Inside Charlie Sheen’s $7M Home

Inside Charlie Sheen’s $7M Home

Ah, if walls could talk. This report was made possible by: www.SheenLohanEngagement.com 

The home, which is listed for $6.95 million, sits on five acres of land in the San Fernando Valley city. 

Who knows what sorts of Blu-rays Sheen has played on the flat panels given Sheen’s previous lurid shenanigans. The home has multiple flat panels in several multipurpose rooms, including a media room with a ceiling-mounted projector and drop-down screen that automatically lowers in front of the large plasma. In one bedroom, there is a flat panel and on-wall speakers mounted on the wall. Still another smaller LCD is mounted in a bathroom.

The home previously was the home of Al Jolson, the famous performer who starred in the first talkie in 1927, “The Jazz Singer.” According to Sotheby’s, Jolson and his wife, actress Ruby Keeler, did extensive remodeling to the home so it could double as a studio for Jolson to rehearse. The home appears to have wall-mounted loudspeakers in a well-appointed, mirrored workout room.

The 1934 home has seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms and is more than 8,500 square feet. It is also the former residence of Katy Sagal (of “Married with Children” fame) and Kirstie Allie (“Cheers”). Sheen purchased the home from Sagal in 1997.

Equipment List

Media Room
Fujitsu LPF-D711 Projector
Stewart Electrimask 1.78:1/1.33:1 Screen
Krell Showcase DVD Player
Krell Home Theater Standard 7.1 Processor
Krell KAV Series 7 Channel Amplifier
Bowers & Wilkins 802D (L&R)
Bowers & Wilkins HTM1 (center)
Bowers & Wilkins DS8 (Dipole Surrounds)
Bowers & Wilkins ASW855 Subwoofer
Crestron CP2e Processor and ST1700CXP 2 Way touchpanel
Monster Power HTPS7000 Signature Balanced Power Supply
Monster Power UPS100 Uninterrupted Power Supply
Middle Atlantic AXS Rack

Den
Fujitsu 55” Plasma TV
Arcam DV79 DVD Player
Arcam AVR3000 Receiver
Bowers & Wilkins FPM6 On-wall Speakers (x3)
Bowers & Wilkins Signature 7NT In-wall Speakers (x2)
Bowers & Wilkins ASW700 Subwoofer
Universal Remote MX3000 Remote Control
Monster Power HTPS5100 Signature

Master Bedroom
Fujitsu 50” Plasma TV
Rotel RDV1040 DVD Player
Rotel RX1057 Digital Receiver
Bowers & Wilkins FPM5 On-wall Speakers
Bowers & Wilkins ASW700 Subwoofer
Universal Remote MX3000 Remote Control
Monster Power HTPS5100 Signature
Distributed Audio System
Elan System 12 Preamp
Elan D1650 16 Channel Amplifier
Elan Via touchpanels
B&W Signature Series/800 Series In-wall Speakers
B&W WM6 pool, BBQ and patio areas

Gym
Sharp 32” LCD TV
Rotel RDV1040 DVD Player
Rotel RX1052 Stereo Receiver
Bowers & Wilkins DM604 On-wall Speakers
Bowers & Wilkins ASW700 Subwoofer
Universal Remote MX3000 Remote Control
Monster Power HTPS5100 Signature

Sharp LCD TV’s In the Kitchen, Master Bathroom
DirecTV throughout the project

HERE IS HIS OTHER HOME:

Charlie Sheen and his ex-wife Brooke Mueller have put their Mediterranean-style home on the market for $3.7 million in the Los Feliz neighborhood of L.A. It’s a beautiful home. Here are some photos from the listing (Sotheby’s International Realty):

Thanks to:  www.SheenLohanEngagement.com 

This Home Can Be Yours ... for $19.4 Million

The Forbes family hopes to sell its U.K. mansion, Old Battersea House. You'll probably never own it, but you can look around.

Forbes Family Selling 300-Year-Old London Mansion

The Forbes family has decided to unload their historic London home, Old Battersea House, which Malcolm Forbes purchased in the early 1970s. (See our photo gallery of the Old Battersea House.)

Situated along the Thames river, just on the other side of Chelsea, the 10-bedroom mansion with five reception rooms is listed by Savills for 12,000,000 sterling pounds, which is about $19.4 million. Yes, this is how the wealthy live (and for more on that topic, see "Forbes Richest People: Where and How They Live")

The listing for Old Battersea House says this is a "unique opportunity to buy a piece of English history," and so it is. Since it was built in 1699, the property, set behind electric gates and a partially walled garden, has been graced by kings, princes and presidents. Elizabeth Taylor spent her honeymoon with seventh husband Larry Fortensky here. 

