July 26, 2008

Actor Kiefer Sutherland lists his warehouse building, which is a combined 6,000-square-foot loft plus a recording studio, in Los Angeles’ Silver Lake area for $4.895M

Actor Kiefer Sutherland has just placed his 14,400-square-foot warehouse building, which is a combined 6,000-square-foot loft plus a recording studio, in Los Angeles’ Silver Lake area on the market for $4,895,000.

In a Big Time Listings exclusive, we can report on Sutherland’s listing of his loft, which is at 1019 N. Madison Avenue in Silver Lake. We profiled Sutherland’s home in our December 31, 2007 edition of our popular “Where in the world is?” feature.

Records show that Sutherland (shown here with Jennifer Garner) has owned the converted ironworks/foundry warehouse building through his Dave T. Douglas (sometimes spelled Doglas) Trust, since purchasing the building in 2002 for $700,000. The warehouse, which was built in 1928, just came on the market on Tuesday, July 22.

Since buying the building, Sutherland has converted its downstairs into a recording studio known as Ironworks Music, with his living quarters being upstairs. His three-bedroom living quarters has four baths, 25-foot ceilings, polished concrete floors warmed by radiant heat, rooms all opening onto one another, and a cook’s kitchen, according to listing information.

Check out an online listing sheet for Sutherland’s warehouse – complete with photos.

As we noted back on December 31, Sutherland previously owned massive acreage in Santa Maria, Calif. and also owns a house in Los Angeles’ Sherman Oaks area and another house in L.A.’s Toluca Lake area. It’s not clear yet where Kiefer’s moving, but when we find out, we’ll of course report it here.

One final note related to exclusives/scoops: we’re writing this post on Saturday morning, and for whatever reason, the Los Angeles Times’ “Hot Property” column for tomorrow is not online yet. So, if this item is indeed in tomorrow’s “Hot Property” column, we’re not aware of it as of the moment that we’re uploading this post.

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July 24, 2008

Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin sells his house in Murrieta, CA for $420K

Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin has sold his 3,311-square-foot house in Murrieta, Calif. for $420,000.

In a Big Time Listings exclusive, we can report on Chamberlin’s sale of the house, which is at 35972 Murano Street in Murrieta. Built in 2003, the three-bedroom house, which is about 60 miles south of Los Angeles, has two baths and sits on a 0.27-acre lot, according to public records.

The house did not appear to have been on the market.

Records show that Chamberlin paid what appears to be a much higher price – $562,000 – for the house in July 2004. We’re not sure yet whether Chamberlin was a victim of the lousy housing market, or whether there’s something funky going on in the public records databases that we access.

Chamberlin has owned several other houses over the years. He previously had owned a 10-room house on 4.28 acres at 3299 Middlesax Drive in Long Grove, Ill., which he purchased in 2002 for $832,500 and sold in 2004 for $895,000, according to public records. Prior to that, Chamberlin had owned a house at 535 Basil Road in Lake Bluff, Ill., which he had purchased in 1998 for $312,000 and sold in 2002 for $355,000, according to public records. And before that, Chamberlin had owned a house at 4437 N. Mozart Street on Chicago’s Northwest Side that he purchased in 1994 for $222,500 and sold in 1998 for $285,500, according to public records.

It’s unclear where Chamberlin has moved. When we find out, we’ll write about it here.

Also, just for fun, check out the Smashing Pumpkins’ video of their song “Zero” – one of our personal favorites.

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Actress, author and comedian Amy Sedaris pays $1.3M for a one-bedroom co-op unit in Manhattan’s West Village

Actress, author and comedian Amy Sedaris has paid $1,300,000 to purchase a one-bedroom co-op unit in Manhattan’s West Village.

The New York Observer’s Lysandra Ohrstrom broke the story yesterday of Sedaris’ purchase of the fourth-floor unit at 50 West 9th Street in the Village.

Indeed, public records show that Sedaris, 47, paid above the $1,250,000 asking price for the 900-square-foot unit, which has one bath, according to listing information. Features in the four-room unit include a dramatic entry hall, rooms with arched doorways and oversized windows, wood-burning fireplaces in the bedroom and the living room, a den with customer bookcases, and a windowed kitchen, according to listing information.

Check out an online listing sheet for Sedaris’ unit – complete with photos.

Sedaris previously was renting a unit in the building at 95 Christopher Street in the Village, according to public records.

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July 23, 2008

Actor Chris O’Donnell sells his 5,191-square-foot house in Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades area for an undisclosed amount after it had been on the market for $5.395M

Actor Chris O’Donnell has sold his 5,191-square-foot, Colonial-style house in Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades neighborhood for an undisclosed amount after it had been on the market for $5,395,000.

In a Big Time Listings exclusive, we can report on O’Donnell’s sale of his two-story house, which was at 408 Ocampo Drive in Pacific Palisades. Indeed, records show that O’Donnell’s California Nest Trust closed on the sale of the house on May 16, with the deal being recorded on May 30. The buyers, a married couple, are not celebrities (the husband appears to be an investment banker). The purchase price has not yet cleared public records, but when it does, we’ll of course provide it here.

Built in 2000, the six bedroom house has six baths and a pool and sits on a 0.19-acre parcel, according to public records.

Our friends over at the Real Estalker broke the story back in March of O’Donnell listing the house, which he has owned since buying it new for $2,950,000 in 2000.

It’s not clear yet where O’Donnell has moved. When we find out, we’ll of course report it here.

