Ted Danson sells home in Malibu Colony
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Originally listed at $18.5 million, the 'Cheers' star's renovated Cape Cod-style house was on the market for more than a year.
Although Malibu Colony may have been where everybody knew his name, "Cheers" star Ted Danson is moving on, having sold his Cape Cod-style house for an undisclosed price, according to area real estate agents. It most recently had been listed at
$16.75 million.
Danson and his wife, actress Mary Steenburgen, have had the house on the market for more than a year. It was originally listed at $18.5 million.
The 3,550-square-foot home was remodeled and totally renovated in 2002. It has hickory floors, ocean views and 8-foot sliding French doors that open onto the oceanfront patio and deck area.
An oceanfront tearoom features a ceiling-mounted projection screen that is part of a large entertainment system, according to listing information. The dining room overlooks the Pacific -- a view framed by the hand-painted fireplace insets and antique aqua glass and crystal chandelier.
The kitchen has a farmhouse sink and tin ceilings, along with the pre-
requisite Viking range and dishwasher, Sub-Zero refrigerator and freezer.
The master suite is the pièce de résistance, with a fireplace and many built-ins, a large sun deck, a walk-in closet and a luxurious bath. Each additional bedroom suite features custom moldings, sisal floor coverings and Waterworks fixtures and tile.
There is a first-floor guest suite with a private entrance.
And of course it's all in the colony, which is guard-gated.
Danson played bartender Sam on the NBC hit sitcom "Cheers" from 1982 to 1993, winning Emmys for best actor in 1990 and 1993. He periodically plays himself on "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
Steenburgen, an Academy Award winner for her role in the 1980 film "Melvin and Howard," married Danson in 1995. She appears in "Step Brothers," with Will Ferrell, due out this summer.
Dropping names and home prices
So much for celebrity cachet. Even Hollywood types with homes for sale are feeling the market's slowdown and lowering their asking prices.
Some recent price drops:
* Real-estate-savvy Frankie Muniz, the Emmy-nominated star of the hit TV series "Malcolm in the Middle," (2000-2006) has relisted his five-bedroom, four-bathroom Hollywood Hills home for $3,695,000, down from $3,875,000 last fall. Muniz, 22, purchased it in January 2006 for about $3.5 million.
