Hot Property archives: 2011

‘Dreamgirls,’ ‘Swordfish’ and ‘Mad Men’ have filmed at the 6,661-square-foot midcentury home, set on 2 acres. It features 16-foot ceilings, a detached gym and pool. A motor court offers parking for 200 cars.

The couple sell their Encino home, which was featured in their reality show, ‘Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood,’ and buy a new home in Malibu.

A Westside compound that Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart had been leasing for the last several months is for sale at $5.995 million.

Brown’s ocean-view contemporary, with four bedrooms and five bathrooms, had been on and off the market since 2008. The NBA player and former Laker bought it in 2005 at more than twice the current sales price of $1.65 million.

The two-story French Colonial, part of a 28-acre farm known as Marson Farms when it was constructed in Northridge by the gossip columnist in 1937, sells for $719,000.

Former Yahoo Chief Executive Terry Semel and his wife, Jane, sell their Beverly Hills trophy home for $9.1 million.

Actor Dennis Quaid has sold his equestrian estate in Pacific Palisades for $9.5 million and is moving back to Texas. The French country-style main house, built in 2004, sits on 2 acres with a second house, a studio, a barn, a corral and a year-round creek.

The former home of Bing Crosby is sold for $4.02 million. Crosby lived on the Toluca Lake property from 1936 until early January 1943, when the 20-room house there was gutted in a Christmas tree fire.

Former “Charmed” star Rose McGowan pays about $1.39 million for a nearly 3,000-square-foot midcentury modern house.

Set on 2.6 acres in the Serra Retreat area, the newly built house combines the feel of a Hamptons barn with modern details in loft-like spaces.

“America’s Got Talent” judge Howie Mandel has put his custom-built Malibu place on the market at $7.25 million.

The 2,300-square-foot house sits on about 1.75 acres covered in native landscaping, organic gardens and lawn. Spelling, 38, and McDermott, 45, starred this year in the reality series ‘Tori & Dean: Storibook Weddings.’

The 2,767-square-foot unit in the Wilshire corridor features concierge service, valet parking, 24-hour security, wine storage lockers, a gym and a swimming pool.

The nearly 6,000-square-foot ocean-view home features six bedrooms and five bathrooms.

The six-bedroom, 6,718-square-foot Tuscan-style villa features a silver-leafed coffered ceiling in the dining room, an office, a den and a master bedroom suite with a sitting area, a fireplace and a balcony.

The 4,324-square-foot house sits on two flat acres with mature trees and landscaping.

The four-bedroom, five-bathroom home features a library, an island kitchen, breakfast area, walls of glass and fireplaces in the living room and master suite.

The comic actor known for his days on ‘Saturday Night Live’ in the 1990s lists his Malibu beach house for $13.5 million.

Mandana Dayani of “The Rachel Zoe Project” and her husband, TV producer Peter Traugott, are listing their 1952 home at $1.549 million.

Former “Deal or No Deal” host Howie Mandel has listed his Malibu home. The Cape Cod-inspired house, built in 2008-09, sits on more than an acre with ocean views, an expansive lawn and a swimming pool with spa.

Nightlife impresario Brent Bolthouse sells the home in the Mulholland area for $1.46 million. Built in 1947, the house features walls of glass that open to mature trees, gardens and terraces.

The contemporary house sits behind gates on about a third of an acre with a swimming pool, spa and outdoor shower.

The remodeled five-bedroom Spanish-style house includes extensive decks and patios, a loggia and a saltwater swimming pool.

The buyer is actor Simon Helberg of ‘The Big Bang Theory.’ The price is not disclosed.

The gated five-bedroom, seven-bathroom house contains 7,600 square feet of living space.

The six-bedroom, five-bathroom contemporary Mediterranean features a step-down living room, a gym, an office and three fireplaces.

The Westside compound leased by “Twilight’s” Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart is for sale.

David Schwimmer puts his Hancock Park house on the market for $10.7 million. Other former “Friends” cast mates also have sold homes this year.

The 6-acre property includes a 28-foot-tall foyer, a wine cellar and a gym. A heated central loggia connects living spaces for large-scale entertaining. The 9,000-square-foot home includes a garage for up to 12 cars.

The two-story house, featuring beach-facing balconies and four fireplaces, is listed at $13.5 million. The comic actor bought the property in 2005.

The Silver Lake home, a Spanish-style house built in the 1930s, sells for $1.435 million.

The professional golfer’s Spanish-style villa in La Quinta has a courtyard with a fountain, mountain views and a swimming pool.

