Welcome to another edition of our weekly series rounding up open houses to check out over the weekend, because who doesn’t love a little real estate gawking? This week’s options include an unpolished midcentury modern gem in Riverside, an extremely polished Craftsman in Silver Lake, and a time capsule compound on two acres in Encino.
Where: 1658 Golden Gate Avenue, LA 90026
When: 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, January 5
Specs: 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms; 2,030 square feet
Selling points: Around since 1911, this two-story Craftsman in Silver Lake’s Sunset Junction has undergone an extensive makeover since last trading hands just under two years ago. Along with a brand-new kitchen and bathrooms, the glammed-up home sports oak floors, extensive woodwork, designer lighting, multiple patios and decks, and a new pool.
Asking price: $2.197 million
Where: 2290 Silver Ridge Avenue, LA 90039
When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, January 4
Specs: 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms; 2,607 square feet
Selling points: Architect Bing Yeh designed this blocky contemporary in the Silver Lake hills for himself in 1993. It features wrap-around windows, lofty ceilings, built-in bookshelves, a music studio, a custom seating platform suspended via aircraft cables, Caesarstone countertops, and an expansive view deck.
Asking price: $1.595 million
Where: 1296 E Alta Loma Drive, Altadena 91001
When: 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, January 5
Specs: 3 bedrooms, 1.75 bathrooms; 1,476 square feet
Selling points: Located in the bucolic hills just west of Eaton Canyon in northeast Altadena, this straightforward midcentury modern features hardwood floors, a gas and wood-burning fireplace, dual-pane windows, an updated kitchen, and a sizable yard with lemon, avocado, and kumquat trees.
Asking price: $839,000
Where: 8517 Springford Drive, Sun Valley 91352
When: 2 to 4 p.m., Saturday January 4 and Sunday January 5
Specs: 3 bedrooms, 1.75 bathrooms; 1,197 square feet
Selling points: Built in 1956, this Sun Valley hilltop fixer’s character features include hardwood floors, a brick fireplace, an original Thermador oven, and colorful period tile.
Asking price: $650,000
Where: 5031 Encino Avenue, Encino 91316
When: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, January 4
Specs: 6 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms; 3,510 square feet
Selling points: On a two-acre lot in Encino’s Amestoy Estates, this sprawling time capsule compound contains a ranch-style main house endowed with a unique wall of televisions, a three-bedroom guest house, and a pool house with built-in bar, drop-down projector, and “full industrial kitchen.” Other amenities include a kidney-shaped swimming pool, a full-size tennis court with lights, a 20-tree orange orchard, and parking for at least 15 vehicles.
Asking price: $4.199 million
Where: 2278 Arroyo Drive, Riverside 92506
When: 12 to 3 p.m., Saturday, January 4 and Sunday, January 5
Specs: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms; 2,013 square feet
Selling points: This distinctive midcentury modern in Riverside’s historic Victoria Woods neighborhood was designed by the gifted USC-trained architect Philmer J. Ellerbroek. On the market for the first time since 1964, it’s a diamond in the rough, with mahogany paneling and cabinets, beamed ceilings, walls of glass, a bounty of built-ins, an indoor/outdoor shower, and a half-acre lot.
Asking price: $549,900
Comments
Silver Lake Craftsman, the other Silver Lake contemporary is nice and cheap until you realize it sits right on the freeway. The other choices are too weird or too far away. That TV wall is right out of the Nixon western White House
By mrjim1 on 01.03.20 3:32pm
That’s actually the former home of Jack Webb (who put in the TV wall). I guess it’s mostly untouched from when he moved out in the 70’s:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B51Dn37hUgZ/
By CMY_Redondo on 01.03.20 3:53pm
Wow, that’s really interesting, but I doubt those old TVs still work, so now what do you do, just leave the old dead TVs in the wall?
By mrjim1 on 01.03.20 4:04pm
You can fix them
By subaruwrx on 01.03.20 5:53pm
Hahahahaha… How? Does anyone still make parts for them. Is there a, "Mr. Fixit, TV Repair and Service " in the Valley somewhere?
By mrjim1 on 01.03.20 6:15pm
EXPRESS TV REPAIR in Burbank. Or good old Ebay.
You’re welcome
By subaruwrx on 01.06.20 4:01pm
I bet they work. 1960-70s era transistor televisions are almost indestructible (those aren’t vacuum tube televisions).
Probably all they need are digital>analog antenna converters.
By LudwigBlue on 01.03.20 6:28pm
Looks like we complained so much about Long Beach being included in these Curbed: Los Angeles posts that the editors are getting us back by including Riverside instead. Well played Curbed Staff…. well played.
By subaruwrx on 01.03.20 5:55pm
Haha, thanks! In all seriousness, the Riverside listing wasn’t included to punish anyone — it’s just that the pickins get a bit slim around this time of year. And I thought it was a cool house!
By paulineoconnor on 01.03.20 11:11pm
This is the 2nd cool Riverside house this week. When you look at the prices you’d think you’ve gone 20 years back in time, then you remember the location…
Seriously, if you had a good job in say Pasadena you’d have it made
By mrjim1 on 01.04.20 2:18am
I’m just pulling your leg Pauline. It is a nice house along with the featured craftsman from last week.
By subaruwrx on 01.06.20 4:04pm
That Encino house? Why don’t they just say it? It was Jack Webb’s…https://www.estatesales.net/CA/Encino/91316/2349501
By culverguy on 01.03.20 10:53pm
Jeebus, looking through those estate sale photos is sad.
By BingoWest on 01.04.20 8:29am
OMG, looking at those auction items makes you think that life in that house stopped in 1963
By mrjim1 on 01.04.20 10:12am
makes you think that life in that house stopped in 1963
What year did he and Julie London get divorced?
Gosh what a mishmash of items. So many, uh, fussy rococo type tchochkes. Forget 1963. More like 1863. No thanks.
By Shulius Julman on 01.05.20 8:32pm
I’m not sure when they got divorced, but Webb lived in the house with his subsequent wives until he died in the early 80s, but the house is definitely stuck in the 60s. He was married when he died, so I guess his last wife remained there never changing a thing
By mrjim1 on 01.05.20 9:17pm