Ramon Rise 1958 Palmer & Krisel Fixer For Sale – Palm Springs, CA

Here’s that perfect opportunity for a well-priced Palmer & Krisel-designed fixer upper in Palm Springs’ Ramon Rise neighborhood. Nicknamed ‘Little Beverly Hills’ for its street names derived from the city of the same, this midcentury home built in 1958 includes three bedrooms and two bathrooms in 1,518 square feet with a two-car carport and an in-ground pool on a 10,400 square-foot lot with an asking price of only $397,000.

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Carport
 

Situated on a corner lot, this home built by the Alexander Construction Company is a major fixer upper ripe with potential. The front yard consists of a low slump-block walled courtyard with dense plantings shielding it from view from the street. The same low slump-block wall warps around the carport and side yard, allowing the backyard to be viewed from the adjacent side street. Hidden behind all the mature vegetation is a great long and low double A-rooflined home with wide signature Krisel board and batten siding on the east-facing façade of the home.

Living room and entry

Living room and fireplace

Inside, the floor plan is pretty typical of the Ramon Rise Krisel-designed homes (along with neighboring twins in Sunmor and Sunrise Park). Upon entering the home visitors and guests immediately walk onto the large open living and dining room, with the kitchen tucked away off of the dining area. The original modernist Krisel fireplace is still intact, with vertical stacked block accents and long and low hearth.

A sunroom-style addition has been placed on the rear of the home and is accessed through an opening where a floor-to-ceiling window would have been adjacent tot the kitchen. The sunroom addition has lower ceilings contrary in proportion to the original structure of the home, and features odd, small windows that vary in size and location. While the room faces west, the small windows definitely cut down on the amount of natural light that was intended to enter the home, and the floor plan may be much more successful if this addition is removed.

Kitchen and glimpse of sunroom addition

The kitchen appears to have been updated at some point in the late 1960s or very early 1970s, with simple flat-fronted cabinetry and navy blue laminate counter tops. While the kitchen in its own right is now vintage, it may not be a great candidate for restoration as it does not appear to embody significant architectural detail or retro appliances.

Bathroom

Backyard and pool

Back of home and backyard

There aren’t any photographs of the bedrooms, and the one photo of a bathroom indicates lots of wear and tear. The west-facing backyard contains a long, rectangular pool and minimal vegetation, making it an easy candidate for a modernist makeover.

This fixer is a great opportunity that definitely won’t last long at this price. We can’t wait to see what great things the new owners do to this place and look forward to the upcoming renovations.

Check out the full listing on Redfin.com here: 505 South Roxbury Drive

Or Zillow.com here: 505 South Roxbury Drive

Vintage 1958 Palmer & Krisel For Sale in Ramon Rise – Palm Springs, CA

This is a sweet 1958 Palmer & Krisel-designed home in Ramon Rise (aka Little Beverly Hills) in Palm Springs, California. This mid-mod home has been expanded to 1,833 square feet and houses five bedrooms, three bathrooms and a two-car garage on a 10,000 square foot lot with an asking price of $629,000.

The exterior of the home has been significantly modified, with the addition of the projecting two-car garage, white vinyl windows and a heavy stucco finish added. These modifications take away from the mid-mod curb appeal that this home ordinarily would have had, and make it read more like a traditional ranch.

Inside it’s a completely different story. As one walks in through the front door the vintage kitchen greets you and takes you back to 1958. The original cabinets, pulls, range and oven appear to be in fantastic shape – check out the pegboard sliders under the kitchen sink – pure mid-mod greatness! The bathrooms are just as original, with vintage pink tubs, sinks and commodes.  The living area features those signature Krisel walls of glass that surround the fireplace and overlooks the swimming pool.

Also present inside are those great open-beamed ceilings, a design feature which has also been incorporated into the additions which have been placed on the home. We love the interior of this home – lots of potential to add some color and vintage furnishings to make this home shine.

The backyard features the standard Alexander Construction Company 15’ x 30’ rectangular pool, along with a large covered patio. The vintage globe lights under the patio cover add a great mid-mod vibe to the backyard, which holds lots of patio space and a fun outdoor shower area. There’s plenty of opportunity to turn up the volume on the exterior of the home and make the mod-bones of this home really pop – hopefully the new owner will have some fun with this one & keep that kitchen!

Check out the listing photos on Redfin here: 562 South Bedford Drive

Or Zillow here: 562 South Bedford Drive

1958 Krisel for Sale in Ramon Rise (aka Little Beverly Hills) – Palm Springs, CA

Ramon Rise is a fantastic pocket of late 1950’s Palmer & Krisel homes in southest Palm Springs. Given the nickname of ‘Little Beverly Hills’, Ramon Rise features street named after those found in Beverly Hills – Canon Drive, Beverly Drive, Roxbury Drive and Bedford Drive, and sits on the northeast corner of the Mesquite Golf & Country Club.

This home was built in 1958 and features three bedrooms and two bathrooms in 1,673 square feet on a  10,400 square-foot lot with an asking price of $609,900. Situated on Compadre Road, the home actually fronts the Mesquite Golf and Country Club with fantastic views of lush fairways and Mount San Jacinto beyond. The original carport was enclosed; however a secondary covered parking structure has been added to the front of the home.

Inside the home the living room offers walls of glass looking into the private backyard. There’s a few different design styles represented within the interior of this home, which may be the reason for the length of time this property has been sitting on the market. Most of the paint, light fixtures and furniture represent modernistic styles, while the some of the darker paint colors, kitchen, bath and flooring stylistically represent southwestern, craftsman and mid-2000’s design styles.

The kitchen opens directly to the living room and the dining area features an awesome sputnik chandelier handing from those great open-beamed ceilings. The living room also features a wonderful Krisel fireplace which could significantly pop if repainted with more modernist colors. The bathrooms are semi-updated, with what looks like both 1980s and early 2000s updates. The bedrooms show dark, but could be more spacious if the heavy draperies were removed.

Out back there’s a grassy yard and the standard Alexander 15’ x 30’ swimming pool. The backyard offers lots of privacy and greenery, making it that sought-after oasis in the desert. Theres a few tweaks that could be made to the landscape, both front and back, to make this home pop and show like the mid-century modernist piece of architecture that it is. It’s a neat opportunity to own a great home in a superb location.

Check out the Redfin photos here: 608 South Compadre Road

Or Zillow here: 608 South Compadre Road