Singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow’s former Hollywood Hills compound brought together three historic homes across more than 10 acres, with a music room, private trails, an infinity-edge pool and outdoor spaces designed for family life. The Grammy-winning artist put the property on the market in October 2012 for $15.95 million, but it took two years to find a buyer. On 28 October 2014, a report by Mark David published on Yahoo reported that the estate had sold for $11.085 million. The compound included a Spanish Revival main residence, a Craftsman-style house built in 1909 and a cottage dating to 1885. Its unusual combination of historic architecture and extensive outdoor space made it a distinctive property in Los Angeles, while its listing history illustrated how the asking price of a high-end home can change over time.
Sheryl Crow’s Hollywood Hills compound: how three historic homes became one estate
Crow’s former compound was located in Hollywood Hills West, where the grounds extended across approximately 10.28 acres, according to the Los Angeles Times report on its sale. Rather than consisting of one large mansion, the property brought together three separate residences: a Spanish Revival main house, a Craftsman-style home and a historic cottage. The main residence had four bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms. Its reported features included a two-storey foyer with wrought-iron stair railings, original Spanish tiles, beamed ceilings, a library, a wine cellar and a music room. The house had been remodelled and restored, retaining architectural details while incorporating the amenities expected of a substantial private residence.The second residence was a Craftsman-style house built in 1909. The Los Angeles Times, in its October 2012 listing coverage, described it as having three bedrooms and three bathrooms. Later coverage by Trulia and Yahoo reported four bedrooms and three bathrooms for the Craftsman house, and three bedrooms and two bathrooms for the cottage. The different figures may reflect changes in the listing or differences between published descriptions, so they should not be treated as a single consistent set of measurements.
Inside Sheryl Crow’s former home: a music room, Spanish tiles and outdoor trails
The compound’s appeal extended beyond its residences. The grounds included a pergola with a fireplace and barbecue, a suspension bridge over the driveway connecting the main house to the other two residences, hiking trails, a playground, a campsite and an infinity-edge swimming pool. Reports also described a teepee on the property, adding an unusual recreational feature to the estate. These outdoor amenities helped distinguish the compound from a conventional city home. The trails and landscaped grounds provided room to move between the residences, while the pool and outdoor gathering areas created additional spaces for recreation and entertaining. The combination of multiple houses and extensive land also allowed residents and guests to occupy separate buildings.The main house’s music room was a particularly fitting feature for Crow, whose career includes songs such as All I Wanna Do. The room was one element of a residence that also contained a library and wine cellar, alongside period architectural details such as Spanish tiles and exposed ceiling beams. The property’s character came from the combination of these interiors, the separate historic buildings and the surrounding landscape. The compound was featured in real-estate coverage during Crow’s years of ownership. In April 2014, Forbes, citing Trulia, described the property as a gated Spanish-style compound with three homes, trails, a pool and outdoor amenities. That coverage reported that Crow had acquired the component properties individually in the late 1990s and combined them over time. The exact purchase dates vary among published accounts, so the broader timeline is more defensible than treating a single year as the confirmed purchase date for all three properties.
From a $15.95 million asking price to an $11.085 million sale
The estate’s listing history shows several price reductions before its eventual sale. Crow first listed the property in October 2012 for $15.95 million. In January 2013, the asking price fell to $13.95 million. A further reduction of about $500,000 brought it to approximately $13.45 million in May 2013, followed by another reduction to about $12.495 million in July.The property was taken off the market in December 2013, according to Forbes, citing Trulia. It returned in April 2014 with an asking price of $11.95 million. In October 2014, a report by Mark David on Yahoo reported that the compound had sold for $11.085 million. The final reported price was $4.865 million below the original asking price. That difference does not, by itself, explain why the property took time to sell, but it shows how substantially the asking price changed during the listing period.
