Holmby Hills, the premier location in Los Angeles

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Holmby Hills is an affluent neighborhood in western Los Angeles. It is bordered by the city of Beverly Hills on the east, Wilshire Boulevard on the south, Westwood on the west, and Bel-Air on the north. Sunset Boulevard is the area’s principal thoroughfare.

Holmby Hills, Bel-Air, and Beverly Hills form the “Platinum Triangle” of Los Angeles’ priciest and most exclusive neighborhoods. Many of the estates in Holmby Hills boast panoramic views of the entire Los Angeles Basin. Many high-level entertainment industry executives, such as Interscope Records founder Jimmy Lovine, television producer Aaron Spelling, movie mogul Ray Stark, and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner (whose home is better known as the Playboy Mansion), currently reside or have previously resided in the area.

History of Holmby Hills

The first developer of the land that Holmby Hills, Westwood, and UCLA now occupy was Don Maximo Alanis, a Spanish soldier who obtained title to 4,438 acres under a Mexican land grant in 1843. He called it San Jose de Buenos Aires. In 1884, about 2,000 acres of this land came into the possession of a forty-niner named John Wolfskill, who paid $10 an acre for it and built a ranch house near the present-day LA Temple of the LDS Church.

The actual development of Holmby Hills began when millionaire Arthur Letts, Sr. purchased 400 acres of the original Wolfskill ranch at $100 an acre. Letts, who was born in England in 1862, had made his fortune by transforming a small, bankrupt dry goods business in Los Angeles into the Broadway Department Store empire. He was not only a shrewd businessman, but also a skilled horticulturist; the grounds of his Hollywood home were planted with a wide variety of trees, shrubs, and flowers, and his cactus collection was known across the country.

His master plan for the prime land he had purchased in west L.A. was to create a neighborhood of grandiose estates. He personally christened the development “Holmby Hills,” which was loosely derived from the name of his birthplace, a small hamlet in England called Holdenby. Letts died suddenly in 1923, before he could realize his vision.

His son-in-law, Harold Janss, took over the project, which was billed as “The Ultimate in Residential Estate Development.” Zoning for the community, which straddles Sunset Boulevard, was designed to accommodate large lot sizes (up to 4 acres). Electric and telephone lines were buried beneath the wide, tree-lined streets to preserve the landscape. Handsome, English-style street lamps, designed exclusively for Holmby Hills, were erected throughout the neighborhood.

Among the first mansions built here in the late 1920s was the Tudor-style home of the founder’s son, Arthur Letts, Jr. Thanks to its lush landscaping, enormous lot sizes, and privacy, from the beginning Holmby Hills has attracted the rich and famous. In the 1950s, Walt Disney built his dream home here, which featured a miniature steam railroad, complete with 300 feet of track and a 90-foot long tunnel. Celebrities such as Lana Turner, Judy Garland, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Gary Cooper, Barbara Streisand, Hugh M. Hefner and Sonny & Cher have all called Holmby Hills their home.

The Draw

Besides grand homes, the neighborhood has two parks ringed by mature sycamore trees.

Holmby Park is south of Sunset Boulevard, and the quaint De Neve Square is to the north. Holmby Park has two playgrounds, a nine-hole putting green and classic lawn bowling. The Armand Hammer Golf Course is named for the founder of Occidental Petroleum, who lived just up the block and enjoyed the greens. The Holmby Park Bowling Club was established in 1927 and calls itself the official lawn bowling club of Los Angeles.

Watch this video of a Holmby Hills Mansion recently SOLD and the highest sales price so far recorded in the Holmby Hills Area of Los Angeles. SOLD by the Christophe Choo Real Estate Group

Luxury homes for sale in Holmby Hills, California

Showing properties 1 - 50 of 56. See more Bel Air - Holmby Hills community real estate.
(all data current as of 7/30/2010)

