While out stalking on Wednesday, Mike from MovieShotsLA took me over to a mansion called the Iny Estate, which is probably better known as Steve Sanders’ house from the original 90210 series. While the estate was featured as Steve Sanders’ home for the entire ten year run of the series, it is probably most recognizable from the pilot episode of 90210. In that episode, the West Beverly gang attends a party where Steve drinks a bit too much and realizes he can’t drive home. He entrusts his black corvette (with custom license plate “I8A4RE” – LOL!!) to David Silver who doesn’t have a license. When David parkes the car at Steve’s house, he forgets to put the car in gear causing it to roll down the driveway and crash into a parked car. Steve spends the rest of the episode trying to figure out which “nerd” totalled his corvette. SUCH GREAT TV! 🙂
This location had actually eluded Mike and his fiance for quite some time. My hat is seriously off to them, though, as they went so far as to contact STEVE SANDERS HIMSELF, Ian Ziering, to ask him if he remembered where his house on the show was located. Ian recalled that the home was somewhere in Encino and from that bit of information, Mike and his fiance were able to locate it. I truly think they are better stalkers than me! 🙂
In real life the ultra modern manse is owned by Paula and Ben Iny and the house is a frequent filming location. While Mike and I were there, Ben Iny happened to be outside and we got to speak with him briefly. He was laughing at us and, like the security guards at the 90210 studio, said “But 90210 was filmed so long ago!” LOL The house has 38 foot ceilings, an elevator, a conservatory, a “glass radius wall” (whatever that means!), four fireplaces, an indoor jacuzzi, and a pool and spa. It sounds like EXACTLY the type of place Steve Sanders would have lived! You can see an up close and personal view of the home and even take a virtual tour on the official Iny Estate Website. The home has also appeared in the Corbin Bernsen movie “The Dentist”, the movie “Ghost in the Machine”, and in music videos for both Prince and Ice Cube.
Until next time, Happy Stalking! 🙂
Stalk It: Steve Sanders former house is located at 16711 Bosque Avenue in Encino.
Thanks for sharing! It was also featured in the second season of 24 as Gary, Carla and Megan Matheson’s house, where Kim Bauer was the au-pair 🙂
Ben hosts great parties, and rents the space out for lots of filming – esp. adult films. His site has lots more pics, including inside spaces you may recognize from 90210 (and, er, other films)… http://www.inyestate.com/estate/01/tour/front.htm
I just watched a movie on LMN that was filmed there too.. The name of the movie is “House of Secrets.” 🙂
this house has been used for so many porno shoots it should be in the avn awards.
Wow cool! I was years of searching where The Dentist house was filmed, looking the movie hundreds of times to find a street name or something without success … Tonight i was looking the movie again, slow, and saw the letters 16711. I know it was somewhere in Encino, so: there are more people that crazy to find it out.. Very cool to see some photo’s of it! Did the owners tell anything more about The Dentist ? Please be free to mail me 🙂
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