there is a similar home in Palos Verdes on Paseo Del Mar. It used to be a office building. I really think having glass on all exterior walls is just a privacy nightmare.
Watch some of his other videos. Eric literally doesn’t know how to walk He tries, but the long dangly things on each side of his body are always getting in the way and he seems as if he doesn’t know what to do with them and it changes with each video His stride changes, his gate speed changes, it’s like he’s too nervous and his body just won’t do what it is supposed to do It’s hilarious but I can’t watch his videos bc of it
LOL, the humidity and the wind dirtied my park car windshield, for a glass house it is worse. The sun light will damage your clothes, sheets, your art, your paintings, and your wall paint. glass houses are beautiful but not practical.
Having every exterior wall floor to ceiling glass would make me feel like I was "on display" continuously. It's hard to walk by a window and not at least glance out, but here all the walls are windows: My brain would make me feel vulnerable... and uneasy.
@13:28 “Shower fit for 10 to 15 people”. About 20 years ago a builder was showing my wife and I his new home and he was so proud of the fact that he had a 3 person Jacuzzi tub in the primary. As we were walking out of the room, my wife leaned over and whispered, “a 3rd person?”. Hey Erik, who are these other people you’re supposed to be taking a shower with other than your wife?🤓
Absolutely! These big showers fitting an elephant are ridiculous. That's exactly what is wrong with these mega mansions - they're not homey at all. They are made for Diddy's of this world 🤮
This was an interesting take on a mega mansion. It's imperfectly perfect. Having lived in Norway for two years, I wanna add that the scandanavian design works well in smaller spaces such as apartments in Norwegian countries. Copy paste this interior style to a mansion and it starts looking like an office and uninspiring.
I am Norwegian. You are right that this style is best suited to small apartments, but most Scandinavians want "hygge”. Few people want to live in a house with so much glass. We want wood, stone, fireplaces and a warm feeling.
@@karinorth1203 Is "hygge" something like "cozy atmosphere"? I completely agree - in Austria (and probably elsewhere) some older houses have a small couch-like place very close to the fireplace. We call it a "Flagg" although I don't know the actual spelling. Used for reading and generally being comfortable in cold winter nights. Do you have something like that? As a linguistic result, "Ich flagg mich nieder" in my dialect translates to "I'm going to lie down and chill/sleep" 😂
That's why I like the mini apartments they show at the local Ikea. The Scandinavian design can be warm and inviting if you keep it in a smaller space. I feel that it was never intended to work on a crazy mega mansion and yet quite a few have this feature.
The way that dude walks cracks me up all the time. In fact, I can't even watch one of his video' without being completely distracted/eyerolled every thirty seconds.
In their defense, I have seen one or two that are liveable despite their office building appearance. But there is a catch: they made them smaller intentionally. One of them is only one floor but I get why they did that. Seeing the ceilings in the hallway made it look and feel cozy. This house does it all wrong: you can't be massive and go for the office look and expect it to feel homely.
What a great channel this is. I've watced thousand of hours of home improvement series and variants of real estate series and whatnot. And noone, well very few at least, can verbalize the essense of what is going on in a build, or are ballsy enough to critique it, as Arvin is. Great stuff!
I hadn't lived until I saw Arvin mimic that walk. Rolling the shoulders... I'm gonna die from laughing so hard. I'll comment on the rest of the video after my ribs stop hurting.
Glaube genau so ist es auf Dauer fühlt man sich vermutlich wie ein Tier im Zoo selbst wenn nicht wirklich fiele Leute reinschauen können. So ein Haus in einsamer Umgebung ja aber mit so fielen Nachbarn glaube da ist das beobacht werden Gefühl immer latent da.
I agree with you, seems it would be an awesome property,,, but, when touring the property, I too, said something is missing,,,, My thought is everything is in the open, there are none of the intimate spaces that are in other homes. Although private it is basically a ‘fishbowl’ on steroids. Another great analysis.
