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Creator Kenya Barris Buys Toluca Lake Home $7.25M

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Originally built in 2000, and completely rebuilt in recent years, the three-story home is hidden among lush plantings on more than one-third of an acre with five bedrooms and 6.5 deluxe bathrooms in about 6,500 square feet. The exterior of the white stucco and clay tile roofed Mediterranean villa, described in marketing materials as a “Spanish Contemporary oasis,” belies luxuriously appointed and rigorously contemporary interiors that adhere to a strict black-and-white color scheme with molding-free cotton-white walls and lustrous inky black hardwood flooring.

A double-height rotunda entry dominated by a sweeping staircase leads to formal living and dining rooms, while a great room comprises a family room with minimalist fireplace, a dining space that spills out to the backyard and an all-white chef-quality kitchen with premium-grade culinary accouterment. An en-suite main floor bedroom has French doors to the backyard, and the second-floor homeowner’s retreat shares a lake-view terrace with another of the guest bedrooms and offers a wall of picture windows with a wide view across the tiny lake. A subterranean level contains not only a vast garage capable of accommodating six cars, but also a gym with steam shower and a state-of-the-art recording studio. And, beyond a sheltered dining terrace, palm trees surround a lagoon-style infinity-edge swimming pool perched above the bulk-headed shoreline..

Though the Toluca Lake purchase comes at the same time the long-married Barrises, who have six kids and reconciled last year after Barris filed for divorce, sold their starter home in the up-and-coming Valley Village area for $1.314 million, a small but notable amount over the $1.25 million asking price, they still own at least three other multi-million dollar homes across the San Fernando Valley: a 4,500-square-foot home they bought in the fall of 2017 for close to $2.95 million; a 9,600-square-foot contemporary, also, acquired over the summer of 2019 for $7.55 million and used as the model for the family home featured in the Barris’ acerbic and semi-autobiographical Netflix series “#BlackAF”; and a spacious if otherwise fairly unassuming 6,300-square foot house in the coveted neighborhood in Studio City that was scooped up last year for $4.6 million.

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Beautiful home, I would have change the wallpapers in some of the rooms, and change the pool to a lap pool though.
 

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I love the recording studio and the open space in the control room. The lagoon-style pool also adds an elegant touch and vibes with the lake. With a better design they can maximize that backyard space with an outdoor kitchen, more seating area, a larger pool and jacuzzi but it's not necessary.
 

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The outside is all warm and inviting but then the inside is just so stark and sterile, not a fan of the interior. Having the dark wood floors help somewhat but of course there's white floors everywhere else. That backyard is beautiful, I especially like the natural rock look of the pool.
 

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I couldn't that close to a lake. I lived within walking distance of one and the prehistoric looking bugs that would show up on my deck at night were terrifying.
 

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Him and his wife reconciled? I missed that, did he reconcile with his sister also or no?
 

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They are paying so much for these homes in Cali and have no privacy. Lol. The Multi million dollar homes are packed in these neighborhoods like sardines
 

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Him and his wife reconciled? I missed that, did he reconcile with his sister also or no?
That's the first thing I wondered, if he should be buying a home during a divorce? But I guess they reconciled, seems like this isn't the first time though? Although this could be a play for her to get a nicer home the next time she files for divorce, lol. Well played!

I love to see our folks prosper so hooray for them. All of that white would have to go though!
 

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The white gives me anxiety. I would need a bottle of bleach attached to my hand,trying to keep it clean.
 

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I hate the contemporary and all white interiors. It looks cold and uninviting. I lover the Spanish style exterior and yard tho.

He seems to like more modern style houses. I hate it! Hope his wife picks out better and warm decor that makes the house look cozy. I didn't know they are back together.
 

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I usually love an all white kitchen but it’s too white. They need some color in every room. I’m also not a fan of the black accents
 

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TOO damn white. I'm all for the chic, clean, white minimalistic look but this is blinding and washed out. Needs some light woods here and there or something. That kitchen looks ridiculous.
 

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