‘90210’ Star Jennie Garth Lists Home Above Studio City (EXCLUSIVE)
By Mark David LOS ANGELES (Variety)
The Studio City spread was purchased a bit more than five years ago for exactly $2 million; the trials and tribulations of a subsequent million-dollar renovation were shown on the 2014 HGTV series “The Project.” Secured by remote-controlled gates and shielded from view by a high fence and even taller trees on almost an acre of hill-topping land, the stylishly charcoal-colored contemporary sprawls over about 4,100 square feet with five bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms under a striking jumble of severely angled rooflines.
Cantilevered steps span a pebble-lined koi pond and a massive glass door pivots opens to a cavernous combination living and dining room that features an onyx wet bar and a sensually curvaceous fireplace suspended from the vaulted and beamed exposed-wood ceiling. A vast wall of windows slides open and casually merges the capacious space with a sheltered terrace featuring a panoramic view over Universal Studios and the western end of the San Fernando Valley across a 90-foot-long zero-edge lap pool and spa. There’s also a spacious kitchen with marble countertops and a skylight-topped family room.
Complementary to a couple of deep, covered terraces for lounging and dining, the backyard offers a city-view graveled patio with cushioned built-in bench seating around a fire pit as well as a faux-grass putting green and sunken trampoline.
Garth, who with her second ex-husband, actor Peter Facinelli, previously owned an elegant Paul Williams-designed mansion in Toluca Lake, Calif., sold in 2013 for nearly $4 million to “The Big Bang Theory” writer-producer Bill Prady, also maintains a more than six-acre equestrian getaway in California’s wine-soaked Santa Ynez Valley that last sold in 2000 for an unrecorded amount and was not long ago on the market for a bit below $2.5 million.
listing photos: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices