Flea wants $9.8 million for La Crescenta stunner

The hillside compound features a Fifties gem designed by Richard Neutra, guesthouse and cabin surrounded by lawns and succulent gardens.

(Cameron Carothers)

Loads of stellar properties dot the hills of La Crescenta, however none of them look fairly like Flea’s. The Crimson Scorching Chili Peppers bassist has owned the futuristic compound for 4 years, and now he’s procuring it round for $9.8 million.

That’s greater than double what Flea, whose actual title is Michael Balzary, paid in 2018. Information present he purchased it from artists Lari Pittman and Roy Dowell for $4.25 million and made a couple of additions, including an elegant cabin, 50-foot-long swimming pool and 875-square-foot addition throughout his keep.

On the heart of the 5.7-acre unfold sits a swirling, seven-sided construction and a smaller home inbuilt 1953 by famed architect Richard Neutra for his secretary, Dorothy Serulnic. Neutra’s greatest work combines modernism with indoor-outdoor Southern California residing, and that design philosophy is on full show right here.

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The lounge.  (Cameron Carothers)

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The glass doorways.  (Cameron Carothers)

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The eating space.  (Cameron Carothers)

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The bed room.  (Cameron Carothers)

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The courtyard.  (Cameron Carothers)

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The lavatory.  (Cameron Carothers)

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The pool.  (Cameron Carothers)

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The guesthouse.  (Cameron Carothers)

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The cabin.  (Cameron Carothers)

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The seven-sided residence.  (Cameron Carothers)

Jagged strains reduce throughout the roof, bringing an industrial vibe to the outside of the 1,350-square-foot residence. Inside, huge partitions of glass open to a courtyard stuffed with succulents.

White partitions mingle with heat woods within the residing areas, which embrace a scenic eating space, stone hearth and lounge with Neutra-designed built-ins equivalent to a settee system with a document participant and hid audio system. The first suite — one in every of two bedrooms in the primary home and 5 bedrooms whole — boasts concrete partitions and a curvilinear lavatory with a tile tub.

Nestled into the craggy, rock-laden hills, the property consists of a number of succulent gardens and a handful of flat, grassy lawns. A guesthouse continues the modernist design palette, and the swimming pool contains a pavilion full with an outside kitchen and swinging chair. An out of doors movie show with a wind display screen completes the scene.

A local of Australia, Flea co-founded Crimson Scorching Chili Peppers within the Nineteen Eighties. The L.A.-based rock band has launched 11 studio albums so far with hits equivalent to “Underneath the Bridge,” “Californication” and “Scar Tissue.” In 2011, the 59-year-old additionally co-founded the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, a nonprofit academic group.

Sherri Rogers and Elisa G. Ritt of Compass maintain the itemizing.