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Bel-Air Architectural Home with $17.5 million Price Tag, Estate of the Day

If Modern estates are your thing, get your drool-wiping cloths ready. Located in a Bel-Air guard-gated community of just 11 houses, this 12,000-square-foot totally remodeled home is listed at $17.5 million. What's nice about this modern manse is that it's actually got a warm feeling to it, yet you recognize it for what it is: a piece of art that you happen to live in.

There's tons of light, city lights view, a pool with two infinity edges and an impressive entry gallery with a bar. There's an open floor plan with a large kitchen with a 20-foot eat-in island, tons of skylights, and formal living and dining rooms with 13-foot ceilings. The home has a lounge; a gym with a marble-walled bathroom with a sink carved from a chunk of mesquite; a walk-in wine room and a home theater with three tiers of leather seats. In addition to the 2,100-square-foot master suite, which has a sitting room with a floor-to-ceiling glass wall, two bathrooms and two closets, there are five additional bedroom suites. Since we all know that first impressions count, the home is entered through a 9-foot-square pivoting oak door. The guest apartment has private entrance.

The remodeled home is the work of architect David Thompson of Assembledge+ in Los Angeles, with interior spaces designed by the listing agent, Billy Rose of Prudential California Realty.

The exterior of the two-story home is brick with steel gray stucco and lots of glass. It sits on a bluff top and has views of the San Gabriel Mountains and the San Fernando Valley. We are especially pleased that the architect left the mature Chinese elm trees in place when creating the granite motor court.

There is a glass-tiled infinity pool and terraced orchards on the 1.5 acre property. Being a smart house, wall keypads control the home's climate and electronics.

Gallery: Stone Ridge Lane

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Real Housewives Star Kyle Richards Lists In Los Angeles

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

The Real Estalker led us to some more "Real Housewives" real estate. The latest show from Bravo's successful series of programs on the lives of the wealthy and overly dramatic is "The Real Housewives of Beverly HIlls." One of the stars is Kyle Richards, a former child star, sister of Kim Richards (another child star who is also on the show) and wife to Mauricio Umansky, part of the blockbuster real estate firm of Hilton & Hyland. Richards is also Paris and Nicky Hilton's aunt.

Richards and her husband bought their four bedroom home in 2004 for $1.935 million and have had it on and off the market since May 2009 when it was first listed at $3.45 million. It now has an asking price of $2.45 million. The four-bedroom home is tucked up into the hills of the Bel-Air area of Los Angeles. It has a Asian contemporary style that the listing defines as Balinese. The home has a large master suite that overlooks the backyard and has a walk-in closet and office. The living room and family room also open to the back yard which has a large pool with fountains, and a barbecue area with fire pit. More pictures are available at the property website.

Gallery: Kyle Richards in Bel Air