Silver Lake Are Homes and Information

1807 North Dillon Street, Silver Lake, CA

This Spanish Silver Lake Pool Home sits high in the hills and provides panoramic city views from nearly every room. The home is tastefully updated with modern finishes but still retains its old worlds charm and original style.

The living room boasts a vaulted, beamed ceiling and corner fireplace. Connected is the formal dining room with box beams and updated kitchen with its own eat-in area. Originally built in 1931, the house contains three bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. Outside and down the stairs is a separate guest suite and wine room. There’s a bedroom, bath and bar with the bedroom currently being used as a sound studio. This separate space over look the lovely rear garden and pool are. Equipped with a sound system, BBQ/Dining area,fountain, outdoor shower and deck there’s nothing missing but the guests!

This Silver Lake pool home sits on a 6000 square foot lot and is currently listed with Parnters Trust Beverly Hills for $1,399,000. If you’d like to see Silver Lake beauty in person, give me a call and let me know what day and time works for you: (213) 215-4758.

1807 North Dillon Street, Silver Lake, CA

Jenny Durling
Broker Associate
L.A. Property Solutions
213-215-4758
http://www.LApropertySolutions.com
Copyright © 2012 By Jenny Durling * Silver Lake Pool Home with Panoramic Views*   

Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House is a beautiful example of this famed architect's work. The Hollyhock house was built for oil heiress Aline Barnsdall between 1919 and 1921 and was Frank Lloyd Wright's first Los Angeles project.  The majority of his buildings are actually in Oak Park, Illinois where he designed 25 structures that were built between 1889 and 1913. Write is famous for his prairie style architecture of open spaces, and earth hugging buildings and furniture to match!

Frank Lloyd Wright had a prolific 70-year career during which he designed a plethora of amazing buildings. He has been called America's most innovative and creative architect and for good reason. 17 of his buildings have been designated by the American Institute of Architecture architectural as major contributions to American culture.

The Aline Barnsdall's "Hollyhock House", was named for the use of the hollyhock flower design used both on the homes interior and exterior as well as the furniture inside. As other Frank Lloyd Wright creations, the Hollyhock house has evokes a Mayan feel and makes perfect use of the site on which it was built.

Guests are not allowed to take interior photos except on very rare occassions.  If you have the opportunity to see the Hollyhock house, notice how the theme of this flower is used throughout the interior and exterior archticture, window glass and particularly the furniture pieces.

The Hollyhock House was originally built as part of Frank Lloyd Wright's "Olive Hill", a thirty-six acre site theatre community, which never came to fruition.  Aline Banrsdall Olive Hilss was to include a performing arts center where she could produce her own avant-garde plays.  The Hollyhock house was to be her own residence, and the campus was also to include guest house "A" for the theater director, guest house "B",  artists studios, ahd retail shops. However, only Barnsdall's resdence, the Hollyhock House and the 2 guest houses were completed before the project was abandoned.

 Wright was working Tokyo's Imperial Hotel during the construction of the Hollyhock House so much of the construction supervision was left in the hands of his capable son and landscape architect Lloyd Wright and his assistant, famed architect Rudolf Schindler.

After losing interest in completing the Olive Hill theater complex as originally conceived,  Aline Barnsdall donated the Hollyhock House and eleven surrounding acres to the City of Los Angeles for use as a public art park in 1927.  Today the house is part of Barnsdall Art Park in Los Feliz Adjacent East Hollywood with a local art gallery and theater and the grounds are leased for various events throughout the year.  Currently there are weekly Farmer's Markets held ath the park and during the summer month Silver Lake Wine hosts wine tasting events. Funds from such events combined with private donations have been used to rehabilitate the Hollyhock House and bring it back to its original glory for Angelinos and visitors to the area to enjoy.

Barnsdall Art Park is located at 4800 Hollywood Boulevard in the East Hollywood area of Los Angeles. Admission to the park is free but there is a nominal fee to view the interior of the Hollyhock House.  Public tours are offered Wednesdays through Sundays
12:30, 1:30, 2:30 & 3:30 PM without reservations and private tours can be scheduled as well. Check the Hollyhock Hock site for Park and Tour Specifics.

For more information on Hollywood and Los Feliz area places of interest and buying or selling property in Silver Lake, Los Feliz, Echo Park, and surrounding areas, contact me directly at 213-215-4758 or check out LApropertySolutions.com

Broker Associate Keller Williams Realty, Los Feliz
213-215-4758
http://www.LApropertySolutions.com
Copyright © 2011 By Jenny Durling *The Hollyhock House in Los Angeles - a beautiful creation of Architect Frank Lloyd Wright*

Hollywood Hills Short Sale!

If you thought that the only distressed properties in Los Angeles were in less desirable neighborhoods, this Hollywood Hills Short Sale should be a pleasant surprise.

Check out this private & secluded 3 bedroom and 2.5 bath Hollywoodland Mediterranean. 6218 Rockcliff boast  serene city and canyon views. Built c. 1934 by architect Raymond "R.J." Kieffer the home was later restored by ASIDdesigner. This captivating home features a Formal Living room with high pitched beamed ceilings, wood-burning fireplace, wood floors and tall French doors that open to a Juliette balcony.

