Style Resort House where Charlie Chaplin once saved its fire truck collection requires $ 12.5 million

Formerly a parking place for Charlie Chaplin fire trucks – yes, fire trucks – this Santa Monica’s Hideway, California is ready for the next.

Listed for $ 12.5 million-the house has been fully transformed from the Silent Film Era storage space on the tropical-meets-modernist Sanctanty, according to Realtor.com.

Tucked after what are described in the rankings as the “500-year-old reproduced monastery gate”, the estate approximately 0.3 hectares decreases discreetly after an “innocent wall”, hiding an 8,000-square-foot settlement that combines organic materials with

The first act of the site dates back to almost a century, when Chapin is said to use the original structure as a garage to accommodate his collection of ancient fire trucks, according to a press release.

In the decades that followed, the house took a second life as a creative refuge for the abstract painter Sam Francis.

He turned the property into a studio complex, where he lived and played host for a roller caste of the Los Angeles Art Luminaries World.

Regular guues included Ed Ruscha, Ed Moisiu, Larry Bell and Ken Price.

This chapter came to a fiery end in 2007, when a flame destroyed much of the original Francis residence had worked.

Four years later, a new home – designed by architect Christopher Sorensen – rose from ash, with a focus on natural textures and tranquility.

Sorensen’s design includes details of the old-like world with old hammer, while embracing a modern, baths-like aesthetics that aims to arouse a “soothing” atmosphere.

Five bedroom layout, 4.5 bathrooms includes a flexible flower plan with the ability to add more bedrooms.

The main suit contains a wide closet that doubles as a loving area as well as a kitchen annex.

Baths throughout the house show hand -carved Indonesian stone baths, contributing further in comprehensive, organic style.

In nature, a lounge and warding swimming wings and can be reached through the door -to -glass glass doors. The property also includes a three-car garage, an unintentional node for its earliest fire roots.

Buyers aware of the environment can evaluate the solar configuration of the home, which include battery packages capable of giving “several weeks of power out of the network”.

The ranking marks the first public appearance of property in a decade.

Frank Langen and Lili Geller of Compass hold the list.

Meanwhile, Francis, a prominent painter in California, gained international acquaintance with his works displayed in lovely institutions such as Moma, Pompidou Center and Tokyo’s Idemitsu Museum.

His artistic journey begins during the recovery from a serious damage to World War II, where he found solo and purpose in painting as he was bordered to a full -body caste.