A Prime-Time Soap Opera Icon’s Rosy Hollywood Hills Home is Up for Grabs at $6 Million
Two years after his death at age 84, the longtime Los Angeles estate of prime-time soap opera writer and producer David Jacobs is now on the market in the Beachwood Canyon neighborhood of Hollywood Hills for just under $6 million after it was initially priced at $7 million. Ed Solorzano and Lauren Ravitz of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties hold the listing .
A Baltimore native who started out as a writer of magazine articles and nonfiction books, Jacobs went on to create two of the small screen's most popular shows of all time— Dallas and its spinoff Knots Landin g, both of which ran for 14 seasons and notched a total of 700 episodes between them. He's also known for Paradise , Four Corners , Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman , and Homefront .
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A spacious double-height living room spills out to a terracotta-lined deck.
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Custom built in 1984 and designed by architects Michael Pearce and Richard Clemenson, the rose-hued architectural spread is perched on five contiguous parcels spanning over an acre. Three separate structures set at the end of a lengthy gated driveway include a main home, a guesthouse, and a studio-topped garage, for a combined total of four bedrooms and eight baths in roughly 6,400 square feet.
The primary dwelling features three bedrooms and six baths in 4,000 square feet. Three levels boast '80s-appropriate details, beginning with a pastel color palette and extending to bleached oak floors and copious glass blocks. Expansive windows and multiple patios and terraces overlook picturesque views of Griffith Observatory, the Hollywood sign, the downtown skyline, and the ocean beyond.
The pool and sundeck are separated by a modern take on a mono-style colonnade.
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Main-level highlights include a double-height living room warmed by a fireplace, a dining area, and a tiled kitchen outfitted with a stainless island and matching stainless appliances, plus a breakfast nook. A downstairs primary suite comes with a stone fireplace, a private balcony, a dressing room, and dual walk-in closets and baths, while a loft and flex space on the topmost floor are currently being used as an entertainment area and an office.
Outdoors, the grounds are showcased by a long, rectangular swimming pool that connects to a grass-trimmed sundeck via a colonnade-like structure, as well as a barbecue station, a flat play area, and several spots ideal for alfresco lounging and entertaining. Rounding it all out is the one-bedroom, two-bath guesthouse with a glass-ceilinged living room and a kitchenette, along with the two-car garage and its upper-level studio space.
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