The formal dining room leads to a restored "Provence" Kitchen with concrete counters, vintage white octagonal tile and stainless steel appliances. The intimate Master bedroom with walk-in closet boasts custom cabinetry and built ins. There are also colorful, vintage tile bathrooms.

The house is 1,789 Sf and the private, wooded lot measures over 10,000sf.  Previously sold for $1,168,000 in January of 2006, this lovely home is now an approved short sale for just $880,000.  If you've been looking for a "deal" in the Hollywood Hills, now is your chance! You can also check out this other great short sale in Beachwood Canyon.

To see this property or for more information on shorts sales in Los Angeles County and buying or selling property in Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Echo Park,  and surrounding areas, contact me directly at 213-215-4758 or check out LApropertySolutions.com

Broker Associate
Keller Williams Realty, Los Feliz
213-215-4758
http://www.LApropertySolutions.com

Copyright © 2010 By Jenny Durling *All Rights Reserved * Hollywood Hills Short Sale! 

Beachwood Canyon Short Sale!

Perhaps you thought you would only see short sale listings in places like Echo Park and Highland Park.  As you can see from this Beachwood Canyon Short Sale listing, that is simply not the case.  People got in over there heads through Los Angeles County.  This seller's loss could be your gain!

This striking, contemporary home is located prime Hollywood Hills. A Beachwood Canyon short sale with 3 bedrooms, 3 baths and 2200+ sq feet of living space is certainly worth a look.  The open floor plan features high voluminous ceilings, designer finishes, hardwood and slate flooring and windows that capture canyon views.

Located at 2866 WESTSHIRE DR, this Beachwood Canyon short sale was sold in 2005 for $1,210,000. The house is currently listed for $1,050,0000 and a search of title records shows the seller refinanced and owed much more than the original purchase price.

For more information on shorts sales in Los Angeles County and buying or selling property in Silver Lake, Echo Park, Los Feliz,  and surrounding areas, contact me directly at 213-215-4758 or check out LApropertySolutions.com

Broker Associate
Keller Williams Realty, Los Feliz
213-215-4758
http://www.LApropertySolutions.com

Copyright © 2010 By Jenny Durling *All Rights Reserved * Beachwood Canyon Short Sale! 

Los Angeles' Angelino Heights neighborhood- a step back in time

Angelino Heights is one of the oldest neighborhood in Los Angeles. It is adjacent to Echo Park and is bounded by Echo Park Avenue to the West, Boylston Avenue to the Eat, Sunset Blvd. to the West and the 101 freeway on the South. Founded in 1886, Angelino Heights is well known for its fine examples of Victorian Architecture. Many of the homes in the area are listed as landmarks in the National Register of Historic places.  As a matter of fact, the entire 1300 block of Carroll Avenue is listed in the register due to its high concentration of 19^th century Victorian homes. The residents of this street worked together to have all of the city overhead utility lines moved underground and have installed historic street lamps and hitching posts along the walkways to give the neighborhood a more authentic flavor. This hilltop residential area lies two miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles and many of the homes have commanding city views.

Angelino Heights was the first designated Historic Preservation Overlay Zone in the city of Los Angeles. Enacted in 1983, the guidelines prohibit changes to the exterior appearance of the buildings and require new construction to resemble original architecture in materials mass and scale in order to preserve the neighborhood as much as possible. Some of the homes were built elsewhere and later moved to this neighborhood but if you stroll down Carroll Avenue you'll never be able to tell which is which. Many homes may be familiar due to the number of television shows and movies that have been shot on this famous street. There are prime examples of Queen Anne and Eastlake style homes on Kellam and Carroll Avenues- some complete with their own carriage houses.

The Los Angeles Conservancy offers walking tours of Angelino Heights on the first Saturday of every month. The tour takes about 2.5 hours to cover about 5 blocks with a major focus on the architecture and history of the homes on Carroll Ave.  While known primarily for its Victorian landmarks, Angelino Heights has an impressive array of architectural styles including Mission Revival, Art Deco, Craftsman and California bungalow that were built in the early 1900's. Even Bob's Market at 1222-1234 Bellevue Avenue is a Cultural Historical Monument!  According to Historic Echo Park, "[it] is an example of a 1910 grocery story with unusual Orientalized commercial architecture".

The residents of Angelino Heights and Echo Park share the same business district, parks, schools, restaurants and shops. However, Angelino Heights remains a unique and remarkably well preserved section of Los Angeles. Though Carroll Ave. Victorians rarely come on the market, one can normally find a few houses and income properties on the surrounding streets for sale.

For more information on Angelino Heights, Echo Park, Silver Lake, Los Feliz,  and surrounding areas, contact me directly at 213-215-4758 or check out LApropertySolutions.com

Broker Associate
Keller Williams Realty, Los Feliz
213-215-4758
http://www.LApropertySolutions.com

Copyright © 2010 By Jenny Durling *All Rights Reserved * Los Angeles' Angelino Heights neighborhood- a step back in time