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Oakshire Drive, Estate of the Day

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Today's sweet little Los Angeles home might be a slice of Old Hollywood. Rumor has it that this four-bedroom Spanish-style villa was once a guest house on the Whitley Heights estate of silent film era icon Rudolph Valentino. That home, later torn down to make way for the Hollywood Freeway, was only few miles away. The homes also share similar Spanish villa architecture, but then again, many beautiful Los Angeles homes from the 1920s have a similar look.

The four-bedroom home is walled and gated. It has a classic living room with vaulted ceilings, exposed and carved wooden beams, a leaded glass window and a raised fireplace. The master bedroom and music room open onto another patio which offers a peaceful retreat with a soaking tub. The charming country kitchen is just the right amount of retro. It opens to one of the outdoor patios that has dining and living spaces. and there is also a built-in barbecue on the patio for entertaining. It's on a double lot and the second lot has been nicely landscaped by designer John Greenlee for southern California's arid and warm climate with natural grasses, succulents and a vegetable garden. This home is currently on the market for $1,295,000. Carol and Jim Shogren and Rodeo Realty's Sunset Strip office are the listing agents. The property website is here.

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Kanye West Lists Hollywood Home

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Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

Even had the Real Estalker not revealed the fact that this Hollywood home belonged to Kanye West the listing pictures might have been enough to clue me in. Few people share West's unique love of both stark beige minimalism and candy-colored Pop Art and combine them with as much unfettered enthusiasm.

As the Real Estalker wisely posits, West is a man of intriguing contradictions sometimes fronting as a deeply serious artiste and sometimes displaying a humble, childlike delight. His three-bedroom home is over 4,200 square feet of space tucked high above the city and it's got some very interesting features not the least of which is a fishtank in the bath tub and a mural on the dining room ceiling.

More traditional Hollywood luxe details include a large dressing room, large windows showcasing city views and travertine marble in bathroom. West's aesthetic loves are in evidence. A whole room feautures multi-colored Jetsons art. One room has a full-sized Buzz Lightyear and what appears to be some sort of chair with Takashi Murakami's colorful flowers. Three Campbell soup can pictures sit above a vintage Louis Vuitton trunk. The home does not have a pool but does have room for one and would probably sell better with that addition, positioning it as a more traditional Hollywood celeb lair. It is listed at $3.995 million.

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