Bob Barker’s Former L.A. House Is Back on the Market for $8.2 Million

It’s been a little more than a year since Bob Barker’s longtime Los Angeles home sold for $800,000 over the nearly $3 million asking price after a reported 250 showings and a fierce bidding war. Now the late game show host and animal rights advocate’s former residence in the Outpost Estates enclave of the Hollywood Hills has just returned to the market, all dolled up and asking a speck under $8.2 million. George Ouzounian and Jordan Ginsburg of The Agency hold the listing.

Built in the late 1920s atop a storied site where the first house in what is today known as the Outpost Estates neighborhood once stood—and designated as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 673 in the 1990s—the Spanish Colonial Revival digs were acquired in 1969 by Barker, who lived there for more than 50 years until his death in August 2023 at age 99.

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Purchased by interior designer Julia Dempster last April for around $3.8 million and subsequently given a thorough restoration and update, the creamy stucco and terracotta-roof structure offers six bedrooms and seven baths in roughly 5,900 square feet that boasts new Portola Roman clay and lime-wash finishes paired with the original hand-painted fresco ceiling, arched doorways, and stained-glass windows. There’s also a 600-square-foot lower level, which includes an infrared sauna and flexible space for guests, an office, or a gym. 

Sequestered behind walls and gates on a little more than a quarter of an acre, the dwelling is fronted by a driveway that leads to an attached garage tucked off to the side. Beyond the hand-carved wood door, the entrance hallway flows to a vaulted living room sporting a fireplace embedded in an ornate wood surround and steel-framed French doors spilling outside. An adjacent wet bar-equipped library comes with its own bath.

A crystal chandelier tops the formal dining area, while a family room connects to a marble-clad kitchen outfitted with custom white oak cabinetry, an eat-in island, Thermador appliances, and a breakfast banquette. A curving wrought iron-railed staircase heads upstairs to not one but two primary suites, the main one holding a slender yet lengthy balcony, as well as a spacious dressing room with a window seat and dual baths spotlighted by a book-matched travertine shower.

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Not to be left out are the verdant grounds, which feature a flagstone-encased pool nestled beside a newly added barbecue station and a towering oak tree for plenty of shade. The property is also just minutes away from Runyon Canyon Park, which is popular for its scenic and dog-friendly hiking trails.

Dempster, who hails from Great Britain, told Mansion Global she didn’t even know who Barker was when she bought the home. “That was an added bonus,” said the interior designer, who was instead drawn in by the abode’s beautiful original architecture, arched doorways, original ironwork, and clay tile roof. “I just love Spanish architecture from the 1920s,” she added. “This is my dream home.” 

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