One of California’s most interesting properties, the longtime Palm Springs home of Suzanne Somers, is for sale at $12.9 million. Modeled after L’Oustau de Baumanière in France, Suzanne and her TV-game-show-husband, Alan Hamel, lived in the home from the 1970s until they sold it in 2021.
Set into the side of a craggy mountainside above the valley in Mesa Canyon, Suzanne and Alan did much of the home’s design work with ideas from their world travels and their use of contrasts. Crystal chandeliers twinkling against natural rock and reclaimed wood . . . rough against smooth, soft against hard . . . all in perfect balance. To add even more intrigue, access is via a private funicular up a hillside of stone steps.
Suzanne has been one of America’s favorite celebrities since 1973 as the “Blonde in the white Thunderbird” in American Graffiti. A combination of the girl next door, a sexy blond bombshell, and a successful businesswoman, Suzanne has been a whirlwind since her first big role as the ditzy, Chrissy Snow, on Three’s Company, and then as the motherly entrepreneur, Carol Lambert, on Step by Step. In between, her life included Playboy pictorials, spokeswoman for Thighmaster, breast cancer survivor, and her popular line of healthcare products. Suzanne and Alan have been married since 1977.
The listing agent is Scott Lyle from Compass. Photos are by Kelly Peak.
