Rachel Griffiths Aims to Sell Encino Property
By Mark David
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Rachel Griffiths has her comprehensively upgraded and casually sophisticated mid-century pavilion on a discreet cul-de-sac in the upscale foothills above L.A.’s Encino neighborhood available at just under $1.75 million. The “Six Feet Under” and “Brothers & Sisters” star, a 1999 Oscar nominee set to make her cinematic directorial debut in the biopic “Ride Like a Girl,” purchased the property in 2005 for just under $1.3 million. Listed with Nicole Nash at Rodeo Realty and measuring in at about 2,800 square feet, the low-slung residence was built in the early 1960s on more than one-third of an acre with four bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms.
With a mix of polished stone tiles and hardwood floorboards, the house features airy living spaces with walls of glass that flow seamlessly into one another and incorporate a step-down living room with a massive masonry fireplace and a dining area lit by a sputnik-style chandelier. The bright, high-end kitchen, with minimalistic, furniture-grade cabinetry and commercial-style appliances, opens to both a breakfast room and a den. Two of the three guest bedrooms have built-in beds, and the master suite has a room-wide row of windows with a serene view into the surrounding treetops. Outside, there’s a rooftop terrace above the two-car garage as well as a shaded loggia that spills out to a flat and grassy backyard that comprises a sunken terrace with fire pit, a tree-shaded dining patio, a vegetable garden and a long, slender swimming pool bordered by verdant plantings and an unattractive yet practical child safety fence.
After about a decade as transplants in Los Angeles, Griffiths and her husband, accomplished painter Andy Taylor , revealed in 2016 they’d officially returned to her hometown of Melbourne, Australia, where, as of late last year, when it was featured on vogue.com , they’d settled into a custom-renovated Victorian terrace house that’s filled with contemporary artwork and chic designer furnishings in the beachside suburb of St. Kilda.
