Over the summer, Balthazar Getty unloaded his Nichols Canyon-area home for $8.4 million, a big number for the neighborhood. The Getty Oil heir turned retired Hollywood actor (“Lord of the Flies,” “Lost Highway,” “Alias,” “Brothers & Sisters,” “Charmed”) and his fashion designer wife Rosetta Millington Getty had been trying to sell the place for years, initially for as much as $10.5 million.
As it turns out, the buyer is also famous — he’s Jay Shetty, the English former Hindu monk who in recent years has become a major influencer and life coach, with a hugely successful podcast (“On Purpose”) that’s been downloaded tens of millions of times. He’s been featured on the “Ellen DeGeneres Show” and has a YouTube channel with more than four million subscribers and nearly 200 million lifetime views, and he’s married to Radhi Devlukia, an English chef and well-known influencer in her own right.
Shetty and Devlukia previously lived in a rented house in the hills above L.A.’s Beachwood Canyon, where they frequently entertained high-profile guests and filmed various videos for their social media channels. That contemporary estate spans more than 6,200 square feet of living space, directly overlooking Lake Hollywood.
Spanning just under three-quarters of an acre, the Shetty-Getty property originally held a 1950s modern home that was demolished and completely rebuilt in 2014, into an all-new compound with a main residence and separate guesthouse. The contemporary villa has panoramic city and mountain views via walls of glass, and there are about 6,600 square feet of living space between the two structures, with eight bedrooms and 9.5 baths. The estate itself is sited well out of sight, behind a long gated driveway on its own private knoll.
The property was jointly listed with Brett Lawyer of Hilton & Hyland and Branden Williams of The Beverly Hills Estates; Hilton & Hyland’s Jonah Wilson repped the buyers.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com Behind the gates, solar panels top both the main house and guesthouse, while the former’s discreet and unadorned front door opens to a long entrance gallery.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com Sporting a fireplace flanked with built-in bookshelves, the airy living room overlooks the San Fernando Valley far below, while the adjoining dining area boasts pale wood planks applied to the ceiling and the floor.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com The kitchen offers expensive marble countertops, custom cabinets and top-of-the-line appliances, and spills out through retractable glass doors to an al fresco dining terrace and the pool.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com The family room/media center overlooks the driveway via more tall walls of glass.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com The owner’s bedroom suite has its own private sitting room, which has its own spectacular views via another wall of glass.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com From the sitting room, one must pass through the primary suite’s bathroom to reach the bedroom. As expected, the bath has bespoke cabinetry, a soaking tub and dual vanities.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com Also on the main home’s upper level are four additional bedrooms, all of them well suited for close family or overnight guests.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com Between the main house and guesthouse lies a thick grassy carpet, plus a patio for breezy entertaining.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com The guesthouse is blessed with a gym — complete with mirrored walls and concrete floors — plus at least two additional bedrooms and bathrooms. Out back, a secluded patio has direct access to protected open land with miles of hiking trails, including L.A.’s (in)famous Runyon Canyon.
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