Tom Hanks unloads two homes in swank SoCal suburb
Published 1:30 am Saturday, June 10, 2017
By Neal J. Leitereg / Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — Tom Hanks, producer, director and box-office star, and his wife, actress-producer Rita Wilson, have cast away a pair of homes in Pacific Palisades for a combined sum of about $17.5 million.
Located in the Palisades Riviera area, the side-by-side homes had been listed for $9.25 million and $8.75 million. Hanks and Wilson acquired the properties in separate off-market transactions in 2003 and 2007 for a combined $13.1 million, the Los Angeles Times revealed last year.
One of the two properties is a Spanish-style villa that was once owned by late screenwriter and film director Frank Pierson.
Built in 1933, the approximately 4,000-square-foot house features beamed ceilings, wood floors and original fixtures, ironwork and tile. A step-down living room, a paneled dining room, a library/den, four bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms are among the living spaces.
The other house, built in English Traditional style in 1957, has 7,300 square feet of living space that includes a screening room and a pub/billiard room with a fireplace. The master suite has his and hers closets and a renovated bathroom for a total of seven bedrooms and 6.5 bathrooms. There’s also a playroom on the third floor.
Records show the buyer for both residences, a California-based limited liability company, has a San Francisco Bay Area tax address.
Hanks and Wilson are both 60.
LANDLORD IS AMONG HIS LATEST ROLES: Finding no takers for his Malibu home yet, Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio, 42, has leased the oceanfront property on Carbon Beach for $22,000 a month.
The beach residence, dating to the 1950s and since remodeled, had been up for sale since last year for as much as $10.95 million. It last changed hands in 1998 for $1.6 million, public records show.
Obscured from the street by fences and gates, the house is entered through a gated courtyard and a screened sun porch. The 1,765 square feet of living space includes a living room with a fireplace, a dining area, three bedrooms and two bathrooms. A galley-style kitchen has been updated with gray herringbone tile and color-coordinated cabinetry.
GETTING IN TUNE WITH THE MARKET: Nine Inch Nails founder, producer and film composer Trent Reznor has put his home in the Beverly Crest area up for sale at $5.75 million, a $1.255-million uptick in price from when it was last for sale two years ago.
Tucked behind gates and tropical landscaping, the polished contemporary-style home contains about 4,320 square feet of living space and sits on more than half an acre.
Reznor, 51, founded the industrial rock band in 1988 and serves as singer, songwriter, producer and instrumentalist.
He bought the property in 2007 for about $4.2 million.
