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Sunday Real Estate Round-Up, 02/20/11

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) — Feb 20th 2011 at 9:03AM

From the LA Times:
--A Beverly Hills home originally built for Bert Lahr, who played the cowardly lion on "The Wizard of Oz," is on the market at $28.5 million. The listing is here.
--Singer Chris Brown has purchased a West Hollywood condominium for close to its $1.75-million asking price.
--John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has placed his Hollywood Hills home on the market at $1.269 million. The listing is here.
--A La Cañada Flintridge house once owned by Academy Award-winning actor Victor McLaglen has come on the market at $4.95 million. The listing for Fairhaven is here.
--A Palm Springs property that actor Cary Grant lived in for 20 years has come on the market at $2.995 million. We checked out this home in 2009 when it was listed at $4.95 million.

From the NY Post:
--Robin Williams has rented a four-bedroom unit in the Rushmore condo building on Riverside Boulevard for about $15,000 a month.
--Hedge-fund billionaire Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, has purchased a $22 million beach estate on Ocean Road in Bridgehampton. The property was listed for $25.995 million.
--Ivan Wilzig, also known as the Hamptons famous Sir Ivan, is unveiling a dragon goddess statue by Roby Braun at his 15,000-square-foot medieval-style castle in Water Mill, New York.
--Jim Carrey is renting an entire floor at the Richard Meier-designed glass condo palace at 176 Perry St.
--Former congressman Harold Ford Jr. has just closed on a five-bedroom, three-bathroom unit on West 15th Street which had an asking price of $3.4 million.
Ford and his wife, Emily Threlkeld sold their one-bedroom Greenwich Village co-op on Fifth Avenue for $1.3 million.
--Alex Rodriguez and Cameron Diaz are still real estate shopping. They most recently visited the five-bedroom, 7,180-square-foot townhouse at 400 West St. that is owned by developers/designers Bob and Cortney Novogratz. It was our estate of the day last October.

Gallery: 400 West Street

From the Real Estalker:
Britney Spears has reportedly spent $18.9 million on an estate in the Hidden Hills area of Los Angeles.
--Rumor has it that Ellen Degeneres is quietly shopping around her multi-residence Beverly Hills --compound for around $50,000.
--Rachel Zoe has moved to a home in Beverly Hills.

From the Wall Street Journal:
--A group of three private islands off Italy's Amalfi coast and a nearby home once owned by Franco Zeffirelli are for sale at €195 million, or about $263 million. The listing is here.
--Equinox gym co-founder Danny Errico has purchased several Kauai properties that belonged to the estate of late author Michael Crichton for $11.65 million.
--Ivana Trump is quietly shopping her oceanfront home in Palm Beach, Florida for around $24 million.
From the Wall Street Journal:
--Yankee star Alex Rodriguez has made a deal to buy a four-bedroom condo on the 35th floor of a the Rushmore building. His full floor apartment is said to have cost between $5.5 to $6 million.

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Spindrift Cove, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) — Feb 19th 2011 at 1:01PM

Today's estate takes us back to the incredibly scenic town of Carmel California. We looked at a home very close to this one in December in the Carmel Highlands area which is between Carmel-by-the-Sea and Big Sur. This area boasts some of the country's priciest real estate. Today's home, a stone manor house on 4.25 acres, dates back to 1921. The area's famous Cypress trees surround the home which is set high on a hill overlooking the water. The home has beamed ceilings, large fireplaces, hardwood floors and wide windows with white water and Point Lobos views. One nice detail is the stone porch with glass windows and a wood stove for chilly evenings. A separate guest house is tucked away from the main house. This home is listed at $9.95 million with Mike Canning. Check out the property website for additional pictures.

Gallery: Spindrift Cove

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David Krumholtz Puts His Los Angeles Home On The Market

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) — Feb 19th 2011 at 2:02AM

Actor David Krumholtz, best known as math genius Charlie Eppes on the TV series "Numb3rs," has put his Hollywood Hills, California home on the market. The LA Times reports that Krumholtz owns a gated property called El Castillo.

He bought the Spanish style home in early 2010 for $2.025 million. It has more than 4,000 square feet of living space, an elevator, hand-carved living room ceilings, an eat-in kitchen, four bedrooms (two of which are master suites) and four bathrooms. It has some charming Moorish details incude a carved wood ceiling in the double-height living room and peaked arch windows. He has listed the home at $2.175 million with Allyson Carter of Rodeo Realty.