This is one of the reasons why I love Arvins videos, I really appreciate his humility where he questions his own takes and views based on the "on paper" design and not the FEEL of the house. He doesnt just dunk on a property for clicks or to be edgy, but gives his honest opinion pointing out both the good and the bad. I am curious if this video will affect his judgement and approach to other houses moving forward?
You are absolutely right on this property. It's a practical design house with no heart of a home. It feels like three condos joined together. By the way, architect Mies van der Rohe started this concept of glass house design with Edith Farnsworth House.
I was thinking of Phillip Johnson’s glass house in New Caanan. I’m no fan if his, but this is the exception that proves the rule about the need for privacy, because it’s small and cosseted from public view.
One thing about these modern homes with all that glass is they're never as efficient as a more traditional home. Heating(not a problem in LA) and cooling them is significantly more expensive than a home with far less glass.
Another beautiful video. I have a slightly different take than Arvin does on this property. I do agree that the price relative to how the property was presented was certainly a huge turnoff. However, I don’t think that having the staircase at the center of the “propeller” was the nail in the coffin. For me-the biggest problem was that the interior of the property was decorated like an office building. People want a house that is emotive-a place that evokes feelings and emotions. The entire interior of this property just felt very sterile. One of the ways that I think this could have been made far better is by creating different atmospheres through the use of different materials-natural woods, textures on some of the walls, perhaps integrating some greenery/plants indoor, curtains, rugs.. I also think that having the exterior walls basically be almost completely made of glass perhaps hurt this property. I understand how having “full glass” might highlight the architecture and put a huge emphasis on the views-but it effectively deems all of the outer walls of the property useless. By not being able to utilize outer walls-you are forced to push anything and everything into the center of each room-and to avoid a “cluttered” look-tt forced them into a baron and boring interior design. A house with that kind of square footage felt like the lobby of an office building. Had they integrated some stone/wood in portions of the outer walls-they could have created soo much more usable space and injected some warmth. They could have integrated different textures, places to hang art, some cabinetry or private nooks to evoke some emotions. When discussing a property-form and function are both really important. I do think that the propeller shape of this property is great. I just think that the use of all glass on the outer walls forced boring, sterile, baron interior choices that drained the character and emotions out of the property.
It has a very bachelor pad feel. It looks like it's aimed at a sports star that's single that wants to party and show off to friends. I agree the majority of people would prefer something warmer but there is definitely a market for this kind of look and feel. At $56m you can sink an extra $1m dressing it up. The fact it didn't get a single hit, you don't think it's more the sub-standard location for a house in this price range? I notice he mentioned the freeway noise several times. Phillip.
Not surprised nobody wants to live inside a massive vitrine on top of a hill... And then they put a glass door to the loo in the MBR 😅 Well critiqued 👍
That’s the second time on this channel I’ve seen a water closet completely glass surrounded. What’s going on? Who wants to see their spouse squatting on the toilet-let alone using the toilet paper?!
These videos are my guilty pleasure. I mean, $56 million for a mansion, and they still manage to fumble the basics? It’s like serving caviar on a paper plate-what’s the point? Just goes to show, even the most genius architect needs a dream team to turn sketches into substance. I tell my kid all the time: “Do the small, simple things right, and everything else clicks.” It’s not rocket science; it’s just life. This channel? A masterclass in calling out the nonsense. Love it. Keep the critiques coming-they’re therapy for my tech-loving, detail-obsessed soul.
Yeah, who doesn't want the steam from the bathroom going straight into your clothes? For...uhum...to keep them in good moisture? Honestly, what was the indoor architect thinking?
Great video, Arvin. I’ve appraised many of the mansions that you’ve critiqued, including this one, Villa Siena, La Fin, etc. I’ve been an appraiser for 35 years and I still always learn something from your videos. Thank you!!
To my humble opinion, wealthy people don't want to expose themselves at 360 degrees. They would like more intimacy and privacy. They want to be able to go all naked in their own house.
