Some houses have a view. This one has the city.
Skyline Terrace, Los Angeles, CA, 90049 · $3,500,000 · 3 beds · 3 baths · 5,200 sq ft · 18,000 sq ft lot
Perched above Los Angeles, with glass on three sides and the city lying underneath it. The infinity pool and the terrace face the skyline, so the evening lasts longer up here than it does down in the basin.
Three bedrooms in 5,200 square feet. This is a house for people who wanted space rather than rooms, and it shows in every one of them.
Entrance
You come up the hill, the motor court opens, and the house does not show itself all at once. Walnut, glass, agave, and behind all of it the city in a silver haze.
Most people stop right here for a moment, before they ever reach the door.
Outdoor & Pool
The glass slides away and the living room ends up on the deck. The pool is dark, so late in the day it holds the light instead of throwing it back.
Around seven the city comes on underneath you. That is when nobody goes inside.
Dining & Chill
From the first coffee in the morning to the last glass at night, everything happens in this one room. Two islands, so somebody can cook while everybody else stands around being in the way.
Then the city comes on behind the glass.
Bedrooms
Three bedrooms, and every one of them looks at something. The primary opens onto its own piece of terrace, which is where you end up standing with the first coffee.
Walnut, glass, and nothing in the room asking for attention.
Bathrooms
There is a window next to the tub, which sounds like a small thing until you are sitting in it at seven in the evening.
Travertine, warm light, and enough room that two people are not in each other's way.
