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More Bieber Real Estate Fever!

BUYER: (allegedly) Justin Beiber
LOCATION: Calabasas, CA
PRICE: around six million clams
SIZE: 9,214 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms

YOUR MAMAS NOTES: It was only three weeks ago that gaggles of Bieberheads, Bieberites and Bieberinas around the globe went bat-shit berserk over the many rumors and reports about bubble gum pop music superstar Justin Bieber being on the hunt for a house to call home in Los Angeles, CA.

His own people confirmed their mass-marketed money making machine—the 18 year old reportedly earned more than fifty million bucks in 2010—had indeed had a peep and a poke around the very contemporary wood, glass and steel mansion perched above Los Angeles' little-known Lake Hollywood and currently leased by sitcom star and Twitter-addict Ashton Kutcher.

Property gossips and Bieberkins alike were further tantalized when those same people told gossip juggernaut TMZ the tweenager's dreamboat had also twice toured a couple of mansions in the hot and Hades western Los Angeles suburb of Calabasas. They went on to say The Biebs had not yet made an offer on a property and was, in fact, still looking for that special real estate lady.

Well, dontcha know, my pretty little ponies, just a couple days later a huge, hacienda-style mini-compound on 1.28 acres in the celebrity-friendly, double-gated enclave of The Oaks in Calabasas was quietly taken off the open market and this morning the celebrity scuttlebutters at X17 reported the very same house in The Oaks was "snatched up" by baby-faced and filthy rich Mister Bieber.

Listen, children, Your Mama is well aware some of y'all think it's beneath our dignity to discuss an international pop music phenomena like Mister Bieber. And we feel your pain. Howevuh, we got a mortgage to pay and insurance premiums to keep up just like everybody else so, for the sake of business, we're going with it. Not interested in The Biebs and his (alleged) real estate activities, then scoot yer boot until we have something more suitable for your delicate celebrity real estate palette, okaay?

We may be marinated in booze like a perfectly preserved fruitcake from Christmas past but Your Mama instantly recognized the mansion pictured on X17 as the very same one acquired in May 2006 for $7,500,000 by actor/comedian Eddie Murphy's former model ex-wife and baby momma Nicole Murphy. Miz Murphy, now engaged or maybe married to former professional football player Michael Strahan (we don't know), flipped the 9,215 square foot behawtcha back on the market in August 2007 with a terribly optimistic asking price of $9,995,000.

Unfortunately for her, the house didn't sell it until April 2011 when it was finally taken off ex-Missus Murphy's hands by a non-celebrity for $5,515,000. A few quick and unscientific calculations on our bejeweled abacus shows poor ex-Missus Murphy lost a pocketbook punishing $1,985,000, not counting carrying costs and real estate fees. No wonder the short-haired and large-chested stunner signed on to appear on Hollywood Exes, a reality program about—you got it—a variety of L.A.-based ex-wives of famous athletes and Showbizzers. Like we said a moment ago, a person sometimes has to do what a person sometimes has to do to keep milk in the fridge.

Anyhoo, the new owner of Miz Murphy's real estate albatross gave the place a quick spit and polish—it appears from images in X17 all or most of the Spanish tile from around the swimming pool was removed—and quickly flipped the property back on the market four months after buying with an asking price of around $6,000,000.

Listing information we teased up out of the interweb shows the sprawling two-story main house includes all the rooms to be expected in a lavish mansion (living, dining, kitchen, family, library, office and home theater) plus 6 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms—or 7 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms depending where on the listing on looks—6 fireplaces, two three car garages, one elevator and a double-height entry with a sensually coiled staircase embedded with fab decorative Spanish tiles.

Outdoor spaces include an interior courtyard with fireplace and built-in barbecue station. Many rooms at the rear of the residence open to the backyard lounging and entertaining areas where there are fountains and flat expanses of lawn, a pergola-shaded and vine-draped dining terrace, a swimming pool with embedded spa, and a detached casita with fireplace, facility and kitchen.

