Three years later, he offered the four-bedroom dwelling up for rent \u2014 with an asking price of $106,000 ($US75,000) a month.<\/p>\n
In March of this year, Balzary decided to part ways with the property altogether, listing it for $12 million ($US8.5 million) with Sandro Dazzan of The Agency, before reducing the price to just below $11.3 million ($US8 million) at the end of July \u2014 an ask that makes it one of the \u201cbest priced houses in Malibu Colony,\u201d according to the listing.<\/p>\n
Untouched by the 2025 California wildfires, the dwelling features floor-to-ceiling glass windows that invite in an abundance of natural light and create a seamless indoor-outdoor flow. The warm wooden accents of the home make the architectural gem feel intimately connected to the surrounding environmental beauty.<\/p>\n
MORE: \u2018Just not fun\u2019: 90s star\u2019s sad confession at 72<\/a><\/p>\n DWTS judge quits US for shock job in Aus <\/a><\/p>\n Hugh Jackman lover\u2019s $3.5k-a-night cash grab<\/a><\/p>\n Red Hot Chili Peppers Bassist Flea. Picture: Paul Archuleta\/Getty Images<\/p>\n The property was originally listed in March for $8,495,000 before being removed and later relisted at its current price. Picture: Realtor.com<\/p>\n The dwelling features floor-to-ceiling windows that invite in an abundance of natural light. Picture: Realtor.com<\/p>\n The four-bedroom, three-bathroom abode has a media den ideal for family movie nights or other peaceful gatherings. Spanning 295.4 sqm (3,180 square feet), the home is akin to a resort-level wellness retreat, offering a large cedar hot tub, a cold plunge, and a dry sauna. <\/p>\n A detached two-storey guesthouse sits on the property with a centrepiece rooftop vantage point presenting breathtaking views of the iconic Surfrider Beach, Malibu Lagoon, and rolling mountains.<\/p>\n The extraordinary sanctuary offers a \u201cfully private backyard paradise,\u201d the listing states, complete with an al fresco kitchen, fire pit, and tranquil koi pond.<\/p>\n While the property is not located on the beach itself, it does provide deeded access to Colony Beach, including a private rear gate that opens onto the picturesque Malibu Lagoon Trail, which leads directly to the Malibu Country Mart and the famous Surfrider surf break.<\/p>\n The dwelling is one of several in Balzary\u2019s impressive portfolio, which has featured multiple homes in California over the years.<\/p>\n He is no doubt hoping that he will have better success in offloading his Malibu home than he has with another of his Golden State dwellings, which bounced on and off the market for two years, before being removed altogether.<\/p>\n Originally listed in February 2022 for $13.8 million ($US9.8 million), the quirky La Crescenta, CA, then had its price cut to $12.4 million ($US8.8 million) in December of that same year. It was reduced again, to $11.3 million ($US8 million) in 2023.<\/p>\n Still, the home failed to sell, prompting the musician \u2014 who is married to fashion designer Melody Ehsani \u2014 to slash his ask once more in March 2024, this time to $9.6 million ($US6.8 million). The home was delisted once again in September 2024.<\/p>\n Located just over an hour away from his Malibu Colony retreat, the funky dwelling, which is set on 5.7 acres, has a total of five bedrooms and five bathrooms. Perched on a hilltop, the original estate was built in 1953 by the famed architect Richard Neutra for his secretary, Dorothy Serulnic.<\/p>\n The four-bedroom, three-bathroom abode has a media den ideal for family movie nights or other peaceful gatherings. Picture: Realtor.com<\/p>\n A detached two-storey guesthouse sits on the property with a centrepiece rooftop vantage point. Picture: Realtor.com<\/p>\n The extraordinary sanctuary offers a \u201cfully private backyard paradise,\u201d the listing states, complete with an al fresco kitchen, fire pit, and tranquil koi pond. Picture: Realtor.com<\/p>\n The 125.4 sqm (1,350-square-foot) original structure boasts two bedrooms, one bathroom, a living room with a glass wall and Bear Valley stone fireplace, and a kitchen with warm-wood cabinets. <\/p>\n The home also has a long list of built-ins designed by Neutra, including a sofa system, dining table, and breakfast nook.<\/p>\n Fifty years after Neutra built the original structure, another noted architect, Michael Maltzan, was brought on board to build the primary residence. The seven-sided abode features an interior court, private balconies, a catering-style kitchen with light gray cabinets and a dining nook, and a living room accompanied by glass walls and light-wood floors.<\/p>\n The concrete-clad primary suite features an en suite bathroom with an oversized penny-tile tub and circular windows.<\/p>\n Additionally, the home has a den, built-in storage, curved staircase, outdoor movie pavilion, and lap pool designed by Johnston Vidal.<\/p>\n In 2021, Mariah O\u2019Brien Interiors and Mind Tree Arts added an 81.3 sqm (875-square-foot) extension space where a cabin was built. The cute cottage features a slanted roof, bathroom, outdoor shower, and enough space for two beds.<\/p>\n The estate is less than a 30-minute drive from downtown Los Angeles.<\/p>\n Balzary co-founded the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1982, and the band has since released 13 albums and won three Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n While Balzary has built a substantial real estate empire on the back of his musical success, the star has also not shied away from the drug addictions that threatened to derail his life.<\/p>\n Balzary detailed in Time magazine how he started smoking weed aged 11 before proceeding to \u201csnort, shoot, pop, smoke, drop and dragon chase my way through my teens and 20s\u201d.<\/p>\n Balzary said some near-death experiences prompted him to cut drugs forever at the age of 30 in 1993 but an injury years later resulted in an OxyContin prescription that sucked him right back in.<\/p>\n \u201cI was high as hell when I took those things,\u201d Balzary said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt not only quelled my physical pain, but all my emotions as well. I only took one a day, but I was not present for my kids, my creative spirit went into decline and I became depressed.<\/p>\n \u201cI stopped taking them after a month, but I could have easily gotten another refill.\u201d<\/p>\n Parts of this story first appeared in Realtor<\/a> and was republished with permission.<\/p>\n MORE: King\u2019s shock act after Harry eviction fallout<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018I\u2019m not sorry\u2019: Corey Worthington\u2019s life at 35<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018No one cares\u2019: Block star exposes Ch9, life <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist and prolific property investor Flea has brought his \u201cextraordinary\u201d Malibu sanctuary back to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-560657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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