R.E.M.’s Mike Mills lists LA home near Hollywood sign for $6.5M
It’s the tip of his deed as he knew it.
Mike Mills, the 63-year-old bassist for Georgia-born rock group R.E.M., has put his Los Angeles pad in the marketplace for $6.5 million.
“One in every of two properties with direct views to the Hollywood Bowl,” boasts the listing for the three,952-square-foot property, which seems to be immediately into the stay music venue. It is usually impressively near the long-lasting Hollywood signal, Griffith Observatory and SoFi Stadium.
The secluded four-bedroom, four-bathroom single-family house is situated inside the gated Outpost Estates movie star haven, set into the plush hillside and “surrounding rock and trails that lead you to a few separate viewing decks, all with totally different vantages of the Hollywood Bowl and surrounding areas.”
The home additionally consists of its personal personal remark deck, in addition to a pool.
Inside, the property opens right into a front room outfitted with a 400-gallon aquarium, stone hearth, built-in bookshelves and sliding glass doorways searching onto the cityscape. The remainder of the bottom stage consists of a kitchen full with a pizza oven and breakfast nook, one of many bedrooms and a red-tiled half-bath. On the second ground is the first suite, that includes a balcony with “one of the best views on the property,” in keeping with the itemizing, and an en suite tub embellished with customized tile manufactured in Israel and meant to be harking back to Van Gogh’s “Starry Evening.”
The second ground additionally comprises a laundry room, a second bed room with en suite tub, and two different bedrooms.
In response to the itemizing — which is held by Steven Bruns of Engel & Völkers Calabasas — the property was initially in-built 1959 however has been “upgraded with unbelievable care” over time.
Mills, one of many founding members of R.E.M., was born in California earlier than shifting to Georgia as an toddler, the place he met his eventual bandmates. After forming in 1980, the beloved different rock outfit introduced the world hits together with “Shedding My Faith” and “Shiny Pleased Individuals” earlier than breaking apart in 2011.
In a 2003 interview with The Put up, he famous the importance of porches.
“Porches are vital; that’s the place you sit at evening with associates. Throughout the day, the home heats up, so within the early night, you sit out on the porch whereas it cools off inside,” he defined on the time.
