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David Lynch LA House
- dwd 1y agoActually didn't know Frank had an architect son. Personally I prefer the Millard House which is similar and probably an inspiration. The Millard House is the archetype Minecraft House.
- tsunamifury 1y agoWhat a dreary sad anachronistic description.
- 0_____0 1y agoI mean looking at the structures it's kind of warranted. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textile_block_house https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textile_block_house
- dwd 1y agoHis houses lend themselves to being recreated in Minecraft. Personally I have always liked his style and Falling Water was my favourite house when I was young.
- tsunamifury 1y agoits more that it just shows a vast ignorance of history and society to call it a 'Minecraft house.' It's like calling the Pyramids of Giza 'the Minecraft pyramids." It belays a level of stupidity that is difficult to ignore. The reality is its an Incan Pyramid inspired home.
- 0_____0 1y agoI'm sure that a lot of the people you're describing as "stupid" here would love to know about the true inspiration behind the building style. Maybe this is an opportunity to share information, rather than to lament the uncultured brutishness of the masses?
- tsunamifury 1y agoIt’s in the comment. Really my guy?
- Waterluvian 1y agoAnyone know anything about those fluted V-shaped panels everywhere? They look like very heavy cast iron.
- Terr_ 1y agoMy thought was: "Wow, he must've gotten a great deal on those, or else ordered far too many and was stuck finding places for them..."
- paularmstrong 1y agoI don't but wanted to say that I love the continuity of them used in different spaces. The whole place really looks like a single vision put together and not a bunch of disparate rooms.
- Infernal 1y agoTFA says “The facade’s cement chevrons catch the sun” but I’m not sure about the ones inside.
- Waterluvian 1y agoYeah the outdoor ones definitely look like cement. The indoor ones are probably too. Though they have a patina that makes them look like worn iron.
- Fricken 1y agoLynch made those himself out of grey plaster. They didn't show much of Lynch's studio, but that's where he spent most of his time hanging out, making sculptures and paintings and building things. He was hands on guy who kept himself busy, compulsively so.
- ape4 1y agoMaybe they would catch rainwater too - mosquito breading area
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- Nursie 1y agoIt certainly looks interesting. You would definitely be living in his style. Compelling as his films were, I'm not 100% convinced I'd want to live in his house that clearly has some very personal motifs. Also you are never going to get the stale smoke out of there!
- analog8374 1y agoI worked on a house occupied by heavy smokers for a couple decades (then they died). Nicotine yellow everything. We pumped it full of ozone. That did a good job destinking. Then we painted everything with killz. We also sterilized the basement with uv deathlights.
- jdjjkriiekj 1y agoIt looks nothing like the ending of Blue Velvet.
- esalman 1y agoZillow listing: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/7017-Senalda-Rd-Los-Angeles-CA-90068/20803620_zpid/ https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/7017-Senalda-Rd-Los-Angel...
- randycupertino 1y agoLove this compound and all the hiking paths up around in the surrounding hills. Truly an peaceful property to immerse yourself in work and entertaining! Property taxes are gonna spike for the new buyer though due to prop 13 so make sure to factor that into your offer vs the $15k a year in the listing... Hopefully whoever buys this gem doesn't tear it down to build some modern boxy McMansion.
- CamperBob2 1y agoLooking at the full set of photos in the Zillow link that esalman posted, sorry, but that kitchen has gotta go.
- dilyevsky 1y agoUnless you’re also a chain smoker everything inside that house probably needs to go
- rob74 1y agoMaybe a David Lynch mega-fan who has $ 15 million to spare will buy it and convert at least part of it into a (nicotine-heavy) museum? But the neighbors would probably object, as they always do when tourists dare to stray into hallowed Hollywood Hills...
- nadnad 1y agoIncredible kitchen! With the narrow tall doors, brass knobs, and nice touch with the all-pistachio countertops.
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- tills13 1y agoIf you're dropping $15m you aren't worried about property taxes regardless of how much they do or do not increase.
