{"id":3817,"date":"2023-11-08T05:08:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T05:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/08\/deal-of-the-midcentury-wright-designed-home-in-long-beach-gets-a-price-cut\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T05:08:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T05:08:32","slug":"deal-of-the-midcentury-wright-designed-home-in-long-beach-gets-a-price-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/08\/deal-of-the-midcentury-wright-designed-home-in-long-beach-gets-a-price-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Deal of the Midcentury: Wright-Designed Home in Long Beach Gets a Price Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The owners of\u00a0Long Beach, CA<\/a>, home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright\u2019s<\/strong> oldest son are on the hunt for a buyer who appreciates the dwelling\u2019s unique architectural lineage.<\/p>\n

This recently restored, 1955 house was originally drafted by\u00a0Frank<\/strong> Lloyd Wright Jr.<\/strong>, also known as Lloyd Wright<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The home was listed\u00a0in March for $2,950,000<\/a>, and the price has since been reduced by $2,595,000. The property has a new listing agent, too.<\/p>\n

Known as the Honeycutt House, the home was commissioned by Ralph and Marie Honeycutt<\/strong>. The current owners snapped up this 2,382-square-foot, mid-mod dwelling in 2021 for $950,000. Prior to that, the home was last on the market in 1978.<\/p>\n

Despite its rough condition, this three-bedroom, four-bath, octagonal home had potential.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe concrete was crumbling, and the wood was rotting,\u201d says Nancy Deprez<\/strong>, of Vista Sotheby\u2019s International Realty<\/a>. \u201cThey eventually found somebody who did all the work\u2014new roof, new plumbing, new electrical, and new smart lighting. They rescued it from being torn down. They did this in a little over a year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the additions are a new roof, kitchen, bathrooms, HVAC, windows, plumbing, electrical, and a tankless water heater.<\/p>\n

Living room<\/p>\n

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Study<\/p>\n

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Dining area<\/p>\n

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Kitchen<\/p>\n

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One of the bedrooms<\/p>\n

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One of the baths<\/p>\n

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Another updated bathroom<\/p>\n

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Even so, many architectural features were retained. Those includes the open floor plan; two-sided fireplace; ribbed-wood paneling; pink, cinder-block structures; hardwood flooring; study built-ins; bamboo landscaping; and a glass slider to the backyard, where a replica of Wright\u2019s original patio awaits.<\/p>\n

Also, \u201cit\u2019s architecturally significant because of its very unique shape,\u201d explains Deprez. \u201cIt has these ceilings that are geometrically shaped. A normal house is built on a rectangular lot, and the house is a rectangle. This house is a rectangular lot divided into three triangles: the front yard, the house, and the backyard. It\u2019s really clever. You can see it when you take a drone photo of the top.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tucked into Park Estates, the home offers proximity to the beach, shopping, restaurants, and Cal State University Long Beach, which attracts many professors.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a special neighborhood with estate-style lots, mature trees, and curvy streets,\u201d Deprez notes. In the 1940s, the developer \u201cencouraged people who bought these lots to hire an architect, so it\u2019s not a boxy tract home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two of Wright\u2019s eye-catching homes in the Los Angeles<\/a> area have sold recently: a prestigious property in L.A. that was purchased for slightly under its $3.1 million asking price<\/a>, and a\u00a0La Canada Flintridge<\/a> house that was\u00a0listed for $2.9 million<\/a> and sold for $3.8 million<\/p>\n

\u201cThey got six offers, and it went way over asking price,\u201d Deprez says. \u201cThere\u2019s a following for these. They sell for more than just a regular house.\u201d<\/p>\n

The buyer of the Long Beach home likely will be an architectural enthusiast who appreciates a thoughtful restoration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are Frank Lloyd Wright Jr. homes throughout the Los Angeles area that have been demolished,\u201d Deprez says. \u201cThese were [also] made of wood and close to the ocean. If you don\u2019t maintain them, they fall apart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deprez is marketing to buyers in Northern California and Palm Springs<\/a>\u2014particularly those who are looking for a stylish second home.<\/p>\n

\u201cImagine somebody who\u2019s moved to Palm Springs and has [a home] like this but in the summer wants to get out of the heat and go to the coast,\u201d she says. \u201cThey could purchase this for their summer home.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Craig Glover The owners of\u00a0Long Beach, CA, home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright\u2019s oldest son are on the hunt for a buyer who appreciates the dwelling\u2019s unique architectural lineage. This recently restored, 1955 house was originally drafted by\u00a0Frank Lloyd Wright Jr., also known as Lloyd Wright. The home was listed\u00a0in March for $2,950,000, and the…Read More→<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}