Cost aside, I really like this one- the whole indoor/outdoor concept and the utilization of space. Too many mansions are needlessly massive with room after room with just chairs and a table that will never be used- here each room feels purposeful. Agree about warmth but I think when people move in and start to bring in accessories it'll help a lot, with plants and decor and everything else adding color and a personal touch. I would redo that first room and make that the congregation area, replacing the furniture to make it more comfortable and inviting. Basement can be tweaked to have a game room. Add some individual personality to the guest rooms via art and color. If any (multi) billionaires reading this would like to adopt my family and I and purchase this for us I would appreciate it! 💗
100% agree. I actually like this. The design outside. The lot. Even the views I don’t mind. Do I like everything. Of course not. But the glass can be solved with curtains or even shutters and the furniture swapped out if need be in places. I don’t always agree with Arvins choice of colours. But everyone has opinions on what they like. Colours are less important if you like the house. It’s things that’s more difficult to change like room sizes or a kitchen that’s more of an issue to me.
whole house has like 3 corners with actual walls Everything is made of glass, is see-through and looks sterile, nowhere to really feel protected Would be a great showroom for a car museum - not a home
That's it, perfect description for this building, terrible house great showroom for a hyper car dealer. The light falling on cars from three angles would look magnificent but as a home, absolutely fucking not.
If this house was less industrial, with more natural (wood) materials as you mentioned several times, and plopped in the middle of a gorgeous, private mountain, forest, or red rock area where you could appreciate the views without feeling like you are living in a fishbowl…then, perhaps yes. As you also mentioned, and I agree, it just felt soulless with no heart. :(
It could be fixed with wooden walls on power slide rails to close off rooms. They can also install power blinds that black out all the light. The problem is that staircase is an eyesore and it needs to be ripped out. They should install a huge living room with a staircase that wraps around the wall as it goes up, giving a view of the living room from overhead.
I used to watch a lot of mansion tours - specifically from Enes - but what started to annoy me is that all these tour presenters would praise literally everything ... even when the design or interior was horrendous. It felt like they were being paid to promote hard-to-sell properties. The turning point for me was Enes’ review of that hideous Evergreen Crystal Palace that looks like a time capsule from 1989, but he said EVERYTHING was phenomenal...lol 😂. I realized then that we just being advertised to. Now I only watch Arvin’s channel as it’s a real & honest representation of each property. Happy to have found this channel 😊
I sometimes watch Enes and immediately search to see if Arvin has a review video up. Usually he does. It's fun hearing him roast Enes for his cover-ups and dodgy videos.
Completely agree with your observation of the flow problem, same idea as feng shui, a “pseudoscientific” concept which at the same time makes sense because it’s really about how a place makes you feel.
This is the first home theater I've seen on this channel that actually looked like it could perform well, sound-wise--AND it actually looks pretty good on film. Like everything else in this house, it could be good on paper and fail in practice, but it at least looks like it uses good dimensions, (wood) diffusors and absorbers, and is DARK, which may not look the best on a home tour, but is definitely the environment you want when you are watching a movie. Good job (in theory).
Spectacular critiquing. The bold daring shape of this house instantly won my heart when i first saw it during lockdown in 2020, i honestly thought it was a 3D render or something from a sci-fi movie until i saw Ryan Serhant's showing of it. I instantly fell in love with the exterior yet totally hated the poor lifeless interior, and also felt that pool could have been bigger. $32m is a steal for such an architecturally significant house. Well done Arvin.
One thing I've been meaning to ask about a number of presentation videos is that they always describe the furniture as if it were part of the house. For example, in this video at 3:20, "Once you walk in you're greeted with this grand foyer entrance, with these beautiful couches ..." And this is almost always the case, the presenter describes how awesome this furniture works with the home or how lovely the furniture is. Well, that would only be true if it is being sold furnished. So are these things almost always sold furnished? Because in my current apartment hunting experience in Manhattan ... they are all unfurnished (granted, they are mostly new builds) - and that's fine because I'm not keen on the idea of purchasing someone's used furniture, but that's just me. I have to assume the homes presented in these videos are staged, so why do they describe the furniture? It's not part of the house.
yeah a lot of these mega-mansions have everything included, furniture, artwork, rugs everything… but i’m always watching these videos thinking about how i would get rid of it all and redecorate
I think usually they go with the property. I just saw another one of Arvins videos where it stated the furniture wasn’t included, which seemed kind of cheap to do considering the price of the homes, but then it showed the prices of some of the furniture and it was insane! A couch was $150,000, 2 chairs for $36,000 each, etc.
