BUNGALUX

When I initially started Bungalux it was meant to be a site focused on real estate and the lifestyle items associated with owning or leasing a fantastic house. Now that Bungalux has grown-up a bit and many of our visitors come to us to see great real estate and homes I’ve been writing less and less about lifestyle items. But I still want that write that occasional lifestyle piece, because even if you have ... Read More

It's Malibu week here at Bungalux. I absolutely love May because it's the time of year so many of my clients are looking at beach properties. Although I adore showing properties in "the city," there's something special about looking at Malibu real estate. I'm generally verbose, but today I won't spend much time on the written word, as most of the beautiful properties I've plucked out as my favorites ... Read More

We had an overwhelmingly positive response on Monday’s article on Lea Michele’s little bungalow, so I’ve had cool European-feeling bungalows on my mind all week. (Incidentally, I didn’t include the sale price in the article but many have asked. Lea purchased the house for $1.4 million, slightly over its list price of $1.395 million.) Based on that response, I decided to pluck out one of my favorite “Lea Michele-like ... Read More

Every once in a while I stumble upon something that’s good for the environment and for the house. Last year it was the Fisker Karma car (I just saw one yesterday on the street in Los Angeles and am as obsessed as I was then), the West Elm baskets, and many et ceteras. My latest wonderful find are Katerina Tana's textiles and, now, tile. I was introduced to Katerina through a Bungalux reader ... Read More

I may pretend to be snobby, but in actuality I’m not. Which is why I am so enamored by (and jealous of!) Lea Michele’s recent home purchase. I first looked at the little Hollywood bungalow – and by “little” I mean “little,” the square footage is less than 2,000 square feet – for a client. My client, a television writer with really great taste, circled it and circled it and finally decided that the ... Read More

We all know Beverly Hills is known for its “before-and-afters” – some good, some bad. But I’m not referring to that kind of before-and-after. This is Bungalux, so I’m talking houses. Fashion designer Robert Rodriguez’s 7,000 square foot three bedroom house in the Beverly Hills “Flats” came on the market this week for just under $10 million and I took particular note. Why? One of my clients had written an offer on ... Read More

It finally happened last night. What was “it”? Substitute your biggest dream here. Maybe your screenplay sold or you moved into that tiny Bungalux at the Infinity in San Francisco and you couldn’t stop looking at the view. Perhaps you closed that big business deal you’ve been working on for months or maybe you realized that at thirty-two years old you’re comfortable being alone. Perhaps you looked in the mirror and finally ... Read More