Not Paris or the Taj Mahal
Quietly and without fanfare, a Hilton heiress recently purchased a Hollywood Hills home for about
$3 million. No, not Paris. The buyer is Nicky Hilton, 23, Paris’ younger sister.
Her new house, built in the ‘40s, is traditional in style. And it’s not excessively large by today’s benchmark for the well-heeled. The 4,000-square-foot house has three bedrooms and 4 1/2 bathrooms, an office-gym and a family room. Hilton can use the family room as she has many cousins who visit.
There’s a pool, but it’s relatively nondescript.
In picking the neighborhood, Hilton followed many others her age who flock to the Hollywood Hills. Although they don’t necessarily frequent the Sunset Strip clubs, they like the trendy restaurants and boutiques.
Except for having a marriage annulled and appearing on numerous magazine covers, including GQ and Vanity Fair, this great-granddaughter of hotel magnate Conrad Hilton manages to live outside the limelight.
Nicky Hilton became an apparel designer in Tokyo in 2001, when she was 17 and, earlier this year, launched a new clothing line. She turned down a role starring with her sister in “The Simple Life.”
Victor Kaminoff, director of architectural and unique properties at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Sunset Strip, had the listing.
Hilton’s uncle, Mauricio Umansky at Hilton & Hyland in Beverly Hills, represented his niece.
‘Stone Cold’ hot to sell in Malibu
World Wrestling Entertainment champion turned actor “Stone Cold” Steve Austin has put his contemporary, four-bedroom Malibu home on the market at close to $3.9 million.
Austin, 42, purchased a ranch in Texas and a smaller home in Los Angeles to be closer to the studios. He appeared in the movie “The Condemned,” which was released in April and is now on video.
His Malibu home is on 1.4 acres with a gated entry and has views of the ocean and Santa Monica city lights. The 3,800-square-foot house has a designer kitchen with a metal back-splash, black granite counters and ebony-stained bamboo floors. There is also an infinity pool, a theater system and a three-car garage.
Terry and Gwen Lucoff of Coldwell Banker Previews, Malibu Colony, have the listing.
Wyatt’s home bought by Gallin
The longtime Bel-Air home of actress Jane Wyatt was sold for $7 million to Hollywood producer and talent manager Sandy Gallin.
The house, built in 1937 and designed by architect Paul Williams, has seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms in 7,400 square feet. Original blueprints were included in the sale.
Wyatt, who won three Emmy Awards for her portrayal of the mother on the ‘50s sitcom “Father Knows Best,” died in October at 96.
Gallin has managed Dolly Parton, Neil Diamond and Whoopi Goldberg.
Ian Brooks of Rodeo Realty, Bel-Air, listed and sold the house.
Ex-soap sudser on to next episode
Jolie Jenkins, who played Deirdre (Zach’s birth mother) on “Desperate Housewives,” and David Pagani, a director of TV commercials, have sold their Studio City home to Dwight D. Smith, a producer of “Project Runway” and “Last Comic Standing.”
The 1957 home, with three bedrooms and two bathrooms in 1,635 square feet, sold for $920,000 -- $21,000 over the asking price.
Matt Zarley of Keller Williams Realty, Hollywood Hills, had the listing. Sue Bromiley of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Encino, represented the buyer.
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