Queen's Lambert not king of the hill on this sale
LOS ANGELES — Adam Lambert couldn't quite turn a profit in the Hollywood Hills. The “American Idol” alum sold his modern digs last week for $2.92 million, or $75,000 shy of what he paid for the place in 2014.
The sale comes about two years after the glam rocker paid $6.5 million for a bigger place in the area.
The stark, contemporary home sits above the Sunset Strip and takes in sweeping city views from a balcony. Down below, a resortstyle backyard features a covered lounge that sits across from a spa and a pair of reflecting pools.
Shades of gray cover the exterior and continue inside, including on a rotunda staircase that navigates the two-story floor plan. Spread across roughly 3,000 square feet are three bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, an indooroutdoor living room, a rounded breakfast nook, a chef's kitchen and a dining room with a wine closet.
A guest suite, which was used as a music room during Lambert's ownership, has a separate entrance.
Lambert gained fame as a runner-up on the music competition show “American Idol” in 2009 and has gone on to release four studio albums, including 2020's “Velvet.” The 38-year-old has also kept busy touring with the rock band Queen.
He first asked $3.995 million for the home in 2017 before trimming the price to $3.35 million.
Selling his old joint
Cannabis entrepreneur and MedMen co-founder Andrew Modlin has put his home in the Hollywood Hills West area up for sale at $11.95 million.
The subdued contemporary sits behind walls on about 1/5 acre in the celebrity-populated Bird
Streets.
The 6,377-square-foot house has five bedrooms, seven bathrooms, linenfinished limestone floors and a wine cellar set behind glass. An upper terrace holds a swimming pool with a spa. Views from the second story take in the city lights.
Modlin bought the property last year through
a trust for $11 million, records show. Earlier this year, he sold another house in West Hollywood to YouTube personality Emma Chamberlain for $3.4 million.
Modlin co-founded MedMen in 2010 with Adam Bierman. The marijuana start-up has locations in New York, Nevada, Arizona, Illinois,
Florida and California, including seven dispensaries in Los Angeles County.
No wrecking ball
Miley Cyrus has purchased a Hidden Hills home for a little more than $4.95 million in an offmarket transaction.
The “Wrecking Ball” singer used a trust to facilitate the deal, which closed in late June. The seller was
Steven Baio, brother of actor Scott Baio.
The traditional-style house was built in 1957 but was recently renovated and expanded. Wideplank wood floors, vaulted ceilings and a new-look kitchen are among the features of note. A snazzy wet bar near the entry is decked out in mercury glass.
The 6,000 square feet of living space also includes
a home theater with a snack bar, formal living and dining rooms, a family room, six bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms.
Outdoors on the 1.18acre site are a sunken dining area, a barbecue pavilion and a lagoon-style swimming pool. A white picket fence encloses a grassy hillside to the rear.
Cyrus has a history with the area, having sold another home in the guard-gated equestrian community two years ago for $5 million.
The daughter of musician Billy Ray Cyrus, she gained fame at an early age as the child star of Disney's “Hannah Montana.” Now 27, she has released six studio albums, most recently “Younger Now” in 2017. Her seventh album, “She Is Miley Cyrus,” is expected to be released later this year.