The couple removed and replaced the home's parabola-shaped roof, stripped away dozens of layers of paint, ripped out a prior owner's black Formica bathroom, reverted the master bedroom to Mr. Lautner's original floor plan and redid a guest bedroom.

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At the end of 2008, Mr. Marks, chairman of Los Angeles-based Oaktree Capital Management, and his wife Nancy completed a seven-year renovation of the property with Michael Smith, the designer who redid the White House Oval Office a few years ago, according to someone familiar with the designer.

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"If we only redid the sanctuary, it would have been a beautifully restored building that was empty most of the time, instead of a dilapidated building that was empty most of the time, " he said.

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They also redid the lower level of the home to include a billiard room, au pair suite and media room.

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During a later renovation, the couple finished the basement, redid the free-form pool in the back and updated some of the bathrooms.

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At the time that we went in and redid it the second time early this year, the expectation was there was about a 40 percent probability that we might have to go back in and do that again.

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Take That bowed out with a cover of How Deep Is Your Love, Boyzone covered Words, Steps redid Tragedy for the under-10s and recent PopStars - The Rivals boy group One True Voice covered Sacred Trust.

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