The Live/Work Townhouse Where Actors Record Their Voices Is for Sale

Oliver and Katia Lief wanted a place to raise a family when they bought their townhouse in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, in 1996, but they were a little concerned about affording the mortgage. So early on, they rented out the building, which was divided into three units, before eventually moving in.

“We then took two of the apartments and combined them and rented out the first floor,” Mr. Lief said. “As our careers grew, we decided to go without a tenant — and it worked.”

A gated carport at the front of the property can fit two vehicles.Credit…Russ Ross – Corcoran Group

They paid $340,700 for the brick building, at 67 Dean Street, and later added on two levels, which became not just their family home but also their work space. Ms. Lief writes popular crime novels from an office on the top floor, and Mr. Lief, an Emmy Award-winning film and TV editor, runs the postproduction studio Blue Table Post there, working with a host of celebrities. (Meryl Streep recorded the voice-overs for Michelle Obama’s “We Will Rise” documentary at the studio.)

But with their son and daughter out of the house, they’re now ready for a change. The revamped home/work space, with its terraced garden, rooftop deck and a two-vehicle, gated carport, is back on the market. The asking price is $9.75 million, according to Judith Lief of the Corcoran Group, the couple’s broker and their sister-in-law. Annual property taxes are $21,768.