Two Homes Are Better Than One at This $2 Million Live-Work Complex in L.A.
- The 577 Compound in Hyde Park, Los Angeles, featuring a renovated bungalow and a modern accessory dwelling unit, is on the market for just under $2 million, offering a combined total of four bedrooms and four baths in a little over 2,400 square feet.
Five years ago, builder Jared Brunk and his architecture partner and wife Shanna Yates doled out nearly $600,000 for a South Los Angeles parcel holding a traditional California bungalow dating back to the early 1900s. They spent the next several years renovating that structure and simultaneously creating a brand-new modern accessory dwelling unit (ADU) alongside it in collaboration with design colleague Mike Nesbit . Now the entire live-work property known as the 577 Compound is up for sale in Hyde Park—one of the oldest neighborhoods in L.A.—at a speck under $2 million, with the listing held by Brian Linder and Mark Mendez of The Value of Architecture at Compass.
Consisting of two contrasting yet synergistic residences connected by a central courtyard, the distinctive complex rests amid a walled and gated corner lot spanning almost a quarter of an acre—just five blocks from Metro's new K Line, with convenient service to the airport—and comes with a combined total of four bedrooms and four baths in a little more than 2,400 square feet.
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The renovated bungalow opens to an open-concept workspace with an original brick fireplace.
Out front is the two-bedroom, one-bath bungalow, which was built in 1915 and currently serves as an artist studio and guesthouse. Though the Craftsman-style exterior looks much like it did upon completion more than a century ago, the interior walls and ceilings have been removed to create an airy, open space topped with a vaulted 14-foot ceiling boasting custom trusses sporting salvaged beams and lights. Vintage details remain in the form of hardwood floors, crystal doorknobs, patina-finished windows and doors, and Douglas fir culled from the demolished L.A. home of the late sci-fi author Ray Bradbury.
Upon entry, the lengthy great room has a workstation flanked by an original red brick wood-burning fireplace on one side and a lounging spot with comfy sofas on the other. A window-lined work nook off the great room has an integrated plywood desk complemented by a cantilevered shelf, while the kitchen and bath have been zhuzhed up with contemporary fixtures.
A central courtyard between the two homes comes with an outdoor kitchen.
The two-story ADU, the larger of the two homes, sits in back of the property and serves as the main residence. Adorned with polished concrete floors and floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors, the striking steel-framed residence is highlighted by an open-concept ground floor featuring the living, dining, and kitchen areas. A made-to-order sculptural spiral staircase heads upstairs, where two en suite bedrooms on opposite sides of a metal-screened catwalk share a covered balcony with movable perforated metal sun shades and picturesque views stretching from the Hollywood Sign to the San Gabriel Mountains.
Linking both homes is a central courtyard, which hosts a fire pit, an outdoor kitchen, and a decomposed granite pad geared to watching movies and staging small events. An added bonus: New zoning laws allow for splitting the land into two separate lots, which means the new owner can sell the front house to offset the cost of the architectural home in the back or simply continue the communal live-work lifestyle.
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