The remodeled Mediterranean-style house features four bedrooms, seven bathrooms and 7,755 square feet of living space.

“King of the Hill” creator and star Mike Judge has purchased a Santa Monica house from Richard Taite, chief executive of the Cliffside Malibu rehab facility, for $4.45 million.

The gated home sold for about $1.2 million. On a knoll with grounds developed over a 30-year period, the property features mature trees, a waterfall, a fountain, a deck and black-bottom pool.

The buyer is actor Simon Helberg of “The Big Bang Theory.” The 4,179-square-foot villa has four bedrooms and 41/2 bathrooms. A fountain stands in the tiled front courtyard of the Mediterranean-style home, built in 1927.

The Beverly Park compound sits on more than three acres. It has 29,069 square feet of living space and includes 18 bedrooms and 28 bathrooms.

The 4,434-square-foot three-bedroom, three-bathroom home features an open living room with a fireplace, high ceilings and French doors that open to an oval pool.

The Spanish-style triplex, built in 1923, is listed at $599,900. Steve McQueen lived there as a teenager in the 1940s.

The songwriter recently finished remodeling the 1978 canyon-view home, which he bought for $737,000 this year.

A Palm Springs home once owned by the late film star William Holden is listed at $1,495,000.

The roughly 11,000-square-foot gated Mediterranean, listed for $10.7 million, features nine bedrooms, six bathrooms, a wood-paneled library and a state-of-the-art screening room. The house was built in 1926.

The singer lists the Beverly Hills Post Office-area home at $4.5 million. She paid $6.9 million two years ago. The house has ‘extensive damage from moisture and water intrusion.’

The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist sells his Malibu house for $3.15 million.

The classic Spanish-style house, built in 1923, was once home to director King Vidor and, later, actress Helen Hayes. The 1,800-square-foot house includes an eat-in kitchen, four bedrooms and two bathrooms. It sold for $931,000.

The singer gets $5.3 million for the 8,085-square-foot house, which includes five bedrooms, a pool, a cabana and a two-story guesthouse.

The 42-acre Poway spread, which includes a baseball field and batting cage, is listed at a range of $9.2 million to $11 million.

The listing, asking far less than what the Grammy winner paid, describes the house as a ‘major fixer’ with ‘damage from moisture and water intrusion.’

The one-story unit features two bedrooms, two bathrooms and more than 1,900 square feet of interior space.

Sale price is $8 million. The 1949 traditional main house, with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, sits on 50 feet of beachfront. The entire second level of the home is a master suite including a sitting area, fireplace and deck.

The Spanish-style house, built in 1937, brings $822,500. It has three bedrooms and three bathrooms in 2,171 square feet.

Jack Nicholson sells his Malibu retreat for $3.5 million.

Donald Trump’s Rancho Palos Verdes mansion sells for $7.15 million. He listed it last year at $12 million.

The actor has two homes on the market: a contemporary-style house in the Sunset Strip area featuring disappearing walls of glass and an ocean-view Malibu property that includes sliding-glass walls that open to decks.

The Beverly Hills midcentury modern, designed by architect William Sutherland Beckett, was built in 1952 for Evans. The 3.8-acre property, which has city and ocean views, is listed for $9.7 million.

The 5,200-square-foot home, listed at $4.65 million, opens to a backyard infinity pool, spa, fire pit and outdoor kitchen.

The Chickenfoot bassist’s custom Tudor, which he bought new in 1989, sits on more half an acre with a beach-entry saltwater swimming pool and hidden rock slide.

The NBA’s Corey Maggette, who recently sold his Westchester house for $1.85 million, has bought an estate in Newport Coast for $3 million, public records show.

The contemporary unit has city and ocean views, two balconies, two bedrooms and three bathrooms. There is close to 1,900 square feet of living space. Lease is $5,500 a month.

The 30 Seconds to Mars drummer pays $900,000 for the gated contemporary Mediterranean.

Evoking an English farmhouse with a half-timbered exterior, Joyce Compton’s former home features beamed ceilings, a stone fireplace and oak floors. There is a separate guesthouse and a swimming pool.

Flea, the bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, had purchased a house on the site in 2002, but it burned in the 2007 Malibu fires. He rebuilt, but put the house on the market in June for $4.795 million.

The restored two-story Craftsman, built in 1910, is entered through a deep-set front porch with a swing. Period features include leaded windows, built-in cabinetry and wood floors and trim.

Built in 2006, the 3,350-square-foot Spanish-style home has five bedrooms and four bathrooms.

