Spy-comedy star Levi attracts an offer
LOS ANGELES — Actor Zachary Levi, of Chuck fame, listed his home in Los Angeles’s Studio City for $1.399 million US and, in less than two weeks, had received an offer.
Built in 1952, the remodelled house looks new, with upgrades that include stained hardwood floors, recessed lighting and contemporary hardware and fixtures.
In the master suite, wired for surround sound, sliding doors lead to a deck with a retractable awning. The galley-style kitchen and four bathrooms have been modernized.
White-painted beams top a living room with a fireplace and a breakfast nook. There are four bedrooms, as well as a library/ office, in 2,235 square feet of interior space.
Outside, cantilevered decking creates a covered patio space. A brick-lined spa and fire pit sit in the back of the yard. The finished garage features two levels of flex space.
Levi, 36, is known for his lead role as Chuck Bartowski on the spy-comedy series Chuck, which wrapped up its five-season run in 2012.
More recently, his credits include the miniseries Heroes Reborn and the show Telenovela.
This year, Bartowski lent his voice to the animated show Tangled: The Series.
He bought the property in 2004 for $875,000, records show.
Wiig unloads mid-century property in Los Feliz
Comedic actress Kristen Wiig has wrapped up a sale in Los Feliz, selling her home in Franklin Hills for $2 million.
The multilevel home, built in 1949, was designed to capture the southern Californian indooroutdoor lifestyle.
Pocketing glass walls lead to terraces and decking extending from each floor.
The outdoor living areas create 2,500 square feet of additional space — nearly as much as the home’s 2,719-square-foot interior.
An open-plan living and dining room, a galley-style kitchen and a media room are among the common areas. There are three bedrooms, three bathrooms and one half-bath, plus an outdoor steam shower. A dry sauna is on the bottom floor.
The property came on the market in March with an asking price of $2.395 million, records show. It previously changed hands four years ago for $1.764 million.
Wiig, 43, was a fixture on Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2012 and contributed to popular sketches such as Target Lady and The Californians. Among her film credits are Bridesmaids (2011), Ghostbusters (2016) and Master Minds (2016). Her latest movie is Despicable Me 3.
Grey’s Anatomy writer chooses English style
Television producer and writer Shonda Rhimes has bought a home in historic Hancock Park for about $4.6 million.
Built in 1924 and renovated, the English Country-style home sits on about half an acre, with a swimming pool, lawns and a pool/guesthouse.
The stone-faced two-storey home has 4,895 square feet of living space that includes a marblelined foyer, a dining room with coffered ceilings, an eat-in kitchen, five bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms. There are fireplaces in the living room, library and master bedroom.
Outdoors, lawns and hedges surround the pool area. Two white trellises creates additional living space near the pool house.
The property had been listed for sale at $4.795 million.
The property had been listed for sale at $4.795 million.
In May, based on six sales, the median sales price for singlefamily homes in the area was $1.3 million, up three per cent year over year, according to property analyst CoreLogic.
Rhimes, 47, is known as the architect behind such hit television shows as Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice and Scandal. More recently she produced the series How to Get Away With Murder and The Catch.
Baseball player found his Fields of dreams
The onetime Beverly Hills home of Hall of Fame baseball player Hank Greenberg has come on the market for $9.5 million.
Known as the Fields House, the Regency-style home was designed by noted architect Craig Ellwood and built in 1957 as part of the Case Study program, an experiment in American residential architecture.
For the program, which ran from 1945 until 1966, Arts & Architecture magazine commissioned leading architects to design and build inexpensive and efficient model homes to feed the American housing boom that followed the Second World War. The result was 36 designs, many of which were built in Los Angeles.
Greenberg, who starred for the Detroit Tigers during the 1930s and ’40s, bought the house in 1974 for $258,000 and was its third owner.
Following his death in 1986 at age 75, the property was conveyed to Greenberg’s widow, actor Mary Jo Tarola, better known by her screen name Linda Douglas, who lived there until she died this year.
Set at the end of a cul-de-sac, the steel-framed house sits amid a canopy of mature trees on about one acre. The four-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom home shares the site with a onebedroom guesthouse, a swimming pool and a covered pavilion.
A large motor court with a fountain sits just inside the gated entrance.
The interior includes openplan living and sitting rooms, a formal dining room and a library/den.
Skylights top an updated kitchen, which has an island/ breakfast bar. There are four fireplaces in 3,384 square feet of living space.
Greenberg was a power-hitting first baseman who won two World Series titles with the Tigers.
A two-time American League MVP, he was the first baseball player to earn $100,000 in a season and the first Jewish ballplayer to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Late Laugh-In co-star lived by the beach
In Malibu’s Broad Beach, the longtime home of actor and pinup model Dolly Read and her late husband, comedian Dick Martin, has returned to the market for $9.4 million.
The Cape Cod-style house, built in 1946, makes the most of its location on Malibu’s western end, with several balconies and a wood-plank walkway that leads directly to the sand. Views from the property are unobstructed and extend up and down the coastline.
The main house features open-beam ceilings, brick fireplaces, a cook’s kitchen and a wine cellar on the main floor. The master suite occupies the second level and has a sitting area, his and hers bathrooms and doors that open to a private deck.
A courtyard containing fountains and mature fruit trees sits between the main house and guesthouse, which has its own kitchen and private deck. Combined, the two residences offer nearly 4,700 square feet of living space.
The property, sitting on about a third of an acre, also has a three-car garage.
Martin, who died in 2008 at 86, was co-host of the popular Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In from the late 1960s to the early ’70s. He later directed such television shows as The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart.
Read, 72, appeared in the 1970 film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and appeared on several television series, including Charlie’s Angels and Fantasy Island.
She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month in May 1966.
Rapper’s mansion comes with shark lagoon
Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., the rapper better known as Lil Wayne, has sold his waterfront mansion in Miami Beach, Florida, for $10 million.
The 15,101-square-foot house, which features a rooftop skate park and shark lagoon, was originally introduced to market in 2015 for $18 million — almost double the sale price. More recently it was listed for $12 million, records show.
Tucked behind tall hedges, the glass-and-steel spread has nine bedrooms and 10 bathrooms that include a two-storey master suite accessed by a glass-enclosed elevator. In the living room, a three-storey wall of windows takes in waterway views. Several kitchens, a media room and a professional recording studio are among other features.
Terraces and decking create additional living space outdoors.
A private dock sits just beyond the swimming pool. There’s also a three-car garage.
Wayne, 34, is among the bestselling artists of all time, with more than 100 million record sales worldwide. He has won five Grammys, including the award for best rap album in 2009 for Tha Carter III.
He bought the property in 2011 for $11.6 million, public records show.