Glennon Doyle is simultaneously switching coasts and upgrading her real estate situation in a big way. The bestselling author (“Untamed,” “Love Warrior”) and popular podcaster (“We Can Do Hard Things”) and her wife — retired soccer icon Abby Wambach — have paid $6.5 million for a brand-new home in L.A.’s seaside Hermosa Beach neighborhood. And over in Florida, they’ve also punted their former main residence up for grabs, asking $3.1 million.
The Hermosa Beach house was pre-sold to Doyle and Wambach prior to completion, so photos are slim. But online resources confirm it was built by RJ Smith Construction in collaboration with architect Mark Trotter, with interior design by Kate Lester; Dan O’Connor of Pacific Properties Group held the listing. Towering high above the street, the boxy residence includes four full levels of living space plus a rooftop deck with expansive ocean views, though the corner lot house itself is not oceanfront.
Inside, there are four bedrooms and a total of 5.5 baths. The main level has direct access to a two-car, rear-facing garage — it opens into a back alleyway for discreet egress/ingress — and a flex living space that Doyle and Wambach plan to convert into a combo office/guest room. Modern farmhouse elements include oak hardwood floors and whitewashed brick walls continue throughout the 4,700-square-foot structure.
Other spaces in the house (rendering pictured below) include a basement level dedicated to a massive media room, complete with a marble wet bar and ample space for a ping pong or pool table, and a guest bedroom suite. Another floor contains the home’s other three bedrooms, all of them with ensuite baths, including an all-marble master bathroom with gold-trimmed plumbing fixtures and a closet with custom built-ins. But it’s the uppermost level that’s the real star of the property show — up there is the main living area, including a kitchen with commercial-grade appliances and robin’s egg blue cabinets, plus a central living/family room. Dual outdoor terraces take in the salt air and ocean views, while a four-stop elevator links all the interior spaces together.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com It’s worth noting that this $6.5 million showpiece is not Wambach’s first Hermosa Beach home. Way back in 2005, the soccer hall of famer paid $830,000 for a luxe condo in a 1980s rowhome complex. That property was sold almost exactly a decade later, in September 2015, for $1.1 million.
For the last several years, the couple — along with Doyle’s three children from her prior marriage to model Craig Melton — have bunked up in the seaside community of Naples, Fla., just off the Gulf of Mexico. Records reveal they bought a house there in 2018 for $1.9 million, shortly after their May 2017 nuptials; the spacious property is now back up for sale with a $3.1 million ask. According to online listing, the house is currently in escrow with an unnamed buyer.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com Located at the so-called Landings at Bear’s Paw, a gated and golf course-adjacent development, the luxe house was built in 2016. Four bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms are packed into 4,000 square feet of transitional living space.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com The home’s centerpiece is a massive open great room, with a contemporary kitchen at one end and a family gathering area at the other. Glass accordion doors connect the indoors to an outdoor terrace.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com There’s also a formal dining room with a strikingly modern papier-mâché sort of chandelier, plus a second living/family room area that also opens to the backyard.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com Upstairs, the master bedroom opens via French doors to a balcony with canal views. Other amenities include a media room, gym, and three guest bedrooms.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com The backyard also offers a covered loggia, a welcome semi-escape from the sweltering Florida humidity. An in-ground swimming pool and private boat dock complete the offering.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com Per the listing, which is held by Karyn and Rowan Samuel of John R. Wood Properties, the Naples house will be sold with a “social membership” and access to the club’s fine dining and a fitness center.
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