19 hours ago19 hr Active Members Today's Los Angeles Times expressed some surprise at the inability of the Stahls to sell this house at $20 million. Yet it's tiny, has 2 parking spaces, and no street parking to speak of. It also has rather precarious architecture. IMHO, probably worth a tenth of this price...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stahl_Househttps://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1635-Woods-Dr-Los-Angeles-CA-90069/65242987_zpid/"...The house has been unoccupied since 2007, but available for public tours. On November 21, 2025, it was listed for sale at $25,000,000, marking the first time in its history that it had been on the market. In a statement on the house's website, the Stahl family said "it has become increasingly challenging to care for it with the attention and energy it so richly deserves", and indicated that they were looking not just for a buyer but for a "steward" who appreciated its cultural and architectural importance. As of August 2026, the house listing remains active for $20M...".Los Angeles TimesL.A.'s most iconic house can't find a buyer. 'It's a pair...The Stahl House has been sitting on the market for nearly a year and is currently listed at $20 million. Real estate agents say the price of reputation is hard to pinpoint.Quite frankly, I'd be surprised if it sold for $10 million. One can get a much nicer house in the Hollywood Hills for that kind of cash.
17 hours ago17 hr Active Members Is there a recent trend for high end homes in LA going for less than the asking price Seems like this is not the first I've heard about it lately.On one hand a lot of homes were lost in Malibu and the Palisades fire, but a lot of celebrities are relocating out of California. Maybe the demand won't always meet a sale price going forward.My place is close to the beach, cooler temps, so the values here remain strong. Hopefully when the time comes I'll get a good price.
14 hours ago14 hr Active Members 'Iconic' is one of the most overused word in the English language but the Stahl House is an icon of the 50's. It is very familiar to people interested in 50's architecture & design. Like the image of Marilyn standing over the subway grate, it's very recognizable.The huge price tag means the house is being marketed to a handful of very wealthy collectors who are interested in preserving it like a work of art. So, the number of bedrooms or parking spaces are not part of the equation.
27 minutes ago27 min Author Active Members Although it's not for sale at this time, another iconic Hollywood Hills home of that era in the 90046 zip code is the Chemosphere. Also somewhat impractical, in that it can only be accessed via a funicular, and also with a perhaps precarious architecture, this house at least has three, not two, bedrooms. On Zillow, the house has a Zestimate of $2.5 million, which is more in line with what I suspect the Stahl house is worth. I think the Stahls must be insane if they think they can get $20 million, much less $25 million for their house (the original asking price). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemosphere"The Chemosphere is a modernist house at 7776 Torreyson Drive in Los Angeles, California, designed by John Lautner in 1960. The building, which the Encyclopædia Britannica once called "the most modern home built in the world", is admired both for the ingenuity of its solution to the problem of the site and for its unique octagonal design...". https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/7776-Torreyson-Dr-Los-Angeles-CA-90046/79797290_zpid/
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