Having packed up and moved east to even more pastoral and much more grand circumstances — a wee bit more on that in a minute — married actors Scott Foley and Marika Dominczyk have sold their longtime home in Hidden Hills, Calif., about a 45-minute drive out of Beverly Hills, for $4.5 million. The sale price is a noticeable chunk less than the not-quite-$5-million asking price, but, more impressively and importantly, well above twice the $2.133 million the “Felicity,” “Scrubs” and “Scandal” alum paid for the slightly shy of 1.5-acre spread about 8.5 years ago.
Because of its conspicuous (and ever increasing) costliness, and plethora of heavy-hitter showbiz residents, the Hidden Hills enclave is referred to by some as the Beverly Hills of the San Fernando Valley. Others more tongue-in-cheekily call the equestrian-oriented neighborhood Kardashianland due to remarkably high number of the Jenner-Kardashian clan who own multimillion-dollar estates along the wide, tree-lined streets.
And, indeed, the Foley-Dominczyk’s now former home is right up next door to a glitzy contemporary farmhouse mansion previously owned by matriarch Kris Jenner — she sold up last year for $15 million, a sizable profit on the $9.925 million she paid not even three years earlier, and moved to an even more expensive home in the neighborhood — and across the street from the sprawling estate and Axel Vervoordt-decorated French Country mansion owned by reality TV/social media titan Kim Kardashian-West and her soon-to-be ex-husband Kanye West. A short list of the many other high-profile homeowners in Hidden Hills include a few more Jenner-Kardashian family members, mononymous rapper Drake, pseudonymous musician The Weeknd, eccentric makeup mogul Jeffree Star and convicted felons Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com The stone-accented single-level home, a hip-roofed late 1950s California ranch meets Craftsman cottage with glossy wood floors, wood-clad and beamed ceilings, and scads of bespoke wood built-ins throughout, measures in at a roomy but by-no-means huge 3,200 square feet with four bedrooms and four bathrooms.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com A fireplace set into a flag stone wall dominates the airy living room that spills out to a covered patio where a porch swing hung from the rafters looks out over the grassy, oak-shaded front yard.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com The combination dining area and spacious if unconventionally arranged kitchen sports an antique brick bbq/fireplace and a glass slider to the backyard. Top end designer appliances and dark-grey granite counters complement vintage tile back splashes and handcrafted heart-of-pine cabinetry.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com Additional spaces to lounge around, read, do the crossword and watch TV (or whatever) include a cozy den with built-in media cabinet and a huge, wall-to-wall carpeted family room located in what was once the garage.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com Three guest/family bedrooms include custom closets — one of them is further customized with a cushioned window seat and built-in bunk beds, while guest and family baths are updated and creatively tiled.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com With an expansive view of the lush grounds thanks to walls of floor-to-ceiling windows, the main bedroom is a serene retreat with a sunny patio and a huge bathroom replete with emerald-green multi-person jetted tub. Multiple walk-in closets and dressing areas are lined with built-ins.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com The idyllic grounds include a romantic tree-shaded dining terrace and a secluded swimming pool and spa alongside a cabana changing room.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com The property includes a three-stall barn and fenced paddocks that make it easy to take advantage of the many horse trails that lace the suburban encalve.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com The property also includes a freestanding study/office, a chicken coop and a fantastical, octagonal tree house
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Image Credit: Realtor.com The Foley-Dominczyks’ new and much bigger digs in upscale Westport, Conn., an almost 3.5-acre estate anchored by an 18-room mansion just over an hour’s drive out of Midtown Manhattan, cost them $2.3 million, almost half the amount at which they sold their California home. Privately situated amid dense woodlands at the end of a 400-foot-long driveway, the nearly 10,000-square-foot mansion has four principal bedrooms and five full and two half baths, plus a one-bed/one-bath guest or staff apartment with kitchenette. The bucolic spread also includes a home theater, a 3,000-plus-bottle wine cellar and a gym along with terraced gardens and a swimming pool.
The Hidden Hills property was listed with Melissa Improta and Jason Improta of Compass. The buyer was repped by Marc Shevin of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties.