Lifestyle Home Real Estate WATCH: Jane Fonda Sells Beverly Hills Home She Shared with Ex Richard Perry for $8.5 Million See inside the actress and activist's unique Los Angeles property - complete with a glass elevator By Mackenzie Schmidt Mackenzie Schmidt Mackenzie Schmidt is the Home and Travel Editor for PEOPLE. She's worked at PEOPLE for over five years as a writer and editor on the Lifestyle team. People Editorial Guidelines Updated on January 19, 2018 02:56PM EST Jane Fonda – Carla Ridge 90210 from Carlo Alberto Orecchia on Vimeo. Jane Fonda, 80, has sold her impressive modernist home in Beverly Hills' Trousdale Estates neighborhood for nearly four and a half million dollars below her asking price. The property was listed for sale for $13 million in January 2017, just days before the actress announced her split from music producer Richard Perry, 74. The closing price was just $8.535 million, according to Trulia. The property was co-listed by Jade Mills, Valerie Fitzgerald, and David Frank of Coldwell Banker Previews International. Despite having only lived there for five years — the couple paid $7.3 million for it in 2012, per Trulia — Fonda demonstrated her emotional connection to the property and shared her favorite elements in a theatrical video created for the listing. PHOTOS: Take a Peek Inside the Obama Family's Post-Presidency Home Coldwell Banker Previews International "Richard and I must have looked at more than 30 houses, and the day we pulled in through the gate . . . I took one look at the house and I knew; I just knew," she says of their first visit to the 4-bedroom, 6.5-bath residence. The view captured Fonda's eye first: "All these windows that look out over a valley, over the hills . . . the real surface of the California that I grew up with in the late '30s and early '40s. . . I didn't want to seem too enthusiastic, but I knew this was a place where we could live very happily." Coldwell Banker Previews International Her favorite spaces in the 7,100-square-foot spread include the window-filled kitchen, the woman's master bathroom (Perry has his own), her treehouse-like office and the room-size walk-in closet. "This is the first time in my 79 years that I have had a closet that you could walk in and see everything that you have," she says. The standout feature to visitors, however, is certainly the all-glass elevator, which she says is "like a gem." Hockey Legend Wayne Gretzky Sells Los Angeles Mansion for $6 Million Coldwell Banker Previews International Fonda has had many guests in her time here: "It's a great house for parties. I had my 75th birthday here. There were about 150 and we could have had another 50," she says. A media room, music studio, wet bar, and gym round out the amenities. Outside, the solar-heated pool is the centerpiece of a large terrace extending out over the edge of a cliff that also includes a fire pit and seating and dining areas. "At night when we have parties, it looks so beautiful when it's lit up. Occasionally, we also go swimming," she adds with a chuckle.