Flea wants $9.8 million for La Crescenta stunner

Loads of stellar properties dot the hills of La Crescenta, however none of them look fairly like Flea’s. The Pink Scorching Chili Peppers bassist has owned the futuristic compound for 4 years, and now he’s procuring it round for $9.8 million.

That’s greater than double what Flea, whose actual identify is Michael Balzary, paid in 2018. Data present he purchased it from artists Lari Pittman and Roy Dowell for $4.25 million and made just a few additions, including an elegant cabin, 50-foot-long swimming pool and 875-square-foot addition throughout his keep.

On the middle of the 5.7-acre unfold sits a swirling, seven-sided construction and a smaller home inbuilt 1953 by famed architect Richard Neutra for his secretary, Dorothy Serulnic. Neutra’s greatest work combines modernism with indoor-outdoor Southern California dwelling, and that design philosophy is on full show right here.

Jagged strains lower throughout the roof, bringing an industrial vibe to the outside of the 1,350-square-foot dwelling. Inside, huge partitions of glass open to a courtyard crammed with succulents.

White partitions mingle with heat woods within the dwelling areas, which embrace a scenic eating space, stone fire and lounge with Neutra-designed built-ins comparable to a settee system with a file participant and hid audio system. The first suite — one in every of two bedrooms in the principle home and 5 bedrooms complete — boasts concrete partitions and a curvilinear rest room with a tile tub.

Nestled into the craggy, rock-laden hills, the property consists of a number of succulent gardens and a handful of flat, grassy lawns. A guesthouse continues the modernist design palette, and the swimming pool includes a pavilion full with an outside kitchen and swinging chair. An out of doors movie show with a wind display completes the scene.

A local of Australia, Flea co-founded Pink Scorching Chili Peppers within the Nineteen Eighties. The L.A.-based rock band has launched 11 studio albums so far with hits comparable to “Below the Bridge,” “Californication” and “Scar Tissue.” In 2011, the 59-year-old additionally co-founded the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, a nonprofit academic group.

Sherri Rogers and Elisa G. Ritt of Compass maintain the itemizing.