The 11,000-square-foot Mediterranean mansion features a great-room entry, a 1,000-square-foot kitchen, marble flooring and wall-to-ceiling sliding doors that disappear from view.

‘Friends’ star’s Sunset Strip-area house lists for $5.7 million.

On nearly three-quarters of an acre, the estate has a gated, circular driveway and a swimming pool. The trophy home is in the “flats” of Beverly Hills.

The Craftsman home in Glendale features four bedrooms and three bathrooms in 2,600 square feet of living space. It is being offered at $699,000

Set on a gated street, the more than half-acre property includes a 5,193-square-foot contemporary house, a 3,000-square-foot driveway and an 1,800-square-foot master bedroom suite.

Actor Ethan Suplee has listed a country English-style Studio City house for sale at $2,295,000.

The couple has sold a 1929 Spanish-style house of 5,334 square feet that had been restored and updated. A second house, built in 1930 and also redone, returned to the market last month priced at $2,995,000.

Actor Matthew Perry has listed a Malibu house with ocean views for sale at $13.5 million.

The gated house on more than two acres is surrounded by expanses of lawn and mature trees, and includes seven bedrooms, seven bathrooms and 8,631 square feet of living space.

A Hollywood Hills home once owned by actress Dorothy Dandridge is on the market at $3,495,000.

The 11,544-square-foot house in Pacific Palisades is listed at $16.5 million.

Price on the 5,940-square-foot Spanish-style home has been cut to $3,995,000 from $4,295,000 last year. The house includes a wine room and four bedrooms, one of which was turned into a walk-in closet.

She and Frank McCourt, the divorcing Dodgers owners, bought the gated property in 2004 for $6.5 million to create a compound of nearly 5 acres that included a pool and 8,400-square-foot house.

The Westlake Village property includes a 7,000-square-foot house with five bedrooms and eight bathrooms, a nine-car garage and an infinity pool.

The ranch-style house, with five bedrooms and 4-1/2 bathrooms, is in a gated compound at the end of a cul-de-sac.

The walled and gated Mediterranean estate on five acres includes a main house and a guest house.

The 1.75-acre property at Lake Sherwood includes a 3,600-square-foot main house, a boathouse, guest quarters and caretaker’s quarters.

Reality TV star Lauren Conrad has listed a Sunset Strip-area home for sale at $2.25 million.

“Let’s Make a Deal” host Wayne Brady has listed his home in the Sherman Oaks at $2.2 million.

The gated 3,266-square-foot Mediterranean house was built in 1990 and recently refurbished.

The Monterey colonial revival, with four bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms, sells for $1,641,250.

Christina Aguilera has sold her Sunset Strip-area house for $4,653,815.

The property includes a five-suite main house and a gym with a boxing ring.

The contemporary house includes an office, five bedrooms, four bathrooms and a saltwater pool.

Update: The Brentwood home of Esa-Pekka Salonen, former music director of the L.A.

Update: A gated home in Los Feliz once owned by Walt Disney has sold for $3.7 million, which is $50,000 more than its list price.

The view home he shares with actress Angelina Jolie sits on 1.26 blufftop acres with a tennis court, a lap pool and access to the beach.

Steps lead from the infinity pool down to a theater, which has velvet seating for nine, a $12,000 projector and 2-inch-thick underwater pool windows.

‘The Voice’s’ soprano sells for $4.7 million.

The loft has two bedrooms, baths.

The Moorish-influenced residence includes a courtyard, a ballroom, a rooftop deck, enclosed sleeping porches and six bedrooms.

The five-bedroom, seven-bath Mediterranean features two offices, wine cellar and home theater.

‘The Lord of the Rings’ star is selling the Santa Monica house he bought from Dylan McDermott.

The home features a two-story-tall living room and an underground wine cellar.

Attorney Ben Margolis’ former home was designed by Gregory Ain to emphasize indoor-outdoor living with clerestory windows and walls of glass.

The unit, which he bought from Elton John in 2005, has two bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths.

The newly built custom house features walls of glass off the main living area and has three bedrooms, four baths.

Castle La Paloma was built in 1926 in the Hollywood Hills.

The 1926 Hollywood Hills home that Bela Lugosi once owned features slate tile foyers, interior arches, vaulted beamed ceilings and has sweeping views.

The gated Spanish-style home has four bedrooms, five baths and includes an infinity pool.

The two-bedroom Spanish bungalow was built in 1926.

The Lakers coach’s purchase is one of several recent property deals involving Lakers.

The Spanish-style main home was built in 1924 and features a Queen Anne Victorian entry.

