'Model' Homes: Where Jessica Stam and Gisele Live
Filed under: Design, News, Celebrity HomesThe term "model homes" doesn't usually conjure the residences of supermodels, but the skinniest and sexiest among us have to live somewhere. Rob at Curbed.com...
View ArticleWill Rising Price of Oil Help Sell Green Homes?
Filed under: Design, News, EconomyWhat does the revolt in Libya have to do with green home design? Well, now that the price of oil has spiked to over $100 a barrel, energy-efficient green homes are...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: Derby-Style Estate for $4.5 Million
Filed under: Design, News, Lifestyle, SellingWhere will you be watching the "greatest two minutes in sports?" Well, if you can't be rail-side at Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby, this Franklin...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: Set Anchor in Connecticut for $13.2 Million
Filed under: Design, News, Buying, SellingSpringtime is Connecticut waterfront time! Flowers are blooming, the smell of mown grass perfumes the air, and you know it's finally safe to store the snow...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: Malibu Beachfront Beauty, $42.5 Million
Filed under: Design, News, Buying, Lifestyle, Other, SellingLet's face it: The only certain thing about real estate is that no one is creating more oceanfront land. And so our excitement level is sent...
View ArticleTour the 258-sq.-ft. Transformer Apartment
Filed under: Design, News, Lifestyle We've been writing a lot about super-small spaces lately. First there was Felice Cohen, who bunks in a 90-square-foot apartment. Then we discovered Luke, a dude who...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: The Hamptons in Beverly Hills, $10.9 Million
Filed under: Design, News, Buying, Investing, SellingWhat's a Hamptons' style Cape Cod doing with a Beverly Hills address? This $10,900,000 listing, not yet in the MLS, is a rare bird come these parts....
View ArticleRental Apartments Adding Over-the-Top Amenities
Filed under: Design, News, Lifestyle, RentingAs more homeowners become renters -- whether by choice or necessity -- the demand for higher-end luxury features in apartment buildings is off the charts....
View ArticleHouse of the Day: Yachtsman's Dream for $1.75 Million
Filed under: Design, News, Buying, LifestyleBuilt by a master yachtsman, this one-of-a-kind architectural home in Bradenton, Fla., provides more than 6,200 square feet of living space for $1,750,000....
View ArticleHouse of the Day: Montecito Glass House Lists for $23.9M
Filed under: Design, News, LifestylePeople who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, so buyers here are well-advised to leave their rock pile at their previous address. The Glass Pavilion in...
View ArticleGimme Shelter: Homes for the Apocalypse
Filed under: Design, News, Advice, LifestyleWith the beginning of the end of the world scheduled for tomorrow, it behooves nonbelievers -- those who will languish here on Earth for the next five months...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: Sexy Malibu Beach Home, $15.95M
Filed under: Design, News, Buying, Lifestyle, SellingIf there was a real estate equivalent of Playboy magazine, this Malibu beach home would be in its centerfold. It's just about the sexiest beach...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: Heaven in Paradise Valley for $8.75M
Filed under: Design, News, Buying, Lifestyle There are some things in real estate that are just head-scratchers. Take the case of this 18,416-square-foot knockout known as the Cottontail Run Estate,...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: L.A. Contemporary Lists at $23 Million
Filed under: Design, News, Buying, Lifestyle, Selling There is much to commend this house on Los Angeles' Westside listed at $23 million, so forgive us for getting hung up on the Zen-like grounds. It's...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: Iconic Redwood Grove Lists at $8.75M
Filed under: Design, News, Buying, Investing The iconic Garberville estate known as Redwood Grove, designed in 1926 by Hearst Castle architect Julia Morgan, has come on the market at $8,750,000....
View ArticleHouse of the Day: Sleek Texas Modern Lists at $9.75M
Filed under: Design, News, Lifestyle, Selling This is the kind of property that makes you want to let out a low whistle of appreciation. And make it it a nice long one, 'cause this is Texas we're...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: Mammoth Lakes Lodge Now $7.5M
Filed under: Design, News, Buying, Lifestyle In real estate's Old World Order -- back when homes appreciated in value hourly -- it used to be that the best time to pick up a bargain in a ski vacation...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: Volcano House or UFO?
Filed under: Design, News, Buying, Lifestyle When this property was listed as a "one-of-a-kind," no lies were told. The listing agents here see a Volcano House; personally, we see a UFO. In either...
View ArticleActor Dennis Quaid Cuts Price on L.A. Home
Filed under: Design, News, Celebrity Homes, Selling Count actor Dennis Quaid among those reducing the asking price on their home. In Quaid's case, the property just took a $3 million shave to $13.9...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: Plymouth Home Rocks at Reduced Price
Filed under: Design, News, Buying, Lifestyle, Selling We did a double-take when we saw the price of this Plymouth home, thinking it was in Plymouth Mass., where it would be a steal for $1,999,000....
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