Honey Co-Founder Ryan Hudson Snaps Up Late Modern in Hollywood Hills for $3.7M

Published: May 19, 2020 | By: American Luxury Staff

This beautifully restored midcentury house is now the property of Honey co-founder Ryan Hudson. Hudson and George Ruan, who developed the couponing app and co-founded the company, were pleased as punch earlier this year when Paypal offered them four billion dollars for their company. The pair netted $1.5 billion between the both of them, according to Bloomberg.

Ruan was first to hit the real estate news in the wake of the deal, purchasing a $60 million trophy modern in Bel-Air during the winter. The brand-new build is an extravagant concept home on half an acre, and was apparently unfinished at the time of Ruan’s purchase.

Hudson is next up, tossing down a by-contrast paltry $3.65 million for a 1964-built modern in the Hills. The house measures a little less than 4,100 square feet, and features an elevated layout.

With its striking architectural features and pedigree—the house is considered a classic of the style—the home has an unusual degree of embedded relevance and narrative depth to offer. It hit the market late last year, for the first time in nearly four decades, asking $4.35 million.

Renovations have, yes, been sensitive; the merging of naturalism and human engineering in theme, material, and form is augmented by more recent revisions to the house. The three-and-three also explores Japanese interior style, most explicitly in the master, which uses shoji screens, a plank ceiling, and décor from the East.

The lot—a very private one—measures in at about a third of an acre. A lagoon-style pool with a stone border and water feature, meditation gardens, and a deck fill out the outdoor living potential.

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