Expanded Northridge College Estates Palmer & Krisel For Sale – Northridge, CA

Built by builder Julian Weinstock in 1960 is this expanded Palmer & Krisel-designed home in Northridge College Estates, in the heart of Northridge, California. With five bedrooms and three bathrooms in 2,260 square feet, this home includes a two-car garage on a 10,500 square-foot lot and carries an asking price of $600,000.

Front entry

Situated on a corner lot, the home fronts Lassen Street, a four lane roadway, and Encino Avenue to the east, with a traffic signal in front of the home. The two garage is accessed from Encino Avenue, leaving the front yard area open, filled with mature palms, juniper shrubs, and healthy turf. High windows line the façade of the home, and the original service porch enclosure sits adjacent to the front door.

Living room - check out the subtle modernist tilt of the fireplace overmantle

Living room 

The living and dining rooms sit at the rear of the home, overlooking the backyard, while the kitchen and master bedroom sits at the front. The original open beamed vaulted ceilings are still in place, adding height and volume to the living areas. The living room is anchored by Krisel’s signature modernist fireplace with a dramatic tilted over-mantle offering a nice clean midcentury touch to the room. West-facing clerestory windows accent the wall, while a light soffit spans the south wall of the living room and ties into the dining room.

Dining room

Dining room with living room beyond

Kitchen 

Kitchen 

The dining room features a great pair of late 1970’s chandeliers, and is separated from the living room by a divider with built-in pocket doors. An original pass-through connects the dining room to the adjacent kitchen, which was last updated at some point in the 1980s. Raised-panel oak cabinetry is topped with white tile countertops, and older but functional appliances round out the room.

Master bedroom 

Secondary bedroom

Secondary bedroom 

Secondary bedroom and walkway to fifth bedroom addition 

Secondary bedroom 

Secondary bedroom 

The master bedroom features original clerestory windows and narrow, linear windows allowing lots of natural light to fill the room. No photos of the master or secondary bathrooms were provided. The secondary bedrooms are split form the master at the east end of the home, and a fifth bedroom addition and third bathroom addition sit at the northeast corner of the home.

Back of home 

Backyard

Backyard

Covered patio and back of home 

Covered patio and backyard 

Built in barbeque off of living room 

The backyard is large, open an grassy, with a covered patio located adjacent to the living room, A built in brick barbeque and low wall with planters surround the covered patio. Large mature Italian cypress shrubs surround the perimeter of the backyard, and a pair of RV gates on the east side of the yard allow access to the space.

Northridge College Estates offers great midcentury homes on huge lots, and this property presents some great vintage features for those who don’t mind a little traffic.

Check out the full listing on Redfin.com here: 17501 Lassen Street

Or Zillow.com here: 17501 Lassen Street

The 50’s and 70’s Meet in this Midcentury Modern Palmer & Krisel For Sale in Northridge College Estates, Northridge, CA

Northridge College Estates is one of our favorite Palmer & Krisel subdivisions in the San Fernando Valley. It’s got moderate sized homes with a variety of rooflines set on large, deep lots. Todays featured Palmer & Krisel-designed home was built in 1959, features four bedrooms and two bathrooms in 2,395 square feet, a large in-ground pool, and a two-car garage all on a large 11,300 square-foot lot.

Original H-shadow block (to the right) on the former garage is hidden behind landscape

With both original elements and updates from the later 1970s, which are now vintage in their own right, this home is loaded with well-worn treasures. The original two-car garage has been converted to a workshop, and a second garage that is nearly identical in architectural style to main home has been added to the front of the property. The front of the home contains mature plantings, a full lawn and a large sweeping red-brick driveway. Hidden behind those dense front yard plantings along the south wall of the former garage is a full wall of Krisel’s signature shadow H-block, waiting for the new owner to expose it.

Living room features original open, beamed ceilings, walls of north-facing glass and hardwood floor

Living Room with signature Krisel modernist fireplace

Dining Room with awesome 1970's chrome lighting

Dining Room opens to the kitchen with built-in dispaly cabinets

The living and dining areas sit at the rear of the home overlooking the large backyard and swimming pool through Krisel’s signature walls of glass. The living room is anchored by one of Krisel’s hallmark modernist fireplaces, surrounded by clerestories and built-ins. There’s great wood paneling below the original soffit which joins the living and dining rooms, highlighted with some great 70’s track lighting. The ceilings are the original open-beamed wood, while the floors are vintage hardwood that need some attention. In the dining room hangs a really intriguing 1970’s chrome chandelier that isn’t necessarily original, but one of the coolest fixtures we’ve seen in a while.

Kitchen overlooks dining room

Kitchen updates date from the late 1970s/early 1980s

Kitchen overlooks front yard

The kitchen looks into the dining room, and looks to have been updated in the early 1980’s or late 1970s. The layout of the appliances and cabinetry are as they were with the original kitchen, and interestingly enough the original kitchen wall exhaust fan is still in place. The cabinets are laminate while the counters are tiled, and there’s a fantastic reeded-glass paneled display cabinet looking into the dining room.

Hall bathroom with original vanity and marble counter

Master bedrrom

Master bedroom dressing area and bath entry

Master bedroom

Original garage-turned workshop

The original double-sinked marble vanity and cabinets are still in place in the hall bathroom, a popular Krisel design that should to stay with the home. The bedrooms all still feature their original clerestory windows, which help enlarge small spaces, and also have some more great vintage 1970’s light fixtures. As mentioned above, the former garage has been converted to a workshop with lots of built-in shelving, adding about 400 square feet onto the home.

