Naya Rivera’s Los Angeles home sells for $2.7M after just NINE days on the market

Late Glee star Naya Rivera’s Los Angeles home has sold after just nine days on the market.

The four-bedroom, three-bathroom home in LA’s Los Feliz neighborhood went for the asking price of $2.695million, according to the New York Post

This was the home Rivera was living in with son Josey, five, when she drowned during a boating accident at California‘s Lake Piru on July 8, 2020. Her body was found five days later. She was 33-years-old.

Sold: Late Glee star Naya Rivera’s Los Angeles home has sold for $2.7million after only nine days on the market. She’s seen with son Josey in 2019

Welcome: The front door of River's home, which is surrounded by a fence for privacy and has luscious landscaping around it

Welcome: The front door of River’s home, which is surrounded by a fence for privacy and has luscious landscaping around it

Refresh: The home was recently renovated and features an Italian Carrara marble kitchen, complete with a built-in, hidden, over-sized Bosch fridge and professional Bertazzoni range

Refresh: The home was recently renovated and features an Italian Carrara marble kitchen, complete with a built-in, hidden, over-sized Bosch fridge and professional Bertazzoni range

Roomy: There are four bedrooms and three full bathrooms in the home. One of the bedrooms on the second floor of the home

Roomy: There are four bedrooms and three full bathrooms in the home. One of the bedrooms on the second floor of the home

Work space: The home has a office/bedroom on the lower level and is a smart house wired with a Sonos sound system

Work space: The home has a office/bedroom on the lower level and is a smart house wired with a Sonos sound system

Handsome: The home features wide, oak floors. The living room features a fireplace and vintage sconces decorating the walls

Handsome: The home features wide, oak floors. The living room features a fireplace and vintage sconces decorating the walls

She spent $2.6million to buy the 5,536-square-foot house in 2018 and it’s now on the market for $2.695million, TMZ reported.  

The two-story house was reported to have been recently renovated and features lush wide, natural white oak hardwood floors and an Italian Carrara marble kitchen, complete with a built-in, hidden, over-sized Bosch fridge and professional Bertazzoni range.  

The kitchen is also said to feature custom cabinets and antique, smoked-glass pantry, and opens up to the home’s family room, where there are two bay windows with views of the property’s luscious landscaping. 

The living room, being described by listing agent Keller Williams Realty Calabasas as ‘French classic,’ includes a fireplace and is dotted with vintage, gold-leaf sconces.   

On the second floor are two bedrooms that share a restored, ‘Jack and Jill’ vintage bath, plus a master suite. laundry room and oversized patio. 

Backyard: The rear view of the house, built in 1935, showcases a built-in BBQ area and a newly-installed lap pool and a patio

Backyard: The rear view of the house, built in 1935, showcases a built-in BBQ area and a newly-installed lap pool and a patio

Home: The four-bedroom, three-bathroom home in Los Angeles' Los Feliz neighborhood is where Rivera had lived with Josey

Home: The four-bedroom, three-bathroom home in Los Angeles’ Los Feliz neighborhood is where Rivera had lived with Josey

Cozy: A family room has bay windows and is accessible directly through the kitchen. The house is in the Los Feliz neighborhood

Cozy: A family room has bay windows and is accessible directly through the kitchen. The house is in the Los Feliz neighborhood

Classy: A look at the kitchen which has marble counters, a professional oven range and other high-end finishing touches

Classy: A look at the kitchen which has marble counters, a professional oven range and other high-end finishing touches

Chic: The master bathroom has a modern, freestanding farmhouse bathtub and a shower stall. It is connected to a bedroom

Chic: The master bathroom has a modern, freestanding farmhouse bathtub and a shower stall. It is connected to a bedroom

Fit for a king: The master bedroom leads to a master bathroom and a walk-in closet. There are four other bedrooms in the house

Fit for a king: The master bedroom leads to a master bathroom and a walk-in closet. There are four other bedrooms in the house

The master suite, which would likely have been Rivera’s room, has architectural ceilings, as well as a spacious walk-in closet and a private bathroom with a modern, freestanding farmhouse master bath and shower stall. 

There’s also a downstairs bedroom/office, which is connected to a bathroom that has been kitted out high-end finishes, including handmade Clé tile and ceiling wallpaper.   

Outside the home, which is fenced off for privacy, the new lap pool and built-in BBQ are surrounded by landscaping, while a large driveway leads to a two-car garage. 

The house, built in 1935, was put on the market about six months after Rivera’s unexpected death.  

Rivera, who played Santana during all six seasons of Glee, is thought to have drowned while she was swimming with her son Josey at Lake Piru. It’s believed that Rivera had jumped into the water to help Josey back onto their small rental pontoon boat, but been unable to get back onboard herself. 

Josey, who was four years old at the time, was found sleeping and alone in the boat as it drifted that afternoon, with no sign of his mother. 

The child is living with his father and guardian, Rivera’s ex-husband, Ryan Dorsey.  

In November 2020, Dorsey and Rivera’s estate have filed a wrongful death suit on behalf of Josey against the Ventura County and managers of Lake Piru, claiming that negligence had been involved in her death because the boat lacked a safely accessible ladder, radio, rope, anchor or other equipment to keep swimmers from being separated from it, the AP reported. 

Well decorated: The living room (pictured) features vintage sconces. The family room, off the kitchen, is seen through the entryway

Well decorated: The living room (pictured) features vintage sconces. The family room, off the kitchen, is seen through the entryway

Sunshine: Outside the home is a newly installed lap pool and build-in BBQ area. It also has a two-car garage and long driveway

Sunshine: Outside the home is a newly installed lap pool and build-in BBQ area. It also has a two-car garage and long driveway

The Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office released confirmed her death as being an accident.  

‘The autopsy findings are consistent with a drowning and the condition of the body is consistent with the time that she was submerged,’ the report stated

‘No traumatic injuries or disease processes were identified at autopsy. There is no indication from the investigation or examination that drugs or alcohol played a role in the decedent’s death, but specimens will be submitted for toxicology testing,’ it added.

Glee costar Cory Monteith died in 2013 – exactly seven years to the day before Rivera’s body was identified – from a toxic mix of alcohol and heroin.

Rivera’s ex-boyfriend Mark Salling, who played a jock on the series, killed himself in 2018 after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. Rivera and Salling dated for three years and broke up in 2010.

In the preface to her autobiography, Rivera wrote that motherhood had changed her life and given it perspective. She said she was braver, too.

‘Your life doesn’t have to be perfect for you to be proud. In fact, I think it´s the opposite: the more imperfect your life has been, the prouder you should be, because it means you’ve come that much further, and also probably had a lot more fun along the way.’