Property records do not yet reflect a transfer of ownership and Your Mama freely confesses to no inside intel about The Bieb's real estate affairs so it's very possible this is all just some real estate dish, just nugget of celebrity property scuttlebutt that may or may not prove to have any validity. Okaaay?

Miz Murphy and her fiancée (or hubby) Michael Strahan recently sold another luxury residence, a gated, 6 bedroom and 8 bathroom faux-Tuxcan villa in a gated community in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles (CA), they bought in November 2009 for $5,000,000 and sold at a substantial profit in mid-March 2012 for $6,150,000.

NOTE: The children will all please note that listing photos above depict the house as it appeared at the time Miz Murphy sold it in April 2011 and may or may not show an accurate reflection of its current state. 

Art Linkletter's Bel Air Mid-Century Modern Goes on the Block

SELLER: Estate of Art Linkletter
LOCATION: Los Angeles (Bel Air), CA
PRICE: $10,250,000
SIZE: 5,000 square feet (approximately), 5 bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms

YOUR MAMAS NOTES: Technically, we're still on holiday but we thought the children might appreciate a quick glimpse of a pedigreed mid-century modern pad perched high above Los Angeles' Bel Air community. The house, once owned by music industry mogul Quincy Jones, was long owned by late radio and television icon Art Linkletter and pushed on the (open) market this week, we learned via covert communique from Our Fairy godmother in Bel Air, by his estate with an asking price of $10,250,000.

Mister Linkletter won't likely be a recognizable name to anyone who hasn't already gone grey but once upon a time he was wildly famous for (among other things) his cute and humorous interviews with precocious children in the 1950s and 60s on the long-running tee-vee programs Art Linkletter's House Party and Kids Say the Darndest Things. Mister Linkletter was an also an early investor and promoter of the hula hoop—'tis true—and the long-time spokesman for the iconic Milton Bradley board game The Game of Life.

Mister Linkletter's single story sprawler on 4.6 acres high above Bel Air, was built in 1958, designed by architect Philmer J. Ellerbroek and featured in Architectural Digest in 1959. In addition to the 5 bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms listing information indicates the low-slung residence also includes formal living and dining rooms with long expanses of floor-to-ceiling glass as well as extensive private and service areas that include a family room, kitchen, breakfast room, and laundry facilities.

As per current listing information the house, architecturally preserved if not pickled in time, has "Classic mid-century architectural elements [that] include two atriums (one with an outdoor patio), sculptural metal screens, pocket doors, stone fireplaces, walls of glass, [and] one-of-a-kind built-ins...." 

The gated grounds have a long driveway, off-street parking for upwards of 20 cars, multi-car car port, lushly landscaped gardens, flat lawns, a sport court of some sort, and a boomerang-shaped swimming pool with sweeping views over Los Angeles and Century City.

Not bad for an orphan boy born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (Canada).

Some of the swanky nearby estates and mansions are owned by the aforementioned Quincy Jones who stayed in the 'hood when he sold to the Linkletters, soft porn purveyor Joe Francis, PayPal and Tesla Motors co-founder Elon Musk, social fixture Jean Kerkorian (an ex-wife of billionaire Kirk Kerkorian), and 90-something year old Hungarian Zsa Zsa Gabor and her attention hungry 9th husband Frédèric Prinz von Anhalt.

Just down the road a short piece are properties owned by SalmaHayak and her luxury goods mogul huzband Henri-Francois Pinaultand the former Marion Jorgensen mid-century modern compound scooped up by Transformers film franchise tycoon Michael Bay in late 2009 for $10,900,000 and quickly knocked down so he could custom build a new mansion that Your Mama fully expects will be as big as a boo-teek hotel.

Cheech Marin Sells His "Joint" In Malibu

Cheech Marin, of “Cheech & Chong” fame, recently sold a beach-front Malibu home for $5,340,000, according to public records. Located smack dab on the beach in celebrity-infested Malibu, CA, Marin’s former Pacific Coast Highway home was sold on February 17, 2012 to an unknown buyer.

