Where in the world is….? Celebrity #14: Men at Work frontman Colin Hay, whose U.S. home is his longtime, two-bedroom 1,620-square-foot house in Topanga, CA
Today’s installment of our “Where in the world is…?” feature involves Colin Hay, the immensely entertaining, Scottish-Australian frontman of the 1980s pop music group Men at Work, who long has owned a 1,620-square-foot house in the unincorporated Topanga, Calif. region, which is north of Malibu.
For whatever reason, the U.S. real estate owned by Hay, who long has been based in L.A., never has been written about, it appears, by any celebrity real estate gossip — that is, until now. Records show that Hay, 55, purchased the property on Encina Road in Topanga way back in May 1991 for $500,000. Hay was born in Scotland but moved to Australia when he was 14 and is as a result inextricably tied to Australia, in part because of the Men at Work’s hit song “Down Under.”
Built in 1976, Hay’s two-bedroom house in Topanga has two baths and sits on a 0.21-acre lot, according to public records. The house also has a basement recording studio, according to news accounts.
Hay ostensibly named his 1994 solo album, “Topanga,” after his community.
We are longtime fans of Hay, who has feuded over the years with one of his fellow bandmates. Check out videos for two of Men at Work’s best songs, “Overkill” and “It’s a Mistake”. And, take a look at Hay guest-starring as himself and playing “Overkill” on TV’s “Scrubs”. Finally, take a gander at the entire “Scrubs” cast singing a terrific tune that Hay wrote.
For sale by owners need to get listed on the mls to get expsore for their home.
By Bob Goldsborough at 24 January, 2009, 3:57 pm
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It has been reported that Orlando Bloom only has two homes (London, England and Los Angeles, California-USA). His home in the Brentwood Section of Los Angeles (O.J. Simpson use to live in the same neighborhood) is currently up for rent (asking price $18,000.00 per month) and the house number is 2227. I do not know the street , but I think that he spends most of his time in London, England because that was his first home and Bloom had a lot or remodeling done to it. Besides his mother and sister both resides in the London area. I think that he only brought a home in the U.S. was because he was working on a long movie here and other people had told him that New York and Hollywood are the places to be.Sounds like he regretted paying for a pricely house filled with ivys hanging everywhere outside in Los Angeles and now has it up for rent. The house is white cement or some kind of brick. I have seen pictures with his wife (don’t think this marriage will last because she was 2 months pregnant when he proposed to her and they jumped the broom the following month) pulling up the friveway alone. They apear to working very hard to poise for the cameras ans prove how happy they are, but didn’t Orlando do the same with all the others?
Correction,
What I saw was a video of his wife pullling up in her car alone and getting out of the car. I saw the house number on this video and I think that the video is on youtubes or some other website. Hope this helps.
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