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Mid-century homes, from Silver Lake to Palm Springs.

Post-and-beam, butterfly roofs and walls of glass. We only sell houses built between 1945 and 1970, so we know what to look for and what it costs to keep one right.

See all 7 homes for sale
A row of butterfly-roof houses under the mountain in Palm Springs Just listed in Vista Las PalmasThe Butterfly House $1,495,000

On the market

Newest first. Every listing has a nickname instead of an address until you book a tour. Sample listings

A hillside house above terraced gardens and stone steps

The Garden Steps

 Los Feliz, Los Angeles $2,850,000 4 bd3 ba2,480 sq ftBuilt 1958 A row of butterfly roofs under the mountain

The Butterfly House

 Vista Las Palmas, Palm Springs $1,495,000 3 bd2 ba1,780 sq ftBuilt 1959 A living room with glass walls and a wood ceiling looking into trees

The Glass Box

 Silver Lake, Los Angeles $2,195,000 3 bd2 ba1,690 sq ftBuilt 1961 A long house with a folded sawtooth roof in a desert garden

The Sawtooth

 Racquet Club Estates, Palm Springs $1,150,000 3 bd2 ba1,620 sq ftBuilt 1960 The view from the terrace across green hills to downtown

The Lookout

 Mount Washington, Los Angeles $1,395,000 2 bd2 ba1,320 sq ftBuilt 1964 A low white house with stone walls under palm trees

The Palm Court

 Twin Palms, Palm Springs $1,895,000 4 bd3 ba2,140 sq ftBuilt 1957

All homes for sale

Read the house

Six things that make a house mid-century, and how many of them are on the market right now.

  • Butterfly roof

    Two roof planes slope down to a valley in the middle, so the outside walls rise and take taller glass.

    2 homes with this

  • Clerestory windows

    A band of glass just under the roofline. Daylight all day, and the neighbors still can’t see in.

    5 homes with this

  • Post-and-beam

    The roof rides on exposed beams and posts instead of walls, which frees the walls to be glass.

    5 homes with this

  • Breeze block

    Patterned concrete block screens that shade a patio or carport and still let the air through.

    1 home with this

  • Walls of glass

    Floor-to-ceiling glass, usually sliding, between the living room and the yard.

    6 homes with this

  • Terrazzo

    Marble chips set in concrete and polished flat. Floors that still look new after seventy years.

    1 home with this

Two places, one era

The hillside post-and-beams of northeast L.A., and the flat desert tracts of Palm Springs, two hours apart.

What would your house sell for?

Pick the neighborhood and the size for a sample range in ten seconds. A real number comes from a walk-through.

Recently sold

What our last four sales asked, what they got, and how long it took. Sample sales

Recently sold homes (sample)
HouseAskedSoldVs. askingDays
Stone & ScreenRacquet Club Estates $985,000 $1,010,000 +2.5% 4
The Long CarportTwin Palms $1,350,000 $1,405,000 +4.1% 6
Reservoir ViewSilver Lake $2,050,000 $2,140,000 +4.4% 9
The AtriumVista Las Palmas $1,725,000 $1,700,000 −1.4% 18

Two agents, one style

One of us lives in Silver Lake and one in Palm Springs. Between us we have walked through most of the post-and-beam houses in both. Sample team

  • June Okada

    Listing agent, Palm Springs

    Restored two Twin Palms houses herself before she ever sold one.

  • Ray Castellanos

    Buyer’s agent, Los Angeles

    Knows which Silver Lake stairs are worth it and which ones are not.