Don’t get too serious here
Those summer temperatures are no sweat at this tricked-out estate. The sprawling home in a gated North Ranch community makes a splash with a custom infinity-edge swimming pool complete with dueling water slides, a raised spa and cascading waterfalls. Inside, grand formal areas give way to fun amenities such as a custom theater and game room.

Sale follows price knock-downs
The custom three-story with cityscape and ocean views came up for sale a year ago for about $10 million and was more recently priced at $7.949 million, records show. “The Muscles from Brussels,” as he is nicknamed, bought the house four years ago for $6 million.

Deep, foreign pockets leave Bel-Air
The high-end market in Los Angeles has long been a popular spot for pocket-heavy foreign buyers looking to park their money, but recent top sales saw one international investor cashing out on the Westside. Here’s a look at the most expensive homes that changed hands in the last two weeks of April.

Walk this way to urban vitality
The evocative name we know the neighborhood by today is a nod to former Water Board Commissioner Herman Silver, for whom the larger of the two William Mulholland-designed reservoirs at the heart of the neighborhood was named (the smaller carries on the historic “Ivanhoe” name).

Former bunny’s kitchen tell-all
Iuse the room for cooking and socializing. I love the space —a large kitchen with a big island in the middle that everybody can kind of congregate around. ... It’s separate enough from the rest of house to have its own theme and look..

First thing to move out: your ego
Home stagers are fairy godmothers to for-sale homes in need of a quick and modern makeover. With their eye for design, access to avast collection of furniture and accessories and a small army of helpers, they turn frumpy, outdated homes into catalog-worthy havens.