Marin’s just-sold abode is a one-of-a-kind 1,888 square foot craftsman designed by Robert Gilbert. Set on a low bluff, the home comes with approximately 120 feet of private sandy beach frontage. The home features 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, as well as a detached guest house with gym and detached music room. The dramatic master suite includes custom stained-glass windows and tile work, a spa tub and steam shower, heated bathroom floors and a huge walk-in closet. Despite being a bonafide beach bungalow, the property includes beautiful rose and succulent gardens, a large grassy lawn, built-in custom brick BBQ, a hot tub on deck and complete privacy.

Marin is one of the foremost collectors of Chicano art in the United States, and his private collection is world-renowned. In the listing photos, much of this work is on display.

President Ford's Rancho Mirage home sells for $1.675 million

The Rancho Mirage estate of the late President Gerald Ford and Betty Ford has sold for $1.675 million.


The buyers are entertainment business manager John McIlwee and Dreamworks Animation executive Bill Damaschke, who announced their intentions to preserve the 6,316-square-foot midcentury home. They purchased the furniture, including sofas and desks, and some of the artwork separately.


The Fords built the Welton Becket-designed home in 1979. The gated compound encompasses 1.37 acres.


The main residence has a swimming pool and includes a staff waiting room, his and her offices, five bedrooms, five full bathrooms and two partial bathrooms.


The Fords used the compound as their California retreat after they left the White House. President Ford died in 2006 at 93. Betty Ford died last year, also at 93.


Nelda Linsk of HK Lane Real Estate and Lindell Campbell of Warwick Properties Group were the listing agents. Tyler Morgan of Capitis Real Estate of Palm Springs represented the buyers.

Michael Jackson's Last House Up For Sale For $23.9 Million

The notorious Holmby Hills house where Michael Jackson died is back up for sale, yet again and with a tiny little priceup. The house has been on and off the market since 2008 (with a starting price of $38 million), and was renting to Jackson for $100,000 a month when he suddenly died in June 2009. Last fall, owners Hubert and Roxanne Guez (Hubert is the CEO of Ed Hardy) sued the woman who sells star maps down the street, saying she and her customers were scaring away potential buyers (we can think of a few other scary things they might want to sue first, but whatever). 


The house was designed by Richard Landry and built in 2002 on 1.26 acres. It has seven bedrooms, thirteen bathrooms, a theater, an elevator, a spa and gym, and a guesthouse. In December, many of the furnishings (including a "pair of obelisk and urn form table lamps" and a "Parian marble statue of a peasant girl") were sold at auction. Now the house is back on the open market for the first time since last summer--it was last seen asking $23.5 million; it's now asking $23.9 million.

Hot Property: PGA champ Phil Mickelson's compound is in play

Professional golfer Phil Mickelson and his wife, Amy, have listed their estate in Rancho Santa Fe for sale at $7.095 million.

Encompassing 4.88 acres, the compound includes a 9,500-square-foot main house and two guesthouses. The one-level Tuscan-style house features mosaics, trussed beams, hand-carved stone fireplaces and Italian marble. There is an exercise room, a steam room, a sauna, a safe room, five bedrooms and seven bathrooms. The grounds contain a swimming pool, outdoor kitchen and, of course, a putting green.

Mickelson, 41, will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame this spring. He beat Tiger Woods this year to win the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am tournament and finished second at the Northern Trust Open at the Riviera Country Club. His career earnings top $65 million, according to PGA.com.

Public records show the couple bought the property in 2001 for an undisclosed price.

Susan Bartow of Surterre Properties is the listing agent.

Rebuilt and ready for its close-up

Screenwriter and director Stephen Sommers and his wife,Jana, have put their estate in Malibu up for sale at $13.5 million.