From 1995 until 2002, O’Donnell, a native of Winnetka, Ill., also owned a three-bedroom, end unit town home at 1147 W. George Street in Chicago. He purchased the seven-room town house in 1995 for $367,000 but sold it in 2002 for $650,000 after he realized he wasn’t using it much. In our role as a celebrity real estate columnist for the Chicago Tribune, we broke the story of the sale of that town home.

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Actor Sylvester Stallone reportedly purchases a lakefront property in Thousand Oaks, CA that had been listed for $7.2M

Actor Sylvester Stallone reportedly has purchased two lakefront parcels – one of which contains a house – in Thousand Oaks, Calif. that had been on the market for around $7,200,000.

The Los Angeles Times’ Ann Brenoff broke the story this week of Sly’s apparent purchase of the property, which is at 410 Lake Sherwood Drive in Thousand Oaks. Public records don’t yet confirm Stallone’s purchase, but we have no reason to doubt her report.

Public records show that the owner of the property has been something called Brown Center, LLC. On the main, 1.14-acre parcel, which has 500 feet of frontage on Lake Sherwood, is a three-bedroom house that was built in 1946. Brenoff reported that Stallone is expected to eventually raze the house, which has two fireplaces and a pool room and which measures either 1,987 square feet, according to public records or 3,600 square feet, according to listing information. That main property had been listed for $5,499,000. Brenoff also reported that Stallone has purchased an adjacent lot that had been on the market for around $1,700,000.

Check out an online listing sheet for the property that Stallone reportedly purchased – complete with photos.

Brenoff wrote that Stallone’s main residence “reportedly” is in Beverly Hills. Actually, we can report definitively that Stallone’s principal dwelling is his 15,121-square-foot mansion on 4.173 acres at 30 Beverly Park Terrace in Beverly Hills, which Stallone owns through his Lion’s Castle Trust.

Also, for much of the latter half of the 1990s, Stallone made the news a ton for his efforts to sell his mansion on 11.72 acres at 100 SE 32nd Road (at Brickell Avenue) in the Cliff Hammocks neighborhood in Miami. Although Sly long had had that 31,046-square-foot Miami mansion on the market for $27.5 million, he finally sold it in late 1999 for about $16.2 million, according to public records. The buyers were banker Leonard Abess and his wife, Jayne.

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July 21, 2008

Celebrity fashion stylist Rachel Zoe sells her two-bedroom house in Los Angeles’ Hollywood Hills for an undisclosed amount after it had been listed for $2.595M

Celebrity fashion stylist Rachel Zoe has sold her two-bedroom house in Los Angeles’ Hollywood Hills for an undisclosed price after it had been on the market for $2,595,000.

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In a Big Time Listings exclusive, we can report on the sale of Zoe’s house, which is at 1644 Rising Glen Road. Records show that the sale closed on June 20, and that the deal was recorded on July 15. As is so often the case lately, the sale price was not available in public records. But, it should clear public records in the next few weeks; when it does, we’ll of course provide it here.

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The buyers are not celebrities.

Built in 1956, the modern-style house was purchased by Zoe and her husband in January 2004 for $1,475,000. Features in the house, which measures 2,545 square feet according to public records or 2,742 square feet according to listing information and news accounts, include three baths, walnut floors, a convertible den/office, walls of glass, “exquisite surfaces throughout,” an open living room, a family room, a large master suite and a spacious walk-in closet, two fireplaces, a covered patio, a plunge pool, a spa and a fire pit, according to listing information and the Times. The house is just a block east of the famous (or infamous) “Bird Streets” area of the Hollywood Hills.

Zoe initially had listed the house for $2,995,000 and later lowered it to $2,595,000.

It’s not clear where Zoe and her husband ended up. At the time Zoe listed the house, the chatter in the Los Angeles Times was that Zoe and her investment banker husband would be building a new house in Los Angeles somewhere. We haven’t seen any evidence of that yet, but we’ll remain on the lookout.

Check out an online listing sheet for the house that Zoe sold – including photos – here.

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Actor Tom Arnold sells his 4,211-square-foot house in Los Angeles’ Tarzana area for an undisclosed price after it had been on the market for $2.275M

Actor Tom Arnold has sold his 4,211-square-foot house in Los Angeles’ Tarzana area for an undisclosed price after it had been for sale for $2,275,000.

In a Big Time Listings exclusive, we can report on Arnold’s sale of the house, which is at 4704 Caritina Drive in Tarzana. We previously had broken the story of Arnold having purchased the house, back on January 12, 2007. That was shortly after Arnold had purchased the house in late 2006 for $1,950,000, according to public records.

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A prior owner of the house was “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson, who had sold it in early 2005 for $1,325,000, according to public records.

Built in 1956, the house that Arnold sold has four baths, a gourmet kitchen with granite countertops and a master suite with a fireplace and cathedral ceilings, according to public records and listing information. Outside on the almost exactly half-acre, flat property are park-like grounds, a fountain and a pool, according to public records and listing information.

The house hadn’t exactly been on the market for a long time. It went up for sale on March 25, and the deal closed on July 1. The buyers are not celebrities.

Arnold previously had owned the 7,646-square-foot house at 14046 Aubrey Road in the Mulholland Estates area of the Beverly Hills, Calif. post office, which he quietly sold in late 2006 for $7,400,000, according to public records.

When the sale price of his Caritina Drive house clears public records in the next few weeks, we’ll provide that sale price here.

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