$53,000,000 : 332 St. Cloud Road, Los Angeles

9 beds, 21 full baths

Size: n/a

Lot size: 1.21 ac

Year built: 1993

Parking spots: 10

Walk Score™: 98
$50,000,000 : 10664 Bellagio Road, Los Angeles

8 beds, 16 full baths

Size: 20,000 sq ft

Lot size: n/a

Year built: 2003

Parking spots: 15

Walk Score™: 22
$39,000,000 : 601 North Faring Road, Los Angeles

6 beds, 15 full baths

Size: 14,226 sq ft

Lot size: 2.00 ac

Year built: 1961

Parking spots: n/a

Walk Score™: 23
$37,950,000 : 250 Delfern Drive, Los Angeles

5 beds, 7 full baths

Size: 10,528 sq ft

Lot size: 2.73 ac

Year built: 1938

Parking spots: 10

Walk Score™: 29
$29,500,000 : 10425 Revuelta Way, Los Angeles

14 beds, 16 full baths

Size: n/a

Lot size: 1.68 ac

Year built: 1936

Parking spots: 14

Walk Score™: 25
$28,500,000 : 330 South Mapleton Drive, Los Angeles

6 beds, 11 full baths

Size: 27,816 sq ft

Lot size: 1.18 ac

Year built: 1993

Parking spots: 6

Walk Score™: 26
$28,500,000 : North Mapleton Drive, Los Angeles

7 beds, 11 full baths

Size: 11,329 sq ft

Lot size: 1.20 ac

Year built: 1936

Parking spots: 2

Walk Score™: 25
$26,000,000 : 874 Stradella Road, Los Angeles

9 beds, 11 full baths

Size: 12,300 sq ft

Lot size: 1.59 ac

Year built: 1951

Parking spots: 10

Walk Score™: 23
$26,000,000 : 874 Stradella Road, Los Angeles

9 beds, 11 full baths

Size: 12,300 sq ft

Lot size: 1.59 ac

Year built: n/a

Parking spots: 10

Walk Score™: 23
$24,950,000 : 360 South Mapleton Drive, Los Angeles

9 beds, 7 full baths

Size: 11,511 sq ft

Lot size: 2.27 ac

Year built: 1950

Parking spots: 20

Walk Score™: 26
$23,450,000 : 10847 Bellagio Road, Los Angeles

9 beds, 11 full baths

Size: 19,000 sq ft

Lot size: 43,560 sq ft

Year built: 1951

Parking spots: n/a

Walk Score™: 31
$19,500,000 : 10463 Bellagio Road, Los Angeles

5 beds, 5 full baths

Size: n/a

Lot size: 1.43 ac

Year built: 1942

Parking spots: n/a

Walk Score™: 26
$16,495,000 : MLS # 10455769 in Los Angeles

10 beds, 11 full baths

Size: 12,000 sq ft

Lot size: 40,946 sq ft

Year built: 1952

Parking spots: 3

Walk Score™: n/a
$16,250,000 : 888 Sarbonne Road, Los Angeles

3 beds, 4 full baths

Size: 4,324 sq ft

Lot size: 2.00 ac

Year built: 1959

Parking spots: n/a

Walk Score™: 20
$15,995,000 : 11025 Anzio Road, Los Angeles

7 beds, 12 full baths

Size: 19,000 sq ft

Lot size: 1.52 ac

Year built: 2010

Parking spots: 15

Walk Score™: 9
$15,900,000 : 210 North Carolwood Drive, Los Angeles

8 beds, 11 full baths

Size: n/a

Lot size: 43,560 sq ft

Year built: n/a

Parking spots: 5

Walk Score™: 34
$15,900,000 : Perugia Way, Los Angeles

7 beds, 9 full baths

Size: 12,056 sq ft

Lot size: 33,088 sq ft

Year built: 1990

Parking spots: n/a

Walk Score™: 31
$14,995,000 : 11065 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles

