Built in 1958 by the Alexander Construction Company is this mid-mod Palmer & Krisel fixer opportunity in Sunmor Estates in Palm Springs, CA.
Situated on a 12,100 square-foot cul-de-sac lot, this home includes three
bedrooms and two bathrooms in 1,278 square feet, a private backyard with an in-ground
pool and carries an asking price of $489,500.
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| Front of home |
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| Front of home and garage |
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| Entry |
Located on a Jill Circle, a street named after the Robert
and Helene Alexander’s daughter, is this wonderful diamond in the rough.
Quietly facing south, the home features an older desert front yard, asphalt
driveway and a carport converted to a two-car garage. Original decorative stone
accents sit next to the front entry, and deep roof overhangs welcome guests to
this desert retreat.
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| Entry and living |
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| Living room |
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| Living room |
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| Living, entry and kitchen |
Inside, the home has seen a heavy southwestern motif applied
to it, with lots of light Saltillo tile covering the floors and rear-facing
fireplace, along with a mirrored wall next to the leaded glass entry door. The
original open-beamed vaulted ceilings are still in place, and a skylight has
been added to the living room.
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| Original dining area adjacent to kitchen |
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| Addition at rear of home |
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| Dining room addition |
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| Dining addition at rear of home |
The original dining area sits adjacent to the living room
and opens to the adjacent kitchen; however a rear sunroom addition has been
tacked onto the home which is currently used as the dining area. Judging by the
listed square footage of the home, the rear addition isn’t taken into account, which
most likely means there aren’t any permits for the room. The addition
eliminates the original living room floor to ceiling windows, along with the
original dining room sliding glass door and kitchen window, cutting down on the
amount of natural light entering the space.
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| Kitchen |
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| Kitchen |
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| Kitchen |
The kitchen has been updated over the years; however the
cabinet boxes appear to potentially be original, while the door faces date from
the later part of the 20th century. The appliances have all been
updated over the years, and a skylight helps to add daylighting to the kitchen
workspace.
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| Secondary bedroom |
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| Secondary bedroom |
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| Guest bath |
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| Master bedroom |
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| Master bedroom |
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| Master bath |
The three bedrooms are all in their original configurations,
with the secondary bedrooms at the front of the home and the master at the
rear. All three bedrooms feature open beamed vaulted ceilings, while the master
includes a sliding glass door to the backyard. Both bathrooms appear to have
early 1980s updates, and the guest bath contains its original 1958 pink tub and
tile surround.
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| Pool and backyard |
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| Pool and backyard |
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| Backyard |
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| Pool and back of home |
The northeast-facing backyard is an excellent landscape opportunity,
with its large 15’ x 30’ Alexander swimming pool at the center of the yard
space. Saltillo tile covers the pool decking and adjacent patio, and an
assortment of shrubs, trees, palms and other desert plantings make up the yard.
While the current southwestern theme of the home is a far cry
from its midcentury modern roots, there’s great potential on this property to
create a dream modernist showplace.
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