Tattoo artist and reality television star Kat Von D has signed the papers to purchase an 1890-built Victorian-style home located in the upscale Windsor Square neighborhood in central Los Angeles for $6.5 million.
The home was built for Isaac Newton Van Nuys, a prominent landowner that the Los Angeles neighborhood was named after. Originally situated on a corner in Westlake, the home was moved to its current location in 1914 by Van Nuys’ son, J. Benton Van Nuys.
Von D’s new home boasts all of the opulence one would expect from a property with such gravitas. Features of the three-story house include stained glass windows, original brickwork, decorative trim, and a cross-gabled roof with a domed turret on one side.
The home measures in at 12,600 square feet and holds a ballroom/living room, a library, a den, a wood-paneled sitting room, a theater room with a stage and vintage floodlights, and a hidden speakeasy with hand-carved walls and a secret exterior entrance that screams Prohibition Era.
Including the carriage house above the two-car garage, there are 12 bedrooms and 9.5 bathrooms in the palatial estate that also features a swimming pool, several patios, and sprawling lawns.
The former Van Nuys property first landed on the market in April with an $8.195-million asking price. The most current listing was for $7.35 million before Von D was able to scoop it up for almost $1 million less. The home last sold for $1.3 million in 1998.
Von D, full name Katherine von Drachenberg, was on the show “LA Ink” and runs High Voltage Tatoo in West Hollywood. She also made an appearance on the CBS show “Life in Pieces” this year.