A Kevin Costner Pedigree Home Lists for $5.5 Million, Almost A Steal!

Between 1987 and 1989, Kevin Costner starred in these four bangers back-to-back:

• The Untouchables
• No Way Out
• Bull Durham
• Field of Dreams

He could have stopped right there and called it a career, but thankfully, Kevin did not. As that run was ending, Kevin was putting the final touches on a custom-commissioned mansion in the LA suburb of La Canada Flintridge.

The 7,500 square foot walled and gated Italian palazzo featured every imaginable comfort. Kevin sold the home in 1999 for $2.69 million. It changed hands a few more times and now it is on the market again, this time for $5.5 million.

Architecturally, the home will pamper its next owner with every Mediterranean comfort and style – except the actual sea, of course. It begins with the gated and walled entrance, which opens onto a palazzo that offers a three-car parking garage. Beyond that greeting area is another gated entrance to the backyard, where there is a tennis court and an additional motor court.

The main house has five bedrooms, six and one-half bathrooms, plus other necessities like an office, a library and a gym, which all serve the owner's need to both run the place and enjoy all that it has to offer. The first floor is a busy open plan. Past the front door, monogrammed with a wrought iron "C," a grand staircase branches out from the foyer, which itself leads to a great room and the sunlit dining room a couple of steps down. The great room, under a hand-painted fresco, opens out to a terrace, one of several throughout the property, including one from the master bedroom. From there, a resident or guest can survey the swimming pool, hot tub and pool house. The lower floor also offers a loggia and another terrace, which allow for snatches of quiet time away from the bustle of family life or entertainment, to keep things lively.

The second level of the home features a working studio with a fireplace. In terms of design, the library and a couple of sitting rooms have almost a medieval Spanish appearance, as if they were inspired by Moorish architecture. They appear to depart sharply from the Italian palazzo look of the first level and the palazzo that welcomes residents home.

Whatever inspired the original architects and builders, or the two successive owners since Costner, the overall effect is impressive and offers a stylish welcome for owners and guests.