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Saturday, September 5, 2015

Expanded Racquet Club Road Estates Palmer & Krisel For Sale – Palm Springs, CA



New to the market is this 1959 Palmer & Krisel-designed home in Palm Springs’ Racquet Club Road Estates. Expanded to 1,740 square feet, this four bedroom, two and a quarter bathroom home embodies the quintessential Palm Springs lifestyle with a large in-ground pool on a 10,400 square-foot lot with an asking price of $725,000.

Entryway

Much of the home has been renovated, expanded and reconfigured in a manner that alters it significantly from its original Krisel design, but uses materials and aesthetics that follow the midcentury design style. The front yard of the home is low maintenance Palm Springs modern, with a creative use of boulders, grasses and palms.

Front yard features low-maintenance grasses and palms

The exterior of the home still maintains its flat-roof design, but much of the façade has been modified. A striking rock veneer has been added to the front of the home, which utilizes a pleasing mix of stacked and flat stonework, and even though not original, embodies the midcentury design style. The carport has been converted to a two-car garage, and the courtyard between the carport and home has been enclosed and claimed for additional living area.

Foyer

Small office off of entryway

The entry of the home is lined with stacked stone veneer, and features a small somewhat open office/den adjacent to the foyer. The living and dining rooms are at the rear of the home, and are furnished very minimally, exuding the modernist style of the home. The dining room sits in the location of the former kitchen, while the new kitchen has been placed in line with the dining room, immediately east of its original location.

Living Room

Living Room and Dining Room are long and open

Living Room features pool views

Kitchen features sleek blue cabinetry

Kitchen features long low opening into the Dining Room

A long, narrow opening visually connects the kitchen to the living and dining areas. The kitchen features high-gloss sleek blue lower cabinetry, while simple shelving is used in place of uppers. The bedrooms are sited at the front and east side of the home, and generally retain their original configurations with the exception of the added fourth bedroom.

Master Bedroom

Master Bath

Guest Room at front of home

Guest bath

The bathrooms have both been updated with multi-tonal gray mosaic tiles filling each wall, glass shower enclosures along with upgraded fixtures. The backyard brings out the best in resort living, with a large, in-ground pool, lots of patio space, and generous turf areas. The entire home can be delivered fully furnished if the new owner chooses. While the home does embody significant alterations from its original design, the modifications made are in keeping with the design style of the home, making them blend fairly seamlessly with the original structure.

Backyard features large pool and grass area

Backyard includes plenty of patio space for entertaining and enjoying the sun

Check out the full listing on Redfin.com here: 503 East Laurel Circle


Or on Zillow.com here: 503 East Laurel Circle

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