A Retreat of Tranquillity
This Beverly Hills home built in 1953 to reflect the tranquillity of a Zen retreat comes with a 6-foot Buddha from Burma and other museum-quality antiques.
About this house: John Paul Dejoria, founder and CEO of the Paul Mitchell Systems hair products line, bought the home in 1983 and extensively remodeled and expanded it. He is selling because he has only personally used this house a total of six days in the last three years; he has a Malibu estate that he uses as his main residence.
Asking price: Just under $4.7 million. The purchase may include all of the antiques and most of the furnishings, which are originals from Asia and feature some pieces that are 1,000 years old, Realtors said.
Size: The house has five bedrooms, including two master suites, and five baths in about 4,900 square feet. There are also five covered parking spaces.
Features: The property has city, ocean, canyon and mountain views.
The home has been remodeled to include a granite kitchen with new appliances, a living room that converts into a screening room, a heart-shaped spa-tub with city and ocean views, a steam shower, remote-controlled bedroom drapes, wrap-around balconies and a separate, fully furnished maid or guest apartment. There is also a pool with blue mosaic tile.
Where: 1670 Gilcrest Blvd., Beverly Hills
Listing agents: Joe Killinger, (310) 442-1357, and George Pino, (310) 442-1342, at Coldwell Banker (Fred Sands), Brentwood.
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Ruth Ryon can be e-mailed with candidate for Home of the Week at ruth.ryon@latimes.com.
