Hot Property: Los Feliz villa with a star-studded past hits the market

A 1929 Los Feliz home once owned by actor Cary Grant and, later, drummer Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers has come on the market at $3,495,000.

The Spanish Colonial Revival-style villa has four bedrooms, four bathrooms and a media room in 6,727 square feet. Details include original stained glass, period tiles and intricate moldings. The rooms have city-lights and ocean views.

The walled property last sold in 2006 for $3.2 million, public records show.

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Photo: There are gardens, terraces and a swimming pool. An attached guest apartment has a bedroom and a bathroom. The listing agents are Mimi Starrett and Aaron Kirman of Hilton & Hyland, Beverly Hills. Credit: Michael McCreary

 

Hot Property: Silver Lake duplex bid up 18% above asking

Actor Mark Saul ("Grey's Anatomy") and his sister, costume designer Deanna Saul, have purchased a duplex in Silver Lake for $585,000.

The 5,200-square-foot property came on the market at $495,000 in late July, was bid up by multiple bidders -- it was not a foreclosure -- and sold quickly.

Each unit has one bedroom and one bathroom for a total of about 1,600 square feet of living space. There are lake and city views. The siblings plan to update and renovate the units.

The 90039 ZIP Code had 21 existing home sales in July at a median price of $600,000, according to MDA DataQuick. That's an increase of 24.4% from July 2008.

The 90039 ZIP Code had 77 existing home sales in the first half of the year at a median price of $583,000, according to MDA DataQuick. That's a drop of 7.2% from the first half of 2008.

August home and condo data will be out later this week.

-- Lauren Beale

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Photo: Once the new owners trim back the foliage they will have lake and city views. Credit: Michael McNamara

Hot Property: A quick deal in Los Feliz

A 1966 landmark home in Los Feliz designed by architect Edward H. Fickett has sold in less than a month.

The post-and-beam house appeared on the Multiple Listing Service in late July, and on that same day, buyer Bruce Livingstone, founder of iStockphoto.com, made an offer of $2,445,000 with a 15-day close that was accepted. The property had been listed for $2.5 million.

The three-bedroom, 2 1/2-bathroom house, called the Jacobson House for its original owners, is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument and had been kept intact and meticulously maintained. It has 2,926 square feet of living space in two stories. There is a swimming pool and a two-story atrium.

Fickett is known for having designed tens of thousands of single-family homes, including prefab and affordable houses, as well as projects such as La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad and the Port of Los Angeles passenger and cargo terminals.

Livingstone, 38, who is relocating his family to Los Angeles, also acquired artwork and 1960s furnishings with the gated house. He sold iStockphoto to Getty Images in 2006 for $50 million.

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Photo: The mid-century home features high ceilings, an open floor plan, exposed beams, walls of glass and floor-to-ceiling doors. Patricia Ruben of Sotheby's International Realty, Los Feliz, handled both sides of the transaction. Credit: Patricia Ruben

Hot Property: Singer Natasha Bedingfield buys Los Feliz home for $2.3 million

British pop singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield has purchased a home in the Los Feliz area for $2.3 million.

The 4,792-square-foot contemporary has four bedrooms, 5 1/2 bathrooms, a media room, a gym and an office in three stories with city and mountain views. There is a detached guesthouse above the three-car garage and a swimming pool. The recently redone house was built in 1953.

Her new home was listed in January 2008 at $4,495,000 and was most recently priced at $2,495,000.

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Hot Property: 'Weeds' creator is moving up in Los Feliz

 

“Weeds” writer and executive producer Jenji Kohan and her husband, Christopher Noxon, have listed their Spanish-style home in Los Feliz at $1,597,000.

The three-bedroom, 2 1/2-bathroom house, built in 1927, sits on a bluff overlooking East Hollywood. Among period details are stenciled ceiling beams, an original hand-painted mural in the foyer, a wrought-iron circular staircase and a turret sitting room.

They are selling because they have moved up to another house in the neighborhood. The property was purchased in 1996 for $520,000, public records show.

