Miles Teller built one of the more interesting real estate portfolios in Hollywood — moving from a carefully curated Spanish-style home in Studio City to a $7.5 million Cape Cod estate in Pacific Palisades, only to lose that second home in the devastating Los Angeles wildfires of January 2026. This article covers both properties in detail: what they looked like, what they cost, and what happened to them.
The Studio City Home: Where It All Started
Before Teller became a household name through Top Gun: Maverick, he and his wife Keleigh Sperry were already living well in Studio City. In 2016, the couple purchased a newly built home for approximately $3 million — a figure that would later seem like a bargain.
Size, Style, and Layout
The Studio City property is a Modern Spanish-style home spanning just over 5,500 square feet across two floors, with five bedrooms and seven bathrooms. The architecture blends contemporary lines with traditional Spanish elements — think wooden-beamed ceilings, warm natural tones, and open archways connecting the living spaces.
Inside, the ground floor flows openly between the main living area and the kitchen. The chef’s kitchen features Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances, custom cabinetry, a large island, a breakfast nook, and a butler’s pantry. Floors throughout the home are hardwood, with tiled bathrooms as the only exception.
Several rooms carry a distinctly relaxed sophistication — not flashy, but clearly considered. A formal dining room includes floor-to-ceiling wine storage. A home theater with tiered leather seating and a dedicated home office round out the interior.
The primary suite sits upstairs, offering a private balcony, a large walk-in closet, and a spa bathroom with a soaking tub and standalone shower. Three additional ensuite bedrooms occupy the upper floor as well.
The Outdoor Setup
Outside, the property sits on just over a quarter-acre lot surrounded by mature hedges and a wooden security gate. The backyard features a swimming pool with a spa and baja shelf, a cabana with a fireplace and television, a barbecue area, and manicured landscaping.
It is, by any measure, a well-equipped home. But for the Tellers, it eventually became the wrong size for the next chapter of their lives.
A Burglary and a Listing
In early 2023, the couple’s Studio City home was broken into while they were traveling abroad. The incident, which was widely reported, likely added weight to their decision to move on. By mid-2023, the property was listed at $5.75 million — nearly double what they had paid seven years earlier. The home ultimately sold for $4.7 million in 2023.
The Pacific Palisades Home: A $7.5 Million Upgrade
In early 2023, before listing Studio City, Teller and Keleigh made their move to the Pacific Palisades — one of Los Angeles’s most desirable coastal neighborhoods. They paid $7.5 million for a Cape Cod-style home located between Palisades’ Via Bluffs and Village, built in 2015.
Architecture and First Impressions
Where the Studio City home leaned Spanish and warm, the Pacific Palisades property went in a completely different direction. The house features white shingled walls, dark hardwood floors, and high coffered ceilings. A driveway leads to an attached two-car garage, and the overall look has that clean, East Coast traditional feel that the Cape Cod style is known for.
At 6,622 square feet spread across three floors, it is notably larger than the Studio City home — though the lot itself is actually smaller, at roughly 0.19 acres.
Interior Features Floor by Floor
The main level includes a formal living room with a fireplace and glass doors opening to a covered terrace, a formal dining room with wainscoted walls and a see-through wine closet, a family room connecting to the gourmet kitchen, and a guest bedroom with a bath.
The kitchen and family room connection is a deliberate design choice — it makes the main floor feel social and open rather than compartmentalized. The home also features a gym, a movie theater, and multiple family rooms designed for everyday use.
Upstairs, a custom staircase leads to four ensuite bedrooms, including a primary suite with a private ocean-view balcony, a walk-in closet, and a marble-tiled bathroom with dual vanities, a soaking tub, and a steam shower.
Views and Outdoor Space
One of the clearest advantages this home has over its Studio City predecessor is the setting. The property’s location offers views of the Pacific Ocean, the surrounding hills, and glimpses of the Santa Monica Mountains. A rooftop deck and main-level balcony both take advantage of those sightlines.
The backyard, while not as sprawling as the Studio City lot, includes green spaces with potential for further development.
What the Move Said About Teller’s Priorities
Comparing the two homes reveals a clear progression. The Studio City home was warmer, more casual, and designed around entertainment — a wine cellar, a theater, a pool cabana. The Pacific Palisades property traded some of that for a more refined, East Coast-influenced aesthetic and a location with genuine ocean views. The size bump from 5,500 to 6,622 square feet is real, but the bigger shift was the neighborhood itself.
Pacific Palisades carries a different kind of prestige in LA real estate — quieter, more residential, with less of the commercial energy of Studio City. For a couple moving from their late twenties into their thirties, that trade-off makes sense.
The 2026 Wildfires: The Pacific Palisades Home Is Lost
In January 2026, the Palisades Fire tore through the Pacific Palisades neighborhood with wind gusts exceeding 100 miles per hour, destroying thousands of structures. The fire left over 10,000 structures destroyed, with more than 180,000 people under evacuation orders.
The Tellers’ $7.5 million home was among the casualties.
Keleigh Teller’s Instagram Post
On January 9, 2026, Keleigh shared what she described as the last photo she took of the home — captured through a car window as the couple evacuated. The white house was still standing, smoke filling the sky behind it. A subsequent photo showed the property reduced to ash.
“Snapped this driving out,” she wrote. “I wish I grabbed my wedding dress… wish I did a lot different but it doesn’t matter, stay safe, get out.”
She also posted a side-by-side comparison of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood before and after the fire, and concluded her post with a message of community solidarity: “Pacific Palisades, I love you beyond measure — we will come back stronger than ever.”
Miles Teller Speaks Out
In an interview with E! News, Teller described the grief as coming “in waves.” “When everything goes and you have each other, it’s very emotional,” he said. “You lose your home, you’re part of a club nobody wants to be a part of.”
He also noted the support he and Keleigh had received — friends offering their homes, others reaching out with personal gestures. Many celebrities lost homes in the same fires, including Mandy Moore, Jeff Bridges, Billy Crystal, and Anna Faris.
Miles Teller’s Real Estate Timeline at a Glance
- 2016 — Purchases Studio City home for approximately $3 million
- Early 2023 — Purchases Pacific Palisades home for $7.5 million
- Mid-2023 — Lists Studio City home at $5.75 million; sells for $4.7 million
- January 2026 — Pacific Palisades home destroyed in the Palisades Fire
Conclusion
Miles Teller’s real estate story covers two distinct phases. The Studio City home was a well-chosen first step — stylish, practical, and eventually profitable. The Pacific Palisades property represented a meaningful upgrade in both price and ambition, combining refined architecture with views few homes in Los Angeles can match.
The loss of that home in the 2026 wildfires is the kind of event that resets a person’s relationship with property entirely. As Teller himself put it, it is not immediate relief — it is grief, in waves. What comes next for him and Keleigh in terms of where they choose to live remains to be seen, but the chapter they built in Pacific Palisades, however brief, was by any measure a remarkable one.