Bermuda Woods Palmer & Krisel Former Fixer Flipped & For Sale – Reseda, CA

Last seen on the blog in August 2015 as a down & dirty fixer upper, this midcentury Palmer & Krisel has been flipped and reimagined for a new owner. With four bedrooms and two bathroom in 1,764 square feet on a 6,900 square-foot lot with pool, the asking price of this home is $599,000.

The current flippers picked this home up for $350,000 in September, and got to work permitting the formerly unpermitted carport enclosure. Adding 400 more square-feet onto the home in the form of a master bedroom, the home prvides additional legal square footage at the sacrifice of covered parking. The front of the home has seen a modern wooden fence installed between the existing masonry pilasters, and the front yard has seen a simple water-conserving landscape installed.

Supergreatroom kitchen 

Supergreatroom kitchen dining entry living breakfast nook

Inside, the home has had the super-greatroom-kitchen-dining-living room concept applied to it, which reduces the common living areas to one giant open space, excellent for entertaining but terrible for division and privacy, making the home appear smaller than it is. Although the demising wall between the kitchen, breakfast nook and laundry was removed, the open beamed ceilings were actually left alone and intact. Most flippers love to cover these up with drywall for some reason.

The other surprising detail left intact was the original stacked block fireplace, which has merely been painted, where many love to cover in drywall and stone. One thing that wasn’t changed was the mis-matched height of the windows surrounding the fireplace – the one on the left sits higher than the one on the right. Both would have originally been floor-to-ceiling four-pane windows.

Kitchen - those with a keen eye can spot the counter top edge mistake in the lower right corner of the image

Supergreatroom kitchen livingroom

The kitchen is stock flipper, with white shaker cabinets with modern pulls topped with composite counters, a central island and stainless steel appliances, including requisite chunky slide-in range. Subway tile backsplash is right on cue, placed against the only wall in the kitchen.

Master bedroom 

Master bath

Master bath

Guest room 

Guest bath 

Guest bath 

The master bedroom now sits in the converted carport, and features a beige-toned bathroom at the front of the room with small windows looking out towards the driveway, while the master suite overlooks the backyard through a sliding glass door. The three secondary bedrooms are split from the master, and have been finished identically with mirrored closet doors and ash-colored fake wood tile. The guest bath has been finished with a shaker-style marble-topped vanity, and a tub with floor tiles used for the surround.

Pool and back of home 

Pool and backyard 

The backyard has seen the pool filled and repaired and landscape areas filled with gravel. There’s still lots of concrete, but at least the junk has been cleared off the patio.

With flip, some fixes are good, and some are not. There’s some hallmarks that flippers can’t help but steer clear from – at least there’s no boob lights or can fixtures in this home. At the current asking price, not providing covered parking, this property might be a slow sell, but if you’re interested, this one appears ready to go.

Check out the full listing on Redfin.com here: 8141 Calvin Avenue

Or Realtor.com here: 8141 Calvin Avenue

Vintage 1955 Bermuda Woods Restoration Opportunity – Reseda, CA

Built in 1955 by Dunas, Greene & Swidler is this nearly all original 1955 Palmer & Krisel-designed home relatively new to the market. With four bedrooms and two bathrooms in 1,296 square feet, an in-ground pool on an 8,600 square-foot lot the asking price on this well-worn mid-mod home is $429,000.

Carport and entry

With one owner over the last forty years, there’s a bit of deferred maintenance on this property making it ripe for a restoration or renovation. The home sits far from the front property line, with a patchy front lawn and small mature trees sited in front of the home. A decaying U-shaped asphalt driveway leads to the original front porte cochere-style carport.

This particular four-bedroom floorplan was one that Krisel repeated in many other subdivisions, with the living and dining rooms at the rear of the home, the kitchen on the north side, and all four bedrooms on the south side of the home, two at the front and two at the rear.

Entry hall

Living and dining rooms

The rear-facing living room is anchored by its original stacked brick fireplace, unaltered over the years with its original intended design still intact. Original east-facing French doors and four-pane windows overlook the backyard and pool area, but are covered in the listing photo provided. The diminutive dining room is tucked to the side of the living area, but still contains its original clerestory windows allowing lots of natural light to enter the space.

Kitchen 

Kitchen and laundry

The adjacent kitchen is all well-worn original, with vintage large saucer pulls on all lower cabinet fronts and sliding upper cabinet doors.  The laundry sits adjacent to the kitchen, and features a secondary door to the front driveway.

Secondary bedroom 

Guest bath

Pool & backyard

Side yard

Pool and backyard

Pool and back of home

The photos provided of the bedrooms and baths indicate more worn living areas, with walls in need of paint and a bath in need of a refreshing. The backyard is centered around a modest-sized in-ground pool, with lots of hardscape and patio area surround the pool. The backyard landscape is pretty much on par with the front, with a large mature tree surrounded by overgrown planter areas.

This is a great opportunity to acquire a pool home ripe for restoration in the classic modern neighborhood of Bermuda Woods.