Set in the gated community of Serra Retreat at the end of a cul-de-sac, the rebuilt and remodeled main house and detached guesthouse sit on 1.5 acres with a sports court, outdoor fireplace, a barbecue center and expansive lawns. The free-form swimming pool features waterfalls and a slide.

Interior amenities include a home theater, double-island kitchen, two family rooms, six bedrooms and nine bathrooms in 9,130 square feet of living space. There are fireplaces in the main house and the guesthouse.

Sommers' writing and directing credits include "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" (2009), "Van Helsing" (2004) and "The Mummy" (1999). The 49-year-old is working on the upcoming films "When Worlds Collide" and "Odd Thomas."

Public records show the couple bought the house in 2007 from pop star Britney Spears for $10 million.

Jordan Cohen of Re/Max Olson & Associates is the listing agent.

Still in Bel-Air, not in Kansas

A Bel-Air house that was home to a young Judy Garland, in the days of her star turn as Dorothy in the 1939 classic "The Wizard of Oz," came back on the market at the beginning of March at $7.1 million, roughly a year after its previous sale. In less than two weeks the property was under contract.

Updated and renovated, the two-story traditional sits on about 2.5 acres. Designed by Wallace Neff and built in 1938, the house features dormer and bay windows, white columns, a red-brick clad veranda and French doors. The 5,500-plus-square-foot house has five bedrooms, five full bathrooms and two half-baths.

A swimming pool, cabanas and an original detached writers' studio are in the backyard. There is a two-car garage and multiple carports.

The actress and singer died in 1969 at 47. She received an honorary Oscar in 1940 for her performances in "Oz" and "Babes in Arms" and was later nominated for her work in "A Star Is Born" (1955) and "Judgment at Nuremberg" (1961).

Public records show the property was sold last year for $5.2 million.

Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator lists West L.A. home

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" co-creator Kevin Eastman has listed a house in West Los Angeles for $1.69 million.

The contemporary Mediterranean, built in 2005, features high ceilings, archways, a bar with a wine refrigerator, four bedrooms and 21/2 bathrooms. French doors open to an enclosed front patio, a front-facing balcony and the backyard. Behind the house sits a saltwater pool, a flagstone deck, a pool house/office and lawn. The cobblestone driveway is gated.

The comic book writer and artist's Ninja Turtles, created with collaborator Peter Laird, became a cartoon series starting in the late '80s. Live action movies and animated films followed including "TMNT" (2007) and "Turtles Forever" (2009). Another series is set for this year and a movie in 2013.

Eastman, 49, bought the property in 2008 for $1.84 million and put it up for lease at $6,500 a month, according to the Multiple Listing Service.

Clothier Tonny Sorensen lists Bev Hills home at $6.9 million

Former Von Dutch chief executive and clothier Tonny Sorensen has left his signature on his personal residence in Beverly Hills and listed it at $6.9 million.

The gated midcentury modern was built in 1961 but completely redone by the Danish entrepreneur. He combined his love of minimalism and high-quality materials in the single-story, 6,000-square-foot home.

A small bridge spans a koi pond at the entrance to the open-plan house. Cambodian water sculptures from the 16th and 17th centuries stand in the pond.

"I had some Buddhist monks come to the house and bless the water," he said, "because I believe in good energy."

The master suite features a fireplace and dual bathrooms for a total of four bedrooms and five bathrooms. In the master bathroom, a large steam shower contains a cold plunge tank. The tank maintains a temperature of 44 degrees and is designed to prevent sports injuries and for health, Sorensen said. A tub carved out of marble sits nearby.

The half-acre site in the Trousdale area includes a swimming pool, a sauna, four fire pits, a kitchen and a built-in barbecue. In addition to the three-car garage, the motor court has room to park an additional 20 vehicles. There are city and ocean views.

At Von Dutch, Sorensen gained recognition for popularizing a trucker cap bearing the company name and using celebrities to promote the brand. In 2010, he launched the clothing brand CCR, for California Christiania Republic, creating a casual jumpsuit worn by Katy Perry and other notables.

