Penelope Cruz puts her Hollywood home on Sunset Strip up for sale for $3.7m

By Georgina Littlejohn

Airy: The open-plan living room has floor-to-ceiling doors that look out onto the outdoor swimming pool


Penelope Cruz has put her stunning Hollywood home on the market for a mere snip at $3.7m.

The actress is selling the open-plan, single-storey house that overlooks the city's famous Sunset Strip that she has owned since 2005.

But after leasing it out in 2008, Cruz, 36, who also owns properties in Los Angeles and her native Madrid in Spain, has decided to sell up.

The Spanish star is asking for $3,695,000 (£2, 442,000) for the property which has beautiful views of the Hollywood Hills.

It boasts three bedrooms and bathrooms and an outdoor swimming pool complete with a sparse terrace decorated with beautiful white loungers and a dining table.

And for that extra bit of comfort to relax by the pool, the terrace also has a canopy bed for those lazy summer nights.


Fancy a dip? The back of the house opens up to a large terrace with a kidney-shaped swimming pool and garden furniture


Outdoors snoozing: There's even a canopy bed in the garden for those very lazy summer nights

Visitors to the house are greeted by big, heavy wooden doors which give residents that extra bit of privacy.

Guests then step through the doors into a tiled courtyard that leads up to two large glass doors which open into the main house.

There is also another courtyard at the back which features a small fountain and chairs to cool off away from the hot California sun.


Welcome: The grand entrance of the Spanish-style villa with thick wooden doors


Enter: The heavy front doors open out on to a tiled courtyard which leads up to the main glass doors of the property


The large modern kitchen is ideal for any homebody with lots of workspace, a huge double refrigerator, two ovens and a breakfast and preparation island.

There is what the Americans call a den, with a sofa and flat screen TV on the wall - although the new owner may look to replace the out-of-date wooden furniture.

What the house does boast is lots of light all the through with big white walls and windows shining the all-year-round sunshine.


Spacious: The modern kitchen has lots of workspace, a huge double refrigerator, two ovens and a breakfast and preparation island


For your convenience: Two of the three bathrooms in the house


But sadly for those interested parties, Ms Cruz will not be showing the house personally.

The Vanilla Sky star is currently in Paris shooting an advertising campaign for the new Lancome fragrance Tresor.

Penelope, who became the face of the scent last month, is in the French capital with acclaimed photographer Mario Testino, who is shooting the ad, and last week she was pictured hard at work with Testino on the balcony of the Hotel de Crillon.


Bonjour, Paris! Penelope takes in the view from the balcony of the Hotel de Crillon while photographer Mario Testino looks on


source: dailymail