This mirrored fireplace reflecting the bedroom used to be the spitting image of the lap of luxury. Now, it is used as a heat source for squatters who have no regard.
Ash and suit meet the plush carpeting, blackening the hearth. It is assumed that the place has been occupied by unhoused people since at least 2009. These images are also courtesy of the tipster’s 2014 visit.
Barely perceptible now, these once-new-fangled TVs, telephones, and VCR machines lay like crumbling leftovers of the past’s modern-day gadgets.
It makes you wonder how it happened. No one came to get Lee’s stuff.
Liza did not own the home when her stepmother died. The escrow had to go through “as is” once it was decided that Liza would make the rent payments. It’s curious that the new owners took no interest in cleaning out the place or remodeling. Today it remains a mystery. What will they do with a property that holds so much value?
It’s an acre of land situated in one of the most exclusive neighborhoods of Southern California. Properties affiliated with Hollywood names also add value. Today’s market value prices the property at well over $11 million.
Once one of the largest TV screens on the market, this television is now likely an antique. The area pictured here may have been a former game room.
Cushions from a poker-green couch sprinkle the floors. Chunks of the ceiling are missing. The previous grandeur is relegated to the imagination.
At one point, it seems, the owners of the property may have planned to renovate. In aerial photos of the property taken in 2009, three dumpsters filled with rubbish are pictured in the front yard. But those, too, are left to decay.
According to some, local authorities will not allow a demolition of the structure.