Rock drummer finds new place to make noise
LOS ANGELES — Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has bought a Mediterranean home on a private street in Los Angeles’s Calabasas for $2.825 million US and sold another home in the city’s Cheviot Hills area for $4.465 million.
His new house sits on a nearly halfacre corner lot. Barker also owns another house in the gated community.
Built in 2006, the house features Italian design finishes, beamed ceilings and French doors that open to a veranda. The 7,196 square feet of living space includes a family room, a breakfast nook, five bedrooms and six bathrooms. There’s also a bonus room that can function as a home theatre, office or library.
Barker’s old spot is a boxy modernstyle home that has 13-foot ceilings, 10-foot walls of glass and mixed materials throughout the 4,173 square feet of interior space. Loft-like living spaces include a media room, an office and a master suite with three walk-in closets. There are four bedrooms and four bathrooms.
The cantilevered second storey creates a covered patio outdoors. There is also a swimming pool.
Barker, 41, has collaborated with artists including LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes and Slash.
Styles takes a New Direction
Harry Styles, singer-songwriter of One Direction fame, has listed his contemporary-style home in Hollywood Hills West for sale at $8.495 million.
Tucked behind a motorized gate on a quarter-acre lot, the multilevel home boasts an open floor plan and pocketing walls of glass that capitalize on southern California’s indoor-outdoor lifestyle. Views from the home, set above the Sunset Strip, extend from the downtown cityscape to the ocean.
The 4,100 square feet of subdued living space includes a centre-island kitchen, a screening room and a gym. The four bedrooms and six bathrooms include a top-floor master suite that opens to a private balcony.
Tall bamboo hedges form a natural screen around the swimming pool and spa. Expansive decking extends outward to create additional space as well as a covered lounge area below.
Styles bought the house a year ago for $6.87 million, property records show.
This month, 23-year-old Styles released the album Harry Styles, his first as a solo artist. He will make his acting debut this year in the Christopher Nolan-directed war film Dunkirk.
Designer’s Palisades pad gone
Reality TV-star-turned-fashiondesigner Lauren Conrad has sold her home in Pacific Palisades for $4.75 million.
The Spanish-style house, built in 2004, sits at the end of a long drive and has an arched pass-through decorated in bright Malibu tile. A rustic clay-tile roof, arched doors and windows and a rotunda entry are among the other character details.
Inside, the 5,900 square feet of white-walled space features wide-plank flooring, French doors and vaulted ceilings with exposed beams. The centre-island kitchen has been refreshed with white subway tile, hardware and modern fixtures. Other living spaces include living and dining rooms, an office, five bedrooms, five full bathrooms and a powder room.
Outdoors, the park-like setting includes two patios, a built-in barbecue and a broad fireplace. A waterslide and spa accompany the swimming pool.
Conrad, 31, is known for her appearances on the MTV show Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and the spinoff The Hills. She has since written books and launched the fashion line LC Lauren Conrad.
Dancer makes his move
Dancing With the Stars regular Derek Hough has put a development property in Sherman Oaks on the market for $1.795 million — more than three times what the professional dancer paid for it two years ago.
Set up from the street on a hilltop, the half-acre property is being marketed with city-approved plans for a modern-style home with clean lines, clerestories and walls of glass.
The proposed house of 3,358 square feet will have three bedrooms and four bathrooms including a master suite with a spa-like bath and walk-in closet, according to listing details.
An infinity-edge swimming pool with a raised spa is proposed for the grounds. A two-car garage with direct access would sit off the front of the home.
Hough, who has history when it comes to flipping houses, paid $560,000 for the property, public records show.
Thirty-two-year-old Hough has won a record six seasons on the dance competition show since 2007. He has won two Emmys for his choreography routines on the series.
TV producer sells up
Veteran television producer and director Michelle MacLaren has sold her home in Hollywood Hills West for $2.85 million.
The Robert Byrd-designed home, built in 1955, sits behind gates and is surrounded by conservancy-owned land. Expansive views from the more than halfacre site take in the canyon, city lights and ocean.
Beyond the bohemian front doors, the 2,540 square feet of living space opens to a round foyer lined with terracotta tile. Exposed brickwork, beamed ceilings and wood panelling speak to the home’s rustic vibe.
Decorative Spanish tile work brightens the kitchen. Upper and lower master suites are among three bedrooms and three bathrooms.
The property was owned by comedy actor Larry Storch and his late wife, actor Norma Catherine Greve.
MacLaren bought the house two decades ago for $730,000, records show.
MacLaren has television credits that include X-Files, The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones. She shared two Emmys for her work as an executive producer and director on Breaking Bad.
Shooter’s sale misses mark
Golden State Warriors’ Kevin Durant has sold his twin townhouse-style lodgings in Oklahoma City for $1.1 million — far less than the $1.769 million he paid in 2013 before combining them into a single home.
The side-by-side three-storey properties are connected by a passageway and contain six bedrooms, eight bathrooms and 7,000 square feet of living space.
The small forward reportedly put $3 million into the place, according to real estate agent Rhonda Bratton of Churchill-Brown & Associates Realtors.
One part of the home was designed as living quarters and the other designated for entertaining. A billiards room opens to a theatre/media room on one level. There’s also an exercise area, a room-size sauna and attached parking for four vehicles. Durant, 28, is an eight-time All-Star.