Bel Air At Its Best

To call this house a remodel isn’t fair to the word rebuilt – everything has been redone beautifully. This 9000+ square foot 1947 mid-century home has been taken down to the studs and resurrected with all of the amenities and finishes one would expect in 2011, while maintaining the style and elegance of the middle of the last century.





If you’d like to sell or buy your own masterpiece, give us a call.
Heather & Learka, Teles Properties
424-202-3208

heatherandlearka@telesproperties.com

Seller represented by Ginger Glass, Coldwell Banker. Photos from the MLS.

Old = Imported

Everyone says there is nothing truly old in L.A. Well, they are right. But you can always do what this seller did: ship it all from Europe. European old plus California sunshine equals perfect outdoor dining room…
Off Coldwater in Beverly Hills, this property is offered at $8.95M.
Photos from the MLS. Listed by Kennon Earl, Keller Williams.

Heather & Learka, Teles Properties
424-202-3208

heatherandlearka@telesproperties.com

Land: they aren’t making any more…

We are in a dense city so people long for open space, but where do you find it? Today’s answer is Holmby Hills. This Wallace Neff estate sits on 7 acres. Plenty of room for a pool, tennis court, greenhouse, gardens and rolling green lawn. Offered for sale at $85M or lease at $50k/month.
Photos from the MLS. Listed by Joyce Essex Harvey, Coldwell Banker.

Heather & Learka, Teles Properties
424-202-3208

heatherandlearka@telesproperties.com

Malibu Vineyards

In a couple of weeks we’re heading to Martha’s Vineyard for our annual summer holiday…with vineyards on the brain we went to check out two vineyards in Malibu that are currently for sale.

There are 30 acres on the market for $12,000,000 next to the Rosenthal Vineyard. The property has orchards, a stable, two mountain cabins and a main house.

And two blocks from Zuma Beach we went to the Church Estate Vineyards which is almost eight acres and has stables for ten horses, a polo field, a tennis court, and a beautiful home complete with all the amenities one would expect in a luxury home including, of course, a 4,000 bottle wine cellar. This vineyard with a home attached is on the market for $23,500,000.

Heather & Learka, Teles Properties
424-202-3208

heatherandlearka@telesproperties.com

Compounds: East to West

From the beach to the eastern hills there is no shortage of intriguing compounds available right now. In Venice the Dennis Hopper property is still available with its main house, pool house and three separate Frank Gehry-designed units:

For a more hidden-urban-compound feel there is a great property on Orlando in WeHo that combines a 1920s Spanish with a detached architectural, all behind hedges:

And if you’re looking for a sprawling retreat there is a three-acre estate in Eagle Rock with three guesthouses:
From top to bottom, properties listed by Jade Mills & Jane Gavens, Coldwell Banker BH South; Rob Johnson Rodeo Realty Inc.; Ernie Carswell & Douglas Skoro, Teles Properties

Heather & Learka, Teles Properties
424-202-3208

heatherandlearka@telesproperties.com

On the Brook in Brookside

You can have almost anything you want in L.A., but if what you want is a house with a brook in the backyard it is so much cooler to not have to build the brook. Here’s you chance to skip construction….
Property listed by Sandra Boeck, Coldwell Banker HP South

Heather & Learka, Teles Properties
424-202-3208

heatherandlearka@telesproperties.com

Tile-tastic!

There was no limit to the eye-catching details in this 1929 Mediterranean on McCadden in Hancock Park – dramatic staircase, wrought iron, moldings, faux finishes, gilding, painted beams, stained glass, secret door – but our favorite was the entry tile:
We snapped a pic to make into Blackberry wallpaper (yes, we still have Blackberries!!)

Photos from the MLS. Property listed by Sherri Rogers and Anthony Stellini, Nourmand & Assoc.

If you’d like to see this palace of tantalizing tile for yourself, let us know!
Heather & Learka, Teles Properties
424-202-3208

heatherandlearka@telesproperties.com