2089 Sunset Plaza Drive Los Angeles, CA 90069 Asking Price: $3,200,000 Legendary mid-century architect Richard Banta designed this incredible house for himself on a 45-degree slope in the hills on Sunset Plaza Drive. The currently two bedroom home features Banta’s signature pleated roof. The house’s iconic red zigzagging V-shaped steel stilts supports the home precarious…
When is the Best Month to List Your Home in Los Angeles?
As we enter the cooler fall and winter months in Los Angeles, general real estate wisdom claims the market slows down a bit before picking up again during the next year’s spring. That may have been true at one point, but with Los Angeles’s real estate market more competitiv than ever, it seems potential home…
Bohemian Chic California Bungalow – 1888 Echo Park Avenue
1888 Echo Park Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90026 Asking Price: $1,380,000 3 beds / 2 baths Up the street from Cookbook, and set behind privacy gates, 1888 Echo Park Avenue is a truly special California bungalow. This roomy 3 bedroom home sits on a large 7500 square foot flat lot. And I’m told the backyard…
The Secret Staircases of Los Feliz’s Franklin Hills
One of the absolute best parts about living in Franklin Hills is our secret stairways. Homeowners take pride in these steps and we like that they are open to all. Often you might see your neighbors trekking the stairwells in the early mornings or later on in the evenings, getting a little exercise and their…
Franklin Hills Mid-Century Modern Post & Beam – 2358 Lyric Avenue
2358 Lyric AvenueLos Angeles, CA 90027 Asking Price: $1,398,000 4 bedrooms / 2.5 bathrooms I am absolutely thrilled to show you my latest listing in the Franklin Hills neighborhood of Los Feliz. This is my neighborhood and I can’t wait for a lucky buyer to make it ours. This is the quintessential mid-century modern home…
California Bungalow in the Heart of Los Feliz – 4617 Welch Place
4617 Welch Place Los Angeles, CA 90027 Asking Price: $1,099,000 2 bedrooms / 1 bathrooms On an amazing sleepy street in Los Feliz Village, between Hillhurst and Vermont and above Franklin, sits this charming California bungalow. Even though the style is bungalow and the home was built in 1915 it sort of has a mid-century…
Updated Spanish-Style Family Home in Silver Lake – 2117 Redrock Court
2117 Redrock Court Los Angeles, CA 90039 Listing Price: $2,599,000 4 bedrooms / 4.5 bathrooms “Redrock Court” may not be familiar to even those of you who live, walk, and drive in Silver Lake. It’s a tiny cul-de-sac street in the hills west of the reservoir. Blink and you’d miss it. 2117 Redrock Court is one of less…
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Legendary Ennis House – 2607 Glendower
2607 Glendower Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027 Asking Price: $23,000,000 3 bedrooms / 3.5 bathrooms Frank Lloyd Wright’s legendary Ennis House has hit the market. And, yeah, I get it, it may be just a bit out of your price range at a cool $23 million dollars, but when a home as iconic and as breathtaking as…
Sunset Junction Silver Lake Craftsman – 1307 Lucile Avenue
1307 Lucile Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90026 Asking Price: $1,699,000 3 bedrooms / 2 bathrooms It’s not every day you find a restored 1920s craftsman in Silver Lake with a sparkling pool, near Sunset Junction, with two full baths, three bedrooms, and several balconies boasting great city and mountain views, all in pristine condition. I mean, talk…
Mid-Century Modern Masterpiece in Los Feliz – 3756 Amesbury Road
3756 Amesbury Road Los Angels, CA 90027 Asking Price: $1,299,000 2 bedrooms / 2 bathrooms On one of my favorite streets to walk down after hiking in Griffith Park sits this stunning mid-century modern masterpiece by Burnett C. Turner, AIA. 3756 Amesbury Road is literally just down the hill from the park entrance on a…
7 Signs You’re Ready to Buy Your First Home
How do you know when you’re ready to buy your first house? For first time homebuyers, these days, and especially in Los Angeles, it’s not when you turn 30 or 35 or 40, or when you get married, or make your first $100,000, or adopt a dog, or get pregnant, or receive a promotion. No,…
Cahuenga Pass Mid-Century Boathouse – 7035 Woodrow Wilson Drive
7035 Woodrow Wilson Dr Los Angeles, 90068 Listing Price: $789,000 2 bedrooms / 1 bathroom One of mid-century architect Harry Gesner’s iconic boathouses has hit the market in the Cahuenga Pass neighborhood of the Hollywood Hills. Yes, the “boathouse” is permanently docked at its hillside location with stunning views of the canyon and the San…