The original Neutra house is what I wanted to see. I am glad that Flea has done minimal changes, and those were done in good taste. Absolutely beautiful!
@@thomascavanaugh5895 I live in a large 1950s modern ranch that a builder custom designed for himself. A lot of people think it's hideous. So, yes, it's subjective.
@@thomascavanaugh5895 I understand. I was watching a detective show set in early 1900s Vienna last night, and was wondering why the furniture was so ornate.
This property is STUNNING!! So many rock star properties are pretentious and boring, but the minimalism and absolute character of this house are top notch...
I'm a custom tile contractor as well and when you see something that blows you away after being in the industry for 30 years you know it's special. Truly a work of usable art.
All true, but the shower barely has enough room to move in. Form over function. Shame because the look is amazing. Don’t know why I’m bothered, it’s not like I’m looking to buy it
The Neutra designed house is outstanding… what a thoughtful design… what a nice feeling. Loved getting to see it in video- both indoors and outdoors. The mature landscaping around it adds a lot!
I agree. It looks better, too. The main building seems pretty drab (no color except that cool couch). . . .and views of a barren wasteland from climate crisis. I'd want some plants and nature around me.
I’d pay that for the Neutra house alone. It’s beautiful and I love that Flea left the original design intact. He has good taste. Also the privacy aspect is amazing.
Wow. Such a sensitively constructed addition to the original building. Letting nature have such a voice in the whole vibe makes it quite something . Breathtakingly beautiful.
I first met Flea in the 80's when he was living with my boyfriend, Bob in a studio at the Hollywood Hotel. He's come a long way since then! Good for him!
Same, hadn't seen either of these buildings in the mags. The original is modest but intensely detailed (the sliding table is groovy). The 2009 house is pretty good too, feels Japanese. Seems a good deal for the whole 6 acre compound.
@@TheReverb1 GTFO of here. I'm also an architect. The idea that any architect should know every private residence designed by someone of Neutra's fame is ridiculous.
If you want privacy you are certainly getting that . It has good separation from neighbors if you want to get loud. It's hard to find a house with 5+ acres anywhere near LA.
I/we looked at the Neutra/Serulnic house MANY years ago...before any of the other structures were there. We didn't buy it because we didn't have the means to do what needed to be done...leave the Neutra alone and build a compound around it! THIS IS AWESOME...like a dream come true. Someone is going to get a VERY special property. Kudos from SW France (where i/we live in a house that has been occupied since the 1500s).
I enjoy seeing the “Ikea” look of the furniture etc, that looks like a million dollars at the same time. Everything is so elegant, refined and beautiful. The guest bedroom - turned master’s - looks so cool and awesome. The bathroom looks like Star Trek. The thing I enjoyed most is how incredibly well-taken care of the whole thing is. Makes you want to just adore it
The bathroom (aside from the literally front mirrors exposing you to everyone in the home) is literally my ideal bathroom. Sooo beautiful, love the skylight!
I have never loved any celeb’s home more than I love this wow so in love with absolutely all of it. And it belongs to flea of all the people I would think would own such an elegant, spatial, spectacular, picturesque, warm, eccentric, fun, luxurious home
Love it. I was born in Hollywood and raised in Silver Lake. I've seen the RHCP start and still here. This summer was Unlimited Love. Wasn't able to see them at the Form. Flea love you and love the simplicity and the Japanese tub my favorite. Interesting to see your home even though you have moved on. I'm inspired seeing your pad in my humble apt in Alhambra. Lov6to RHCP John returning this year was what my family and self.
Beautiful property but man the air conditioning bill on that modern build must be horrendous, not one bit of shade off the house to fight the california sun.
I didn't know I live just a few blocks away from Flea. All these years I never realized it was Flea's house...I can see it from my house. The stone fireplace is extremely common with houses in this area built at that time. My grandparents house just a couple miles away has a stone fireplace, as well as stone along the exterior lower belt line of the garage.
I've never loved the idea of compound properties. I wouldn't want to have to go to another location to do something else. Idk just me. Back in CT a lot of my friends had massive properties with multiple guest houses and pools and it was just too much
I could live in the cabin forever. Majestic views everywhere. Simplicity and solar energy. I would never want to leave a place like this. 🌶 🌞 🌳 🧘♀️ one of my favorite with Dakota Johnson’s place
I know circumstances change and people move on, but I always wonder why great spaces like these go on the market. There's something a little bittersweet about it...
This is very common among the rich and famous. Flea bought the home in 2018 for $4.5M. It's on the market for $8.8M. Right before he put it on the market he bought a home in Beverly Hills for $14M. Buy a home. Make some improvements. Live there for a while. Sell it and profit a few million. Move on to the next amazing home. Let's not forget that he also owns a home in Malibu. It's entirely possible that this was never his primary residence. Just a foothill getaway for when he tired of his beach home.
