As you might expect from a home in Beverly Grove, this is one glitzy pad. Wonderfully spacious, flooded with light and with no expense spared in terms of fixtures and fittings, it will suit guests accustomed to the finer things in life. Inside, you'll find a huge sleek kitchen, a handful of hotel-standard bathrooms and a few eclectic artistic touches — we're particularly fond of the motorcycle parked underneath the stairs and the delicate butterfly chandelier. In two of the bedrooms, there are balconies on which you can sit out and soak up the SoCal sunshine, but they can't beat the back garden, where summer afternoons can be whiled away in the swimming pool, Jacuzzi or in front of the barbecue. If you fancy a change of scenery at any point, both The Grove and Los Angeles County Museum of Art can be reached in just over twenty minutes on foot.

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