Gallery: David Krumholtz in the Hollywood Hills

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John Schneider Lists His Agoura Hills Home

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) — Feb 19th 2011 at 12:00AM

Actor John Schneider is moving on. The actor, who first rose to prominence in the 1980s as Bo Duke on "The Dukes of Hazzard" has lived in his home in Agoura Hills, California since 1999 when he bought the home for $1.25 million. The six-bedroom home is an English-style house on 2.67 acres.

The LA Times reports that Schneider raised his kids on the property which has a pool, guesthouse, detached offices, a summer kitchen, fenced pasture and garages. The family home has a game room, bar and Schneider also set up a recording booth in the office and a studio for editing. The home is listed at $2.199 million. George Hutchison and Jeannette Hutchison of Coldwell Banker Westlake Village have the listing.

Gallery: John Schneider in Agoura Hills

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Trump Bids on Patricia Kluge's Virginia Estate

by Carrie N. Culpepper (RSS feed) — Feb 18th 2011 at 6:01PM

trump bids on patricia kluge estate The latest wrinkle in Patricia Kluge's dispursal of fortune involves another famed billionaire: Donald Trump. This Wednesday, Trump had two lawyers representing him at the auction of Albemarle House, Kluge's luxe estate on 300 acres in tony Albemarle County, Va.

Shortly before the auction began, Steve Blaine and Les Goldman announced to the crowd of approximately 60 gathered in front of the Albemarle County Courthouse that they represented Donald Trump. What others might not have realized is that Trump had already purchased the adjacent 200 acres which, because of conditions outlined when Kluge gained the property in her divorce, would grant him right of first refusal on Albemare House.

"I think Mr. Trump wanted others to be aware that he was a bidder and he controlled the front yard of the house," said Baine, a Charlottesville, Va. lawyer. "He's a savvy business person but I think any other person with a serious interest in the house would have tried to figure out how to secure those 200 acres first."

Gallery: Patricia Kluge's Albemarle House

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Farnlun Place, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) — Feb 18th 2011 at 1:01PM

Today's home in Sun Valley, Idaho is on 2.86 acres and located within minutes of all sorts of recreation including hiking trails, fishing, golf and more. The property began as a working farm and ranch dating back to the 1800s. Now it's an active home owner's luxury paradise. There is a main home, four guest cabins, a caretaker's cabin, car barn and, the coolest feature, the entertainment barn. Multiple fireplaces offer places to lounge and warm up after the snow and the large open kitchen is nicely set up for entertaining. Other features include a billiard room, expansive dining room and a cathedral-like wine cellar. The home neatly combines rustic and western touches with an overall picture of casual luxury. This property is listed at $10.5 million. The property website is here.

Gallery: Farnlun Place

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Archer Road, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) — Feb 17th 2011 at 1:01PM

Today's home is a Norman-style estate in the town of Harrison, New York. The six-bedroom home, built in 1931, was designed by architect Frank J. Forster and is on 1.9 acres. A gated, stone-pillared entry adds to the feeling of stepping into the past. The home has its original Ludowici tile roof, stone and original brick construction and three turrets. A hand-carved Gothic door opens into the stone reception hall with powder room. To the right is a turret with a circular staircase embellished by medallion windows. An arched entry leads to the sunken living room with wood ceiling beams. The living room has a Norman-style fireplace with built-in side seating, random-width pegged floors and the luxurious space to accommodate numerous seating arrangements.

Another nice feature is the paneled library with a corner fireplace includes a built-in wet bar. The formal dining room has a fireplace, hand hewn beams and wide plank oak floors with French doors leading out to a private stone terrace. An updated eat-in-kitchen has a reclaimed antique terra cotta floor, tumbled marble counters and a center island. There are modern appliances, an adjacent laundry room, new powder room and mud room. Double doors lead out to the porte cochere, four car garage and beamed-ceilinged tack room.

On the second floor there is a master suite with the original tray ceiling and a cozy fireplace and sitting area. The renovated master bath has a Jacuzzi and separate shower plus a dressing area with floor-to-ceiling closets. There are two bedrooms with connecting bath, two bedrooms each with private baths, an additional wing with bedroom, new bath and an expansive family room. Outside a free form pool has its own terrace and is surrounded by a wrought iron fence. This home is listed at $3.5 million with Michele Flood of Coldwell Banker. The property website with larger photos is here.

Gallery: Archer Road

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Shawn Green Drops The Price On His Irvine Home

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) — Feb 16th 2011 at 10:01PM

Last year when I covered this home in Irvine, California as an estate of the day I wasn't aware that it is also a piece of sports star real estate. Zillow says that this lavish estate in Orange County belongs to former Los Angeles Dodgers player Shawn Green and it's had yet another price cut.

The 13,500 square foot mansion is on a 1.73 acre lot with a surrounding vineyard that produces two barrels of wine at harvest. The property is located in the community of Shady Canyon and designed by the collaborative efforts of ForestStudios and Ritner Group and constructed by Pacific Design Estates Construction, Inc. The artsy interiors were designed by local designer, d. Kruse and the property features a subterranean wine cellar and tunnel connecting the residence to the pool house and home theater. The huge gourmet kitchen has a walk-in refrigerator, Lacanche range and a large center island with a pop-up television. It was originally listed at $17.5 million but the price has slowly been dropping. It's now listed at $10.9 million.

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Laurie Metcalf Lists Her Valley Village Home

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) — Feb 16th 2011 at 9:01PM

This week thanks to a little help from Oprah, the world was reminded of what a great television show "Roseanne" was. Although it was named for its star, Roseanne Barr, the show was really an ensemble of talented actors. Laurie Metcalf played Roseanne's sister Jackie and has had a successful career since the show, appearing on television and doing voiceovers for animated movies. She and her partner Matt Roth, also an actor, have listed their four-bedroom home in Valley Village, California. We don't often see much of a real estate deal in Southern California but this might be one. According to the Real Estalker, the couple purchased this home for $360,000. It's currently the most expensive home in Valley Village, listed at $1.925 million.

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Medway Plantation, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) — Feb 16th 2011 at 1:01PM

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Medway Plantation dates back to 1686 and its main house is the oldest masonry structure in South Carolina. The home was rebuilt in 1704, added on to in1855, and completely renovated in 1929. What you are paying for with this house is approximately 6,728 acres of lakes, woods, and trails. The property is surrounded by land that is protected by easements for traditional land uses.

The main house has a living room with 10-foot ceilings, heart-pine flooring, and wainscoting. The dining room has cypress-paneled walls and the commercial-grade kitchen includes a pantry. There are a total of six bedrooms including a master suite with a fireplace. The property has four guest houses, three staff houses, indoor and outdoor pools, a boat landing, a lakefront lodge, a 12-stall horse stable, a greenhouse, a double avenue of oaks, and traditional formal gardens. The listing pictures hint at the scope of this huge property. A video tour is after the jump. It is listed with William Means for $19 million.

Gallery: Medway Plantation

UPDATE: Thanks to Eric for pointing out that this home is located in Goose Creek, South Carolina!

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Clay Aiken Lists His North Carolina Home

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) — Feb 15th 2011 at 4:02PM

The Real Estalker led us to the news that Clay Aiken is leaving his North Carolina home behind. The American Idol star bought his home in Cary, North Carolina in 2006 for $2.361 million. The six-bedroom home is on over six acres inside a gated community. The home measures an impressive 9,392 square feet and has a large home theater, professional kitchen, bonus rooms, recreation room, exercise area and a marble foyer with a curved staircase.

Aiken has moved on and the home is bare of furniture but thanks to to the Real Estalker's astute commenters we found the videos from a tour he gave local television station WRAL when he moved in. Those videos (posted after the jump) deliver details including the fact that everything in his kitchen has to be blue and silver. The game room in the basement has red cabinets, a retro stainless steel backsplash and a black and white floor. In the videos it is shown outfitted as a 1950s diner-style space where once fellow American Idol contestants Kelly Clarkson and Ruben Studdard competed in a friendly game of pool. Now the bare home theater has just a single row of seats but when Aiken was in residence the lower tiers of the room were stuffed with large bean bag chairs. Aiken also had an "Africa room," a guest bedroom decorated with art he gathered from around the world during his trips for UNICEF. The home is listed at $2.7 million with LaChapelle Properties.

Gallery: Clay Aiken Lists His North Carolina Home

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Villa Living On the French Riviera

by Bobbie Leigh (RSS feed) — Feb 15th 2011 at 1:01PM

If you're thinking of buying a villa in the south of France, one that is beyond beautiful, where you could conceivably live year round, send your kids to good schools, and still be about a half hour (22k) from the airport, one of the properties offered for sale by Estate Net France SARL might fill the bill.
This real estate company specializes in upscale properties on the French Riviera. Their properties are not just in Cannes, but also St. Tropez, Grasses, and Mougins. In fact, they cover the waterfront from Monaco to the northeast to Frejus and St. Raphael in the south.