Because people want to cash in when their money people tell them the market is overvalued? How many houses do you need, this is certainly not Flea's only house and he likely never actually lived there. Flea doesnt strike me as the guy who wants to live somewhere northeast LA county or wherever, on a hill in an almost desert, looking down on suburbia. He's more the kind of guy who wants to have ocean view and access in walking distance.
Flea and me…absolutely kindred spirits in our taste in Architecture. I’ve been obsessed with this house for a few years, but from magazine profiles and online info dated when the hexagonal structure was built, so I had no idea Flea owned it now. Love the Neutra house as well, of course - OMG the details - but MidMod is my default so a design like that newer one is always something that pulls me in. I’m in the middle of designing a home for myself (a never ending process) and this house has been a major influence, mainly for the non-orthogonal layout, central courtyard, and almost-totally-open progression through. In my possession, though, the kitchen would be the showcase room.
Oh I totally agree! Mid century modern has always been my favorite.. I wish I was in your shoes! I’d love to be able to be designing my own home right now! One day soon:) And yes.. the kitchen would definitely have to be a the main showcase of the house.✨
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Very well sorted out and thoughtful design. I quite liked it. View is superb. It feels as if the city was built to be looked by the owner of this house.
Most inventive bass player in the world. Flea gave whole new meaning to the words *' I play bass in a band '* Nothing Basic at all. About that abode! 🎸💲
I'm 59 years old and I still have not learned that you never judge a book by its cover. Flea has amazing taste and is not at all as I imagined him to be off stage
you obviously have no idea who this person is. he is an accomplished jazz musician, who funds and participates in inner city music projects in schools.
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The main house is just awful. Cold, empty space with no personality whatsoever. The dining space looks like a school classroom with cubbies built around the walls. The entire house just feels hollow. And the cabin is just weird. The original house is great! It may be modern, but it has a welcoming warmth to it. Even though it’s not where he spends his time, it has more life and feels more energized. Notice that there are built-ins here, too, but instead of looking and feeling boxy and coldly utilitarian, they feel warmer, more elegant, more adult and useful. That last is an important distinction. In short, the main, more contemporary building has the impersonal feel of a public building whereas the older mud-century building has the feel of a real home with personality.
The house seems like it's in the middle of nowhere. Doing basic stuff like getting groceries or going to eat out seems like it would be such a hassle with how far away everything is and how congested the roads always are
I lived nearby right around the time it was built. It really is beautiful and it's the coolest and most interesting home in an otherwise ordinary neighborhood. You'd expect to see a place like this in Beverly Hills but somebody built it right on the edge of Tujunga. I had no idea Flea lived there until now... we would always drive by and wonder.
I grew up in Southern California and they’ve been talking about burying those power lines my entire life. He probably realized it’s never going to happen. Also, weirdly, I don’t really notice them. People from out of town will ask why there will be so many in beach communities and I just look past them.
Beautiful! The God’s eye needs to be pushed over the cliff and the view of the power pole and transformer from the master bedroom are a deal breaker for that price point. The master bath with the circular theme echoed in the skylight, soaking tub and even the coin tiles is a master piece of modern sculpture and utility. Otherwise a perfect modernist home. The price is fair too. I just cannot excuse the power pole, lol… perhaps it could be a “casualty” in the next earthquake and be resurrected and buried under ground in a bomb proof bunker invisible to the eyes of the home’s inhabitants.
That would be nice (your idea for losing the utility pole), but of course anything to do with that would involve application and appeals to some governmental group, subject to long reviews and elusive approvals; I can’t imagine no one tried, but then they conceded and realized it’s ugly but it doesn’t really block a significant part of the view
Very cool and RHCP has been my favorite band for 35 years, so this is a great look into Flea’s life! I will say that the foot steps of the cameraman are really noticeable
That's a big nope for me. The buildings are too small for that price. If you have more than one kid, which building are they going to sleep in? And where's the garage for all the toys? The pool is far from the homes and bathrooms; imagine having a pool party and having to lug tons of food and drinks that distance. The basement bedroom has an amazing view of a power pole. You've got a long walk to and from buildings; if one building has a leak you may not find out for days. And the landscaping maintenance cost for 5 acres must be sky high. Asking is $8.8? That is a hard no for me.
This video is a good illustration of why you need architects or designers to talk about these spaces. It’s one of the most unimpressive descriptions of a beautiful property I have ever heard. Instead of the finishes, I’d like to hear the story of the house - why it’s in a heptagonal shape, how the light falls in such an angular fashion in the courtyard, the challenges of preserving the mid century house in such a pristine manner, even about the couch Flea had custom-made. None of that is in this video. The property is beautiful but the narration/description is disappointing :(
I love the classic but contemporary design, the natural light that the spaces consume. Love the bedroom, simple but cosy. I love the layout and outside space. But it feels too remote and isolated, and I don't like the kitchen.
Michael "Flea" Balzary is also now selling off his $3 Million dollar house in Moruya, N.S.W south coast Australia. He knows something WE don't obviously!
YUCK! Imagine living in a ugly, cold, boring piece of art. That bedroom is like sleeping in a parking garage but part of it broke off and fell down the cliff.
