Where Does Zendaya Live? Inside Her $4M Encino Ranch and the First Home She Bought at 20.

No glossy magazine spread announced this Zendaya house in Encino, which says plenty already. Back in 2019 she bought it quietly, then let the property records do the talking instead. I keep coming back to that restraint, because honestly it runs through every home she has bought since then.

Behind gates, at the end of a long Encino driveway, the main house sits out of sight. There is no gold gate here, and nobody is trying to impress strangers driving past.

About $4 million bought the ranch, which sounds modest once you price Los Angeles land. Oakland raised her, Disney Channel spotted her at thirteen, and fame has simply been her job since. So this tour starts with Encino, then works back through her earlier homes in turn. It is also the latest stop on our tour of celebrity homes.

The Ranch in Plain Numbers

The setting is Encino, Los Angeles, behind gates on a private plot. Property reports put the 2019 price at about $4 million, and I have seen no better figure.

Roughly 3.7 acres make up the land, while the main house covers more than 5,000 square feet. Built in 1939, it holds six bedrooms and seven bathrooms, which is generous without feeling showy. A two-bedroom guest house stands nearby, next to a pool with a built-in spa.

• 2019 price: about $4 million bought the Encino ranch property.
• Land: roughly 3.7 acres sit behind private gates in Encino.
• Main house: more than 5,000 square feet, built in 1939.
• Rooms: six bedrooms and seven bathrooms fill the main house.
• Extras: a two-bedroom guest house, pool spa and private hiking trails.

Across the grounds run private hiking trails, a rare luxury inside a major city like this. Years back she listed the ranch for rent at about $12,900 a month, then quietly withdrew it.

Who Is Zendaya? From Oakland Kid to Hollywood’s Quiet Power

Before any house talk, the story itself starts in Oakland, back in 1996. Acting came first as a child, theater came next, and Disney Channel signed her at thirteen. Shake It Up turned her into a teen star, while Euphoria later earned her two Emmy Awards.

Spider-Man and Dune then carried her worldwide, film by film. Through it all she kept a calm public style, and her homes mirror that same calm. Her full career story runs long, and you can read it in detail on her Wikipedia page.

Encino: Chosen for Quiet, Not for Show

Stars go to some neighborhoods to be seen, but Encino is not one of those places. Here they come to disappear a little, tucked behind hedges, gates, and very old trees.

With her face on billboards in dozens of countries, that kind of calm is worth real money. Home, as far as I can tell, means ordinary days, sleeping late, and walking the dog. The ranch gives her exactly that life, while keeping the studios close enough for work.

Land drives the whole decision, since almost four acres in central Los Angeles rarely reach the market. You can always rebuild a house, but land on this scale simply is not made anymore. At the end of a long driveway, behind gates and a circular motor court, the ranch hides.

Guests arrive, the gate closes behind them, and the city vanishes behind the trees. If that quiet version of stardom appeals to you, tour the Evan Peters house next.

Inside the Zendaya House: Old Bones, Warm Rooms

Built in 1939, the ranch kept its old soul through every remodel since then. Hardwood floors run through the main rooms, while plain white walls let sunlight do the decorating. Center stage goes to a wide arched fireplace in the living room, the kind guests actually sit beside.

Several rooms have fireplaces, which sounds like a funny luxury in sunny California until January. Big and open, the kitchen pairs granite counters with wide doors onto the back patio.

Cooking there brings fresh air and garden smells, with the patio waiting just outside the door. After fourteen hours on set, the main bedroom’s built-in soaking tub must feel like a small mercy. Nothing inside screams for attention, which strikes me as deliberate rather than accidental.

Clean marble and simple lines shape the bathrooms, while bedrooms lean on soft colors and blackout curtains. Sleep, not show, is what these rooms are built for, and designers call that quiet luxury.

Out Back: Trails, a Pool, and Room to Breathe

Outside, the ranch simply keeps going, with lawns rolling out in every single direction. On a stone patio sits the pool, with a spa tucked neatly into one edge of it.

Then comes my favorite detail, because this ranch actually has its own private hiking trails. Real trails cross her own land, inside Los Angeles, perfect for a morning walk with the dog. She basically owns a small park, and visitors get their own space in the guest house.

