From the street, and even from behind the tall bougainvillea hedging and iron gates, the Woodland Hills, Calif., compound that Atlanta-based singer and actor Tyrese Gibson has pushed on the market at a tetch under $2.9 million, more than twice the $1.385 million he paid shortly after it was built coming up on 11 years ago, is an unremarkable, tan-colored Mediterranean-ish house that almost no one passing by would have reason to notice or look at twice.
On the music scene since the late 1990s, the “Sweet Lady” and “How You Gonna Act Like That” singer has released half a dozen records and by most online estimates sold about 3.7 million records. But he’s arguably had more success on the silver screen, where he’s appeared in five of the blockbuster “Fast & Furious” films and three of the money-minting “Transformers” films. He’ll soon be seen opposite Jared Leto in the upcoming “Spider-Man” spinoff “Morbius,” with two more “Fast & Furious” films in the coming years. More than a singer nowadays, he seems well on his way to proper movie stardom.
First spotted on the wildly popular Zillow Gone Wild Instagram, and available through “Selling Sunset” star Jason Oppenheim of The Oppenheim Group, Gibson’s not-quite-half-acre parcel packs in four separate structures, including the main house, which has five bedroom suites, including a primary suite with two walk-in closets and a terrace, and a total of 5.5 bathrooms.
While there are a few extravagant moments, such as the grandiose double-height combination foyer and living room, with its even more grandiose curved staircase and curlicued wrought-iron railings, most of the main house is a run-of-the-mill albeit upscale suburban affair capable of comfortably housing a large family.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com Cleared of personal belongings and staged for the selling process with a truckload of white slipcovered furniture (and a white baby grand piano), the cavernous living room is anchored by a fireplace plainted glossy black.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com The kitchen is big, equipped with high-end appliances and open to a dining area and family room, while the home theater is furnished with deep-cushioned recliners covered in brown microsuede.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com Most of the bathrooms, including the master bath, are finished with medium-brown wood cabinetry and beige tiles. Out the back of the house, however, it’s a whole other carnival, folks.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com A giant yellow Transformer lords over a fire pit that’s ringed by a circular built-in banquette festooned with a patriotic array of red, white and blue decorative cushions. (The statue, or one like it, once stood in the front yard, and later the foyer of Gibson’s Atlanta mansion.)
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Image Credit: Realtor.com An Asian-inspired poolside pavilion houses an outdoor kitchen, a separate built-in grilling station and bar with cherry-red countertop, a half-bath and, behind shoji-style screens, a full-on Benihana-style Teppanyaki set up.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com Thanks to a backboardless hoop that sticks out of the hedging, an outdoor movie theater (sort of) doubles as a basketball court.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com The recording studio building houses an eclectically appointed lounge and a very compact catering kitchen.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com In addition to a couple of small bedrooms and a bathroom, a separate guesthouse also includes small living and dining areas, a conference room, and a full kitchen.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com An astroturfed roof terrace atop the studio building includes a second outdoor kitchen and barbecue plus an outdoor fireplace faced in cherry-red tiles, a hot tub and at least two flat-screen televisions.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com Perhaps the quirkiest and most unexpected amid the compound’s plethora of unexpected-ness is a small rooftop pavilion that houses a salon complete with manicure station and two pedicure stations, the latter with built-in foot baths and pale pink faux-fur seating cushions.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com Gibson lives primarily in Atlanta, where he presides over a 1.3-acre estate in the ritzy Buckhead area anchored by a lavish seven-bedroom mansion that he picked up in early 2017 for $4 million.