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Ashley Jensen Lists Her Los Angeles Home

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Actress Ashley Jensen, who was on "Ugly Betty" and her husband, actor Terence Beesley, have listed their three-bedroom home in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles. Fans of 20th century modern design will enjoy this one which is located on a knoll behind gates and has great city views. The two-story mid-century modern home is entered through a tranquil Zen garden. It has been remodeled and the current owners added an infinity pool. The kitchen with stainless steel appliances flows into the dining room and the light-filled living room and master bedroom open up to the pool and patio. The gardens wind around the property. The couple bought the home in 2007 for $1.65 million and have listed it for $1.999 million. They are on the hunt for a more child-friendly home. The listing is with Jacqueline Gowers of Sotheby's International Realty, Los Feliz.

[via the LA Times]

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Rose McGowan Lists In Los Angeles

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Actress Rose McGowan who appeared on Charmed and has also appeared in movies including Grindhouse and Jawbreaker has listed her home in the Los Feliz area of Lso Angeles for around what she paid for it. McGowan bought the home in 2004 for $1.85 million. The home is one of the many older homes in the area, a coral-colored home with Spanish and Moroccan influences that dates back to 1928. McGowan has been true to the home's roots, decorating it in a vintage style that includes a neon Brown Derby sign. There are four bedrooms but it looks like one has been pressed into service as a dressing room for the star's outfits.

The home has a baronial style entry that leads to a sep-down living room with vaulted beamed ceilings, peg-and-groove wood plank floors, and arched windows. The family room has coffered ceilings and large formal dining room. Stained glass details, wrought iron staircases and bathrooms tiled in vibrant colors are all part of a home with great vintage style. The master suite also includes a balcony. The listing is with Tracy T. Maltas, Partners Trust Brentwood for $1.5 million.

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Danny Bonaduce Re-Lists Los Feliz Home

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Three years ago, we mentioned the home of Danny and Gretchen Bonaduce when it was listed for $4.5 million. The home, a Spanish-style mansion in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, was shown in their reality TV show, "Breaking Bonaduce," a rather startling look into their domestic life.

The couple went through a bit of a contentious divorce and the former Mrs. Bonaduce lived in the home while Danny Bonaduce headed to Philadelphia where he has a radio show. This home is a four-bedroom house built in 1926 by architect Harry Hayden Whiteley. The couple bought the home in 2005 for $2.6 million. The listing pictures aren't different than the ones we saw three years ago and show a delightful sweeping staircase and a giant rotunda, gorgeous archways and what looks to be vintage tile. Less inspiring is the rather ratty home theater with worn black leather seats and seedy red curtains. The home is now listed for $4.2 million with Lynne Beavers & Associates.

[via LA Times]

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T.R. Knight in Los Feliz, Estate of the Day

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T.R. Knight, who played George on "Grey's Anatomy" seems to have left California behind. The Wall Street Journal reported that Knight is scheduled to appear in a David Mamet play on Broadway later this month and has relocated to New York. Meanwhile, this beautiful home that he bought in 2007 for around $2.9 million is up for sale. The home is a classic stunner, built by Leona P. Woods in 1930 and given a loving renovation by Knight and his team. The 4,000-square-foot-home is on around a third of an acre near Los Angeles' Griffith Park. The home's major feature is its lovely woodwork. The home's two-level great room has vaulted wooden ceilings and a minstrels gallery. The master bedroom has a domed corbel ceiling. The abundance of wood and peaked arch doorways does give the home a bit of a churchlike feel. It would be interesting to see what Knight would have done with the decor but this place is completely bare. He has listed the home for $3.995 million.

As the Real Estalker reminds us, Knight wasn't the only Grey's Anatomy cast member with a home in Los Feliz. Kate Walsh is still trying to sell the mansion she bought in 2007 for $4.75 million. That home is on the market for $4.295 million .Katherine Heigl has been trying to sell a three-bedroom home in the same area off and on for the past year or two. That home is currently off the market.

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Jason Lee in Los Angeles, Estate of the Day

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Actor Jason Lee has a new series on television, Memphis Beat, and a beautiful old house to sell at a discount. The Real Estalker led us to the listing for Lee's home in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles. The actor bought the three-bedroom home in 2007 from blues musician Robert Cray for $3.35 million. The home was built in 1948 and sits on 1.41 hillside acres. The main house is small by Hollywood standards, 2,205 square feet, and there is also a pool, pool house, studio space and a two-car garage on the property. The home has views of the Hollywood sign and the Griffith Park Observatory.

The main house is great space--a single story architecturally intriguing home with a large living room overlooking the pool. In the living room, beamed ceilings and a stone fireplace are complemented by the current mid-century modern furniture. The dining room has a concrete floor and huge windows that open the room directly to the outside. The bedrooms all open out to the terraces and patios and the master bedroom has an adjacent private garden. The separate studio has tile floors that run up the walls where they are met with a basket-like wall covering. The overall effect makes for a cozy and interesting retreat. The small pool house also has a porch and a vaulted wood ceiling. This home is listed at $3.25 million, $100,000 less that Lee bought it for. The listing is with Richard Klug and the property website is here.

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Kate Walsh in Los Feliz, Estate of the Day

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We first learned that "Private Practice" actress Kate Walsh had listed her home in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles back in February from the Real Estalker but it looks like there's been a price change which is a great excuse to take a more detailed look. Walsh recently extricated herself from a 14-month marriage. She and her husband bought the four-bedroom home for $4.75 million in 2007 so they are clearly breaking the rule I was raised with which is that you have to sit on any property for five years.

