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Hot Property: Engaged stars Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry get their households in order

LOS ANGELES - Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry are changing up their living situations with wedding bells on the horizon.

Bloom put his Beverly Hills bachelor pad on the market for a dollar shy of $9 million, while Perry has sold her Hollywood Hills compound to restaurateur Michael Chow for a little over $12.7 million.

For Bloom, the listing comes after the "Lord of the Rings" actor finished a remodel of the home. The renovation involved the addition of a zero-edge swimming pool and the Ipe wood decking that now surrounds it. The kitchen was also reconfigured so that it opens to the dining room, according to listing agent Jason Oppenheim of the Oppenheim Group.

Built in the 1960s, the single-story home keeps the eyes moving with brilliant white walls and custom LED accent lighting. A living room with sunken conversation pit is at the

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