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Times Staff Writer

Olympic decathlon champion Bruce Jenner and his wife, Kris, have listed their French Country-style manor in a gated Calabasas community. Asking price: $2.7 million.

Jenner won the gold medal in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal and soon found his way onto the front of the Wheaties box. Now a motivational speaker and author, he lives in the 4,600-square-foot house with his wife and some of their 10 children.

“It changes on a daily basis, but there are always at least four at home,” Kris Jenner said. That’s why she and her husband decided to sell.

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The house that they have owned for almost two years is too small for them, she said. “It’s a great house. It’s just not big enough.” The children range in age from 8 to 21.

The Calabasas house was built in 2000 and has five bedrooms and 4 1/2 bathrooms. It sits on almost an acre.

The couple is building a 10,000-square-foot home on equestrian-zoned land in the San Fernando Valley. One of their daughters likes to ride horses, but the house will be more Cape Cod than ranch.

In their next residence, the Jenners will have many of the features of their Calabasas home -- hardwood floors, granite counters, stainless appliances, game and bonus rooms, a pool and spa, a barbecue center and covered patios. But the size of the garage (four cars instead of three) and the size and style of the house will be different.

“We love a project,” Kris Jenner said. Theirs is estimated to be completed in three months.

“Then, after 16 years of marriage and all these kids later, we will be moving the brood,” she said.

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After the 1976 Games, Jenner, now 56, became a TV personality, sports commentator, author (“Finding the Champion Within”) and costar, with his wife, of their own series of infomercials featuring health and fitness products.

Marc and Rory Shevin at Coldwell Banker, Calabasas, have the listing.

A Berry-flavored remodel in Hills

Halle Berry gutted, then redesigned the Hollywood Hills home she bought in July from “Malcolm in the Middle” star Frankie Muniz, 19, for nearly $6 million. The Old World Tuscan, built in the ‘20s, was also taken down to its studs in 2003.

Now the Oscar-winning actress, who starred this year in the ABC-TV adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston’s novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God,” has put her former home in the Hollywood Hills, built in 1989, on the market at $4.5 million.

The three-bedroom, 4,300-square-foot contemporary has an open floor plan, a master suite with a private terrace, a kitchen with granite counters and commercial appliances, and a private pool with city views.

Berry, 39, also has a home in Malibu that she purchased a year ago for $8 million.

Screenwriters find haven in Los Feliz

Dan Futterman, screenwriter and an executive producer of the just-released movie “Capote,” and his wife, Anya Epstein, a screenwriter and supervising producer of the new ABC series “Commander in Chief,” have purchased a Los Feliz-area home for close to $1.8 million.

The 3,000-square-foot, remodeled Colonial-style home, built in 1937, has four bedrooms and a detached one-bedroom guesthouse. The formal entry has a curved mahogany staircase. The home also has an office/den, a pool, a pergola and landscaping.

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Steve Frankel at Coldwell Banker, Beverly Hills East, had the listing, and Alastair D. Duncan of Prudential John Aaroe represented the buyers, the Multiple Listing Service reported.

Actress cashing in on Venice condo

Actress Claudia Choi has listed the Venice condo she owns with her computer-consultant husband, David Barley, at $929,000.

The unit has three bedrooms and 2 3/4 bathrooms in 1,637 square feet. There are two master-bedroom suites. The condo is in the front and top of a three-unit 1991 building with skylights, high ceilings and lush landscaping.

Choi appears in Washington Mutual TV commercials and just landed a role in the upcoming film “You, Me and Dupree,” featuring Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson and Matt Dillon. Susan Srour of Osman Realtors, Beverly Hills, has the listing.

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