Located in South Granada Hills in the San Fernando Valley is
this 1956 Palmer & Krisel-designed home new to the market. Featuring three
bedrooms and two bathrooms in 1,650 square feet, a two-car detached garage and
an in-ground pool all on a 7,400 square-foot lot, the asking price on this home
is $559,000.
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| Front entry |
The exterior of the home maintains its original midcentury
lines with vertical board and batten siding and original aluminum-framed
windows. The garage and front door have been replaced with raised-panel doors,
but can be swapped out to more fitting flat panel doors at any time. The front
yard contains low-water using gravel, palms and fruit trees, along with a
sweeping expanded driveway allowing for plenty of room for parking.
Inside, the floorplan is nearly identical to ones that we’ve
seen in Corbin Palms, with the kitchen at the west end of the home, a family
room (often converted to a dining room) at the front of the home, living room
in the rear and all the bedrooms on the east side of the home, while a solarium
has been added onto the rear of the home.
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| Dining/family room at front of home |
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| Living room |
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| Living room |
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Added solarium at back of home
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The current dining room overlooks the front entry, and is fully
open to the kitchen, and partially open to the living room with the addition of
an opening carved in the demising wall. The living room overlooks the backyard
through the solarium, and is anchored by large walls of glass and a fireplace. Unfortunately
the signature modernist Krisel fireplace has been hidden under stacked stone
veneer, which can always be removed and restored at some point.
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| Kitchen |
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| Kitchen and dining room |
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| Kitchen |
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| Kitchen & clerestory windows |
The kitchen features its original clerestory windows
allowing plenty of natural light to flood the room, and the original kitchen
cabinets are still in place. Modern granite countertops have been added to the
vintage cabinets, which stylistically don’t match, but could always be replaced
with a better-suited laminate.
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Master bedroom
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Master bedroom
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Master bathroom
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Secondary bedroom
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Secondary bedroom
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| Guest bathroom |
The master bedroom sits at the front corner of the home, and
features high windows and original clerestory windows allowing for privacy
while letting in lots of light. Both of the secondary bedrooms overlook the
backyard and feature their original floor-to-ceiling four-pane windows and
high open-beamed ceilings. Both the master and guest bathrooms have
been updated with modern tilework and overly ornate vanities that don’t reflect
the midcentury modern aesthetics of the home, and read slightly off, but both rooms are clean and functional as-is.
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| Back of home and pool |
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| Turf, patio & pool in backyard |
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| Pool and solarium |
The south-facing backyard features a large in-ground pool
that is accessed from the solarium addition off of the living room. Palms and
plants surround the swimming pool, along with a generous patio area, and a
small patch of grass is located at the southeast corner of the yard.
This is only the third home to come on the market in three
years in this Palmer & Krisel neighborhood, making it a great opportunity
to acquire a home that maintains much of its original integrity. The home can
be enjoyed as-is, or with a few minor tweaks this Granada Hills property will
make a great modernist showplace. Redfin predicts this home will sell fast, so act quickly on this one.