Backyard features diving pool

Firepit and ample patio space allow for great outdoor entertaining opportunities

The backyard is well-maintained with a large, newer appearing in-ground pool, lots of turf and mature plantings along the perimeter of the yard. A large concrete patio wraps around the back of the home, and a firepit adds to outdoor entertainment options.

This Northridge midcentury home has great potential to really shine, and the well-kept vintage elements  make this property a great find for one lucky buyer.

Check out the full listing on Redfin.com here: 17517 Romar Stret

Or Zillow.com here: 17517 Romar Street

Northridge College Estates Palmer & Krisel Restoration Opportunity – Northridge, CA

Northridge College Estates has some great mid mod Palmer & Krisel homes built by southern California Contractor Julian Weinstock. Dynamic architecture, large lots and mature landscapes make this a picturesque community. This particular home retains fairly distinctive Krisel lines on the outside, and is a hybrid of Tuscan/midcentury home on the inside. With four bedrooms, two bathrooms in 1,705 square feet and a two car garage, the asking price on this home is $560,000.

The exterior of this corner-lot home is distinctively Palmer & Krisel, with high bedroom windows above a decorative concrete block accent wall, board and batten accents, front service porch and a reverse-angle garage roofline. Lattice has been added to the service porch enclosure, which offers privacy but adds a level of visual business to the home.

Entry hall with traditional front door

Living Room with fireplace and clerestories blacked out

Dining Room

The front door is more Tuscan than midcentury modern – but it’s definitely a reflection of the owner’s tastes. The living and dining areas are at the back of the home, while the kitchen sits to the right of the entry. The living and dining are a combination great room, with the signature Krisel fireplace at the east end of the room, which was once flanked by two clerestories which have been questionably covered over.  The dining room joins the living room by another signature Krisel feature – a light soffit – which has been ‘accented’ with a brown, patterned tile. The original open beamed ceilings are still in place, and match the wood floors in color. The original sliding glass doors have been replaced with French doors, which disturbs the design intent of blending the indoors with the out through minimal visual interruptions.

Kitchen

Kitchen with a trio of boob-lights

The kitchen is open to the living room, and provides access to both the entry hall and service porch. The cabinetry in the kitchen appears to be original and quite functional, while the counters and appliances have been updated. The bedrooms show fairly cluttered, while the bathrooms appear to have been updated sometime in the late 1980s. As a whole, the home shows rather dark thanks to dim paint and heavy window coverings.

1980's guest bathroom

Bedroom shows slightly cluttered

Backyard

There’s great bones on this home, and the original floor plate appears to be intact. This home has great potential to live up to its mid-mod roots, and would be a great candidate for a restoration or modernist makeover.

Check out Redfin for more photos here: 17550 Mayall Street

Or Zillow here: 17550 Mayall Street

Vintage Northridge College Estates Palmer & Krisel For Sale – Northridge, CA

Looking for that perfect vintage retro Palmer & Krisel in the San Fernando Valley? Here’s a well-kept 1959 mid-century Palmer & Krisel with original kitchen and baths on a huge 11,100 square-foot lot in Northridge. This 1,720 square-foot home features four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a two garage with an asking price of $650,000.

The front of the home features the quintessential mid-century look – a grassy front yard with a small hedgerow at the back of sidewalk. The windows have been updated with mullioned white vinyl sliders, and the garage door has been updated with an English-cottage style door. Adjacent to the garage behind the three topiary shrubs is a walled-in service porch that provides access to the laundry area. Check out the rock accent wall on the east corner of the home, giving it that perfect mid mod accent.

Like many Krisels, the living area sits at the back of the home and is anchored with a signature fireplace, soaring open-beamed vaulted ceiling and clerestories flanking the chimney. The back wall features those hallmark glass walls,  shielded with classic wall-to-wall drapes. The dining room sits at the west end of the living room, and features a large built-in bookshelf. Joining the two rooms together, out of view in most of the photographs, is a large floating soffit that serves as the lighting element for the space.

The kitchen features its original cabinetry and large white tile countertops. The original sink is still in place, outlined with a classic chrome band. The appliances have been updated, but the original wall-mounted over housing is still in place, along with the classic wall-mounted range fan. If outfitted with retro appliances, and the perfect mid-century-inspired floors, this kitchen would be that perfect mid-mod showcase.

Living Room 

Dining Room 

Kitchen with view to Dining Room 

Kitchen with original sink, counters & cabinetry

The master  bathroom feature original cabinetry, counters and yellow American-standard sinks – a rare color as many Krisels tended to feature white Pullmans. The hall bath is another great time capsule, with original cabinets, counters and pink American Standard sink – this is the first original pink sink I’ve seen in a Krisel- wowee! The tub and tile surround are also original 1959 pink – so neat to see this still intact and well-cared for.

The bedrooms feature original clerestories and vaulted ceilings, and like with many older homes, this one features a myriad of flooring, including ceramic tile, carpeting and laminate flooring. There’s no photos of the backyard, but Google maps show it to be fairly large, with a concrete patio at the southwest corner, plenty of grass and a tall green privacy hedge wall. We hope the new owner loves this home as much as it appears the previous owners loved it – this will definitely a fantastic atomic ranch, with lots of potential around every corner. 

Mater Bedroom

Master Bathroom 

Hall Bathroom

Check out the Redfin listing here: 17520 Tuba Street

Or Zillow here:  17520 Tuba Street