CELEBRITY HOMES Perry plans to fly from Bird Streets
Friends actor puts his home in Los Angeles up for sale after playwriting debut
LOS ANGELES — Actor Matthew Perry has listed his home in the Bird Streets of Hollywood Hills West for sale at $13.5 million US.
Perry, known for his role on the sitcom Friends, has been spending less time on the West Coast since his playwriting debut, The End of Longing, opened last year in London. The play, in which he also stars, premièred stateside this month in an off-Broadway production at MCC Theater.
The dramatic showplace, built in 1962, features walls of floor-toceiling glass that open to a covered patio and an infinityedge swimming pool. Fire features and reflecting pools enhance the outdoor living space. Clear-through views extend from downtown L.A. to the ocean.
Entered through an atrium courtyard, the 3,821 square feet of open-plan space includes a living room with a fireplace, a chef’s kitchen, three bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms. The master suite has a wall of glass that leads outdoors. The home theatre sits beneath the house and has twoinch-thick windows that look into the pool.
An attached two-car garage sits off the home’s entrance.
Perry ushered in a new wave of celebrity activity in the neighbourhood, known for its use of bird names for streets, six years ago when he bought the property for $8.65 million. The 47-year-old actor has also owned homes in trendy L.A.-area spots such as the Sierra Towers, Outpost Estates and Malibu’s gated Serra Retreat. OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder and his wife, Genevieve, have put their updated home in the Trousdale section of Beverly Hills on the market for $12.75 million.
The privately situated estate, built in 1959, was restored and expanded two years ago by Alvarez Morris Architectural Studio. The renovation included the addition of a new bedroom and family room and updates for the bathrooms, fixtures and systems. A three-car garage replaced the original carport.
Set on about one acre, the fivebedroom, six-bathroom house has a gated motor court and thin wood panelling along its wide front.
The 5,386 square feet of living space includes an expansive living room that opens to a banquet-sized dining room. A white floorto-ceiling fireplace adjoins a grey-hued wet bar, creating a yin-and-yang-like centrepiece in the common area.
Bifolding and sliding glass doors extend the living space outdoors, where a mature coral tree provides natural shade. A swimming pool and spa, a fire pit and a covered barbecue station make up the grounds.
Tedder, 37, is a founding member of OneRepublic. The pop-rock band has hits that include Counting Stars, Good Life and All the Right Moves.
Property still Golden after all these years
One might say this house has travelled down the road and back again. The onetime home of TV
Golden Girl Rue McClanahan has come on the market in the Royal Oaks section of Encino for $5.495 million.
That’s about four times what the late McClanahan paid for the property in 1988, during the show’s heyday.
McClanahan sold the property to its current owners seven years later for $1.6 million, public records show.
Designed by Arthur Kelly, architect of the Playboy Mansion, the 1951 country colonial is reflective of the style popularized after the Second World War, according to listing agent and author Bret Parsons. The present interior and furnishings are the work of noted interior designer Nick Berman.
Within the 5,368 square feet of living space are a foyer, a living room with a wet bar, a skylight-topped dining room, a music room and a home theatre.
The chef’s kitchen has a centre island and a bay window with garden views. A gym, four bedrooms and six bathrooms complete the floor plan.
The outdoor areas feature a kitchen, a rock-rimmed swimming pool, meditation areas, playgrounds and a dog run. Walking paths and a waterfall-fed creek also lie within about three acres of fenced and gated grounds.
McClanahan, who died seven years ago at 76, won an Emmy for her lead role in the sitcom, which ran from 1985 to 1992. She had previously co-starred with Golden
Girls cast mate Bea Arthur on the series Maude.
Legend’s former house can be bought or leased
The Hollywood Hills home that singer-songwriter John Legend and his wife, model Chrissy Teigen, sold three years ago has come on the market for $2.495 million, or for lease at $12,000 a month.
The midcentury-modern-style home, built in 1961 and updated by designer Don Stewart, devotes most of its 2,200 square feet to open-plan space. Vaulted and beamed ceilings top a free-flowing common area consisting of a centre-island kitchen, a dining room and a living room with a fireplace. Sliding glass doors open to a covered patio for indoor-outdoor living and entertaining.
The master suite is equipped with a glass-enclosed shower and an open-air bathing room with a large soaking tub.
Outdoors, decking extends to the edge of the property. Views take in the surrounding treetops and hillside.
Legend and Teigen sold the property in 2014 for $2 million. The couple have since moved on to a Beverly Hills home once owned by Rihanna.
Clippers coach scores with Malibu purchase
Doc Rivers, head coach and team president of the Los Angeles Clippers, has made his first move of the off-season, buying a home in Malibu for $9.525 million.
The Spanish-style beach house is in Malibu Cove, a gated enclave, and sits along the oceanfront. Built in 1978, the two-storey house features high ceilings, two fireplaces and surf-facing decks extending from each floor. Oversized windows and sliding glass doors bring the ocean breeze and views inside.
The master suite scores points with a separate sitting area and glass doors that open to a wraparound deck. A private staircase leads to the beach.
Previous property owners include Lyndie Benson — exwife of jazz musician Kenny G — and Don Ohlmeyer, television producer and former president of NBC’s West Coast division. Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys is a former tenant.