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Sunday Real Estate Round-Up, 02/06/11

Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

From Move Trends:
--A home in Encino, California once owned by late singer Al Jolson, Academy Award Winner Don Ameche, actress/singer Ruby Keeler, Matt LeBlanc, Kristie Alley, Katey Sagal and Charlie Sheen and his former wife Denise Richards has failed from the $9.39 million million price it was listed at in 2009 all the way down to $6.95 million.
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From the NY Post:
--Padma Lakshmi continues to shop for a Manhattan home. She was spotted checking out multiple downtown residences including a $10.995 million five-bedroom condo in the Greenwich building on West 13th Street. The listing is with Paula Del Nunzio of Brown Harris Stevens.
--Internet marketing moguls Loren and JR Ridinger, have their penthouse condo at the Residences at the Ritz-Carlton building at 10 West St. on the market for $7.95 million. But they have rented the 3,600-square-foot duplex residence in the 40-story Battery Park City building to Kim Kardashian and now Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, the former chairman of Dubai World, is staying in the three-bedroom unit.
--Scott Lipps, president of One Management, a model management agency, has listed his one-bedroom condo at 505 Greenwich St. for $1.35 million. The listing is with Wilbur Gonzalez and Richard Ball of Prudential Douglas Elliman.
--Musician Zander Bleck is now living in the luxury rental building at 312 11th Ave., where Darryl Strawberry also has an apartment. One-bedrooms in the building start at about $3,200, with higher-floor units going for more than $4,000.
--Hamptons developer Joe Farrell has partnered with Peter Sabbeth of Modern Green Home to create a new firm called Gaia Building, which will help architects and homeowners be more eco-friendly.
--Literary agent Marianne "Mimi" Strong is selling a $299,000 studio apartment she bought for her nephew. The 400-square-foot studio at 160 E. 91st St. is listed by Alta Brockinton of Prudential Douglas Elliman.
--Nest Seekers broker Ryan Serhant, one of the stars of Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing," just moved into a $5,500-a-month 20 Pine St. rental.
--Julianna Margulies was spotted checking out a $11.95 million, 4,300-square-foot condo penthouse at 158 Mercer St. The three-bedroom bathroom home is owned by fashion photographer Raymond Meier. The listing is here.

From AOL Real Estate:
A Bel-Air, California home, designed for movie legend and singer Judy Garland by architect Wallace Neff, is on the market for $5.5 million. The property website is here.

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Glen Campbell Lists His Malibu Home

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Our friends over at our sister blog AOL Real Estate led us to the listing for country singer Glen Campbell's Malibu, California home. Campbell has owned the home since 2006. Some of the listing pictures on the stone Mediterranean home are a little blurry but the four-bedroom home has a charming front turret like structure which contains a sunny home office.

The family room, kitchen, living room, office and media rooms all flow easily outside to the patios and the pool and spa area which is surrounded with stone pavers and plenty of plants. The home's master suite has a his and hers baths and closets and a patio with a view of the Santa Monica Bay and islands. Other details including a home theater with some intriguing wall decor and a kitchen that boasts a center island with curved sides making it look as if a wooden boat has sailed into the the center of the room. The home is listed for $5.95 million with Bryan Harper of Coldwell Banker Malibu.

Gallery: Glen Campbell in Malibu

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Dave Coulier Lists In Los Angeles

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Funnyman Dave Coulier is perhaps best known for his role as goofy and loveable Uncle Joey in "Full House." His Encino house indicates that he's got a serious side and he may even be able to create a little real estate magic, making a modest profit in a tough market.

The home was originally known as Lindley Farm was built in 1947. The listing refers to the home as being "sensitively expanded." The five-bedroom home is on a lot that includes a pool which is away from the house and has a nice shaded area. The home's spaces are open and clean including the delightful large living room with an exposed beamed and pitched roof. A central brick fireplace marks a division from the terraced dining room which is a sunroom-like space looking out onto the back patio. The home's kitchen has pine cabinetry which is very retro but oddly charming. The master suite includes a den, walk-in closets and a large bath. There is also an office with a separate entrance and upstairs space with surround sound. The home has a complete interior/exterior sound system. He bought the home for $990,000 and is it listed with Carol Huston of Deasy/Penner & Partners for $1.649 million.

