“Somebody spent a lifetime bringing pieces of the world back to Outpost Estates. They’re all still here.”
“Somebody spent a lifetime bringing pieces of the world back to Outpost Estates. They’re all still here.”
- Claire O'Connor
2017
El Cerrito Pl
Los Angeles
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
4
Total Area
3,156 Sq. FT
Lot Size
8,158 Sq. FT
Price
$3,590,000
Old Hollywood, With a Passport
When Charles Toberman opened Outpost Estates in 1927, every home had to pass an architectural jury just to get built. This Spanish arrived that same year, making it an original in the most literal sense. What sets it apart a century later is that nobody ever considered it finished. The recent updates were done with a light hand, so the house still feels like itself, and you know it within four steps: a two-story circular foyer that plays like an opening shot, framed by storybook archways.
Listed by Julie A. Mollo & Sara Franco, Compass
Inside
The living room has real scale without going formal, which is harder to pull off in a 1927 Spanish than anyone admits, and the fireplace does most of that work. But the sourcing is the signature, and it’s what keeps this house from feeling like a costume: hand-carved Indonesian columns a century old, doors from India and Morocco still wearing their weather, Tuscan terracotta that’s 150 years old and looks better for it. A wood-lined flex room handles whatever the week brings, and the kitchen runs Viking and Sub-Zero without making a thing of it. Upstairs, the primary opens onto a veranda just big enough for two chairs, pointed at the ridge.
Outside
This is a backyard built by a host, not a decorator. There’s an outdoor fireplace and a built-in kitchen, and the the lounge areas are made for lingering long past dinner, with company or without it. Dinner happens under the pergola, and the saltwater pool sits behind hand-painted tile, so you never swim without noticing the floor. The lot is not large, and you would never know it, because it was laid out by someone thinking in rooms, not acreage.
The O' Factor
There’s a difference between a house that was decorated and a house that was collected, and the difference is time. Decorating is a purchase. Collecting is a habit, and this one was kept up for decades. People respond to it even when they can’t name it. We can: it’s a century of care, and there’s no faking it.
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Represent Us.
Every home has a soul. Every human has a place they were meant to be. Our instinct is knowing when the two finally meet. We honor architecture, preserve great design and celebrate the match. Welcome to O’Connor Estates. We’ve been waiting for you.
Proof is in the Properties
SOLD
Closed $200K over asking
SOLD
Closed for $1,589/sq ft
SOLD
Closed $250k over asking
