"House of the Sun" is located in one of the most expensive areas of Los Angeles - Holmby Hills. The villa was built in the 1930s by the architect Paul Williams, whose clients were Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball, Julie London, Tyrone Power, Barbara Stenvik, Bert Lahr and other Hollywood celebrities. Sydney Sheldon, for example, lived in this house for about thirty years.
General view of the estate of Maison du Soleil. In front of the main house is a large swimming pool. The two-story house has extensive terraces on the first and second floors.The last owners of the House of the Sun are Max Azria (Max Azria) and his wife Lyubov Matsevitskaya (Azria). He is a Frenchman with Tunisian roots, she comes from Ukraine, together they created the brand BCBG, which ranked among the main American manufacturers of clothing, footwear and accessories. BCBG dresses are regularly and often seen on Hollywood divas. It was clothes from BCBG and Hervé Léger that were used to create images on the TV series Sex and the City, Friends and others. The abbreviation BCBG comes from the French expression bon chic, bon genre - “beautiful style, great look”. This expression can be applied to interiors created by Max and his wife. When the couple first got into the estate (then it was owned by the writer and producer Sydney Sheldon), they fell in love with a multi-room house and a huge park with a pond at first sight. The park was not touched, but the house was thoroughly rebuilt. From a solid writing house, he became a designer. A whole team of professionals worked on the design of this house, under the guidance of designer Ali Daly (Aly Daly).
The main hall. Incredible chandelier called "Falling Water" in the form of a crystal waterfall comes down from the ceiling. 150,000 crystals were hand-assembled."House of the Sun" - an estate of a truly Hollywood scale, its area is 9000 square meters. The house has 17 bedrooms and 22 bathrooms. On the territory there are 5 different gardens, a swimming pool, tennis court, greenhouses, greenhouses, spa and hammam.
A special pride is a spacious cinema with its own bar. An ideally “contoured” paved walkway leads to the main house, surrounded by lawns. Inside there are 60 rooms, including 17 bedrooms, 22 bathrooms and numerous walk-in closets. All rooms have magnificent views of the park and gardens. Eclectic interior is filled with objects of the author's design. There are masterpieces of Gaetano Pesce, Philippe Starck, Jonathan Adler.
The most expensive estate in California for sale. Realtors rated it at 88 million dollars.