Hugh Hefner and his wife, Kimberley, have listed their personal residence, next door to the Playboy mansion in L.A.'s Holmby Hills section, for sale at $27,995,000. It's a mini-me to the adjacent party palace, a sister house, if you will.

The two-story 7,300-square-foot English Manor-style home was built in 1929, and bought by the Hefners in 1998. It sits behind private gates on 2.3 acres and has some of the original wood paneling, leaded-glass windows and a hand-carved staircase. There are hand-painted walls, a newly remodeled kitchen with a morning room and butler's pantry, two staff rooms, formal living and dining rooms, a library and family room. It has five bedrooms and seven bathrooms.

The grounds back up to Los Angeles Country Club and include a pool. There is room for a tennis court, which would provide the new owner with plenty of excuses to visit next door when a ball errantly finds its way over the wall.

The home was designed by Arthur R. Kelly for the sister of Arthur Letts Jr., the original owner of the Playboy mansion. The Hefners are selling the home because their two sons will soon head to college.

Hugh Hefner, 82, is the founder of Playboy Enterprises. Kimberley Hefner was Playboy's Playmate of the Month in January 1988 and Playmate of the Year in 1989.

Ruben Blades - Grammy-winning singer, actor, politician, lawyer and tourism minister of Panama - just added one more cap: home-seller wannabe.

He listed his home in the Windsor Square section of Los Angeles for sale at $2.65 million. The property has five bedrooms and 4 1/2 bathrooms in 3,743 square feet.

The master bedroom suite has three closets, and the living room has a fireplace. French doors in the den/family room lead to a vine-covered porch and patio dining area with a barbecue and fire pit. There is a stained-glass window in the dining room and a large eat-in kitchen. The home has dark hardwood floors.

Blades, 60, ran for the Panamanian presidency in 1994 - unsuccessfully.

He has appeared in dozens of feature films, including "The Milagro Beanfield War" in 1988.

Music executive Randy Spendlove and his wife, model Alecia Guzman, have listed their Beverly Hills home at $4,395,000.

The Mediterranean-style estate, located in a guard-gated community, has six bedrooms and five bathrooms in 5,622 square feet.

The master bedroom has an attached gym. There is a wood-paneled library, a large family room and a two-story entry. The gourmet kitchen has a breakfast nook. The outdoor entertainment area includes a pool, grassy yard, and a cabana with a wood-burning fireplace and barbecue.

Spendlove, the president of music for Paramount Pictures, won a Grammy for the soundtrack to "Chicago." He previously was head of music for Miramax and worked for A&M; Records.

More recently, he worked on the music for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and Steven Spielberg's "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."

Guzman has appeared in ads for Old Navy and Clairol Herbal Essence shampoo.

This article appeared on page P - 3 of the San Francisco Chronicle