tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post4472193874055537467..comments2023-11-05T01:14:14.295-07:00Comments on The Real Estalker: The Cecil B. DeMille House RevealedYour Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14600002907755148264noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-82680596370656622242009-06-20T07:39:53.693-07:002009-06-20T07:39:53.693-07:00This home is one of the locations being scouted fo...This home is one of the locations being scouted for the upcoming movie, "The DeMille Conspiracy", described as "The Da Vinci Code" meets "Die Hard." see http://demilleconspiracy.comRobert Hammondhttp://demilleconspiracy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-2059720215208028422008-05-10T17:58:00.000-07:002008-05-10T17:58:00.000-07:00I love that malibu home, but another home they sho...I love that malibu home, but another home they should consider, is 1235 sierra alta way. ( located in the hollywood hills. ) it's huge ( 17,893 sq. ft!. ) it's got 9 bed rooms, 13 bathrooms, a 5 bedroom guest house, and the entire house is just beautiful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-73737423378994272332008-04-10T08:38:00.000-07:002008-04-10T08:38:00.000-07:00Kissyface,Thank you for the reality check. A sure ...Kissyface,<BR/>Thank you for the reality check. A sure way to get attacked on this blog is to suggest that something is overpriced. Now I'm no gloom and doomer but a lot of the asking prices are absurd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-5072486867464950272008-04-09T12:37:00.000-07:002008-04-09T12:37:00.000-07:00The residents of Laughlin Park are too cheap to pa...The residents of Laughlin Park are too cheap to pay for security. Everybody is on their own in there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-71277032220747329502008-04-08T09:42:00.000-07:002008-04-08T09:42:00.000-07:00Kissyface,Please stay. xxooKissyface,<BR/><BR/>Please stay. <BR/><BR/>xxooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-86761667721795552582008-04-07T12:27:00.000-07:002008-04-07T12:27:00.000-07:00The asking price is insane!!!!Try something around...The asking price is insane!!!!<BR/>Try something around $12.5 milAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-88855995420597249652008-04-07T09:31:00.000-07:002008-04-07T09:31:00.000-07:00Kissyface, thank you for coming out from behind yo...Kissyface, thank you for coming out from behind your anon facade. I don't think you could have stayed there long as you seem bursting with personality. You have courageously pitched your woo against a probable stone wall. I don't think Parker will respond. You should play hard to get initially, and then flirtatious, then coy, then back to indifferent, keep him guessing. If indeed he IS a he. Gender is a tricky business on this blog. Good luck. I'll be watching, prurient and salacious old lady that I am.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-88605033687720914792008-04-07T08:46:00.000-07:002008-04-07T08:46:00.000-07:00O, Parker, this is your anon 9:49, aka Kissyface! ...O, Parker, this is your anon 9:49, aka Kissyface! You sound just like Alexis Colby cruelly dismissing some feckless gesture of angelic Krystle Carrington! I think you know a bit about bitch-slapping yourself, you old kidder! I just ADORE it! It makes me DREAM! <BR/><BR/>Now I want more than anything to LIVE in the DeMille house with big, strong, no-nonsense Parker! We would buy it together in our romantic glow at full asking price without even attempting to defend it, but only making a few comments/questions and using lots of creative financing! Our DeMille house would be paneled and perfect and cluttered with overstuffed pillows and bookshelves that go up forever and a Victorian chaise and our bed, meltingly soft, with embroidered silk sheets, and everything would be warmly lit by sconces and table lamps whose globes were painted with buds and floral themes. The library is absolutely exquisite - a beautiful haven. And we love the view of the Observatory too. I would awaken refreshed each day and stretch like a kitten, rubbing the sleep from my saucer eyes with my tiny fists. I want to meander, feather- light, in my Lexus convertible down the boulevards of the weirdly-defined MLS version of West Side Los Angeles, through places like Los Feliz and Beverly Hills. I would wear a little blue sailor outfit, my sweet face framed by my mischevious Jose Eber curls. <BR/> <BR/>And then, joys of joys - Parker (who is NOT a broker, not, not at all, but something bigger and much more important!) would come home and, unable to believe his eyes, would suddenly realize that I am no longer the innocent, frail wisp of a child he has known but I have, obeying destiny, ripened into a creature of breathtaking handsomeness. Sometimes he would make me so mad