With large mansions, the furniture is picked specifically for the house. You couldn’t just plop it down in a new house if you moved. It stays with the house.
As far as the kitchen concerned, why is there sitting area in front of the kitchen instead of dining room table?? They called also make cantilever on the kitchen island to make a breakfast nook.
A lot of the rooms are actually really small looking, especially with the tight hallways leading into them. There is only like three real rooms in the place that you would want to go to, and everything else are just pass by rooms.
Great critique, Arvin--very informative and very correct. You are especially correct when you point out what I believe is the estate's main flaw: no focal point. How could the developer/architect miss this obvious feature, especially with a home on this grand scale? I'm not a professional architect, but years ago I designed a home using this same propeller design--though on a much smaller scale. I had the common design sense to make the foyer/great room the home's central focus, which, of course, is located in the central propeller.
Arvin, you need to start calling out these guys - not just in this video - for blatantly exaggerating the amount of cars that would fit on the motor courts. He claimed there's space for 30 cars. Two minutes into the video we can see the bird's-eye view of the motor court with 4 cars. At 30 cars this would be packed tighter than a used car dealer's lot with your guests double and triple blocking each other in.
8:25 I have a huge problem with this. I don't think it's a good idea at all to have the "dining room" down the hall, but the living room right in front of the stove. That doesn't make any sense to me.
10:00 I really want to like this house but the dimensions of the wings force a layout that reminds me of a small condo. They really should have made them 30-40% wider.
Great video again. Interesting that you mentioned 'Shakti'. It's not only missing inside the house, but also everywhere around the house, which further enhances the energy leaving. It's basically a giant propellor house on a molehill, and they've probably scaled the house a little bit too big for the lot. Not only that, I'm pretty sure that with very good garden design and higher greenery placed tactically around the property, the feeling of the home would already be improved. With so much glass, you don't want to feel like you're walking/living in a shop window, or office wing in every room that you walk into.
Agree with everything you said, plus: 1) it looks like an office building, and 2)having recently driven by it, the location issue is even worse than you said, as the neighborhood and approach do not feel like living in Bel Air. It may be 90077, but when you drive home you don’t drive into Bel Air: you drive up a side street of the 405.
Years ago someone a friend know moved into a flat with glass all 3 sides on his bedroom, 1st thing he did was stick black paper over all the windows to get some privacy , and i guess temperture and lighting control.
From your critique, and from the design, I think it's all function and no heart. It's perfect as far as dotting all the i's and crossing all the t's, but it literally lacks a heart as in a central place where all the family can gather and bond and relax, and essence wise in that the materials used are so clean and minimalist it fails to encourage coziness or warmth in any room or space through out the house. It's truly a display house, not a home. Ha! As soon as I finished writing you said the exact same thing! 😂
A much simpler problem with this particular building is that to build that specific structure in that particular area in California (where it's earthquake prone, landslide prone), they needed to spend a lot to build out the structure that doesn't necessarily contribute to the value of the building itself. If you look at how much reinforcement they had to do on the side of the hill, and how much earth they had to move for land scaping, none of that really add value to the building except out of pure necessity.
As far i remembered you did covered this orum house in 3 one minute videos when you kinda new in yt ,describing the flaws . I cant find those vids now. But yeah grat video!!
I'm enjoying your videos, Arvin. I'll never live in a house of this scale, but I still find your videos both entertaining and informative. مراقب خودت باش، از اسرائیل
I'm not into modern homes either, so it's not for me. I do like the outside. The master suite was totally underwhelming. It feels like an office space. The upstairs "kitchen" is good for cooking popcorn in a microwave but not a meal, lol. The downstairs kitchen is so cold it looks like it popped out of IKEA (even those are more inviting) I DO love all the windows in the home and its pretty from the outside. The inside could have been so much better with gleaming warm wood floors more like the style of the theater room. If this had been built on a cliff next to the ocean or deep in the woods it would have been so much better.
