Fashion designer Jean Young puts Richard Neutra’s 1962 home up for sale for $3.3 million (exclusive)

Stylist Jeanne Yang, whose client list includes good actors Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Mackie, Jason Momoa, Jamie Dornan, Simu Liu, Christian Bale and Reg-Jean Page, has exceptional taste in home and clothing design.

Twenty-two years ago, she and her husband, Scott Cort, purchased an architecturally significant home in Woodland Hills, California, designed by influential architect Richard Neutra.

Now, the couple has decided to put the house up for sale (with Allen Roth of Sotheby’s International Realty) on the market for $3.3 million. Known as the JN Baldwin House and located in the western San Fernando Valley, the four-bedroom residence was built in 1962. Faithfully preserved details include the original recessed wall clock, sconces and light switches. from neutral. Neutra’s original chalk drawings, in addition to the plans and construction book, are also included in the listing.

Yang tells him the hollywood reporter that she and Cort originally found the 3,062-square-foot home through a classified ad. Los Angeles Times This is misspelled in the name of a famous architect known for his pioneering approach to indoor/outdoor living. “He was listed as Richard Neuter,” says Young.

The couple were looking for an architecturally significant home in Los Angeles. “We just lost our house and I said, ‘We’ll never find another house like this one.’ I was very sad. And on Sunday morning we went to the newsstand. Do you remember these things? and I took Los Angeles Times And in the real estate section, this was before Realtor.com and Zillow, I saw this photo. I said, “It must be Richard Neutra.”

Young’s eye was trained after visiting Neutra’s homes in Southern California, including the Kaufman Desert House in Palm Springs and the VDL Research House in Silver Lake (which was the architect’s home).

Young asked her husband to leave to see the Woodland Hills estate at 7 am. “I said, ‘This is going to be my house.’ The couple won a bidding war for the house in 2000, paying (according to public records) $659,000.

The property, Young said, was in “very good condition.” Over the years, he estimates, he and his wife have spent “probably over a million” on renovations (which included redoing the kitchen twice and remodeling all three bathrooms), as well as new landscaping. “We did a lot of different things to make it really habitable, but we still keep it intact,” says Young. “We consulted with many different architects and amazing contractors to ensure we did everything within the integrity of the project.

That reindeer means the kitchen now has Sub-Zero, Wolf, Miele, and Gaggenau appliances, a Julien sink, Dornbracht hardware, and quartz countertops (“I didn’t want Formica,” says Young), and there’s a new Toto Washlet. Main bathroom. Outside there is a swimming pool, ripe orange and lemon trees, new bamboo decks and new outdoor lighting.

Young says he thinks the best part of the house, other than Neutra’s signature slatted windows (i.e. windows that run the entire length of the facade), is the way it’s nestled between the long driveway and mature hillside. . trees.

“The people who built the house wrote a letter to Neutra saying, ‘We don’t know if you would be interested in building a very modest house for us, but we love what you’re doing.’ It was in 1961. He responded to her letter by saying, “I would if I could liquidate the inheritance.” He was very particular about where he put everything. So they drove through the neighborhood and picked this spot on a small hill. One of the most amazing things. [today] is that when you’re in the room you can’t see the houses around you. The fact that Neutra knows that after 60 years you can feel like you’re in a tree house is an example of a fantastic architect.

Young, who joined Anonymous Content last year as a manager and producer (maintaining the style business), says he plans on moving forward. “With my new career in town and our daughters in college, we realized we wanted to downsize. Her husband Cort is a luxury residential real estate consultant at Sotheby’s in Beverly Hills.

Adds Young: “I think it’s about time someone got a chance to live in what I consider a work of art.”

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