[via the LA Times]

Gallery: Dave Coulier in Encino

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Lenny Dykstra's Home Finally Sold

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At long last the saga of Lenny Dykstra's former mansion in Thousand Oaks, California is over. We've been following this once for what seems like eons. It all began back in 2007 when the former Mets player nicknamed "Nails" bought the luxurious home from Wayne Gretzky for $18.5 million. At this point, Dykstra was on top of the world. Om 2008, the New Yorker featured an article on his new luxury magazine, The Players Club, aimed at professional athletes. The magazine was created to show the pros not just how to spend the massive amounts of money they earn but also how to keep their wealth and make smart decisions so they don't join the ranks of players who earn millions and wind up in financial trouble just a few years later. Sadly, Dykstra's own fortunes soon quickly unravelled amid lawsuits and feuds as he was chased by creditors and writers alike. The magazine folded and Dykstra's home hit the market in June 2008 for $24.95 million.

From there it only got worse. The six-bedroom home didn't sell, Dykstra's Gulfstream II was impounded, and the home was scheduled for a foreclosure auction which Dykstra averted by filing Chapter 11. Later the case was change to a Chapter 7 liquidation after Dykstra's plans to reorganize and regroup fell through. Jeff Smith of Index Investors, the second lienholder, bought the country club estate out of foreclosure last fall and now he has finally sold the home. It had been most recently on the market for $10.5 million. According to CNBC, Jeff Smith's attorney has said he will be working with Chase, which held Dykstra's mortgage, to split the proceeds.

The neo-Georgian home in the Lake Sherwood area was designed by architect Richard Landry. The lavish property also has a guest house, carriage house, tennis courts, pool, spa and gym on 6.69 acres.

Gallery: Lenny Dykstra in Thousand Oaks

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Former Los Angeles Laker Chris Mihm Lists His Manhattan Beach Home

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Filed under: Estates, Sports

In the latest case of sports star real estate, former Los Angeles Laker Chris Mihm is looking to unload his home in the professional-sports-star enclave Manhattan Beach, California. The LA Times reports that Mihm has listed at a loss. The home is for sale for $2.099 million but he bought in 2004 for $2.16 million. Mihm played for the Lakers from 2004 to 2009. He later went to the Memphis Grizzlies before being sidelined by an injury.

The home is a newer Mediterranean, custom built in 2002. It has a 25-foot-high entry which must have been great for the seven-foot-tall basketball player. The five-bedroom home has a large master suite with a separate reading area and a large bathroom with dual sink vanity, separate steam shower and Jacuzzi tub. The remaining four bedrooms upstairs each have full baths, and walk in closets as does downstairs bedroom.

Manhattan Beach is full of homes that are very close together. This one offers a little breathing room with a large lot and a pool and spa in the back yard. Other features include coved ceilings in the formal dining room, a game room and an eat-in kitchen, which opens to a family room. There is a two-car garage as well as a one-car garage, each with separate driveways. This property is listed with Chad Fahlbusch of Northwest Realty, Manhattan Beach.

Gallery: Chris Mihm in Manhattan Beach

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Sonny Bono's Former Palm Springs Home Up For Sale

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The Palm Springs estate once owned by Sonny Bono and his wife, Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack is back up for sale. The LA Times reports that the home is listed at $3.995 million. The listing reveals that the gated estate may have been part of the original King Camp Gillette estate (Gillette was the investor of the modern safety razor and built a home in the Mesa area of Palm Springs in the early 1920s). Sonny Bono rose to fame as part of the duo Sonny and Cher, cranking out hit songs and starring on a popular variety show. He later moved out to Palm Springs and became a member of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994. He died in a skiing accident in 1998. Congresswoman Mack now holds his former seat as the representative for the Palm Springs District. This home was sold in 1998 for $1.4 million.

The three-bedroom main house has a family kitchen, formal dining room, formal living room and large family room with views out over the pool and towards the mountains. The property also has a two-bedroom guest house with full kitchen, dining room and living room with rock fireplace and original hardwood floors. There is also a second smaller guest house with one bedroom that is currently in use as a gym. The 1.5 acre estate has a tennis court and pool. Patrick V. Jordan and Stewart Smith of Patrick / Stewart Properties, Windermere Real Estate, Palm Springs, have the listing.

Gallery: The Mesa

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Jesse Metcalfe Lists His Beverly Hills Post Office Area Home

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Jesse Metcalfe is moving on. The former Desperate Housewives star bought his home in the Beverly Hills Post Office area in 2007. The Real Estalker reveals that Metcalfe paid $2.2 million for the three-bedroom home. The Mediterranean style property was built in 1999 and the listing terms it a sexy and hip home. The lot is of modest size but it does have a nice private backyard with water features and a stone hot tub perched high up a hill behind the house. The property also includes a full size guest cottage up the same hill.

