The actor, who invested around $5.5 million in the property near Laurel Canyon, spent the most of his time at the mansion after his snowplough accident.
Actor Jeremy Renner is selling his Los Angeles house for $12.9 million in an effort to simplify his life after a snow plough accident that almost killed him last year.
The Oscar-nominated actor paid almost $4 million for the circa-1960 residence in 2012, according to property records.
The 9,000-square-foot, six-bedroom mansion is located in a secluded enclave near Laurel Canyon and features a screening room, a music studio and an open-plan living room with a bar area. Sliding doors lead to the pool, which includes waterfall features.
Renner, 53, is most recognised for his role as Hawkeye in Marvel’s “Avengers” films, as well as “The Hurt Locker.” While he is also a real-estate investor and flipper, he stated that the property near Laurel Canyon was his primary abode.
Renner claimed he bought the house after finishing a five-year film career and wanted to come home to his own abode. He remarked the low-slung home had an unusual architectural design. He also fell in love with the neighbourhood; there are just a few properties, and some of the owners have lived there since their childhoods, he explained.
“You typically don’t get a lot of neighbourly love in Los Angeles,” he told me. “This was a wonderful little micro-community.”
When he purchased it, the house was considerably smaller and in decent condition, but it needed to be upgraded. He described the house as having “all these little Star Trek-looking buttons,” as well as cassette and record playersβ”all the stuff that was kind of cool and high-tech in the 60s.”
Renner spent over $5.5 million renovating and expanding the property, more than tripling its size while maintaining the original Midcentury lines. He was also a musician and songwriter, therefore he added a music studio to the residence. The steep land was graded to increase the property’s usable outdoor space. He bought solar panels, which generate approximately 90% of the energy needed to run the residence.
“I did all that stuff because I was going to stay there,” he told me. “It was kind of a forever home.”
Renner is from Northern California, where he says he grew quite impoverished. As an aspiring actor, he made “good money” repairing and flipping abandoned Los Angeles homes, he claimed. Renner stated that he occasionally resided on building sites, sometimes without electricity or running water. “We would have a porta-potty there,” he informed me.
He has flipped more than 20 homes and prefers residences with unique designs or a rich history. He dislikes contemporary architecture, describing it as “cold and kind of lifeless,” and prefers properties reek of California.
Renner, who is divorced, said his primary home has always been in Nevada on Lake Tahoe, but the Los Angeles property has allowed him to spend more time with his daughter, who attends school there.
In January 2023, he was hit by a snowplough, fracturing over 30 bones and necessitating multiple surgeries. He said he spent much of the aftermath of the disaster in his single-story Los Angeles home because it didn’t require him to climb stairs. He’s used the studio to create music inspired by the accident.
He is selling because he wants to downsize and focus on his recuperation, he explained.
“I need to kind of move on to other things,” he told me.
Renner has concluded production for the latest season of his TV series.
“Mayor of Kingstown.” He stated he now intends to write a book about his near-death experience and recovery.
Rayni and Branden Williams from The Beverly Hills Estates have the listing.
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