a bittersweet move.”

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