Steve’s House from “Dead to Me”

I have a major thing for modern houses.  So it’s no shock that my favorite locale from the new Netflix series Dead to Me is the uber-contemporary abode belonging to Judy Hale’s (Linda Cardellini) ex, Steve Wood (James Marsden).  Huge, avant-garde and decidedly unique, I fell in love with the place as soon as it came into view in the pilot episode and set out to find it immediately.  Though an address number of “232” was clearly visible on the front of the residence in many scenes, it turned out to be fake – which thankfully did not lead me astray.  From the start, I had an inkling that the obviously newly-built home was located in the San Fernando Valley, most likely Encino.  So I inputted “large modern house” and “Encino” into Google and the second result kicked back was this Peerspace listing for an “Ultra Modern Huge Mansion with Pool and Tennis.” One look at the photos posted told me it was the right spot!  Though no address was given, the copy below the images stated that the pad was in Encino’s Royal Oaks neighborhood and from there it did not take me long to pinpoint its location as 4230 Valley Meadow Road.  I ran out to stalk it a few days later and that’s when fate stepped in!

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While the Grim Cheaper and I were out front snapping photos, the owner happened to pull up.  As he got out of his car, he noticed us and inquired as to what we were doing.  Bracing myself for being told to leave immediately, I explained that I was visiting the house because of its appearance in Dead to Me and, amazingly, without hesitation, he invited us right in!

Yes, you read that right – he invited us inside the residence to take a closer look!  I could not believe my luck!

Nor could I believe how impressive the house was in person!  Though it obviously looked stellar on Dead to Me . . .

. . . close-up it was even far more remarkable!

The 3-story property, which is currently for sale, boasts 8 bedrooms (all en suite and with walk-in closets), 11 baths, 9-foot ceilings, a grand entry, multiple fireplaces, a theatre, a gym, an elevator, a laundry room, an entertainment area with a built-in bar, a detached in-law unit, and an 8-car garage!

All 10,400 square feet of it is stunning!

Everywhere you turn is like a work of art!

Even the hallways are dramatic.

And the theatre!  Oh my gosh, the theatre!  Can you imagine having that in your house?

Or the gym?

It is the master bedroom, though, that really had me drooling.

The spacious suite boasts both his-and-her bathrooms AND his-and-her walk-in closets.

While the male bathroom (pictured above and below) is nothing to shake a stick at . . .

– the GC was especially impressed with the fact that there was a urinal (me, not so much) –

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. . . and the male closet is nice, as well . . .

. . . the female bathroom is the stuff dreams are made of!

I mean!

When can I move in?

And don’t even get me started on the attached bathed-in-pink female closet!

The 0.92-acre grounds are pretty extraordinary, as well, with a 60-foot lap pool, a spa, a wading pool, a fire pit, a 70-foot waterfall, a built-in BBQ and bar, a tennis court, and a large cabana area situated off the master bedroom.

Yeah, I could hang here.

The home somehow manages to be sleek and modern yet warm and inviting at the same time.

And it can all be yours for a cool $7,495,000, which honestly I think is a bargain, considering.

As it turns out, the super-friendly owner was also the home’s builder.  The lavish pad, completed in 2018, replaced the 1952 ranch house pictured below (which you can see more photos of here).

Producers made fabulous use of the property throughout Dead to Me’s ten-episode run.

Said to be in Newport Beach’s Harbor Ridge area, the home’s exterior appeared numerous times on the series.

The interior did, as well.

You can see why I fell in love with the place.

The landing just outside the elevator on the residence’s second floor was the site of one of my favorite scenes from the show in which the recently widowed Jen Harding (Christina Applegate) hosts an open house where she runs into her ex mother-in-law, Lorna (Valerie Mahaffey), and gets pressured into having a birthday party/memorial for her dead husband.

I was just a little thrilled to pose in that same spot, though my photo was taken from the opposite angle from which the scene was shot.

Interestingly, producers did not make use of the home’s master bedroom on the show.  Instead, a set was built to portray Steve’s bedroom.  Said set was much less plush than that of the actual house, as you can see below.

According to the owner, the pad will be making an appearance on the upcoming season of The Affair, as well.

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Until next time, Happy Stalking! 

Stalk It: Steve’s house from Dead to Me is located at 4230 Valley Meadow Road in Encino.