The couple’s new mansion, mostly hidden from passersby behind rigorously manicured ornamental hedges and carefully pruned trees, lies on the same tree-lined street as the homes of Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne, Mercury Insurance founder George Joseph and actor Max Greenfield. Records show he sold that property late last year, in another off-market deal, for just $9.2 million to an Oaktree Capital managing director - a hefty $2.1 million loss before taxes, carrying costs and realtor fees.īut any past quality concerns and multimillion-dollar financial gut punches clearly didn’t dissuade Swan and Townley from upping their investment in the neighborhood. Swan III and his husband Joe Townley, previously owned a different Hancock Park home that was purchased for $11.3 million in 2015 from legally-embattled developer Robert Quigg, who infamously fled the country shortly after.īack in 2016, Swan told the Larchmont Chronicle that the Quigg house was, in essence, a mess there were issues with the HVAC system, the garage door motors, wiring and chimney flues. The record-busting buyers, businessman Thomas J.
There are (or were) a proper north/south-facing tennis court, multiple fireplaces, a double-height foyer, an eat-in kitchen with designer appliances, lustrous hardwood floors, manicured grounds, a gazebo and two-story pool/guesthouse with accessory living quarters. But at the time the couple acquired it, in late 2017, the house sported 9 bedrooms and 11 baths in about 9,600 square feet of living space. It remains unclear what - if any - changes Robbins made to the property beyond the cosmetic alterations typical at this price point, though the much-increased pricetag indicates some extensive interior renovations were undertaken. The Robbins estate, by contrast, makes do a relatively modest. What’s even more eye-popping about this latest transaction, however, is that the Isidor Eisner estate includes a much larger house - more than 15,000 square feet of living space, per tax records - on a double lot spanning more than 1.5 acres of flat land. About two years ago, he sold the estate to Robbins and James for a relatively paltry $12.4 million.Īnd the $19 million deal easily blows away the neighborhood’s previous-record holder, the 2015 sale of Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas’s storied Isidor Eisner estate, which went for $15.95 million to Netflix COO Ted Sarandos and his Beverly Hills-bred wife Nicole Avant. In 2007, the property was acquired by prolific TV producer John Wells, who kept the old-world architecture intact but added more contemporary conveniences to the inside. Sold by Nickelodeon president Brian Robbins and his wife Tracy James, the hulking structure was originally built in 1925 and sits on the premier block of what is arguably the neighborhood’s best street.
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