Star couple selling camera-ready Encino estate
Home of ‘How I Met Your Mother’ actors has made some on-screen cameos.
Married actors Alyson Hannigan and Alexis Denisof are shopping around their prized Encino compound for $18 million.
They’ll more than double their money if they get their price. Records show Hannigan, who starred in “How I Met Your Mother” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” and Denisof, who appeared in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and its spinoff, “Angel,” bought the architectural estate for $7.95 million in 2016.
Known as the Sherman Residence, the three-acreplus compound was completed in 2001 by Peter Tolkin, a prolific architect whose other projects include Malibu’s Sunglass House and Pasadena’s Saladang Garden restaurant.
The house has appeared in films and TV shows such as “Fracture,” “Fun With Dick and Jane” and “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”
The estate is cameraready for a reason. It features a series of pavilions made of concrete, wood and glass connected by vast, open-concept gallery spaces.
Topped by a low-slung roof with overhanging shades, the residence wraps around a central courtyard with a swimming pool and spa.
Five bedrooms and eight bathrooms fill out the 7,600square-foot floor plan, and walls of glass take in the leafy, landscaped grounds scattered with sycamore, orange, avocado and palm trees.
In addition, the compound includes a guesthouse, stand-alone gym and three-car garage complete with an office and bedroom. For fun, there’s tennis and bocce courts.
Michael LaMontagna of Hilton & Hyland and Alexis LaMontagna of Coldwell Banker Realty hold the listing.
Hannigan, 48, also appeared in the “American Pie” film series. She currently hosts the magic competition show “Penn & Teller: Fool Us.”
Since starring in “Angel,” Denisof, 56, has appeared in the shows “How I Met Your Mother,” “Grimm” and “Finding Carter.”
Designer scoops up John Lautner gem
Nicolas Ghesquière, the creative director for French fashion house Louis Vuitton, just bought one of the most stylish estates in L.A. The designer has quietly paid $11 million for John Lautner’s iconic Wolff House in an offmarket deal.
The sellers are Amanda Hearst, great-granddaughter of late publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst, and her husband, director Joachim Rønning. They made a hefty profit on the property after buying it two years ago for $5.9 million.
The Midcentury gem was built in 1961 by Lautner, a prolific architect whose bold, dramatic creations regularly star in the silver screen. His works include the Bob Hope house in Palm Springs and the Silvertop estate in Silver Lake. His personal residence traded hands two years ago for $1.67 million, or $80,000 over the asking price.
The Wolff House is one of Lautner’s best, as the striking Modernist marvel hovers above the city on an ultrasteep lot in Hollywood Hills. A confluence of natural materials and sleek modern features, the house wraps around a mammoth eucalyptus tree that cuts through the center of the space.
Scenic living spaces combine stone, copper and glass, as 16-foot windows take in the leafy grounds and city below. Another highlight comes in the spiral staircase, whose wood steps wind within a curved wall of stone.
Four bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms complete the main house, and a guesthouse commissioned in 1970 adds three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The primary suite extends to a private terrace, and the lower level opens outside, where a cantilevered swimming pool is perched at the edge of the property.
In 2006, the estate was a designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.
Ghesquière worked at Balenciaga, where he was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in 2006, before joining
Louis Vuitton in 2013.
Hearst and Rønning were married last year at Hearst Castle in San Simeon. Hearst formerly served as an editor at the fashion magazine Marie Claire. Rønning, a native of Norway, has been directing films for two decades with credits including “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” and “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.”
Musician’s mansion overlooks Bowl
R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills’ house comes with unlimited concert tickets — kind of. The scenic estate, which Mills just listed for $6.5 million, offers a rare perk: It’s one of only two homes that directly overlooks the Hollywood Bowl.
It’s a fitting residence for Mills, a multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer who co-founded the Georgia-based rock band in the 1980s.
The musical setting isn’t the property’s only unique element. Other highlights include a 400-gallon aquarium in the living room, builtin pizza oven and stunning tile bathroom built over the course of two years that resembles Vincent Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” painting.
Perched on a half-acre hillside lot, the house spans three stories with four bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms across nearly 4,000 square feet.
Picture windows and pocketing walls of glass take advantage of views, capturing not only the Hollywood
Bowl but also the Hollywood sign, Griffith Observatory and downtown L.A.
There are also a breakfast nook, media room and game room, as well as a pair of bathrooms with colorful, custom tile.
Outside, three viewing decks overlook the neighboring concert venue. An observation deck, swimming
pool and spa complete the small compound. According to the listing, the property comes with an adjoining lot lined with solar panels.
Born in Orange County, Mills co-founded R.E.M in the 1980s. Since then, the prolific group has become one of the bestselling bands of all time with 15 studio albums, six EPs and four live albums.
Steven Bruns and Diana Armstrong-Bruns of Engel & Volkers Calabasas hold the listing.
Rapper unloads party compound
Drake just wrapped up his third and final home sale in Hidden Hills. A few months after selling a pair of ranches to Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, the rapper just unloaded the crown jewel of the compound for $12 million.
The hip-hop star saved the best for last, as the residence known as the “Yolo Estate” is the most impressive of the three homes by far.
He bought the Tudorstyle house a decade ago for $7.7 million and transformed it into a full-fledged party compound complete with a mechanical bull, sand volleyball court and custom swimming pool with an 80foot rock waterslide and secret grotto with televisions and a bar.
The house has plenty to offer. Reached by a stone bridge, the two-story spot is decked out with chandeliers, rock fireplaces and amenities such as a bar, wine cellar, tasting room, recording studio and movie theater.
Elsewhere are seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms, including a 2,000-squarefoot primary suite hidden behind a bookshelf.
The grounds span three landscaped acres, adding a tennis court, entertainer’s patio, sun deck and equestrian facilities such as a stable and riding ring.
Branden and Rayni Williams of the Beverly Hills Estates held the listing. Lisa Moriarty of Rodeo Realty represented the buyer, who remains unidentified.
Drake, whose full name is Aubrey Drake Graham, has released seven studio albums since 2010, including the surprise release of “Honestly, Nevermind” last month. He’s sold more than 170 million records en route to four Grammy Awards and also founded the Toronto record label OVO Sound in 2012.
He sold the three homes after moving to Beverly Crest earlier this year, spending $75 million on a 20,000-square-foot home on 20 acres owned by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams.