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The late Leonard Nimoy’s former home in Sherman Oaks is on the market for US$1.785 million.
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Actor Alyson Hannigan paid US$7.95 million for a modern estate in Encino designed by Peter Tolkin Architecture.
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The Grey Estate, the Holmby Hills home of late Paramount Pictures chairman and chief executive Brad Grey, was designed by Howard Backen and has sold for nearly US$69 million.
LOS ANGELES — You could call it 68 million shades of Grey.
The Grey Estate, the Holmby Hills home of late Paramount Pictures chairman and chief executive Brad Grey, has sold for US$68,822,500.
Even for this leafy west-side pocket, tucked in between Beverly Hills and Bel-Air, that’s a lot of money.
Designed by Howard Backen, the modern farmhouse-style mansion sits behind wood- and steel-framed gates on 2.2 acres.
The 12,800 square feet of living space features an open-plan kitchen and dining area, a sunroom and a den with a wet bar. A barn-inspired, vaulted-ceiling great room opens to the grounds. Five bedrooms and a home theatre complete the floor plan.
A central courtyard is filled with olive trees, a large fireplace and a reflecting pool. Adjacent are vegetable and herb gardens, an organic orchard and an outdoor dining area.
A two-storey recreation facility has two gyms and a blue-bottomed swimming pool. A raised bridge leads from the main house to the detached structure.
The property came to market in February at US$77.5 million, but was removed from the market before the sale. It had been owned by a trust associated with the entertainment executive since 2010.
Grey, who died last year at 59, oversaw such blockbusters as the Star Trek and Transformers movies during his tenure at Paramount.
On the market, with bells on
How I Met Your Mother star Alyson Hannigan and her husband, actor Alexis Denisof, have sold a home in Santa Monica for US$4.9 million.
The striking Mission Revival-style house is approached through a gated courtyard.
Arched doors and windows, baroque gables and a clay tile roof are among the 1930 home’s character details. A distinctive bell tower rises above the front door.
Some 4,200 square feet of updated living space includes formal living and dining rooms, five bedrooms and five bathrooms.
In the second-storey master suite, which has a fireplace, French doors open to a private balcony.
Outside, palms surround space for entertaining, a swimming pool and a spa.
Hannigan bought the house in 2002 from screenwriter-director Mark Steven Johnson for US$1.936 million.
In recent years, the property was offered for lease at US$17,500 a month.
Hannigan, 44, is known for her roles on the supernatural television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the American Pie film franchise.
She was a regular on the sitcom How I Met Your Mother during its nine-season run.
Denisof, 52, appeared on Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Hannigan as well as the spinoff Angel. His other credits include the series Grimm and Finding Carter.
Spock’s old space in Sherman Oaks
A home that property records show was once owned by late Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy through a trust is for sale in Sherman Oaks at US$1.785 million.
The traditional-style house, set on a quarter-acre of park-like grounds, was built in 1951 and has been updated. Floor-to-ceiling windows in the living and dining rooms bring in views of the rear yard.
The family room contains a fireplace.
The 2,112 square feet of living space include an open-plan layout, an office, three bedrooms and three bathrooms.
The backyard has a swimming pool, fire-pit lounge area and an outdoor kitchen with a barbecue centre.
Nimoy, who died in 2015 at 83, was known for his portrayal of half-human, half-Vulcan Spock on the 1960s TV series Star Trek and, later, in film.
The Emmy Award winner also starred in two seasons of Mission: Impossible.
— Los Angeles Times