Sorensen, 47, is selling because he bought a 700-acre property in the Three Rivers area that backs up to the Sequoia National Park. He is planning a 7,000- to 8,000-square-foot resort home there as well as yurts, trailers, treehouses and pre-fab houses for use by artists. Two miles of river run through the site.

"I want to spend more time up there," said the outdoorsman, whose hobbies include hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing, river rafting and off-roading. When back in L.A. on business, he said, he plans to stay at hotels.

Actress-writer Diane Farr lists WeHo home

Actress-writer Diane Farr has listed her Spanish Revival-style house in West Hollywood at $899,000.

The gated home, painted in bold colors, was built in 1927. Inside, the 1,712-square-foot house blends original details — 20-foot ceilings, arched doorways, tile, hardwood floors — with upgrades including skylights, custom bathroom sinks and high-end kitchen appliances. The living room features an original 15-foot-tall arched window. French doors in the dining room open onto a courtyard.

Two of the three bedrooms open to a lawn with a hot tub, deck with built-in seating and a sound system. There are security cameras and a voice entry system.

Farr, 38, had regular roles on "Californication" (2009) and "Numb3rs" (2005-09). More recently she appeared on "The Mentalist" and "CSI: Miami." Her second book, "Kissing Outside the Lines," is a comic memoir about interracial marriage.

The property last changed hands in 2003 for $650,000.

Brooke Burke lists "Chateau Charvet" in Malibu

Dancing with the Stars host Brooke Burke and David Charvet’s home, aptly named Chateau Charvet, was designed to evoke a house in the south of France, where Charvet was born.

The home was last listed for sale on the Malibu real estate market for $12,500,000 — property listing information shows it as an 880 percent price increase from when the land was sold to Charvet in 1998. The chateau-like estate was built in 2007. As of the January 2012, the home is no longer listed for sale.

The home for sale is located in the exclusive celebrity enclave of Serra Retreat, where Mel Gibson and Kelsey Grammar own homes. Although these homes don’t offer views of the water like ones found in the Malibu colony, many of them have larger property lines and enjoy greater privacy. Current median Malibu home values are $1,361,000.

Michael Jordan Lists Chicago-Area Estate

Michael Jordan has put his longtime home in Highland Park, Ill., on the market for $29 million, according to the company marketing the listing, Luxury Portfolio International.

The former NBA player, widely regarded as the greatest basketball icon of all time, has lived in the compound with more than 56,000 square feet of space for more than 15 years.

Constructed between 1993 and 1995 and extensively renovated in 2009, the house in the Chicago suburb has nine bedrooms, more than 15 bathrooms and five fireplaces. Mr. Jordan, who in his 15 seasons as a player led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA Championship titles, has “23″—his famous jersey number—engraved on the gates of the property.

In addition to the main house, the more than 7-acre property includes a three-bedroom guesthouse and three separate climate-controlled multi-car garages.

An indoor basketball complex, which has a separate entry and nearby parking area, was completed in 2001. The facility features a full-size regulation basketball court with specially cushioned hardwood flooring, adjustable backstops and baskets and competition-quality, high-intensity lighting. The complex has a sound system tuned to provide perfect acoustics within the court space.

Other amenities include an entertaining and pool area, an outdoor tennis court, a putting green and a deep water pond. 

Dick Clark lists Flintstone-inspired home in Malibu

 

The American Bandstand legend is selling his Flintstone-esque pad in Malibu for $3.5 million.

The custom-built caveman-styled house, which resembles a rock both on the exterior and interior, sits up high on a Malibu mountaintop within a 23-acre site and boasts 360-degree views, including a picturesque vista of the Pacific.

The one-bedroom, two-bathroom retreat owned by Clark and his wife, Kari, has vaulted ceilings in the living and dining rooms, complete with a fireplace and even a wine cellar.