Jewel, husband sell home for $1.4 million
Published Saturday May 23rd, 2009
LOS ANGELES - Singer-songwriter Jewel Kilcher and her husband, rodeo champion Ty Murray, have sold their Hollywood Hills house for $1.4 million.
The Spanish-style home has two bedrooms and two bathrooms in 1,781 square feet with canyon and city views. A third bedroom in the restored 1938 home had been converted to a master closet. There is an updated kitchen, a brick patio, an office and an attached three-car garage. The house had come on the market in October at $1.75 million.
The Grammy-nominated Jewel, 34, who has sold millions of albums worldwide, released her first independent album, Lullaby, this month. Murray, 39, had been tearing it up on ABC's Dancing With the Stars, performing with So You Think You Can Dance alumna Chelsie Hightower before he was cowboy-booted off in the semifinals.Kilcher and Murray make their home in Stephenville, Texas, where they own a ranch.
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In the real Orange County, not everyone ends up living in their custom-built home.
The family residence of actress Kristin Cavallari has come on the market at $13.95 million in Three Arch Bay, a gated Laguna Beach community.
Cavallari played herself in 28 episodes of Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County (2004-05) during part of the eight-year construction period but never occupied the feng shui-savvy residence. And in what may seem to blur the lines of reality with reality TV, the home was designed by architect Jim Conrad, father of fellow cast member Lauren Conrad, who went on to star in The Hills (2006-09).
The newly built contemporary has four bedrooms and six bathrooms in 7,100 square feet and sits on 3.25 acres with views of Catalina Island and the coastline. Natural stone - more than $2 million was spent on masonry - and hardwoods were used extensively in the construction. There is an infinity pool, nearly an acre of landscaped grounds and gardens, and parking for 25 cars.
Cavallari, 22, became a spokeswoman for the clothing company Bongo and continues to act in film and TV, as well as host and take part in reality shows.
Now The Hills universe is buzzing with speculation that Cavallari may be appearing in the show next season just as Conrad, 23, is wrapping up her role in the May 31 episode. MTV isn't saying.
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The Palm Springs house of sitcom writer-director-producer David Lee has come on the market at $5,995,000 in the Old Las Palmas neighbourhood.
The renovated 1963 estate, designed by architect Donald Wexler for big band-era singer and television show host Dinah Shore, sits on 1.3 acres. The 7,000-square-foot Modernist showplace has six bedrooms and 7 1/2 bathrooms. There are floor-to-ceiling glass walls, wooden ceilings, a massive stone fireplace and a sunken bar in the living room.
Although there's a tennis court and a pristine swimming pool, the sport the Emmy-winning Shore is most often associated with is golf. A player herself, she helped found one of the major tournaments on the LPGA tour.
Lee partnered with Peter Casey in writing and producing The Jeffersons for six years and Cheers for four. Along with David Angell, they created the Emmy-winning series Frasier (1993-2004). More recently Lee has turned to the theatre, directing revivals including South Pacific at the Hollywood Bowl.
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The 1928 Los Angeles home of Gossip Girl producer Josh Schwartz and his wife, Jill, is well-equipped should Prohibition return. One of the floor-to-ceiling bookshelves in the library slides aside to reveal a bootlegger's wine cellar.
Recently listed at $2,395,000, the gated Spanish-style house has five bedrooms and 5 1/2 bathrooms in 3,468 square feet. It has a two-storey foyer, a hand-carved vaulted ceiling in the living room, stained-glass windows and wrought-iron chandeliers.
There is a flagstone-paved courtyard and tropical landscaping. A maid's suite has its own entrance. Other features include a screening room with wet bar, plus a swimming pool and spa.
Schwartz, 32, has numerous executive producer and writing credits including Chuck (2007-09), Gossip Girl (2007-09) and The O.C. (2003-07).
Hot property, by Lauren Beale of the Los Angeles Times, features the hottest celebrity real estate deals.
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