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Photo: The two-story house has 2,980 square feet of living space. Credit: Patricia Ruben / Sotheby's International Realty, Los Feliz

Hot Property: Stevie Wonder sells a home in Los Feliz

A Los Feliz home owned by singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder has sold for $2,407,000.

The four-bedroom, three-bathroom Mission-style house of 4,511 square feet was built in 1928. The two-story home has a swimming pool, gated parking, a one-bedroom guesthouse and less than half an acre of grounds.

The record producer and winner of 22 Grammy awards is the owner of about a dozen residential and commercial properties in the Los Angeles area, according to public records.

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Hot Property: Acting couple sells in Los Feliz Oaks

 

Actors Melissa McCarthy ("Samantha Who?" and "Gilmore Girls") and Ben Falcone ("Joey") have sold their home in the Los Feliz Oaks neighborhood for $2,495,000.

The 3,832-square-foot redone traditional has four bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms and two offices.

The two-story house, built in 1940, was sold for its asking price, and I'd say pretty quickly too. It came on the market in early May. The couple had purchased the property in 2006 for $2.1 million.

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Photo: The house features formal living and dining rooms, 9-foot ceilings, hardwood floors, French doors, two second-floor terraces, laundry areas on the first and second floors, a flat grass yard and a pool with spa. Credit: Jeff Ong / Postrain Productions

Hot Property: Chief Bratton lists his Los Feliz home for sale

The Los Feliz home of L.A. Police Chief William J. Bratton and his wife, Rikki Klieman, has come on the Multiple Listing Service at $1,875,000.

The one-story house, built in 1964, has four bedrooms and three bathrooms in 2,716 square feet. Described as an "architectural hacienda," the private walled and gated home has a courtyard entry, city light views, outdoor entertainment areas and a swimming pool surrounded by mature trees and landscaping. Inside the updated post-and-beam house are vaulted ceilings, hardwood floors and a redone kitchen.

The couple purchased the Los Feliz home in early 2003 for $1,244,000.

They plan to buy another home in the L.A. area. Bratton said he doesn't use the pool and is ready to be done with its upkeep.

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--Lauren Beale

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Hot Property: Frank Lloyd Wright landmark is on the MLS at $15 million

 

The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Ennis House in Los Feliz has landed on the Multiple Listing Service at $15 million.

The 1924 concrete-block structure has four bedrooms and 4 1/2 bathrooms in about 6,000 square feet. The Mayan-inspired California landmark -- it is a state landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places -- sits on about three-quarters of an acre with city, canyon and ocean views.

The seller is the Ennis House Foundation, a nonprofit that has spent about $6.5 million to restore the earthquake- and water-damaged estate. The house "needs more stewardship at this point than a small nonprofit can sustain," the foundation states on its website.

It is estimated it will take an additional$5 million to $7 million complete the restoration. Deep pockets, anyone?

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Photo: Architectural details include high, wood-beamed ceilings, art-glass windows, a window-lined loggia looking onto the pool, and a glass mosaic-tile fireplace in the living room. More photos are at latimes.com. Credit: Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times

 

Hot Property: Charlie Sheen lists Los Feliz home

 

Actor Charlie Sheen and his wife, Brooke, have listed their 1927 Mediterranean in Los Feliz at $3,697,000.

The gated villa has four bedrooms and 4 1/2 bathrooms in 4,179 square feet. The home had been purchased in November 2007 for $2,575,000. The listing agents are Sherri Rogers and Konstantine Valissarakos of Sotheby’s International Realty, Los Feliz.

In the Sheens' 90027 ZIP Code, 22 single-family homes sold in the first quarter at a median price of $964,000 ($515 a square foot), according to MDA DataQuick. That was a 12.2% price increase from the first quarter of 2008 but 22 homes is a pretty small sample. 

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Photo: A fountain stands in the tiled front courtyard of the Sheen home. More photos at latimes.com. Credit: Everett Fenton Gidley