This house reminds me of that other property you critiqued-the 80's glass mall on the lake that was supposed to be a home, but looked like a commercial property instead
Every time you show that drone shot from approaching from the outside i can't help but think about the guard tower of a high security prison. Maybe that feeling is what makes selling it harder.
I think you're right about the Shakti. It feels so naked. Even if it wasn't natural material on the building but vegetation and plants to sort of hedge the property. You'd keep the benefit of the light but the sound and visual muffling of done by the trees.
It’s exactly how hotels on the strip like masala bay, mirage (now hard rock) treasure island etc are shaped like this so all rooms have a dynamic view and easy access to center
I love the look-not too blocky, and monolithic, lumimous. Views everywhere, why wouldn't I take the $20 million discount? It is very vanilla. 15 in shower-for swinger sex parties? Light and heat are enemies of wine and it should be underground. Theater room rules!
Ive become a frequent viewer of Arvin now, Its the cynical but logical analysis that's a breath of fresh air, usually with these tours the hosts just sing praises for everything, skim past the negatives and try to portray the houses in the best way possible, but since Arvin has no skin in the game but he knows what he's talking about and looking for, it just makes for a hilarious polarising contrast between pure BS and brutal honesty. Good stuff, keep it up Arvin. P.s I still find it comically ironic that this successful realtor for overpriced mansions is called Mr. Con-Over
I don´t understand your "propeller problem". I would say the house has different wings, what I really like. You can have a kid´s wing and a parent´s wing. This kids can play and be loud in the morning and the parents are not disturbed. Great! Plus a guest wing. Much better than a long building where you have long ways to walk every day.
100% agree. I actually like this. The design outside. The lot. Even the views I don’t mind. Do I like everything. Of course not. But the glass can be solved with curtains or even shutters and the furniture swapped out if need be in places. I don’t always agree with Arvins choice of colours. But everyone has opinions on what they like. Colours are less important if you like the house. It’s things that’s more difficult to change like room sizes or a kitchen that’s more of an issue to me.
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Biggest joke of a mansion there is 😂Pretty sure Niami was on coke during the whole development
@@oklmrems4958 just during the development?... he's probably basing as i type this
@@oklmrems4958Probably why there was runaway costs and couldnt finish in time.😊
Another home that Williams & Williams couldn’t sell that went into foreclosure🫤
This house isn't a home. It's an office building with beds.
Totally agreed.👍🏻
@maryjanesnow Totally agreed.👍🏻
And glass is very cheap, which is 70% of this home.
@benjamin7114 Totally agreed.👍🏻
there is a similar home in Palos Verdes on Paseo Del Mar. It used to be a office building. I really think having glass on all exterior walls is just a privacy nightmare.
Arvin is like the most entertaining real estate show and he’s honest that’s why he’s so funny 😂
Thank you will get better with time
That mocking of the guys strut was hilarious 😂
It cracked me up, too! It’s like he was walking with his shoulders.
what that guys NY property review.... you will definitely see he doesn't know how to operate the controls.
Watch some of his other videos. Eric literally doesn’t know how to walk
He tries, but the long dangly things on each side of his body are always getting in the way and he seems as if he doesn’t know what to do with them and it changes with each video
His stride changes, his gate speed changes, it’s like he’s too nervous and his body just won’t do what it is supposed to do
It’s hilarious but I can’t watch his videos bc of it
To be fair to him, he also runs a fitness channel and is big into extreme fitness.
Well it was ridiculous
Windex should of sponsored this home, lol. The amount of glass inside and outside of this home that needs to be cleaned is massive
Imagine if you had toddlers, kids hand prints EVERYWHERE 😩
Have*
LOL, the humidity and the wind dirtied my park car windshield, for a glass house it is worse. The sun light will damage your clothes, sheets, your art, your paintings, and your wall paint. glass houses are beautiful but not practical.
@@menaseven9093plus you’re no longer allowed to throw rocks
@@menaseven9093 I would hope that the windows in this house are UV tinted
Having every exterior wall floor to ceiling glass would make me feel like I was "on display" continuously. It's hard to walk by a window and not at least glance out, but here all the walls are windows: My brain would make me feel vulnerable... and uneasy.