6 beds, 4 full, 6 part baths

Size: 9,393 sq ft

Lot size: 1.11 ac

Year built: 1991

Parking spots: 15

Walk Score™: 31
$14,995,000 : 250 North Carolwood Drive, Los Angeles

5 beds, 5 full baths

Size: 6,102 sq ft

Lot size: 43,124 sq ft

Year built: 1935

Parking spots: n/a

Walk Score™: 29
$13,900,000 : 345 St Pierre Road, Los Angeles

7 beds, 12 full baths

Size: n/a

Lot size: 28,819 sq ft

Year built: 1929

Parking spots: 3

Walk Score™: 23
$12,950,000 : 3121 Antelo Road, Los Angeles

8 beds, 14 full baths

Size: 15,270 sq ft

Lot size: 2.44 ac

Year built: 1990

Parking spots: 20

Walk Score™: 17
$12,475,000 : 10720 Chalon Road, Los Angeles

3 beds, 5 full baths

Size: n/a

Lot size: 1.13 ac

Year built: 1979

Parking spots: n/a

Walk Score™: 17
$11,800,000 : 363 Copa De Oro Road, Los Angeles

6 beds, 9 full baths

Size: 11,817 sq ft

Lot size: 43,120 sq ft

Year built: 1940

Parking spots: n/a

Walk Score™: 23
$9,950,000 : 1280 Stone Canyon Road, Los Angeles

6 beds, 7 full baths

Size: 8,581 sq ft

Lot size: 37,461 sq ft

Year built: 1937

Parking spots: 4

Walk Score™: 15
$9,950,000 : 1280 Stone Canyon Road, Los Angeles

6 beds, 7 full baths

Size: 8,581 sq ft

Lot size: 37,461 sq ft

Year built: 1937

Parking spots: n/a

Walk Score™: 15
$9,950,000 : 1280 Stone Canyon Road, Los Angeles

6 beds, 7 full baths

Size: 8,581 sq ft

Lot size: 37,461 sq ft

Year built: 1937

Parking spots: 3

Walk Score™: 15
$8,995,000 : 822 Sarbonne Road, Los Angeles

4 beds, 9 full baths

Size: 7,479 sq ft

Lot size: 33,188 sq ft

Year built: 1964

Parking spots: 6

Walk Score™: 18
$7,995,000 : 10646 Somma Way, Los Angeles

6 beds, 7 full baths

Size: 6,627 sq ft

Lot size: 1.01 ac

Year built: 1936

Parking spots: 5

Walk Score™: 18
$7,500,000 : 10835 Bellagio Road, Los Angeles

6 beds, 10 full baths

Size: 9,700 sq ft

Lot size: 34,194 sq ft

Year built: 1950

Parking spots: n/a

Walk Score™: 31
$6,995,000 : 1345 Moraga Drive, Los Angeles

6 beds, 7 full baths

Size: 9,467 sq ft

Lot size: 1.59 ac

Year built: 1982

Parking spots: 3

Walk Score™: 20
$6,950,000 : 2189 Sheringham Lane, Los Angeles

7 beds, 9 full baths

Size: 10,500 sq ft

Lot size: 15,033 sq ft

Year built: 2002

Parking spots: 3

Walk Score™: 6
$6,950,000 : 1270 Stone Canyon Road, Los Angeles

5 beds, 4 full baths

Size: n/a

Lot size: 1.02 ac

Year built: 1939

Parking spots: 2

Walk Score™: 15
$6,800,000 : 1892 Linda Flora Drive, Los Angeles

4 beds, 4 full baths

Size: 5,214 sq ft

Lot size: 1.86 ac

Year built: 1960

Parking spots: n/a

Walk Score™: 12
$6,495,000 : 15220 Antelo Place, Los Angeles

4 beds, 4 full baths

Size: 5,319 sq ft

Lot size: 2.41 ac

Year built: 1950

Parking spots: 6

Walk Score™: 12
$6,495,000 : 2171 Sheringham Lane, Los Angeles

6 beds, 9 full baths

Size: 9,500 sq ft

Lot size: 15,471 sq ft

Year built: 2010

Parking spots: 4

Walk Score™: 6
$6,450,000 : 206 North Bentley Avenue, Los Angeles

5 beds, 12 full baths

Size: 11,000 sq ft

Lot size: 29,620 sq ft

Year built: n/a

Parking spots: n/a

Walk Score™: 23
$6,195,000 : 461 Bellagio Terrace, Los Angeles

4 beds, 4 full baths

Size: 6,624 sq ft

Lot size: 1.16 ac

Year built: 1971

Parking spots: 6

Walk Score™: 37
$5,995,000 : 600 Perugia Way, Los Angeles

4 beds, 4 full baths

Size: 3,770 sq ft

Lot size: 23,090 sq ft

Year built: 1941

Parking spots: n/a

Walk Score™: 23
$5,950,000 : 725 North Faring Road, Los Angeles

6 beds, 7 full baths

Size: 6,627 sq ft

Lot size: 34,848 sq ft

Year built: 1939

Parking spots: 3

Walk Score™: 20
$5,900,000 : 11730 Stonehenge Lane, Los Angeles

7 beds, 6 full, 4 part baths

Size: 10,700 sq ft

Lot size: 16,703 sq ft

Year built: 2002

Parking spots: 5

Walk Score™: 3
$5,495,000 : 11500 Orum Road, Los Angeles

5 beds, 5 full baths

Size: 4,307 sq ft

Lot size: 20,040 sq ft

Year built: 1952

Parking spots: 2

Walk Score™: 17
$5,250,000 : 1744 Stone Canyon Road, Los Angeles

6 beds, 7 full baths

Size: 7,800 sq ft

Lot size: 39,256 sq ft

Year built: 2004

Parking spots: 8

Walk Score™: 14
$5,100,000 : 11803 Norfield Court, Los Angeles

5 beds, 7 full, 1 part baths

Size: 7,708 sq ft

Lot size: 15,438 sq ft

Year built: 1991

Parking spots: 3

Walk Score™: 6
$4,995,000 : 15101 Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles

6 beds, 8 full baths

Size: 9,000 sq ft

Lot size: 14,810 sq ft

Year built: 2007

Parking spots: 3

Walk Score™: 15
$4,995,000 : 100 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles

6 beds, 8 full baths

Size: 9,000 sq ft

Lot size: 16,500 sq ft

Year built: 2009

Parking spots: 3

Walk Score™: 26
$4,950,000 : 1485 Stone Canyon Road, Los Angeles

5 beds, 7 full baths

Size: n/a

Lot size: 37,900 sq ft

Year built: n/a

Parking spots: 2

Walk Score™: 8
$4,899,000 : 1254 Roscomare Road, Los Angeles

6 beds, 5 full baths

Size: 7,284 sq ft

Lot size: 15,260 sq ft

Year built: 2008

Parking spots: 4

Walk Score™: 9
$4,750,000 : 2390 Earls Court, Los Angeles

6 beds, 7 full baths

Size: 10,000 sq ft

Lot size: 15,010 sq ft

Year built: 1994

Parking spots: 6

Walk Score™: 18
$4,700,000 : 124 Udine Way, Los Angeles

4 beds, 6 full baths

Size: 5,728 sq ft

Lot size: 1.17 ac

Year built: 1950

Parking spots: 6

Walk Score™: 28
$4,650,000 : 2165 Queensborough Lane, Los Angeles

6 beds, 8 full baths

Size: 8,400 sq ft

Lot size: 17,100 sq ft

Year built: 2002

Parking spots: n/a

Walk Score™: 3