David Duchovny And Tea Leoni Sell $12 Million Malibu Home (PHOTOS)

David Duchovny and wife actress Téa Leoni are moving to New York. They've listed their 6,578-square-foot Malibu ocean-view home for $12 million and expect to be settled back East before their children return to school in the fall.

Leoni has been itching to move back East for some time now, and the Malibu fires -- their home was not damaged but was in the mandatory evacuation zone -- tipped the scales for her, sources say. The two-story house being sold has two swimming pools -- one a regulation lap pool. There are five bedrooms, four bathrooms and a separate gym. The 5 1/2 -acre property includes membership in the La Costa Beach Club. There is a two-room guesthouse over a three-car garage. The house was built in 1996.

The property sits two doors from one bought earlier this year by country singer Kenny Chesney. He paid $7.4 million and then put the house back on the market at $7.95 million about six weeks later. It remains unsold.

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Comments

[mikatollah]

For $12 mil I want fresh paint in the bedrooms and new carpet... or at least get rid of the dog smell. And don't use any of those selling agent tricks like baking bread during the open house to make it smell all homey... I hate that.

Most of us work hard and don't have money for fancy appliances like, electric dog polishers and hydrogen fuel cell toilets. We don't have big alien movie deals, or get paid millions for flashing our (well sculpted) hiney on Showtime. We don't have smart wives to be our lifeline on Who Wants to be a Millionaire (by the way, the correct answer was Florance... Florence, Italy).

[slobone]

Bitter much?

[mikatollah]

You can't believe I was serious... this is not a serious topic.

[rpd123]

The thought of living near Chesney and his redneck entourage no doubt expedited the move.

The truth is out there.

[rcampbell]

I'll keep looking. The backyard looks too small.

[trollsbwild]

This home will sell.

Nice couple.

[ColetteG]

And why are we advertising their home for sale, exactly?

[uptonogood]

because as opposed to kenny chesney, they don't suck. plus, the dude gave us x-files. i see nothing wrong with this.

/slightly biased.

[mphalen]

The dude also gave us Californication. I hope this doesn't mean that the show is over. I can't wait for the X-Files movie.

[Checquoline]

That's what I wondered. How old is the roof and is there a dishwasher? Carpeting or hard wood? I need to know these things before I waste my valuable time looking at it.

[martinchill]

the house was built in '96, so the roof is likely 12 years old.

there's a two-room living quarters over the garage for the dishwasher to stay in.

[freefuzz]

you are in the "entertainment" section, that's why.

[blindhog]

Isn't Tea the actress that appeared in the disaster film in which a giant wave killed her and her father and everything on or near the beach?