Placentia Palmer & Krisel For Sale – Placentia, CA

Up for grabs is this midcentury modern 1955 Palmer & Krisel-designed home in Placentia, CA that’s been on the market for a few weeks now. Built with four bedrooms and two bathrooms in 1,372 expanded square feet, this home includes a two-car garage and sits on a 7,000 square-foot lot and carries an asking price of $485,000.

Entry & garage - garage door appears to be original 

A red brick-lined driveway sweeps across the front lawn to the two-car garage and entryway, while the base of the home is lined with shrubs and various plantings. All the windows have been retrofitted with white vinyl replacements, and at some point over the years a red brick veneer was added to the base of the home.

Living room 

Living room 

The entry opens up into the rear-facing living room, which is anchored by Krisel’s signature modernist fireplace comprised of stacked red brick. The original beamed celotex ceilings are still in place, and a large sliding glass door and floor lets ample south-facing light into the room. The dining room sits opposite the living room and is separated with a full height multi-layered room divider.

Dining room 

Dining room 

Built-in hutch and kitchen 

Kitchen 

Kitchen and laundry

The former service porch between the formerly detached two-car garage has been claimed as additional square footage for the home, and the majority of the kitchen has been relocated to this addition. A portion of the kitchen counters extend into the dining area with a built-in hutch, while the bulk of the kitchen sits in the addition. An open laundry sits in the kitchen, which features older cabinetry, white appliances and white tile counter tops.

Master bedroom 

Master bathroom 

Secondary bedroom 

Secondary bedroom 

Guest bath

The four bedrooms all lay along the east side of the home, and are fully tiled like the remainder of the home. All four bedrooms feature their original vaulted ceilings, and both bedrooms on the end of the home still feature their original clerestories.  Both bathrooms have been updated over the years with newer traditional fixtures and tile, while the master bath still features its original built-in angles mirror and medicine cabinet.

Back of home

Backyard, shed and covered patio 

Backyard and back of home

Backyard

The backyard appears to be big, open and grassy, with the lot backing up to an adjacent drainage easement. A large covered patio sits along the rear of the home, and a shed and children’s play area sit in opposite corners of the yard. There's definitely room for a few trees on this sunny lot, which provides lots of opportunity for planting. 

There’s lot of possibilities with this four-bedroom Krisel in Placentia, and luckily the home appears to be in move-in condition for those looking for a ready-to-go home.

Check out the full listing on Redfin.com here: 614 Kansas Avenue

Or Zillow.com here: 614 Kansas Avenue

College Glen Estates View Lot Palmer & Krisel For Sale – San Diego, CA

Built in 1960 by the Drogin Construction Company is this expanded Palmer & Krisel-designed home in San Diego’s College Glen Estates. Perched on a 9,700 square-foot corner lot with backyard views, this home includes three bedrooms and two bathrooms in 2,019 expanded square feet with a two-car garage and outdoor hot tub.

Front corner of home

Front of home

The front of the home features a drought-tolerant front yard planted with a wide variety of plants, various planter walls and two-tones of gravel. A short driveway on the west side of the home leads to the two car garage, and an additional two-car driveway sits along the corner side of the home, currently occupied by two tent-like carports. All doors and windows have been updated over the years, but the original clerestories are still in place at the front of the home.

Living room 

Living room and entry hall

Living room fireplace with family room addition beyond

A traditional leaded glass front door leads into the long and linear living room, anchored by Krisel’s signature modernist fireplace at the rear of the room. Open beamed vaulted ceilings add height and volume to the space, while a skylight helps add natural light to the space.

Kitchen 

Kitchen 

The kitchen sits adjacent to the living room at the side of the home, and has been updated with white raised panel cabinetry, Corian counter tops and stainless steel appliances. Interestingly, the kitchen ceiling has been painted white, and contrasts with natural finish throughout the rest of the home.

Dining room 

Dining and family room 

Family room addition

Wet bar

The dining area sits near the rear of the home, and a family room with wet bar has been added onto the back the home adjacent to the dining room. The addition maintains the same proportions as the original home, with vaulted ceiling a nearly perfect match between the two. The room steps down from the rest of the house and provides access to the backyard balcony and views of the nearby hillsides.

Master bedroom 

Master bathroom 

Secondary bedroom 

Secondary bedroom 

Guest bath

The three bedrooms lie along the south side of the home, with the master bedroom at the rear of the house and the secondary bedrooms at the front and middle of the home. Both bathrooms have been updated over the years, and both appear to be due for another update.

Back of home

Backyard patio 

Backyard patio 

Backyard hot tub with questionable pergola

Backyard

The usable backyard area is a series of terraced patios, with the largest covered patio sitting adjacent to the rear of the home. An above ground hot tub sits beneath a questionable-looking pergola on the lower tiered patio of the backyard. The rest of the yard is landscape hillside, with views being the primary amenity in the yard space.

This home offers a unique opportunity to maximize views through a modernist renovation, or enjoy as-is. Either way it’s a rare lot that affords lots of opportunity to a new owner.

Check out the full listing on Redfin.com here: 4902 54^th Street

Or Zillow.com here: 4902 54^th Street

Corbin Palms Palmer & Krisel For Sale – Woodland Hills, CA

Built in 1954 by the Alexander Construction Company is this Palmer & Krisel-designed home in Corbin Palms in Woodland Hills, CA. With three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms in 1,392 square feet situated on a 7,200 square-foot lot with pool and two-car detached garage, the asking price of this home is $598,000.

The home fronts busy four-lane Victory Boulevard, which provides a palm tree lined median separating traffic. The front of the property provides on-street parking, and the home is separated from Victory Boulevard by a large front lawn. The home maintains its original Krisel lines and proportions, with original glass clerestories sited above a smooth stucco façade.

Entry hall

Living room 

Living room 

A white Victorian-style front door leads visitors and guests into this midcentury modern home, whose long linear living room overlooks the east-facing side yard. Original parquet flooring is still intact throughout the home, and the living room is anchored by its original modernist fireplace, which has seen a pair of staggered mantles added to it.

Half bath off entry with original clerestories

Kitchen 

Family/dining and kitchen 

A small half bath sits off the entry hall, and the kitchen and dining/family room sits opposite the living room at the front of the home accessed through the entry hall. The kitchen has been last updated at some point in the 1990s, with white ceramic tiles floors, raised-panel cabinetry, white tile counter tops, a central island and newer appliances. The home was originally built as a four-bedroom, however as seen in other similar models, the fourth bedrooms has been annexed by the kitchen/family room as additional common area space.

Master bedroom 

Secondary bedroom 

Secondary bedroom 

Guest bath

The three bedrooms sit at the rear of the home, with two on the east and one on the west sides of the home. The bedrooms feature their original exposed celotex open beamed ceilings, original window configurations letting in lots of natural light, and original parquet flooring. The bathrooms appear to have been updated recently, and feature beige floor tiles on the shower surrounds and ornate finishes.

Sun porch

Backyard, pool and back of home

Backyard

A small sunporch sits off the living room, accessing the backyard which is taken up with a large in-ground diving pool. A small patch of turf sits between the sunporch and the pool, and contrary to most pool design the pool’s deep end sits adjacent to the home while the shallow end is located at the furthers point way from the home. The detached two-car garage occupies the remainder of the backyard and is accessed via an alleyway.

The home is move-in ready offers great potential to enjoy as-is or slowly restore or renovate over the years. Either way, it’s a great example of Palmer & Krisel midcentury modern at its best.

Check out the full listing on Redfin.com here: 19739 Victory Boulevard

Or Zillow.com here: 19739 Victory Boulevard