that I just couldn’t help myself, and out of frustration but without any meaness at all, wack our delightful toy poodle – “Fifi” – on the derrière while squealing, “Parker! Regardez! Parker! La maison est trop chère!” But Parker would just put me in my place and tell me to “back off on the bitch-slapping” and “get a life” – but that only makes me adore him all the more! From here my dream gets a little vague and images of the battered spouse center and the Roybal Building courtroom intrudes, but by then I'm usually radiant, sobbing and broke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-21144866855276365902008-04-06T19:05:00.000-07:002008-04-06T19:05:00.000-07:00The realtor has priced this place to get in all th...The realtor has priced this place to get in all the gossip columns and make a name for himself... not to sell the property at anywhere near this price, trust meAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-71493708144146805332008-04-06T12:51:00.000-07:002008-04-06T12:51:00.000-07:00I agree with Aunt Mary, my head is spinning trying...I agree with Aunt Mary, my head is spinning trying to scroll back & re-read what one anonymous said to another anonymous. I'm a long time reader of this blog & look forward to all the different characters that post. If it makes anyone feel better....YOU ALL SCARE THE HELL OUT OF ME but thats a big part of what makes this blog so much fun to read....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-88844572594155260602008-04-06T12:20:00.000-07:002008-04-06T12:20:00.000-07:00"but if you plunked this place down in say Holmby ..."but if you plunked this place down in say Holmby Hills or Lower East Gate Bel-Air, the place would be a STEAL for that price"<BR/><BR/>Paul Williams / Rebuilt / Bellagio Rd / East Gate Bel Air / 10K+ Sqft / Huge Lot - Bellagio to Sunset / Stunning Interiors / Tennis Court Estate / Just Sold / $27.5M<BR/><BR/>The realtor has priced this property as if it's in prime Bel Air, he's delusional.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-31557900516958985012008-04-06T03:36:00.000-07:002008-04-06T03:36:00.000-07:00The new buyers could hire us for security, we woul...The new buyers could hire us for security, we would watch the place like a hawk but we would not work for 10 an hour, it would be more like 100 an hour, but the place would be safe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-91254864891832940712008-04-06T03:34:00.000-07:002008-04-06T03:34:00.000-07:00there are a lot of vatos down there, not exactly a...there are a lot of vatos down there, not exactly a safe area, if you were to buy it for 3MM you still would have to spend another 20MM for security LOL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-57847618666578293262008-04-05T23:14:00.000-07:002008-04-05T23:14:00.000-07:00This house is wayyyyyy overpriced! Yes, they are ...This house is wayyyyyy overpriced! Yes, they are hoping to have that buyer who will pay nearly $20M from England who think they're slick for negotiating the price down.. <BR/><BR/>there is a shot at finding them, and it wouldn't be the first time in the last few months a ridiculously overpriced home East of the 101 didn't appraise and the owner paid the overages in cash anyway. <BR/><BR/>My opinion... the house is utterly amazing and totally unique. There are some really bad and really nice homes in Laughlin Park... this is the tippy top and it doesn't get better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-333512728391111622008-04-05T20:08:00.000-07:002008-04-05T20:08:00.000-07:00Anon 9:49, back off on the bitch-slapping. Seriou...Anon 9:49, back off on the bitch-slapping. Seriously, get a life. All I did was make comments/questions. No, I wasn't defending the asking price of the house. So, you say it's possible for someone to build a home like the 1920's, and it's possible to buy and combine lots. Fantastic, I hope the optimistic doesn't die of old age before completion. Or, I hope his/her quality of life isn't hampered by having to oversee it all. If someone has $26 mill to spend on a home, go for it and enjoy the instant serenity they're looking for. Back off with your rude attitude.<BR/><BR/>And no, I'm not a broker.Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00286549706213317139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-91817200534578328522008-04-05T13:17:00.000-07:002008-04-05T13:17:00.000-07:00I like the house more than the neighborhood...my t...I like the house more than the neighborhood...my theory on the pricing is this: $26.25-million is RIDICULOUS for anything in Los Feliz, but if you plunked this place down in say Holmby Hills or Lower East Gate Bel-Air, the place would be a STEAL for that price, so maybe what they're hoping for is someone who covets a traditional, grand "Old Hollywood" estate but is priced out of Holmby & Bel-Air will pay an exorbitant price for this place just because, as someone else already alluded to, it truly is a "one of a kind" house with few comps, at least in Los Feliz...;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-19545783725516957872008-04-05T09:44:00.000-07:002008-04-05T09:44:00.000-07:00Oh, how I wish the anons would adopt names, especi...Oh, how I wish the anons would adopt names, especially that intriguing anon 9:49. Really, it is so tedious and time consuming to back track comments looking for the references. How about Kissyface for you, anon 9:49? The comment section on Mama's blog has evolved into a very informed, minutely informed, California group. That is wonderful! But we non-west- coasters are sometimes left without a clue. That's fine too. But oh, do please use a name. By the way, where have all the sillyhearts gone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-49647050356783593512008-04-04T23:43:00.000-07:002008-04-04T23:43:00.000-07:00Anonymous 11:23 PM -This is 9:49. You may not be a...Anonymous 11:23 PM -<BR/><BR/>This is 9:49. You may not be a broker, but you're not defending this price, either. For years Laughlin Park homes have commanded no great premium over homes in other good parts of Los Feliz. <BR/><BR/>I lovooove the Ennis House! I see it from my pool surround while I drink my gin-and-tonics. And, of course, I never suggested that it is in Laughlin Park ... that would be silly. I think the NEW Ennis foundation board is just SO BUTCH! Much better than that nasty, corrupt OLD Ennis foundation board that Gus Brown stuck in there, always trying to figure out some way to evade the consent decrees and party, party, party while running the old place into the ground! Let's hear it for Ron Burkle, whose four million bucks saved the whole show!!! GO, RON!! And I say, let the Ennis House use it's space for fundraisers! Screw the LFIA on this one!!!!<BR/><BR/>As for the rest of your dyspeptic comments, I can only give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that in your case "Anonymous 11:23 PM" is just short for "11:23 PMS." Nighty, night Anonymous 11:23 PM(S). Take a nerve pill, pu - leazze! No. Take two. I love you! I want to have your baby! Kissy, kiss, kiss. OOOOOO! XXXXXX!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-32764770584713296262008-04-04T23:23:00.000-07:002008-04-04T23:23:00.000-07:00No I'm not a broker. One doesn't have to be a brok...No I'm not a broker. One doesn't have to be a broker to know that Ennis House isn't in Laughlin Park. Ennis House isn't in a gated community. But Ennis does have a bunch of A**hole NIMBY neighbors causing problems for the Ennis Foundation so you might live over there judging from your attitude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-27975219615513503512008-04-04T22:52:00.000-07:002008-04-04T22:52:00.000-07:00Hi 9:49,Thank you. Now I get it. What you do is wh...Hi 9:49,<BR/><BR/>Thank you. Now I get it. <BR/><BR/>What you do is what our family business was. I love talking to people who are into this stuff. A nice chat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-38985092989803620822008-04-04T22:35:00.000-07:002008-04-04T22:35:00.000-07:00sandpiper -This is 9:49. Thank you for your nice q...sandpiper -<BR/><BR/>This is 9:49. Thank you for your nice questions.<BR/><BR/>ALL 1920's homes (my God, this one is 1914!) have huge structural problems compared to top quality modern construction, especially in regard to seismic considerations. A house on the top of a hill like DeMille is especially problematic in an earthquake (fortuneately, Los Feliz has the best geological parameters in Southern California). If this house were cloned, one would use a lot of structural steel supporting beams set into reinforced concrete footings - probably including big friction piles sunk way into the earth. Nevertheless, recreating the mere raw space in this house would be pretty cheap and easy with modern techniques (that's why there are so many awful macmansions around). That economy leaves plenty of budget for old world style workmanship in the finishes ... but the macmansions omit that part. It all takes time, of course. The work in the old German consulate on Chiselhurst has been going on for more than 2 years. That richly crated millwork, etc you mention is not cheap. But a $10 Million budget buys it easilly, for sure. Ten Million Dollars is still a huge amount of money! And look, top craftsmanship creates a beautiful and charming product if you have the taste to enjoy and understand it - and the kitchen and baths are ALREADY new in the DeMille house as it IS. The other spaces have clearly been heavilly reworked and rehabbed recently ... that's part of what is supposed to "justify" this price. And we're only talking 7,500 sq. ft here.