After years spent living on the hipster-chic Eastside of Los Angeles, longtime internet celebrity Jennifer “Jenn” Im is relocating to a more family-friendly area of town. The fashion/beauty YouTuber and her husband Ben Joliffe, an English former alt-rock drummer, have paid $2.7 million — a whopping $211,000 over the asking price, indicating there was some stiff competition — for an all-new house in the San Fernando Valley’s leafy Sherman Oaks neighborhood. Simultaneously, Im has also punted her current Silver Lake home onto the market, where it’s now available with a $1.375 million pricetag.
Im, who was born and raised primarily in the L.A. suburb of Hacienda Heights to Korean immigrants, began vlogging more than a decade ago and has since amassed a substantial fanbase, with nearly three million subscribers and upwards of 300 million views on her YouTube channel. Her influencer status has led to collabs with big-name brands — Calvin Klein, ColourPop, Revolve, and many more — and her own fashion line, Eggie, which debuted in 2017.
Built in the ever-trendy modern farmhouse architectural style and completed this year, Im’s new Sherman Oaks pad is a nearly 3,800-square-foot structure described in listing materials as “showstopping,” with a “striking exterior.” Behind the two-tone façade are five beds and 6.5 baths, all of them tied together via an open floorplan lined with wide-plank oak flooring, brass fixtures, and wood-beamed ceilings. A wee covered front porch overlooks the pancake-flat front lawn, and there’s an attached two car garage behind a black door.
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Image Credit: The Luxury Level Inside, the front door opens immediately into a living room area, complete with a black marble fireplace, which connects to an open dining space with a wine storage closet.
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Image Credit: The Luxury Level Beyond that, a butler’s pantry adjoins the kitchen, where custom cabinetry, marble countertops, and top-of-the-line appliances make a chic designer statement. Across the hall, the family room offers built-in shelving and a floor-to-ceiling black marble mantle over the fireplace. Also on the ground floor is a guest bedroom, which could be an office.
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Image Credit: The Luxury Level Upstairs are four family bedrooms, all of them with ensuite baths. The master retreat boasts a private sitting area, a marble-swaddled bathroom with dual sinks and a freestanding tub, plus a closet with custom built-ins.
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Image Credit: The Luxury Level Back downstairs, glass sliding pocket doors provide easy access to the backyard, which isn’t particularly big but is certainly luxurious, with a covered loggia for al fresco dining, outdoor kitchen with built-in BBQ, and a brief patch of grassy lawn for Cheeki, Im’s four-year-old Maltipoo. Overlooking the waterfall-equipped swimming pool is a poolside cabana with a convenient full bathroom and sitting area.
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Image Credit: The Luxury Level As for Im’s Silver Lake abode, records reveal the $1.375 million asking price is less than $100,000 over what the nearly $1.3 million she paid for the place back May 2017. The ultra-boxy, Legolike structure was built new in 2016 and sits behind gates.
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Image Credit: The Luxury Level Amenities include an attached single-car garage, three bedrooms and 3.5 baths within about 2,000 square feet of living space. Like the Sherman Oaks house, this place also has a breezy open floorplan — the kitchen, dining and living areas are married in a single large room.
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Image Credit: The Luxury Level The listing notes that the tri-level structure has “new paint throughout” and a tiny, fully enclosed back patio, which is “very low maintenance.” Upstairs, the master suite includes a slim balcony with views over the surrounding treetops.
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Image Credit: The Luxury Level Dennis Chernov of Keller Williams held the listing on the Sherman Oaks house; Vivian Yoon of Highland Premiere repped the buyers. Yoon and Esther Ji, also of Highland Premiere, hold the listing on the Silver Lake property.