Close without crowding: that is what the two-bedroom guest house offers her family, in my view. Evenings win me over most, when the lawns cool down and the pool light finally comes on.

At Twenty, a Staircase She Called Cinderella

Rewind to 2016, when a twenty-year-old fresh from Disney did something most renters only dream about. She bought her first home in Northridge for $1.4 million, while most twenty-year-olds argued with landlords. Instead of rent receipts she signed property papers, for a Mediterranean house of about 4,155 square feet.

The house offered five bedrooms, five bathrooms, a chef’s kitchen, and marble counters throughout. Out back waited a pool and spa, yet the entry stole the show. A sweeping curved staircase filled that entry, like a set piece lifted straight from some old film.

She called it her Cinderella moment, a Disney kid standing in her own castle entry at twenty. Every Zendaya house since has told that same story, only with a bigger font each time.

Brooklyn: Glass, a River View, No Lobby Chat

Fans argue over which home counts as main, but Encino wins on paper for me. Why stop at one coast, though, when work keeps pulling her east every year? At Quay Tower in Brooklyn she bought a condo for about $4.9 million, glass and all.

Three bedrooms sit behind walls of glass there, facing the East River at sunset. A private elevator opens straight into her home, so no lobby small talk is ever required.

London: Richmond, Rain, and Dog Walks

London came next, where she and Tom Holland reportedly bought a house together in Richmond. The reported price was about £3 million, near his family.

That choice says plenty about the life they want, with cameras off and days left unhurried. Reports say a fresh kitchen and calmer colors followed the purchase. Security improved too, but nothing flashy appeared, and the pattern stayed consistent.

Warmer and harder to peek into: that is how every home she touches ends up, somehow. Her homes now span three time zones, yet one taste runs through them all.

Where Does Zendaya Live Now? The Question Every Fan Asks

Type her name into Google and this question pops up first, above all the others. The clear answer is the Encino ranch in Los Angeles, her main home base.

Work pulls her east, and the Brooklyn condo waits for those trips. In the United Kingdom, the Richmond house with Tom Holland serves exactly that same purpose too. Three homes, three time zones, one rule, and it never changes.

Whichever house she occupies stays private, a home first and a headline never, thankfully. The same quiet pattern shows in the Theo James house, where privacy also comes first.

What Readers Still Ask About Her Homes

Living Where Most of the Time?

Most of the year she lives at the Encino ranch in Los Angeles, plain and simple. Brooklyn and Richmond step in only when work drags her to those cities instead.

Encino Ranch: What Did It Cost?

Property reports put the 2019 ranch price at about $4 million, nothing more exotic. That sum bought roughly 3.7 acres, a 1939 main house, and a guest house beside it. It also bought more peace than money usually buys in Los Angeles at that price.

A House at Twenty, Really?

Yes, at twenty she bought the Northridge home in 2016 for $1.4 million, believe it or not. Her favorite part was the curved staircase in the entry, and I get why, honestly. She has kept it ever since, and it remains her first property purchase today.

Rent the Ranch? Not Anymore

Right now it is a private home, not a rental property of any kind whatsoever. Once, years ago, it was offered for rent at about $12,900 a month, then taken off. Today there are no tours, no bookings, and no exceptions for curious visitors at all.

How Many Homes in Total?

Four homes are widely reported, starting with Northridge in 2016 and the Encino ranch. Brooklyn and Richmond in London complete the list as it stands today, more or less. For someone worth around $30 million, that list stays sensible, with no island or castle.

The Wish List That Gives Her Away

Nobody expected this detail, because the richest part of a Zendaya house is not marble. Glass does not top the list either, nor does the size of the land behind the gate. What tops it is how normal the wish list looks: fireplaces, a deep tub, dog trails.

Family stays close without living on top of her, thanks to that guest house, and that matters most. The timeline tells it: first house at twenty, ranch at 23, Brooklyn at 24.

Luck did not build that pattern, and patterns like this usually start at home, I think. Oakland raised her, and Oakland clearly taught her well, year after patient year. Plenty of stars buy houses to prove something to the world outside their gates. The Miley Cyrus house in Beverly Hills sits at the glamorous end of that scale, by contrast.

Zendaya, by contrast, seems to buy houses to rest in, and maybe that is the real flex. Outside the fence the whole noisy world stays politely put, while she lives inside it.