Robert Downey Jr. and Kelly Osbourne are also among the property’s previous owners.

The Wallace Neff-designed home features tall chimneys, an oval dining room and four bedrooms, 5 1/2 baths.

The seven-bedroom home includes an on-demand hot water system that Ursitti designed.

The 6,400-square-foot house, built in 1927, overlooks a fairway at the private Los Angeles Country Club.

Walt Disney’s onetime residence in Los Feliz, the wonderful world where his daughters grew up, has come on the market at $3.65 million.

The actor-artist had commissioned the industrial-style main residence as a place to display his artwork.

The 1.4-acre estate is zoned for horses.

The Tuscan-style villa with seven bedrooms and 10 bathrooms was used in the hit HBO show’s seventh season.

The contemporary Mediterranean includes a recording studio, five bedrooms and six bathrooms.

Entertainment news show host Mary Hart and her husband, producer Burt Sugarman, have bought a corner unit in the Ritz-Carlton Residences at L.A.

Oversized rooms feature period details such as stained leaded-glass windows and decoratively painted ceiling beams.

Original features of the four-bedroom, five-bath house include the rotunda foyer, vaulted beamed ceilings and stained leaded-glass windows.

The estate includes a Southern Colonial-style main house built in 1921, a guesthouse and a swimming pool.

The 6,024-square-foot Beverly Hills home has five bedrooms and 51/2 bathrooms.

“Dancing With the Stars” co-host Brooke Burke and actor David Charvet have put their Malibu house up for sale at $12.5 million.

The Hancock Park house has five bedrooms and five bathrooms.

The 1922 Mediterranean-style house has four bedrooms.

Australian rocker Chris Cester has listed his Hollywood Hills home at $1,135,000.

The house has floor-to-ceiling glass walls that open to a pool area.

The beachfront home has three bedrooms, two baths.

The five-bedroom, five-bath house features a two-story foyer, a hand-carved wet bar and three stone fireplaces.

The mansion features a paneled study with fireplace, a home theater and six en suite bedrooms.

The five-bedroom chateau-style home has many French touches, including a fountain and sculture courtyard, sculpted doors and a 4,000-bottle wine cellar.

The six-bedroom Spanish-style house features a ballroom, a rooftop deck and enclosed sleeping porches.

The contemporary Mediterranean features a two-story entry and sweeping staircase and has five bedrooms, six baths.

The rebuilt, expanded mansion, sitting on two acres, has eight bedrooms and 14 bathrooms.

The seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom house features a baronial stone foyer with sweeping staircase, stained-glass windows and a pub.

Michael Balzary’s three-bedroom, three-bathroom home has ocean and canyon views.

The house’s Streamline Moderne design reflects Beery’s love of aircraft and flying, with exterior horizontal ‘speed lines’ and wing-like pergola gates.

Elizabeth Taylor’s 1960s ranch-style home features two master suites, one of which has walls upholstered in her signature color: violet.

Jackie Cooper’s two-bedroom unit features two terraces and views from Bel-Air to downtown.

The six-bedroom house includes a glass-enclosed wine vault and a wood-paneled library.

The Tuscan-influenced contemporary home features an updated kitchen, an indoor-outdoor sound system and four bedrooms.

The two-bedroom condo has views of the Santa Monica Mountains.

The three-story contemporary features a steam room, rooftop lounge and three bedrooms.

Anderson da Silva’s four-bedroom, 3 1/2-bathroom home has an ocean view.

Ingo Rademacher’s 1973 house, designed for indoor-outdoor entertaining, has four bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths.

The Cape Cod-inspired mansion includes a spiral staircase and home theater/studio and sits on 2.5 acres.

The updated Craftsman, which he bought but never lived in, features a home theater and a two-story wine tower.

Phillip G. Ruffin’s 7,669-square-foot home is being sold fully furnished and features a library office, a screening room, six bedrooms and eight bathrooms.

The $40-million sale is one of the highest this year in L.A. County.

Oleg Tverdovsky’s Manhattan Beach home has five bedrooms, four bathrooms.

The contemporary Spanish-style home has an old-world feel but modern high-tech features.

The nearly 2-acre gated property includes an 11,700-square-foot main house and a 1,750-square-foot guesthouse.

The 1926 English country-style house features French doors, high ceilings and three bedrooms.

The three-story home built in 1918 has a treehouse-like ambience.

The French Regency-style mansion, built in 1955, has 28 rooms and sweeping views.

Highlights of the six-bedroom Beverly Hills Post Office-area home include a glass-enclosed wine vault, a wood-paneled library and a tennis court.

