Damien Navarro Lists Laurel Canyon Micro-Farm!
You may remember, way back in 2012, we sold this house to Damien and Adam. They spent the last 9 years transforming what was then a charming Craftsman with "Potential" into an Urban Sanctuary in Prime Laurel Canyon.
Now they've asked us to represent them as they offer for sale, this completely restored home with carefully curated gardens, and a lovingly nurtured storybook petting zoo, Monkey Business Farms.
There was one caveat, the new buyers must love and care for it - the farmstead, the animals, and its unique position in the community - as they did.
Charged with the task of matching this incredibly unique property to a very special buyer who would see themselves continuing this legacy, our team set out - during a pandemic!
The challenge was real but then we met them, the perfect match. People who saw the magic of this much-beloved Home Sweet Home and everything it has to offer!
We're happy to have been able to bring these two parties together. It's not often that buyer and seller spend so much time together during a deal but they each wanted a seamless transition taking the utmost care.
We're very proud of this deal and very happy for both of our clients as they each begin their new life journeys.
Damien Navarro Lists Laurel Canyon Micro-Farm
By Mark David
LOCATION: Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, Calif.
PRICE: $1.675 million
SIZE: 1,671 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
Damien Navarro, Executive Director of Outfest, the venerable and important L.A.-based nonprofit dedicated to showcasing LGBTQIA+ stories in film and other mediums, has his quirky, cute-as-a-button 1940s Craftsman cottage in the heart of L.A.’s world-renown Laurel Canyon up for grabs at $1.675 million. Nipped down a tiny cul-de-sac with three bedrooms and two bathrooms in not quite 1,700 square feet, the double-lot spread was purchased by the veteran digital marketing and tech consulting entrepreneur and his physician husband, Dr. Adam Kawalek, in late 2013 for just shy of $900,000.
A charming Dutch door opens to the light-filled living room. Along with a beamed and vaulted ceiling and a fireplace embellished by a decorative wrought iron screen, French doors lead to a courtyard dining terrace warmed by a massive brick fireplace under the branches of a 200-year-old California Oak. The neighboring dining room is wrapped in lively wallpaper that depicts flowers and birds, while the simple, galley-style kitchen is undeniably compact with open shelving, a white marble counter and a walk-in pantry complete with laundry facilities.
A pint-sized office off the living room acts as a semi-private antechamber to the bedrooms. The primary bedroom is down the hall with a stylishly appointed bathroom, and a slender stairway makes a tight curl down to two more bedrooms, one on the petite side and the other with backyard access. An otherwise ordinary downstairs bathroom is gussied up with abstract-pattern wallpaper and a bonus room is outfitted as a cozy den with French doors to a secluded patio with a freestanding hot tub.
Surrounding the house, and notched in to the rugged hillside, are half-a-dozen terraces that incorporate whimsical gardens, meandering pathways, a raised bed herb garden and a waterfall that flows into a stone-lined koi pond. Unquestionably the most unique and unexpected feature, especially for a home in the middle of a gigantic city, is a fenced micro-farm where Navarro and Kawalek keep chickens and pigs.
The property is available through Mason Canter of The Mason Canter Group at Keller Williams Los Feliz.
