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- Welcome to the Owlwood Estate
in LA's exclusive Holmby Hills.
The property was built in 1936
and has been home to some
of Hollywood's most illustrious players.
Sonny and Cher lived here while they filmed their TV show.
Several studio heads have owned the property.
Marilyn Monroe was a very, very frequent visitor.
Recently, Jay Z and Beyonce hosted
one of the most incredible Grammy Awards parties
at the estate.
The home itself is comprised of just under
13,000 square feet of living space.
We have nine bedrooms, 12 baths,
and the most beautiful pool house slash guest house.
This incredible property is currently on the market
for $115 million.
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Welcome to one of LA's most elegant grand foyers.
As you can see, this two-story entrance hall
really is the epitome of sophistication, elegance,
and harks back to the time at which Owlwood was built.
The millwork, the plaster, the balustrade
are all original to 1936 and they really do present
the most glorious of entrances and welcomes
to this incredible estate.
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So the room has some fantastic features
which were really ahead of their time.
The walls have secret panels that open up
where you can house your silverware
and is beautifully integrated
into the millwork of the house.
The fireplace in the formal dining room
is just as elegant as the other public rooms in the home.
It's hand-carved wood, beautiful marble inlays,
you can just imagine having
these incredible dinner parties here
with the fireplace roaring during winter.
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This was conceived as the reception hall.
Guests come in the beautiful front door,
are led into here for appetizers, conversing,
and then actually are able to go and access the rear grounds
and the gorgeous rear elevation of the home.
You've had the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow, Demi Moore,
Sam Bronson, and so many more luminaries
that have congregated in this room
as a pass through to the rear gardens.
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We're now in the great parlor,
which is really one of the most elegant parts of the house.
This is where you do your formal entertaining,
and if you look around, you can actually see
the beautiful millwork that's been here since the 1930s.
This was done by artisans.
It's all hand-carved.
You've got this gorgeous mantle
with this really, really intricate detail.
And then of course the most important aspect of the house
is the scale.
It really does have unmatched scale and volume.
You can have a ballroom event in here,
and this is just the formal living room to the house.
So you can imagine the events if the walls could talk,
it would really be sensational.
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We just wrapped up the main level of the house,
now let's head upstairs to the primary bedroom suite.
We're now in the primary suite,
that really is reminiscent of Marie Antoinette.
The room is lighter, brighter,
and has the most beautiful, and super intricate
plaster and millwork throughout.
These aren't just traditional crown moldings,
they're actually hand-carved plaster.
And once again, we have a fireplace that anchors the room.
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So this is one of two primary bathrooms.
As you can see, it's remained virtually unchanged
since the 1930s.
You have floor to ceiling marble,
a really beautiful antique sink, and then an original tub.
I think it has so much charm and character,
and we really don't see this type of finish and marble work
in new homes.
It really is one of a kind.
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In today's day and age, we would call this the retreat.
This is where you get banished when you're snoring,
or you have to do some work, or you wanna catch up on emails
and don't wanna do it in bed.
It really has an elegance to it
with these gorgeous floor to ceiling windows
that allow the room to be bathed in light,
overlooking the oak tree reserve the dots the property.
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We're now in the junior primary suite,
which is just as beautifully detailed
as the main sleeping quarters.
You've got gorgeous plaster work, millwork throughout,
it's en suite with its own bath.
We're going to head down
to the entertainment portion of the house.
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We're now at the lower level of the home,
which is the entertainment wing.
It's currently being used as a billiards area,
however, originally it was a screening room
for some of Hollywood's biggest power players.
There's actually four slots
which would house the various projectors,
and once one reel finished, they'd go onto the next one,
and the next one, and so forth.
The screening room was conceived
by one of the previous owners, Joseph Schenck,
who was the founder of 20th Century Fox Studios.
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I'm now in the Marilyn Monroe tunnel that was built for her.
It leads out to the rear garden
and provides the perfect discreet access point
directly into Joseph Schenck's screening casting room.
So the good question
is why didn't she just come in the front door?
First of all, Marilyn Monroe was the most famous
of actresses during that time period.
However, it is also rumored that she was having a tryst
with the head of the studio at the time,
and she would sneak in
to the lower level of the house unnoticed.
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To get to the legendary pool house,
you have to walk through the park-like grounds.
It's five acres in and of itself.
The trees the dot the property
are several hundred years old.
We've got oak trees
and the most majestic of Magnolias behind us.
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We are now at the legendary
Esther Williams pool and pool house.
Esther Williams was one of the most important actresses
of Hollywood's heyday.
She originated the swimming movies,
she was an Olympic athlete, and of course,
she had the pool that grounds the lower portion
of what is now the Owlwood Estate.
I'd love to show you inside the guest house.
Let's go on in.
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We're now in Esther Williams' legendary pool house.
In fact, the pool house predates
the construction of the Owlwood residence.
When permits were pulled, we noticed that the guest house
was completed in the 1920s.
Owlwood itself was not finished until 1936.
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Thank you again for touring LA's iconic Owlwood Estate.
The property is the largest in all of Holmby Hills
and rests on 10 park-like acres.
The home itself is just under 13,000 square feet
with nine bedrooms, 12 baths,
a beautifully proportioned guesthouse,
Olympic-sized pool, and really substantial tennis court.
And all of this is on the market for $115 million.