The villa in Cannes has six bedrooms each with its own bath, a pool and poolhouse, Jacuzzi, massage room, hammam, gym and three- car garage. It has been recently renovated in a contemporary style. Even the garden and terrace have been redone. For staff, there's an independent "guardian's" apartment. The price is €18,000,000. The company only deals in sales, not rentals, which are fully described on its website www.estatenetfrance.com. For details, you may want to call the company's office in Mougins at 33-(0) 497 793 220.

Gallery: A Villa In Cannes

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A Mallorcan Romance, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) — Feb 14th 2011 at 1:01PM

Today's home, Villa de Rosen, is billed as the most romantic home in Europe. It sits on the dreamy island of Mallorca. The waterfront villa was recently constructed on one of the last remaining front lots in the Bay of Formentor. Gazing out to sea from the teak deck one can imagine standing here centuries ago watching the brave corsairs battle marauding pirates in order to protect their families, properties, and wealth.

Today's home is no blast from the past. It is an ultra-modern luxury retreat. The glass frontage facing the sea reaches a height of just over 21 feet and there is a custom made glass elevator by Schindler to take full advantage of the unobstructed vistas as you travel. The home's design allows for plenty of natural light and open spaces maximizing the incredible views of the Mallorcan coast and the Bay of Pollesa.

The six-bedroom home offers direct access to the sea. The home has a Valcucine kitchen, Dornbracht RainSky showers, sunken baths, bamboo floors and a custom chandelier by German artist Ingo Maurer. Built as the ultimate retreat from the worries of the world, the home boasts a wine cellar, cinema, fitness room with steam and sauna. The outdoor heated pool begs for a late night champagne swim under the stars. A separate guest home is privately positioned on the property.

Price available upon request to serious and qualified buyers only.

For additional information, please contact Grace Lappin, Avalon Partners, Ltd., (212) 717-5477 or email at info@avalonpartnersltd.com, www.avalonpartnersltd.com.

Gallery: A Mallorcan Romance

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The Classicist: London's Luxe Salon Prive Comes to 'Gosford Park'

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) — Feb 14th 2011 at 9:01AM

The Salon Privé, Europe's finest and largest dedicated display of supercars, exotics, classics and luxury goods in an English garden party setting, is moving to an amazing new venue this summer to house the largest exhibition to date and an incredible auction alongside. Syon Park (above), the sprawling London estate of the Duke of Northumberland, whose family have lived there for over 400 years, is best known as the mansion used in the movie Gosford Park and is the last surviving ducal residence retaining its country estate in Greater London, making a fitting new setting for the five-star event slated for June 22nd – 24th.

To mark the occasion, RM Auctions, the world's largest collector car auction house, has selected Salon Privé as the venue for its third annual European sale. Themed 'Quintessentially English' and scheduled for June 23, the new RM sale is set to become a regular fixture on the company's global events calendar, catering specifically for collectors with an affinity for British marques. Also joining the luxe event, now in its sixth season, for the first time is Land Rover who have confirmed that they will show the new Range Rover Evoque models which guests will be able to test drive.

2011 marks a return to the event for Porsche alongside such brands as Aston Martin, Bentley, Bugatti, Jaguar, Lamborghini, Maserati, Maybach, Mercedes-Benz, Morgan and Rolls-Royce. In addition to the stunning display of modern super and luxury cars, the event's internationally renowned Concours d'Elégance returns with seven new categories and a display of some of the rarest and most valuable cars in the world. Examples of this year's categories include Ferrari 250 Competizione, Historic Grand Prix Single Seaters, Grand Routier, Oddballs, Motorcycles from the Steve McQueen era and a collection of stunning Rolls-Royce models to celebrate the 100 year centenary of the Spirit of Ecstasy. [cont'd]

Gallery: Salon Prive & Syon Park

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Chester Square, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) — Feb 13th 2011 at 1:01PM

You probably won't need to worry about security if you buy today's home in London's posh Belgravia area. Homes and Property UK reports that Savills is selling this six-bedroom Grade II-listed Belgravia mansion where the owner will be neighbors with former PM Baroness Margaret Thatcher. Thatcher has recently been in the news after it was announced that Meryl Streep will be playing her in an upcoming movie.

The white stucco home has five stories, six bedrooms and an adjoining integrated mews house which provides a library, double garage, potential media room and a large roof terrace. This home is listed at £13.95 million.

Gallery: Chester Square