- morkalork 1y agoI like the contrast between the kitchen and the home theatre, I guess he was not much of a chef haha
- helloplanets 1y agoDefinitely not much of a chef! > When I get up, I have a cappuccino - that's breakfast. I don't have any food till lunch. I get into phases where I'll have the same thing every day. Lately I've been having feta cheese, olive oil and vinegar, tomatoes, and some tuna fish mixed together. Before that I was having tuna fish on lettuce and cottage cheese, but I got tired of that in about three months. I once had the same thing for lunch every day for seven years - a Bob's Big Boy chocolate shake and coffee at 2:30 every afternoon. [0]: https://www.lynchnet.com/mcdl.html https://www.lynchnet.com/mcdl.html
- morkalork 1y agoEven though I know nothing about him, this makes complete sense and isn't surprising at all. Also, this is the diet of someone who has no problems with gaining too much weight. Basically intermittent fasting through breakfast and low carb at lunch. Also, I think a lot of us can relate to this: >If left alone, my natural waking hours would probably be I 0 A.M. till 3 A.M
- superultra 1y agoYou may be right but it’s worth noting that many mid century kitchens - including my own - were less focused on hospitality in the kitchen and more on efficiency. In some cases this was because homes had hired help. My MCM kitchen is large enough to host but the cooking area is like this galley. I love to cook. Having lived in a home with with a huge open kitchen, I vastly prefer this galley style. It really does save time. When you’re doing a few things at once, a large kitchen with a lot of space between stations is a liability.
- maz1b 1y agoInterestingly, this article made me learn that Frank Lloyd Wright had a son who also was an architect, and that son also had a son that became an architect. I dunno, I just find that a little bit cool and interesting.
- yardie 1y agoI was lucky enough to stay in a beach house designed by either the son or grandson of Frank Lloyd Wright. So many amazing architectural details including natural cooling towers. I was young then and didn't really get to appreciate it the house since I was spending my time on the water. But I did take photos and see something interesting every time it rotates through my iPhoto library.
- ks2048 1y agoI wonder if the price would be significantly different if it wasn't David Lynch's house.
- dsr_ 1y agoLooking at other houses in the neighborhood, it's probably about 10-15% because it's the Lynch residence, and the rest of it is the extent of the land, the number of houses, and, of course, the place where it is. By way of contrast, this is listed for 2.5x the money on the other side of the canyon: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1851-N-Stanley-Ave-Los-Angeles-CA-90046/20795085_zpid/ https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1851-N-Stanley-Ave-Los-An...
- CamperBob2 1y agoI'll bet the seller makes a hell of a Caucasian! (Although I guess it isn't really Jackie Treehorn's place, given that the listing says it was built in 2023.)
- harmmonica 1y agohttps://maps.app.goo.gl/3zChgboCiqWuUD317?g_st=ipc https://maps.app.goo.gl/3zChgboCiqWuUD317?g_st=ipc
- twalla 1y agoJackie Treehorn’s place is the Sheats-Goldstein residence. Both the residence and the owner are worth going down the Wikipedia rabbit hole. https://jamesfgoldstein.com/the-goldstein-residence/ https://jamesfgoldstein.com/the-goldstein-residence/
- CamperBob2 1y agoGoldstein appears to be quite an interesting "dude." He's exactly what people mean when they point out that Lynch, while well-off compared to most, was not particularly wealthy by Hollywood standards.
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- wonderwonder 1y agoI guess I really don't understand LA house pricing. I see shacks listed for a million, or is that only SF? This is 2.3 acres with 3 homes on it and its 15 million. Although looks like it needs some work.
- vlovich123 1y agoLA is huge and just like SF has neighborhoods so does LA except sprawled over way more acreage. LA is slightly cheaper than SF because it’s so large geographically - in SF you can drive across the city in 30 minutes. LA is several hours across.
- jppope 1y agoIts pretty easy to understand actually, and all of metropolitan California is the same way- A normal, dual income, middle class working family has an income of ~$250K-$500K (Doctor + teacher, Lawyer and a Doctor, Business exec and Accountant, etc) and they're going to spend upwards of ~40% of their income on their house. thats going to have them spending $6K-$11K. Now they can handle a $1M home no problem. 3 bed 2 bath shitbox from the 70s sure thing... Anything to live in California. Same house in Kansas City is $300K but whatever. However, for them to go after a $2.5M+ property you need real money, a $5M house even more... you aren't working a normal person job to spend the estimated lifetime earnings of most Americans on a house... it just aint happening. So anything after ~$5M is a VASTLY better deal then the rat race housing. All of these dynamics can be figured out pretty easy thanks to prop 13, Californias insane income taxes, and the job market... if you can figure out a way to buy a house, hold on to it for dear life, never move, and work your entire life to pay for it. The only thing more consistent than people in the northeast wanting to move to California are death and taxes, which coincidentally prop 13 covers. lol
- tills13 1y agoAm I crazy or reading the wrong info or are you being hyperbolic when you say California has "insane" income taxes? As an example, the effective rate when making $200k is 25% including federal taxes. That's great. You get to live in a productive and supportive society. The only issue I see is that housing is expensive and $150k, as much as it can support a comfortable lifestyle, would be insufficient to ALSO buy a home. But what we're talking about here is a separate issue from housing. (your state taxes when making $100k would only be $2k, to preempt that retort)
- a-r-t 1y agoNice to see a Festool miter saw in his shop, Lynch knew what he was doing.
