Zendaya expands Hollywood Hills estate with another $2M home

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TOI Real Estate Desk. (2026, October 26). Zendaya expands Hollywood Hills estate with another $2M home. Times of India. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/real-estate/news/in-2024-zendaya-paid-6-5-million-for-ashley-tisdales-former-hollywood-hills-home-she-bought-the-house-next-door-for-over-2-million-in-2026-creating-a-roughly-half-acre-estate-with-the-second-home-now-being-renovated/articleshow/135206349.cms

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Zendaya, the acclaimed actress known for her roles beyond Disney Channel, recently expanded her real estate holdings by purchasing a second property in Hollywood Hills this year for $2 million. This acquisition follows her 2024 purchase of a renovated mid-century modern home formerly owned by Ashley Tisdale and Christopher French for approximately $6.5 million. The new fixer-upper is described as an original mid-century modern house with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and features like wood paneling and a koi pond in the backyard.
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Zendaya, a prominent actress known for her roles beyond Disney Channel, recently expanded her real estate portfolio by purchasing an additional property worth $2 million in Hollywood Hills. Her latest acquisition follows previous purchases of two neighboring properties over the past couple of years. In 2024, Zendaya bought a mid-century modern home in Nichols Canyon for approximately $6.5 million, originally owned by Ashley Tisdale and her husband Christopher French. The house was initially purchased by Tisdale for $6,150,000 in September 2022 and listed at $6.799 million two years later before Zendaya's purchase. Her growing real estate investments reflect her successful career progression since her early days as a teen star.

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Frenshe Hollywood Hills Realtor.com Zendaya the Hollywood Hills

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Zendaya PERSON · 5× Hollywood Hills GPE · 3× Realtor.com ORG · 3× Tisdale PERSON · 3× the Hollywood Hills GPE · 3× Being Frenshe ORG · 2× Frenshe ORG · 2× Mediterranean NORP · 2× Disney Channel ORG · 1× Hollywood GPE · 1×

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“[Frenshe and Being Frenshe are] about living a nontoxic life, so seeing how that was really going to be the theme for the office, I just wanted to go with really natural textures and let greenery speak.
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Zendaya has come a long way since her early days as a Disney Channel star. asserted
Zendaya → come → star
From a teenage breakout talent to one of Hollywood’s most sought-after actresses, she has built an impressive career on screen. asserted
she → seek → screen
Her real estate portfolio has grown alongside her career. asserted
portfolio → grow → career
She was only 20 when she purchased her Mediterranean-style ‘starter home’ in the San Fernando Valley. asserted
she → purchase → Valley
Later, she added a ranch-style estate in Encino, followed by a waterfront luxury condo in Brooklyn Heights, before gradually moving to the Hollywood Hills. asserted
she → add → Hills
Over the past couple of years, she has added two neighbouring properties in the Hollywood Hills, according to Robb Report. uncertain
she → add → Report
First Hollywood Hills purchase in 2024 Pic credit: Realtor.com Zendaya bought a mid-century modern home in the Hollywood Hills in 2024 for about $6.5 million, the outlet reported. asserted
outlet → buy → million
The house previously belonged to Ashley Tisdale, the Disney star best known for High School Musical, and her husband, Christopher French. asserted
house → belong → Musical
Tisdale purchased the posh home in Nichols Canyon in September 2022 for $6,150,000, Realtor.com reported. asserted
Realtor.com → purchase → 6,150,000
Two years later, by mid-2024, she listed it for $6.799 million. asserted
she → list → million
Pic credit: Realtor.com Built in 1948, the mid-century house has been renovated over the years. asserted
house → build → years
When Tisdale sold it to Zendaya, the house spanned 4,114 square feet of living space, spread across a main house and a two-storey guesthouse with a home office. asserted
house → sell → office
The house had four bedrooms and six bathrooms, as an Architectural Digest home tour revealed. asserted
tour → have → bedrooms
The floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors let in the California light. asserted
doors → let → light
The gardens lean towards Japanese-inspired design, and a kidney-shaped pool sits near the back. asserted
pool → lean → back
The backyard was an oasis with ample bamboo trees and an original circular brick patio, the magazine reported. asserted
magazine → report → trees
The guesthouse office gave Tisdale a dedicated space to work on her interior design business and wellness brands, Frenshe and Being Frenshe. asserted
office → give → brands
“[Frenshe and Being Frenshe are] about living a nontoxic life, so seeing how that was really going to be the theme for the office, I just wanted to go with really natural textures and let greenery speak. asserted
greenery → live → textures
The plan for the office was about creating a really calm environment that feels inspiring to everybody that works here,” she said. asserted
she → create → everybody
“This office is part of the guesthouse, so it's really a space just for my work, and I think it's helped ground me. asserted
it → think → me
It's great to have space for my team with me and to just be really creative.” asserted
It → have → me
The house seems built to be looked at from the inside out. asserted
house → build → inside
Buying the second Hollywood Hills property Zendaya seemed to have grown fond of her first Hollywood Hills home, prompting her to make another purchase this year. asserted
Zendaya → buy → purchase
Early in 2026, the actress, who stars in The Odyssey, bought the neighbouring property for just over $2 million, the outlet reported. asserted
outlet → star → million
The 2,964-square-foot fixer-upper has four bedrooms, two bathrooms and original wood panelling. asserted
upper → have → bedrooms
The rustic home has a koi pond in the backyard. asserted
home → have → backyard
The house is an ‘original mid-century modern diamond in the rough’, the property listing says, as reported by First For Women. asserted
listing → say → Women
Reports indicate that renovations are now underway. asserted
renovations → indicate → ?
Zendaya’s real estate history has followed the same rhythm as her career. asserted
history → follow → career
She bought her first Los Angeles home, a Mediterranean-style house in the San Fernando Valley, when she was 20. asserted
she → buy → Valley
She added a second Southern California property in 2019. asserted
She → add → 2019
These hillside purchases continue the same approach: buy, renovate and expand. asserted
purchases → continue → approach
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