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Best laid plans
Building a home from plans is a lot like going through development. "When you buy a lot with plans, you become the producer and the script evolves," says Winston Cenac of Bulldog Realtors in Venice....
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Here comes the sun
When Michael Braden designed his Venice home with solar-powered electrical and water systems, he wanted to avoid electric bills. Now, he still gets envelopes from the Los Angeles Dept. of Water &...
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Of rents and renovations
The real estate market's loss has been the rental market's gain. Los Angeles' record-breaking housing prices have left some would-be buyers content to wait and see. Meanwhile, residential streets are...
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Living in beautiful downtown Burbank
For "The Tonight Show," it was a punchline. For more than 30,000 media-related employees, it's a company town. But for developers, Burbank will be the next Third Street Promenade. Firms are betting...
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Plant it there
"You can't put a cheap, ugly planter at the front door of a $10 million home," says Inner Gardens owner Stephen Block. It's this kind of thinking that's creating a boom in container gardening. Once...
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Movin’ on up
Your series was picked up. Your movie opened on top. You're a chronic upgrader. Time to move on up -- to, say, $5 million-ish. Time for expectation management.
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Wire hangers, no. Tutus, yes.
"The way you live and the way you present your home are two different things," says Aimee Miller, founder of Designed to Move, a company offering "property enhancement" for the real estate market.
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Furniture doctor
This is the 50th anniversary of the Eames lounge chair. Alfie Hume is in the business of making sure they don't show their age. An affable Brit who now lives and works in Venice, Hume lives to take...
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Tourist trap
Speed dating for the architecture world. That's the idea behind CA Boom's Fall 2006 Design and Architecture Series, a tour that allows up-and-coming architects to present their work for would-be clients.
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Entering the entourage
Make room in the entourage: Here comes the real estate agent. "Kings had their court and the president has his cabinet," says one actress who keeps a Realtor in her back pocket. "Why wouldn't I have...
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