The Flint House in the Linda Vista hills of Pasadena

1395 Inverness Dr · Listed by Teresa Fuller, Compass

The Zonshine Edit

This might be
an obsession.

Some houses are beautiful. The special ones feel alive. After you’ve walked through enough of them, you start to recognize the difference—the original detail that survived every renovation, the strange little choice that gives a room its soul, the way a house seems to know exactly what it is.

These are the houses that spoke to me. They may be my listings or someone else’s, modest or extraordinary. The only requirement is that something about them was impossible to forget.

See the ones that made the edit ↓

The ones that
made the edit.

No ranking. No algorithm. Just the houses that made me stop, and the honest reason why.

Still in play.

The homes that are still on the market, in the order they made the edit.

Sunlit living room with original beams at 1200 Olancha Drive in Mount Washington 022

Mount Washington · Los Angeles

1200 Olancha Dr

$1,685,000 4 bd 3 ba 2,016 sq ft

“The mountain view is beautiful, but it is the light moving through those original beams and all that glass that got me.”

Why it made the edit ↗
Infinity-edge pool overlooking Nichols Canyon at 2753 Nichols Canyon Road 021

Nichols Canyon · Los Angeles

2753 Nichols Canyon Rd

$4,994,000 4 bd 4 ba 2,798 sq ft

“The infinity pool looks like it is floating over the canyon, but it was the way the light moved through the house that I could not stop thinking about.”

Why it made the edit ↗
Wood-and-concrete modern home beside a pool and mature trees at 7728 Woodrow Wilson Dr 017

West Hollywood · Los Angeles

7728 Woodrow Wilson Dr

$14,000,000 4 bd 5.5 ba 4,910 sq ft

“There's a mirrored sauna tucked into the garden here, built so it reflects the trees around it and basically disappears into the landscape, and that's just one room in this one.”

Why it made the edit ↗
Dusk exterior with pool at 402 S Las Palmas Ave in Hancock Park 015

Hancock Park · Los Angeles

402 S Las Palmas Ave

$16,900,000 5 bd 9 ba 9,475 sq ft

“Somebody painted a 1928 Mediterranean formal room the color of a sunset and hung bold contemporary art right in the middle of all that history, and it's absolutely gorgeous.”

Why it made the edit ↗
Chair tucked into a floor-to-ceiling glass corner with a downtown view at 2165 Ponet Drive 014

Los Feliz · Los Angeles

2165 Ponet Dr

$3,800,000 3 bd 3 ba 2,749 sq ft

“There's a chair tucked right into the corner of floor-to-ceiling glass where the whole downtown skyline shows up past the palm trees.”

Why it made the edit ↗
1956 post-and-beam home at 5730 Cazaux Drive in Los Feliz 013 Sold

Los Feliz · Los Angeles

5730 Cazaux Dr

$1,549,000 2 bd 2 ba 1,602 sq ft

“The bathroom floor is a deep blue tile scattered with tiny white stars, and it's the last thing you'd expect to find inside a 1956 post-and-beam house.”

Why it made the edit ↗
Twilight view of the angled green roofline at 19950 Collier St, Woodland Hills 010

Woodland Hills

19950 Collier St

$3,995,000 4 bd 4 ba 3,756 sq ft

“A soaring wood-beamed ceiling over a wall of hand-stacked stone and a floating copper fireplace hood, and it's R.M. Schindler's largest known residential project.”

Why it made the edit ↗
Garden path leading to the Spanish cottage at 3895 Fredonia Drive 009 Sold

Cahuenga Pass · Studio City-adjacent

3895 Fredonia Dr

$1,695,000 3 bd 2 ba 2,257 sq ft

“The living room ceiling is still the original 1929 bow-truss wood, and out back there's a hammock strung between two trees over a gravel garden that feels nothing like the city it's ten minutes from.”

Why it made the edit ↗
Hot pink garage door behind cactus and yucca at 2276 Moreno Drive 008 Sold

Moreno Highlands · Silver Lake

2276 Moreno Dr

$2,595,000 3 bd 4 ba 2,784 sq ft

“The garage door is painted hot pink, and one floor up there's a loft library looking straight out over the Silver Lake Reservoir toward downtown.”

Why it made the edit ↗
Fruit-laden citrus tree in a terracotta pot at the entry to 3627 Cody Road 003 Sold

Sherman Oaks

3627 Cody Rd

$4,699,000 4 bd 5 ba 3,739 sq ft

“Every room here seems to be arguing over which view is better, the canyon from the living room or the sunset from the primary suite’s own balcony.”

Why it made the edit ↗
Firewood stacked floor to ceiling beside the front door at 1395 Inverness Drive 002

Linda Vista · Pasadena

1395 Inverness Dr

$4,100,000 3 bd 4 ba 3,708 sq ft

“The firewood is stacked into its own wall by the front door, which tells you everything about how seriously this house takes being lived in.”

Why it made the edit ↗
Cactus rising above the courtyard roofline at 2414 4th Avenue 001 Sold

West Adams Terrace · Los Angeles

2414 4th Ave

$1,849,500 4 bd 3 ba 2,560 sq ft

“The courtyard cactus is taller than the roofline, and that’s not even the best reason this one’s on the list.”

Why it made the edit ↗

The ones that found their person.

The stories stay here, even after a house has moved on to its next chapter.