Reality Star Bobby Berk Nabs Los Feliz Modern

Texas-born and Missouri-bred interior designer and newly minted reality TV personality Bobby Berk has splashed out $1.4 million for a radically rebuilt turnkey contemporary in the Franklin Hills area of Los Angeles between the Silver Lake and Los Feliz communities. One of the five endlessly energetic co-stars of the Netflix series “Queer Eye,” the thrice-emmy-winning 2018 reboot of the groundbreaking mid-aughts Bravo series “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” Berk appears to have faced stiff competition for the property; he coughed up more than $200,000 above the just under $1.2 million asking price. Grandly positioned high above the street with eastern views of the surrounding hills and painted in two shades of gray set off by a rugged bit of unpainted wood fencing, the boxy two-story villa has three bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms in close to 1,600 sleekly finished square feet.

A discreet gated staircase next to a streetlevel single- car garage leads to expansive multilevel terracing for al fresco entertaining with an outdoor fireplace and an overthe-rooftops view unfortunately laced by telephone wires. Compact, open- concept interiors feature pale blond hardwoods, chalky white walls free of architectural embellishment and floor-to- ceiling accordion-fold glass doors that lead to a covered balcony. The master suite incorporates a fitted walk-in closet and an all-white bathroom fitted with a glossy laminated vanity and snazzy chevron-pattern tile work in the combo tub and shower.

An exterior staircase accessible through one of the guest bedrooms and the master bedroom closet climbs up to a sun- drenched roof terrace with wraparound mountain and city vistas that include the tips of the downtown skyline and a tree-framed view of Griffith Observatory.