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- inasio 1y agoThere was an auction of a lot of his memorabilia a few months ago, it included a lot of Festool stuff. He was an avid woodworker (the sale also included furniture he made). I like how the work table where you can see the miter saw is made of the most utilitarian plywood, it feels like he was working until his last days
- benbojangles 1y agoIt looks like he was smoking four cigarettes at once in there
- gyanchawdhary 1y agoTake away ‘David Lynch’ and you’re left with a 1970s real estate listing nobody would click on …
- superultra 1y agoTo each their own I guess but I think this is a beautiful home. My home was built at the same time (1965) and seems to share a lot of characteristics to David’s home, although my house is much smaller. You’d be surprised how hard it is find houses like this. Many of them have been gutted and rehabbed into “open” floor plans, with a lot of white paint and white barn doors. This is unfortunate because house builders back then really knew how to create distinctive spaces. This home has a lot of beautiful light, feels very airy and open, and yet feels very distinctive and characteristic. Probably the biggest drawback and challenge will be, as other commenters have pointed out, that Lynch smoked packs a day and getting that out will be tough. Otherwise there absolutely buyers who would love this home.
- sachahjkl 1y agoit's raining....
- boriskourt 1y agoJennifer Lynch is very active on Reddit and explained why it’s selling for anyone interested. [0] [0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/davidlynch/comments/1nhb6q9/comment/neb1h58/ https://www.reddit.com/r/davidlynch/comments/1nhb6q9/comment...
- irjustin 1y agoThanks it was a nice read.
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- DetroitThrow 1y agoYes, I don't think she was saying he was destitute, just that he was effectively house poor for someone who supposedly had a net worth of millions.
- boriskourt 1y agoHe was not a poor man, he was not a wealthy man. This project did take 40 years. Which is a great deal of his career and income, there is another nice comment from Jen about it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/davidlynch/comments/1nhcgej/comment/neazf5x/ https://www.reddit.com/r/davidlynch/comments/1nhcgej/comment...
- tasuki 1y agoBy that definition, most people are poor. $15 million is much more than most people have. Even split among the four children, it's fine.
- selfmodruntime 1y agoHe apparently was cash poor and asset rich. Now the opposite is true for his children.
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- delabay 1y agoThey will have a difficult time finding a buyer for this extremely unique property. One really needs rare eclectic taste. In my personal opinion, this house ugly AF
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- benrmatthews 1y agoWould love to see a video walkthrough of the property (not that I have a spare $15m...)
- crossroadsguy 1y agoSo what about that non-spare $15m..? I mean it's Lynch's house. You never know there might a red room and all that somewhere hidden. Just saying.
- vid 1y agoBetween preserving a 'compound' (presumably by a wealth private person) and converting it back to three properties and homes, I'd want to see the latter.
- WalterBright 1y agoMy accountant told me of a newly minted Microsoft millionaire who decided to spend it all on a house. His advice was he would not be able to pay the taxes or upkeep on the house. His client didn't listen, and in two years was forced to liquidate the house. What you pay for a house is only the beginning of what you're going to pay.
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- WalterBright 1y agoThe WSJ recently ran an article about Johnny Carson's house that was for sale for $110m: https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/johnny-carsons-longtime-malibu-home-lists-for-110-million-a9331324 https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/johnny-carsons-... The house and grounds are beautiful. Scrolling down reveals a picture of it when Carson lived in it. Kind of a dump.
- rurban 1y agoI wonder if and how the compound was affected by the recent fires at the hills. Because I heard he died of eventual complications of the fire to his lungs (he also was a chain smoker). But on these photos I see no damage at all. Good. Because you rarely see good modernist architecture, most owners just destroy it by stupidity. As seen on the website with other houses. Also the real estate industry is complicit.