When Carole moved to Hollywood in late 1936 she moved into the Bronsonia apartments located at 1933 Bronson Avenue in Los Angeles. She later said the building was in an "unfashionable" part of town. Her modest one bedroom apartment cost $45 a month. Carole invited her recently divorced mother Clara to move in with her. Clara said "We lived simple, economically in the Bronsonia apartments, a homey apartment house. I cooked, kept the apartment pleasant and welcoming for her and her friends."
From 1940 until 1942 she rented a house at 12424 Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills. Carole shared the ten room home with her mother Clara and their many dogs. Her bedroom had a private dressing room and two large bearskin rugs. She also had a bomb shelter built under the cellar. The house was owned by Edna May Oliver who had put bars on all the windows. Carole said "I didn’t put them there. I like people coming in. Miss Oliver put them there." In 2018 this house was sold for $2.8 million
In February of 1942 she bought an oceanfront home located at 703 Palisades Beach Road in Santa Monica. Carole had always wanted to live on the beach. The house was decorated with Spanish and Asian styles. One room was designed to look like a ship's cabin. Her bedroom had a terrace that overlooked the ocean. Every weekend she and her mother hosted a party at the house for soldiers. In 2004 this home was sold for $4.6 million.
In December of 1943 she and her husband Tommy Wallace moved to the Sunset Plaza apartments located at 1220 Sunset Plaza Drive in Los Angeles. Carole's close friend Don Loper decorated the apartment with silk curtains and bright colors. Their neighbors included and bandleader Tommy Dorsey and Carole's ex-husband Willis Hunt. When she moved out in 1945 she sold all of the furniture at an auction. The apartment building was torn down in the 1980s.
In September of 1945 Carole rented a home at 621 N. Hillcrest Road in Beverly Hills. The 4200 square foot house had three bedrooms, a pool, and a barbeque. It was owned by violinist Jan Rubini. She only spent five months living here. In 2007 the house was sold for $3.8 million.
In February of 1947 Carole and her husband Horace Schmidlapp paid $100,000 for a home located at 1465 Capri Drive in Pacific Palisades. The thirteen room mansion had a large yard and a swimming pool. Carole decorated the house with bright colors and had her own dark room where she could develop photos. While she was working in England she leased the house to millionaire Bob Topping. She put the house up for sale during the summer of 1948. Tragically Carole was found dead in an upstairs bathroom on July 5, 1948.
Carole also lived at:
4152 Park Boulevard in San Diego (1921-1923)
175 Bryant Street in San Bernardino (1923-1935)
755 Park Avenue in Manhattan (1945)