Check out the full listing on Redfin.com here: 8216 Tunney Avenue

Or Zillow.com here: 8216 Tunney Avenue

1954 Bermuda Woods Palmer & Krisel For Sale – Reseda, CA

Built by Dunas, Greene & Swidler is this 1954 Palmer & Krisel-designed midcentury modern home in the neighborhood of Bermuda Woods in Reseda, CA relatively new to the market. With four bedrooms and two baths, this 1,296 square-foot home sits on a 7,700 square-foot lot and carries an asking price of $455,000.

Street view of home

Entry

The exterior of the home has been modified over the years, with white vinyl replacement windows on the front of the home, a traditionally-styled front door, and a chunky, unwelcoming combination block and wrought iron fence and wall along the front property line of the home. The front landscape has been converted to maximize water conservation, with minimal planting and bark mulch used as a large-scale ground cover.

Living room 

Living room 

Living room 

This four bedroom home features the kitchen and a den/fourth bedroom to the west of the entry, the living and dining rooms at the rear of the home, and the three remaining bedrooms to the east of the entry. The living room maintains the original open beamed vaulted celotex ceilings, and overlooks the backyard through reduced-height mullioned white vinyl windows. The original fireplace is still in place; however its signature modernist lines have been reduced with a beige tiled surround.

Dining room - there would have been lots more windows here

Dining room and kitchen 

Kitchen 

The dining room sits open to the living and kitchen, and is anchored by a fun sputnik globe light fixture. The kitchen has been partially opened to the living room, showcasing its raised-panel cabinetry with oddly-placed pulls and beige tiled countertops to all those who enter the living room. Original clerestory windows which would have filled the kitchen and dining room with natural light have been removed and drywalled over, leaving the space above the cabinetry blank and characterless.

Secondary bedroom

Secondary bedroom 

Secondary bedroom 

Guest bath

Den/master bedroom 

The bedrooms are all in their original configurations, and have all been floored in very dark wavy laminate flooring. The den adjacent to the kitchen features its own bath, making it ideal for use as a master. The guest bath has been updated in the same style as the kitchen, with beige floor tiles utilized for the tub surround and raised panel cabinetry on the vanity.

Backyard pergola

Backyard and back of home 

The backyard is large, grassy and open with a small brick patio sitting off of the living room. A trellised cover sits in the center of the brick patio, and a bare patch of yard sits where a recently felled tree once stood.

There are some great modernist lines underneath all the updates that this home has seen over the years, and hopefully a new owner will be able to bring out the best in this property.

Check out the full listing on Redfin.com here: 19421 Strathern Street

Or Zillow.com here: 19421 Strathern Street

Bermuda Woods 1955 Palmer & Krisel For Sale – Reseda, CA

Built in 1955 by Dunas, Greene & Swidler in the neighborhood of Bermuda Woods in Reseda, CA is this Palmer & Krisel-designed relatively new to the market. With four bedrooms and two bathrooms in 1,296 square feet and a detached rear-yard garage on a 7,700 square-foot lot, this home carries an asking price of $459,000.

Front of home

Interestingly, this is the same floorplan that popped up last week in Southeast Granada Hills, with the living and dining rooms at the rear of the home, the kitchen sited along the south side of the home, and the four bedrooms grouped on the north side of the home.

Out front, the home sits framed by two pollarded trees which is a highly questionable practice of pruning. The garage sits in the backyard behind the home, and is served by a long, linear asphalt driveway. The remainder of the front yard is turf, essentially creating the perfect blank canvass for a water-conserving makeover.

Entry

Living room

Living room 

Living room - original stacked blcok fireplace sits under drywall and ornate mantle

Living and dining room 

Dining room 

The living and dining rooms overlook the backyard and an added sunporch through Krisel’s signature walls of glass. The stacked block modernist fireplace has recently been drywalled over and stone veneer and a traditional mantle has been added. Hopefully the original block is still underneath and can eventually be restored. The open beamed ceilings are still intact, and wood laminate floors line the home.

Kitchen 

Kitchen 

Kitchen and breakfast nook

Breakfast nook

The clerestory windows above the dining room and kitchen are still intact, allowing for natural light freely fill the home. The kitchen has been updated with simple, white shaker-style cabinets, corian counters and white appliances. A small breakfast nook sits at the front of the kitchen, and provides access to the adjacent sideyard.

Den at front of home

Secondary bedroom

Secondary bedroom 

Master bath

Secondary bath

A small den sits off the entry and serves as the fourth bedroom, featuring walls of glass and French doors leading to the front yard. The master bedroom sits at the front corner of the home, however no photos have been provided. The remaining two secondary bedrooms sit at the rear of the home and overlook the backyard. Both bathrooms have received updating, and are clean, simple and functional.

Sunroom at back of home

Backyard

Backyard and back of home

Backyard and sunroom 

Some of the east-facing backyard's usable area is taken up by the original detached garage, and a small sunroom sits off the rear of the home. A small uncovered patio sits adjacent to the sunroom, and a combination of turf, gravel and miscellaneous plantings make up the rest of the yard.

This midcentury modern home has great original form, lots of natural light and has been priced to move. Redfin.com predicts this one will sell quickly, so be sure to check it out before its gone.

Check out the full listing on Redfin.com here: 8126 Tunney Avenue

Or Zillow.com here: 8126 Tunney Avenue