The Spanish-style house was built in 1928 and was remodeled by a real estate investor who bought it for $2.9 million in 2006 before flipping to Walsh. The home has many of the key vintage Mediterranean details like tiled stairs, arched windows and a red tile roof. To keep up with the trend for great rooms the home has been updated with a larger kitchen and family room combo. The living room has a fireplace and arched French doors. The master suite has dual walk-in closets and a modern glam decor. There is also a media room, breakfast room, wine room and home gym. The backyard has a swimming pool, pool house, outdoor fireplace and cooking area. It probably doesn't look like the listing pictures now, one of the Real Estalker's commenters spotted moving vans carting off the home's belongings in late March. The home was listed at $3.995 million a couple of months ago but is now up to $4.295 million.

[via Move Trends]

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Brian Austin Green In The Hollywood Hills, Estate of the Day

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We first mentioned actor Brian Austin Green's house being up for sale when the listing went live last July. But six months later, no sale and the Real Estalker's news that his on-again, off-again girlfriend Megan Fox has picked up a new large home in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles, and we are giving this home a second look. It's not clear if Green will be moving on with Fox or if he has another home to go to. Green's home for sale is a four-bedroom English Tudor style home nicely situated on a private knoll in the hills above Sunset Blvd. The four-bedroom home has oak floors, beamed ceilings and a kitchen with a curved bench. The decor is restrained although there are little touches of geek including a Darth Vader mask on a table in the media room. Outside the stepped yard has several patios, a child's playhouse and a pool. It remains listed at $2.395 million.

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Charlie Sheen In Los Angeles, Estate Of The Day

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Two and a half Catalina? That's the property website name for the home being put up for sale by Charlie Sheen's wife Brooke Mueller. The pair, who recently added twins to their family, have listed their 1927 Mediterranean in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles. The LA Times Hot Property column broke the news that the home is listed for $3.697 million and reports that the Sheens spent the past year restoring the gated villa but are now looking for a home with a bit more room.

This classic Southern California Spanish-style home has four bedrooms in 4,179 square feet. White walls contrast against dark wood floors and a wood-beamed ceiling. The remodeled kitchen features a steel stove, green cabinets and a patio-like stone floor. Some of the decorating elements are a bit busy. A bathroom appears to have a leather-coated wall. The palatial glass cabinet of a shower in the master bedroom has a tile design that while striking, does not exactly inspire relaxation. The master bedroom does have a great private balcony area that is partially covered so you have your choice of sun or shade. The property includes a fountain in the tiled front courtyard and in the back there is a pool with a stone waterfall. This home is listed at $3.697 million. Property Shark's records show that Mueller picked up the home (through an LLC) for $2.575 million in late 2007.

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Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis House Up For Sale

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One of Frank Lloyd Wright's most ambitious homes, the 1924 Ennis House in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles has been put up for sale. The home on a hilltop has a striking composition of patterned and smooth concrete blocks that give it the apeparance of an ancient temple. The private foundation that has been restoring the home has put it up for sale for $15 million. The LA Times reports that Eric Lloyd Wright, the architect's grandson and a member of the nonprofit Ennis House Foundation's board,has said that the board decided that private ownership would be the best way to save the house. The house was donated to a nonprofit trust in 1980 and the foundation began its restoration in 2005. The home had sustained damage both from rain and the 1994 Northridge earthquake.

You may have seen this one in the movies including "House on Haunted Hill," "Grand Canyon" and "Blade Runner." The home is not exactly in move in condition. The LA Times article states that the new owner is also facing a projected repair bill of $5 million to $7 million. But whoever does take on the project will be getting an incredible one-of-kind home that is a California State Landmark.

The main house includes a billiards room with a bar and open fireplace, an incredible elevated dining room with a massive fireplace and a living room with art glass windows. The listing says that the glass-tile mosaic fireplace in the living room is one of only three ever created and the last remaining intact example in any Wright residence. The home is on around a half an acre and includes a pool which is set against a long loggia that connects the public areas with the private rooms include the master bedroom, a guest room and an upper terrace.

In addition to the repair costs, the new owner will also have to agree to a conservation easement, to be held by the Los Angeles Conservancy to allow at least some public access to the house but that's the price of living in such a historic home.

The home is the largest of Wright's four textile-block homes. Another, the Millard House in Pasadena, is listed at $7.733 million an was previously our estate of the day.

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Natalie Portman Buys L.A. Mini-Mansion

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Gorgeous actress Natalie Portman just overpaid for a California-Medieval mini-manor (above) in L.A.'s Los Feliz. The Star Wars stunner paid $3.25 million, or $51,000 above the asking price, for the 4,866-sq.-ft., four-bed, two-bath house built in the 1930s, which was formerly owned by Dermot Mulroney and Catherine Keener, the Real Estalker reports. A brick courtyard at the front of the walled and gated property leads to the entrance of the rough-hewn stone and wood residence. The key feature is a baronial wood-paneled living room with a cathedral ceiling and large fireplace. A wide brick terrace on the garden side overlooks an inground pool, and there are two guesthouses on the property.

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311 In Los Feliz, Estate of the Day

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It's a bit eclectic and not really an estate but I just love the livability of today's home which was written up in the LA Times Hot Property section. Owned by Doug "SA" Martinez of the band 311 this home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Los Feliz was built in 1927. The Spanish Colonial home is full of archways and stucco and original wood details. The four-bedroom home has two tiled balconies, one that is off of the master suite. No decorator here, this home is a riot of different colors and styles, a comfortable hodge-podge of unmatched furniture, colorful art and books everywhere stuffed into armoire-like cases. The kitchen is the only room that looks bland. The brilliant blue-tiled bathroom is a bit much but I love it for its vibrancy. The outdoor space is nice too with a saltwater pool and a custom Tennessee oak-covered patio with views of the Griffith Observatory. It is listed at $2.195 million.

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