The living room has a stone fireplace, French doors, hardwood floors and is currently outfitted with a Persian rug and a piano. Although only in his early 30s, Metcalfe has owned at least three houses in the Los Angeles area and made a modest profit on the two he sold in 2008 and 2006. That probably won't be the case here, his home is listed at $2.2 million, exactly what he paid for it.

Gallery: Jesse Metcalfe In Beverly Hills

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Tyler Perry Drops The Price On His Los Angeles Home

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The Real Estalker brings my attention to another celebrity willing to take a price cut in order to say farewell to a home. The multi-talented actor/writer/director Tyler Perry bought a home high above the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles for $9.6 million back in 2006. Perry, who raised eyebrows last year when he bought the Dean Gardens estate in Georgia with plans to tear it down and build a new mega mansion, had listed his chic four-bedroom contemporary for $13.25 million in June 2010. Flash forward to now and Perry seems to be in a selling state of mind, paring down the price to $11.595 million.

There is now also a property website for the home full of jaw-dropping images of the ultra-glam lair which includes movie-star touches like a mirrored alcove in the billiards room that is actually a window into the swimming pool and a glass floor of a catwalk that is also the ceiling of the wine cellar. The home also has a gym, screening room and fully-equipped nightclub.

Gallery: Tyler Perry in Los Angeles

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Ray Allen Re-Lists His Washington Home

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Our friends at Curbed alerted us to a change in the slow seller files. Boston Celtics player Ray Allen is trying once again to unload his five-bedroom estate in Carnation, Washington. When he played for the Seattle Super Sonics he lived in the home but he was traded to the Celtics in 2007. We covered the home in 2008 when it was first listed at $6 million and then reduced to $5.2 million. Like many sports stars after a relocation, Allen was unable to sell and pulled the home from the market. Now it's back with a new low price tag. It is listed with Matrix Real Estate for $3.7 million.

Allen's Craftsman-style estate is on nearly 4.5 acres. It's a rather nice home with vaulted entryways, box beam ceilings and a casual style. It is a former Street of Dreams Award winning home and includes a gourmet kitchen, home theater, office and exercise room. The home has a lot of exterior features too such as a putting green, pool, exterior cabana and a sports court connected with well-landscaped pathways. The press release from Matrix real estate says that Allen made several customizations including the addition of an elaborate master suite with a double-sided fireplace, attached office/nursery, two room-sized walk-in closets and a travertine-tiled spa bathroom.

Gallery: Ray Allen's Washington Home

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Kate Moss Sells Her Money Pit Mansion for $16 Million

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Filed under: Estates, Wealth

It turns out that far from stretching her bank account to buy a new $12 million mansion in London, savvy supermodel Kate Moss actually made a killing by selling her trouble-prone previous residence for a whopping $16 million. As we reported last week Moss and rock star boyfriend Jamie Hince just moved into an historic brick estate in Highgrove with a literary history. Prior to that she'd been living in another mansion in posh St. John's Wood which had become something of a nightmare. In recent months Moss had been plagued by both flooding and burglars, while neighbors prepared to begin noisy construction work. Now the London Telegraph reports that despite all the problems she just unloaded the old place for an impressive $16 million, pocketing a cool $4 million by moving to new digs. Of course, as we noted in our earlier report some of that will go toward luxe upgrades in her new place, including a karaoke room and private gym.

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A Glimpse At Where Tiger Trains

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We've been hearing about Tiger Woods' massive complex in Jupiter Island, Florida for years. Back in 2005, Woods paid around $38 million for a 10-acre compound on Jupiter Island in Florida. It was a very expensive teardown, in 2007 the estate's redevelopment was estimated to be in the $15-$20 million range. But Tiger wasn't building just for fun, the home is centered around keeping him in peak shape for his golf game.

His property, which extends from the Intracoastal Waterway to the Atlantic Ocean included four houses, the main house, plus two guest houses and a beach house. Woods began construction creating a personal home that now includes a state-of-the-art training facility. Jeff Realty has an image of the enviable facilities which would do any university proud. The facilities include his own personal golf course; a 100-foot length swimming pool; a separate 60-foot diving pool and a spa as well as a full tennis/basketball court.