 

Built on Tudor foundations in the late 17th Century, Old Battersea House has reasonably had many owners over the years. In the early 20th Century it was saved from demolition by Colonel 

Charles G. Stirling and his wife, Wilhelmina, who rented the house. Mrs. Stirling remained living at Old Battersea House until her death in 1965 just shy of her 100th birthday. For the next five years the home sat empty and neglected, with a collapsing roof, until it was acquired by Malcolm Forbes, who hung numerous pieces of original art on its walls.

Son Christopher Forbes stated in an essay in a 2003 Christie's auction catalog that his father saw the home, and, in spite of its "sorry state," could see the possibilities of its "handsome proportions and its unique riverside location" and took it on a 99-year lease.

To repair it cost $750,000 -- quite a bit of money for the 1970s. The family typically would spend about 12 nights a year there. However, Malcolm Forbes once said in New York magazine's "The Most Happy Millionaire" article, "Our London office keeps the house pretty busy."

Off a galleried landing on the first floor are five grand double bedrooms all of which either have an en suite bathroom, or share one. The second floor has another five double bedrooms and three bathrooms, one of which has a jacuzzi bath and a sauna. Over the years various changes have been made to the house, including the installation of a modern kitchen.

According to the New York Times obituary on Malcolm Forbes, the media mogul and founder of Forbes, died in 1990 at the age of 70 of a heart attack while asleep in his Far Hills, N.J., home just a day after returning from Old Battersea on his private jet.

The home with baroque hallways, paneled drawing rooms, sweeping stairs, oak doors and floorboards, has housed his massive collection of Victorian art for decades. Although not publicly available, over the years the sons, Steve, Kip and Chris have sold some of the paintings, "The walls do not look naked but happily congested," said Kip Forbes.

Although none of the Forbes family members appear on its own list of "Richest People in America" or "World's Billionaires," the family still does pretty well for itself. However, for a taste of million dollar deals gone wrong, check out our Foreclosed Mansions gallery.

Vidal Sassoon's Bel Air Home

Vidal Sassoon's Bel Air Home

air guru Vidal Sassoon and his wife share their landmark mid-century California home -- and yes, their over-the-top fur bedspread.

Vidal Sassoon and his wife Ronnie lovingly renovated the stunning Singleton house perched on a peak above Mullholand Drive in Los Angeles. The home was designed by Richard Neutra in 1959 and had fallen into disrepair when the couple bought it: The roof collapsed and part of the property had slid into the neighbor's yard. Yikes!

Ronnie did her homework. She studied Neutra's original plan for the home and his other work to help guide a sensitive renovation of the 4,700-foot home. And when it came time to decorate, the couple consulted with interior designer and friend, Martyn Lawrence-Bullard and stuck to era-appropriate mid-century furniture and art. The result is a home that takes you back to 1959. Take a look:

Vidal Sassoon and wife Ronnie at home with their dogs Lulu and Yoyo. Photo: Todd Eberle/Architectural Digest.

Looking into the living room of the Sassoon's home. Photo: Todd Eberle/Architectural Digest.

Like many mid-century architects working in California, Neutra tried to create a seamless transition between indoor and outdoor space. He used the same materials -- stone, glass and metal -- on both the interior and exterior.

Inside the living space. Photo: Todd Eberle/Architectural Digest.

The Sassoon's decorated the home in mid-century furniture and art that could have been in the home when it was first built, including Visiteur armchairs by Prouve, a Perriand cocktail table and an Alexander Calder sculpture above the fireplace.

The couple was able to save the kitchen's built-in cabinets designed by the architect. A Saarinen Tulip Table and swivel chairs by Knoll are the perfect white pop for the room. Photos: Todd Eberle/Architectural Digest.

The home's terrazzo floors had to be re-poured throughout. left, the hallway is used as a gallery with a striking sculptural work by Etienne Hajdu mingling with an Ellsworth Kelly and Lucio Fontana sculpture. The benches are by Perriand.

The master bedroom was added when the couple renovated the home. Photo: Todd Eberle/ Architectural Digest.

The lush fur bedspread is a sexy and luxe touch to the platform bed, which is original to the home. The sculpture is by Harry Bertoia and the floor-to-ceiling curtains allow for some privacy.