The multilevel home features beamed cathedral ceilings in the living room, an eat-in kitchen, a fitness room, a media room and five bedrooms.

The eight-bedroom house has a two-story foyer, wine cellar and tasting room, gym and 10-car garage.

The main house, built in 1940 and sitting on 4 acres, has a screening room, a library, a basement, five bedrooms and seven bathrooms.

The huge home includes three kitchens, nine bedrooms and 21 bathrooms.

The 1927 Spanish-style hacienda features seven bedrooms, five bathrooms, maid’s quarters and a guesthouse.

The classic Neutra house in Bel-Air features walls of glass, a 4,200-bottle wine tasting room, four bedrooms and seven bathrooms.

The 4,300-square-foot house has five bedrooms and five bathrooms.

The 7,513-square-foot house is on the market for the first time in more than 44 years.

The 28-room French Regency-style mansion has views of downtown L.A. and Santa Catalina Island.

The ranch-style house includes four bedrooms and two bathrooms.

The 3,600-square-foot main house with a boat house and other quarters is by Lake Sherwood in Thousand Oaks.

Armand Marciano’s nearly 20-acre property includes a 30,000-square-foot Mediterranean-style home and a 17-car garage.

He is asking $5.995 million for the 1929 Craftsman-style home.

The Fryman Estates is on 2 acres and features floor-to-ceiling stone fireplaces, staff quarters, five bedrooms and 6 1/2 bathrooms plus a pool, spa and a tennis court.

It is a 4-acre estate with park-like grounds.

The compound includes a 9,200-square-foot main house, two guesthouses and a three-bedroom house that can be used as office space.

The compound includes a huge main house, two guesthouses and an additional three-bedroom house.

The three-bedroom home has a countryside vibe with dormer windows, vine-covered arbors, stone paths and wood fencing.

The two-story view home with five bedrooms features vaulted ceilings, three fireplaces and a balcony off the master suite.

The 1928 four-bedroom Spanish villa has a grand entry, a step-down living room and arched windows.

The Mediterranean mansion has spacious public rooms, a screening room, balconies, five bedrooms and seven bathrooms.

The 1957 post-and-beam house features floor-to-ceiling glass walls at the back that open to a shallow pool and seating area.

Their ‘21st century Loire Valley chateau’ includes a glass-enclosed wine vault in the dining room and wood-paneled library.

The 1950 home has vaulted ceilings, three bedrooms, outdoor entertaining spaces and sweeping views.

Cleve Jones’ cottage-style house, accompanied by a guest house, has three bedrooms, two bathrooms.

The 1960s ranch house, which Elizabeth Taylor owned from 1981 until her death in March, has five bedrooms including two master suites. The 7,000-square-foot home also features a wood-beam ceiling and wood-burning fireplace in the living room, a galley-style kitchen and a pool with a spa.

The three-bedroom ranch-style home sits on more than a half-acre with mountain and valley views.

Matt Battaglia’s contemporary home features a media room, office and four bedrooms.

The 1922 Mediterranean-style house features white contemporary interiors – and one pink refrigerator.

The 1926 Spanish-style home has an updated kitchen, two bedrooms and outdoor living space that includes a deck with a bar.

The stately property includes four bedrooms and a swimming pool.

The 1927 Spanish-style house, which has five bedrooms, has sweeping views.

Jack Klugman’s former property in Riverside County wine country includes a huge main house, guest houses, a five-hole golf course, a tennis court and a swimming pool with spa.

‘Glee’ creator Ryan Murphy sells home; Richard Neutra-designed house for sale; former Louella Parsons retreat on the market.

The 1937 four-bedroom house includes a step-down living room and a den with a bar.

The Spanish hacienda has a family room with a wet bar and wine cellar, a theater and seven bedrooms.

The contemporary six-bedroom home, which sits on two acres, is Neutra’s largest house in Southern California, his son says.

Ed O’Neill buys Brentwood home from cinematographer Robert Richardson.

Half-acre investment property sits on the oceanfront.

Louella Parsons’ two-story French Colonial in Northridge has built-in cabinetry in the dining room, a sun porch-family room and two master suites.

Ed O’Neill’s new two-bedroom, two-bath home, designed by Cliff May, has an open plan and walls of glass.

Dr. Phil McGraw and wife Robin find a buyer for their eight-bedroom, nine-bath Mediterranean villa

Farrah Fawcett’s 2,767-square-foot condo features a direct-access elevator and a master suite with three walk-in closets.