Taylor Hahn and Amanda Leigh of House of Rolison are busy! The Los Angeles-based design/build duo just put their reimagined 1920s Spanish Mediterranean-style house in the Coldwater Canyon enclave of Beverly Hills up for sale, and they also just wrapped up a deal on a similarly renovated house deep in the Hollywood Hills.
First listed at just under $4.8 million, the nearly 3,500-square-foot Hollywood home just sold for about $4.4 million to Sabrina Carpenter, the Disney actress-turned-pop star who’s lately been traveling the globe as she opens for Taylor Swift on the latter’s record-breaking Eras tour.
Records show the House of Rolison team bought this particular project just nine months ago, paying $2.3 million; they subsequently injected chic modernity into the somewhat dated premises via the installation of top-quality materials. Now on tap are wide plank oak floors and vaulted oak ceilings, plus bespoke fixtures imported from Italy and vintage Spanish Revival-style lighting.
The 1930s structure sits below street level, on a steeply sloped lot overlooking the surrounding hills.
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Other highlights include arched windows with striking views of city lights, a sophisticated wet bar with seating for two, wrought iron detailing on the stair railings, four ensuite bedrooms, two sitting rooms and a decadent new kitchen with black marble countertops and custom oak cabinetry flown in from Europe. Perhaps the most beautiful space, however, is the intimate dining room, which sports floor-to-ceiling wood paneling painted a deep emerald green.
The house is positioned on a full half-acre of land, a rare amount of property in these tightly-packed hills. Of course, the hillside lot means a significant portion of that land is steeply sloped and therefore difficult to use, but House of Rolison created a terraced garden laced with lush native plantings and young olive trees. Generous patios encircle the entire structure, and nearly every spot on the lot offers spectacular vistas. And while there’s no pool, the property does offer a notably huge fountain, complete with splashing water for a more Mediterranean vibe.
Carpenter, who is also a social media sensation with more than 32 million followers on Instagram, first shot to fame in 2014 via her starring turn on the Disney Channel show Girl Meets World. Though she’s just 24 years old, the Pennsylvania native is already an experienced real estate investor—back in 2018, records reveal she shelled out $1.7 million for a mansion-sized house in the suburban L.A. community of Northridge, which she continues to own.
