When your career is built on creating immersive worlds for film and television, it stands to reason your own home would reflect the same sense of fantasy and meticulous attention to detail.
That is certainly the case for filmmaker David Ayer, who spent more than a decade transforming a hillside residence in L. A.’s Silver Lake neighborhood into a richly layered showcase of artisan craftsmanship and one-of-a-kind architectural details fashioned from salvaged materials gathered from around the world.
A carved wood gate opens to a driveway paved with bricks from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, while inside, original pine floors in the dining room were removed, re-milled, and re-laid on the diagonal. Vibrant Moroccan and Spanish tiles appear throughout the property, including rare California racing-track patterns. Among the antique and custom light fixtures are chandeliers from an old Beverly Hills estate, and the custom stained-glass windows make use of material sourced from historic buildings in Poland and Germany.
Ayer, who bought the three-bedroom, two-bath home—with a detached studio—for $1.15 million in 2014, told the New York Post that the house has been a source of inspiration, citing details like the “rainbows of light in the morning from the stain glass” and the terracotta lions in the garden among his favorite elements. The property is now available for just under $3 million with Juliette Hohnen of Douglas Elliman and Erica DeBear of the Rise Group at Real Brokerage.
The upper floor opens to a living room with a fireplace framed by a massive, hand-hewn wood mantelpiece, along with a nearly 30-foot dining room that flows into the kitchen, where a large island and a vintage range serve as focal points. Also on this level are a bedroom, an elaborately tiled bathroom, and a spacious covered patio with sweeping neighborhood views. The lower level includes a second fireside lounge, a combined den and office, two additional bedrooms, and a bathroom featuring black tiles dating to the 1930s.
Taking advantage of the hillside setting, a utility basement and a rock-lined porch are tucked beneath the main house, opposite a detached two-car garage that has been converted to living space. A staircase beside the garage descends under a canopy of bougainvillea to a studio-style guest suite clad in a mélange of patterned tiles and complete with a kitchen and bath. Just outside are a tiled patio and a tea house.
Ayer, known for making gritty films that often use Los Angeles as a backdrop, has written, directed and produced a number of action-driven projects, including Fury , End of Watch , and Suicide Squad . He also wrote the screenplay for Training Day , which won Denzel Washington an Oscar. His recent projects include The Beekeeper (2024) and A Working Man (2025), both starring Jason Statham.
See more photos of the L.A. home here.
Photos: Kelley Gallagher; David Ayer portrait: Lia Toby/Getty Images
