Caribbean pirate captain sets sale again
Published 1:30 am Saturday, September 16, 2017
By Neal J. Leitereg / Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — Another day, another real estate move for Johnny Depp.
The box-office star, who in summer reprised his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” has divested himself of his fourth penthouse at the Eastern Columbia Building in L.A. and is readying another property for auction this month.
On the sale side, Depp sold a three-bedroom, two-bathroom unit at the building in downtown’s historic core for $1.82 million.
The 1,755-square-foot residence is the smallest of the five-unit collection that the actor put up for sale last year for a combined $12.78 million. The offbeat pad includes a great room that opens to a dining area and a kitchen with chrome appliances.
High ceilings, exposed brickwork and artful furniture are among the interior details. Oversized windows take in views.
Depp purchased the penthouses, which combined to offer about 11,500 square feet of living space, in 2007, records show. The last unsold residence, a one-bedroom, two-bathroom unit, lists for $1.79 million.
Headed to the auction block Sept. 15 is the actor’s equestrian estate in Kentucky.
The 41-acre property, sitting among hills outside of the Lexington area, includes a main house of 5,944 square feet, a guesthouse and three barns. There are more than a dozen stalls for horses, as well as 10 watered paddocks.
Previously listed for sale last year at $3.4 million, it will go to the highest bidder in an auction held by Halfhill Auction Group in collaboration with Gary Denton of Rector Hayden Realtors.
A LANNISTER ALWAYS CLOSES ESCROW: The seventh season of “Game of Thrones” may be in the books, but that hasn’t stopped Cersei Lannister from conquering other plains.
Lena Headey, who plays the conniving queen on the HBO show, has sold her home in Sherman Oaks for $2.05 million. That’s $105,000 above the asking price and nearly three times what she paid for the property three years ago — $790,000.
The 1950s-era home, tucked behind walls and vertical fencing, was extensively remodeled and expanded during Headey’s reign. Updates include bright artistic tile, a reimagined kitchen and Fleetwood sliding doors that open to the back yard. Distressed-wood siding creates visual interest along the front of a new second-story addition.
The property came to market in July for $1.945 million and had an offer in hand in two weeks, records show.
THEIR NEW KINGDOM LIES IN LAUGHLIN PARK: Actors Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell have bought a pedigree home in L.A.’s Los Feliz neighborhood for $4.3 million.
The English Revival-style home in the Laughlin Park area sits on nearly an acre of park-like grounds.
The 4,050-square-foot house, built in 1922, has four bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms. Rooms include a formal living room, dining room, library/den, updated kitchen and a breakfast room. French doors and picture windows take in gardens and grounds, which include a swimming pool and a carriage house/garage.
The three-story home was designed by noted architect Arthur R. Kelly. It previously changed hands in February for $3.225 million and, before that, in 2000 for $2.1 million, records show.
