After five years in residence, married Hollywood multihyphenates John Francis Daley and Corinne Kingsbury have flung their contemporary villa in the foothills above L.A.’s Encino community on the market at a smidgen under $6 million. Not counting improvement expenses and real estate fees, the asking price is a 50% profit on the just over $3.9 million the couple paid for the property.
Daley got his showbiz start as a young actor in the cult-favorite late 1990s TV show “Freaks and Geeks,” and he eventually landed a 140-episode stint on the crime procedural dramedy “Bones.” More recently, Daley is less active as an actor and quite busy as a writer, director and producer, largely in the action, sci-fi and superhero genres. He’s credited as one of the writers for the 2017 blockbuster “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” and has a handful of projects in various stages of production, including the upcoming “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,” which he wrote, directed and produced, and the long-in-development “Vacation Guide to the Solar System,” which he is slated to write, direct and produce.
As for Kingsbury, previously married to Tate Donovan, she wrote for Aaron Sorkin’s “The Newsroom” before she went on to create the short-lived series “Fam” and the CW crime series “In the Dark,” now in its fourth and final season.
Invisible from the street at the end of a long, gated driveway shared with just one other home, the inventively designed home is notched into the hillside and angled in such a way as to take best advantage of its high perch, with unimpeded views clear across the San Fernando Valley towards the Santa Susana Mountains.
Available at just under $6 million, via Marc Silver at Compass, there are three and potentially four bedrooms and five and a half bathrooms in close to 5,500-square-feet of living space that, per marketing materials, makes “use of unexpected materials and the sharp, clear lines of cubist architecture.”
There are polished stone floor tiles in the vast, open-plan living and entertaining spaces that also includes skylights, a free-standing wood-burning stove, and a bespoke wet bar. Walls of glass that provide mesmerizing views over the swimming pool slip into the walls for a seamless transition to the plaza-sized pool deck that cantilevers out over the hillside.
Open to the living room, the sleek and chatoyant kitchen pairs naturel dark-grey stone counters that waterfall over the ends of the center island with white minimalist cabinetry, glass back splashes and premium quality appliances. A custom-made cushioned built-in dining banquette adds functionality and comfort.
There are two en-suite guest bedrooms, while a potential third guest room has been kitted and fitted as plush home theater that sports black walls, maroon carpeting, and plush red and black seating. The primary suite sprawls out across the entirety of the second floor, and offers spectacular sunset and mountain views, an enormous walk-in closet capped by a skylight, and a bathroom with radiant heated floor.
Other highlights of the home include a rooftop terrace, a gym with attached bath, a dedicated pool bath, and a complete outdoor kitchen alongside the trapezoidal zero-edge swimming pool and spa. The home offers solar panels for energy efficiency, advanced security controls, a comprehensive home automation system and a finished garage with EV charging capability.
Though it seems unlikely Daley and Kingsbury will vamoose from Los Angeles, they do have the option of getting away to a secluded 22-acre hilltop spread in the mountains above Montana’s Flathead Lake that tax records indicate they scooped about two years ago for somewhere near the property’s $2 million asking price.
