Yahoo Lifestyle An Early A. Quincy Jones Home in L.A. Is Up for Grabs at $1.85 Million
Get out your checkbooks and prepare for a potential bidding war, folks! This dashing A. Quincy Jones-designed midcentury modern home in the Los Angeles community of Hollywood Hills just popped up for sale; and with a relatively affordable asking price of just under $1.9 million, you can expect it to be scooped up sooner rather than later by a savvy suitor.
Built way back in 1940 as the noted architect’s first independent commission and known as the Jewell Keys House after its original owner, the modernist Laurel Canyon residence packs three bedrooms and two baths into 1,400 square feet of meticulously preserved and updated living space on two levels. Though intimate, the pristine interiors are stylishly adorned with high post and beam ceilings complemented by rich hardwood floors and track lighting. Walls of glass frame treetop vistas and offer seamless indoor-outdoor environs.
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Nestled amid a nearly quarter-acre parcel of land abutting a protected wildlife sanctuary, the creamy concrete and dark wood-sided structure is embellished with a large porthole window and a lookout tower atop an attached two-car garage at the street level. Once inside the discreet green-hued entry door, a particularly eye-catching living room sports the porthole window, a wood-burning fireplace notched into a soaring wood-paneled accent wall, and access via a glassy expanse to a brick-clad terrace ideal for alfresco lounging and entertaining. An adjacent dining area with mirror-lined shelving adjoins the kitchen, which comes with granite countertops and a Viking range.
A spacious upstairs primary suite boasts an exposed beam ceiling, a bath with a walk-in shower and a private deck overlooking the tiered backyard, which has another lofty deck lording high atop the woodsy property. Elsewhere, a cozy fireside en suite bedroom sits just beyond the living room, while the lookout tower bedroom has been turned into a home office. Per the listing held by Gina Michelle and George Ouzounian of The Agency, there’s also a large basement with plenty of storage space, as well as dual HVAC systems.
As one of the most prolific architects in Southern California, Jones had a hand in creating 5,000-plus projects that included churches, restaurants and university buildings, along with thousands of single-family homes. Those residences have become increasingly popular among midcentury aficionados. Case in point: a 2,100-square-foot house in L.A.’s Crestwood Hills neighborhood of Brentwood that sold to Euphoria actress and model Hunter Schafer last year after less than two months on the market for around $3.9 million—almost $200,000 over the last asking price and a hefty $1,847 per square foot.
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