Gentle from glass partitions on the second story floods the two-story predominant entryway.
Bel Air was constructed to be unique. The gated Los Angeles neighborhood identified for its massive lot sizes and plush landscaped yards within the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains remained true to the imaginative and prescient of developer Alphonzo Bell.
Because the neighborhood flourished and expanded, the Twenties tracts turned often known as “Outdated” Bel Air; decrease elevation heaps that have been bought later have been referred to as “New” Bel Air. The house on the market at 10901 Chalon Highway sits on the cusp of outdated and new.
The excessive drama of the structure is obvious from the entrance of the home.
“Bel Air and, extra significantly, Chalon Highway, is preeminent in exclusivity,” says itemizing agent Christina Collins of Hilton & Hyland. “We’ve bought plenty of distinctive houses right here. However this one has been developed with such precision and care, it is actually a meticulous execution of good design, performance and luxurious.”
The house, with six bedrooms and eight bogs, was designed with indoor-outdoor entertaining in thoughts. The outside’s up to date design mixes robust darkish wooden traces with an arc-shaped wing on the second ground. It was completed in 2023 and sits on virtually an acre of land.
A curved wall of home windows opens to a deck above the swimming pool.
Bespoke particulars inside utilizing wooden, glass, pure stone and natural textures underscore the up to date really feel. “The structure creates a way of quantity and grandeur, whereas the curated interiors make it a house you really need to reside in,” Collins says.
The primary entrance opens to informal eating and lounging areas after which to the guts of the 9,000-square-foot dwelling. The lounge, with vaulted ceilings and floor-to-ceiling home windows, capitalizes on pure gentle. Sliding doorways meld the room seamlessly with the out of doors patio. The lounge additionally has a wall-sized marble fire and built-in bar.
The open plan structure connects the residing areas.
Oak flooring all through hold the texture ethereal and lightweight. Different rooms on the principle stage embody a proper eating room with a walk-in wine closet, and the kitchen, which has a marble middle island and bar chairs for informal meals. It additionally has a walk-in pantry and a small prep kitchen within the again.
A front room on the second ground results in bedrooms that every have their very own out of doors area. The primary bed room comes with a lounge space and fireside, and a personal balcony that results in a exercise space under. From the room, you may soak up views of Bel Air. The first rest room has a soaking tub, twin vanities and rain bathe head.
The kitchen options an eat-at island with a sink and prep area.
Different options within the dwelling embody a steam room and sauna in a wellness suite, an elevator, an outside barbecue and rooftop terraces.
It’s the type of luxurious dwelling Bell would have appreciated. The neighborhood he began has grown to greater than 2,000 properties bordered by Mulholland Drive on the north, Sundown Boulevard on the south, Beverly Glen Boulevard to the east and Sepulveda Boulevard on the west.
Vanishing partitions contribute to the benefit of indoor-outdoor residing.
One attention-grabbing remnant of Bell’s imaginative and prescient: The estate-planning workplace he constructed on Stone Canyon Highway nonetheless stands at the moment. It’s now the posh Lodge Bel-Air.
The home prices $18,995,000. Christina Collins of Hilton & Hyland is the itemizing agent.
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