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, it's absurd. The people in these comments defending the price are probably brokers and the like who know better.<BR/><BR/>Kissy, kissy! Ciao!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-13623898318897026702008-04-04T21:56:00.000-07:002008-04-04T21:56:00.000-07:00Hi 5:13,Thank you for the personal tour. I loved i...Hi 5:13,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the personal tour. I loved it. Yes please, tell us more.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Hey 9:49,<BR/><BR/>I'm curious; not confrontational.<BR/><BR/>You say:<BR/><BR/><I>"...one could buy a comparable lot and build exactly the same house (but with better construction) for less than one-half this price...a clone..."</I> <BR/><BR/>How do you mean? Building new with better construction methods? I'm genuinely curious. Does this home have structural dificiencies? Are there technology strides that could make this a better building? Well yes, from an energy standpoint, but beyond that? I do appreciate what you say about finding the right talent. That's paramount. <BR/><BR/>Regardless, I still can't see how the richly crafted millwork, hardware, and other finish elements could ever be truely replicated. It's calendar time and gentle wear that make these details special. It's the way patinas evolve, the way planks were cut back then. Those are the things I'm thinking about. <BR/><BR/>I see your point, but perhaps not totally. A new clone could be breathtaking, and a given that you're confident in the economics, perhaps some of the trade-offs (like 10s of millions) could be overlooked!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-68579275722457474222008-04-04T21:02:00.000-07:002008-04-04T21:02:00.000-07:00This is anonymous 9:49 here. Parker and anonymous ...This is anonymous 9:49 here. <BR/><BR/>Parker and anonymous 12:45, just wake up! You make me so mad I want to bitch-slap your French poodles on the ass! A clue for the clueless: "the old Chaplin residence turned DeMille business address was sold by Emmy winning television producer John Wells to former Universal Pictures head honcho Mary Parent in November of 2007 for $5,980,000." That's a TWENTY MILLION DOLLAR difference, Bubbalahs. <BR/><BR/>With a $26 Million budget (even $10 Million), its perfectly possible to find or create a 2 acre lot in Los Feliz or Hollywoodland, especially a sloped one, and build a DeMille clone. A 68,000 (yes, sixty-eight-thousand) square foot lot in the Los Feliz Oaks sold just a few of months ago with a classic Spanish house on it (not as nice as DeMille's) for WELL under $4 Million (a rock guitarist sold it). It might take a bit of time, but one could also COMBINE adjacent lots and tear down one of the houses; that is what Tim Disney (yes, from THAT Disney family) did on Glendower Ave a few years back - and he didn't spend anything like this kind of money.<BR/><BR/>It is also not true that "new construction always lacks the charm of the older homes." That charm gap is a matter of builder's choice. It is perfectly possible to build as charmingly today as it was in the 1920's for way under the price of this house. The DeMille house is only 7,500 sq ft. Believe me, it could be replicated with all of its charm for well under $10 Million. I know, I do that kind of construction, and there are plenty of competitors. For example, the couple now renovating the old German consulate on Chiselhurst is doing exactly that: a nearly complete gut followed by an ultra-charming build-out. Fabulous! It's done all the time. It's not cheap or easy (you have to find a designer with good taste and a competent and careful contractor, neither of which is easy). But building and land costs are not nearly enough to justify this price - or even 1/2 this price. <BR/><BR/>As for my own house: I have a beautiful 1920's job with over 4,000 sq ft, a gorgeous elliptical pool surrounded by roses and a big panoramic view of Downtown LA. It's about 3/4 of a mile from DeMille and close to the Frank Lloyd Wright Charles Ennis Residence. I bought it in 1993 for about a half million. Eat your heart out, sweeties. Hugs and Kisses!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-90563857667093747422008-04-04T19:11:00.000-07:002008-04-04T19:11:00.000-07:00Thank you, anon 5:13. Those details make the hous...Thank you, anon 5:13. Those details make the house seem even more desirable.Alessandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18219610307384386752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-38459513497787710972008-04-04T19:02:00.000-07:002008-04-04T19:02:00.000-07:00It's a nice house and property but I seriously dou...It's a nice house and property but I seriously doubt that it will sell for anywhere near what they're asking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com