Jeff Lichenstein says that while on similar Jupiter Island estate homes you might see waterfall resort-style stone pools with lots of freeform space for lounge chairs and entertaining, Tiger's area is strictly business, the deck is built with practically no space to lay out or entertain and the view is of his own golf course with the Intracoastal practically a mile away. This is a place for Woods to get back to what he does best, winning.

Jeff & Cary Lichtenstein are real estate agents with Illustrated Properties. They concentrate on marketing Admirals Cove real estate in Jupiter Florida to Mirasol homes for sale in Palm Beach Gardens Florida

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Shannan Click Lists Her Los Angeles Home

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Won't someone buy this beautiful woman's house? Model Shannan Click has been trying to sell her home in Los Angeles off and on since 2009 when it was listed at $2.146 million. The lovely lady, shown at right in the Victoria's Secret fashion show, bought the home in 2005 for $1.7 million as the LA Times mentioned last week.

The three-bedroom home is a short drive away from Sunset Boulevard but is high in the hills so that it has incredible views from the living room and master suite. The 2,058-square-foot contemporary was originally built in 1961 and has double steel front doors that open to loft-like living spaces with disappearing walls of glass that merge interior and exterior with two levels of expansive decks. Other features include hardwood floors, a formal dining room, living room eat-in chef's kitchen, stainless steel appliances and built-in audio system for entertaining. The master suite has a fireplace, marble bath, and walk-in closet. It is for sale for $1.995 million and Jon Shelton of Rodeo Realty in Beverly Hills is the listing agent.

Gallery: Shannan Click In Los Angeles

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Sunday Real Estate Round-Up: 01/30/11

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From the NY Observer:
--Upper East Side restaurant icon Elaine Kaufman's penthouse has hit the market for $2.995 million. The listing for the two-bedroom co-op, shown above, is with her friend Kathy Sloane of Brown Harris Stevens.

From the NY Post:
--Alex Rodriguez is still real estate shopping. He was recently spotted checking out a $37,000-per-month townhouse rental at 9 E. 62nd St. The three-bedroom, 3,846-square-foot limestone mansion has 18-foot ceilings, an elevator, a solarium and a cedar-lined cigar room. The listing with Frances Katzen of Prudential Douglas Elliman is here.
--Belgian entrepreneur Rob Heyvaert is the buyer of the 54 Bond St., penthouse that was last listed for $14.45 million, down from its $16.5 million price in 2009. --Designer Steven Stolman is back in New York as design director of Jack Rogers, the iconic shoe company that was a favorite of Jackie Kennedy. He is renting a 800-square-foot studio at 215 E. 68th St.
--Author/journalist Carl Bernstein was spotted checking out two penthouse rentals at 55 Thompson in SoHo. --Courtney Love is back on the prowl for a townhouse rental and was seen at 24 Thompson St., the apartment owned by Miami Heat center Zydrunas Ilgauskas and his wife, Jennifer. The $37,050-per-month townhouse is listed by Spire Group.
--Mystery writer Harlan Coben is in contract to buy a 1,600-square-foot, two-bedroom, two-bathroom co-op, listed for $2.69 million, at the Dakota building.

From the Real Deal:
--The price on writer Truman Capote's Brooklyn Heights has been dropped from $18 million to $15.9 million.

Gallery: Truman Capote's Brooklyn Heights Home

--A man once nicknamed the "Psychic Hotline King" has put his Time Warner penthouse back on the market. The 25 Columbus Circle penthouse belonging to Steven Feder, onetime head of the now-defunct pay-per-call service Psychic Readers Network (made famous by Jamaican-accented fortune teller "Miss Cleo"), hit the market for $38.5 million. The listing is here.

Move Trends rounds up the homes of the Academy Award nominees in a celebrity real estate bonanza

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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.

Gallery: Rose McGowan In Los Feliz

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Kate Moss Moves Into Her New $12 Million Mansion

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Who buys the eye-popping properties that make the grade as our Estate of the Day? Kate Moss just snapped one up for a cool $12 million – London's historic The Grove, which we featured back in April – and is spending millions more on renovations. The luxe brick and timber property in Highgate, built way back in 1688 with additions in 1930, has a literary pedigree; author Samuel Taylor Coleridge lived there for a number of years. These days the likes of Sting, Jude Law and Sienna Miller live next door. The nine-bedroom, four-story residence has 6,700-sq.-ft. of living space, wood paneling, seven fireplaces, a wine cellar and a large landscaped garden. [cont'd]

Gallery: The Grove