@13:28 “Shower fit for 10 to 15 people”. About 20 years ago a builder was showing my wife and I his new home and he was so proud of the fact that he had a 3 person Jacuzzi tub in the primary. As we were walking out of the room, my wife leaned over and whispered, “a 3rd person?”. Hey Erik, who are these other people you’re supposed to be taking a shower with other than your wife?🤓
Diddys next party house?
Absolutely! These big showers fitting an elephant are ridiculous. That's exactly what is wrong with these mega mansions - they're not homey at all. They are made for Diddy's of this world 🤮
This was an interesting take on a mega mansion. It's imperfectly perfect. Having lived in Norway for two years, I wanna add that the scandanavian design works well in smaller spaces such as apartments in Norwegian countries. Copy paste this interior style to a mansion and it starts looking like an office and uninspiring.
I am Norwegian. You are right that this style is best suited to small apartments, but most Scandinavians want "hygge”. Few people want to live in a house with so much glass. We want wood, stone, fireplaces and a warm feeling.
@@karinorth1203 Is "hygge" something like "cozy atmosphere"? I completely agree - in Austria (and probably elsewhere) some older houses have a small couch-like place very close to the fireplace. We call it a "Flagg" although I don't know the actual spelling. Used for reading and generally being comfortable in cold winter nights. Do you have something like that?
As a linguistic result, "Ich flagg mich nieder" in my dialect translates to "I'm going to lie down and chill/sleep" 😂
You know what big house has hygge up the yin-yang? Fallingwater by FLW. Actually, every house Wright designed had hygge.
@@The_1ntern3t Yes, you are right. Hygge = cozy atmosphere. 😊
That's why I like the mini apartments they show at the local Ikea. The Scandinavian design can be warm and inviting if you keep it in a smaller space. I feel that it was never intended to work on a crazy mega mansion and yet quite a few have this feature.
1:14 The exaggerated swagger of a real estate youtuber
😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣 You actually reminded me of the song “Live your life” by T.I. It has similar lyrics when he’s rapping
The way that dude walks cracks me up all the time. In fact, I can't even watch one of his video' without being completely distracted/eyerolled every thirty seconds.
Cringgggeeee
then standing with legs so wide apart as if he has a giant cantaloupe dangling for balls. Gets me chuckling every time.
In Europe we also have buildings with wings leading into a central hall. 18e century prisons
I feel this is what you get when you ask someone who is accustomed to designing office spaces to build you a house.
In their defense, I have seen one or two that are liveable despite their office building appearance. But there is a catch: they made them smaller intentionally. One of them is only one floor but I get why they did that. Seeing the ceilings in the hallway made it look and feel cozy. This house does it all wrong: you can't be massive and go for the office look and expect it to feel homely.
You think* not 'feel'.
I'm imagining the glare, the greenhouse effect, the wind rocking the glass. The whole house has no sense of intimacy.
Wine cellar "has an opening & closing door" as opposed to what type of door l ask 😂😂😂
What a great channel this is. I've watced thousand of hours of home improvement series and variants of real estate series and whatnot. And noone, well very few at least, can verbalize the essense of what is going on in a build, or are ballsy enough to critique it, as Arvin is. Great stuff!
I hadn't lived until I saw Arvin mimic that walk. Rolling the shoulders... I'm gonna die from laughing so hard. I'll comment on the rest of the video after my ribs stop hurting.
I was NOT expecting that. I was laughing too.
We got Arvin talking about Shakti before GTA 6
Ahahahahah
Looks like an airport terminal
Definitely!
It feels like a Swedish office to me.
All these mega mansions do imo. soul-less, loveless empty boxes.
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I came here to make this same comment.
Master Bathroon looks likes a upscale Swimming Pool Lockerroom.
Hahahahahaha
The best part of the video is Arvin mocking the shoulder roll. 🤣
I love glass walls and California sunlight but some days you want a dark cozy option to retreat to. Shakti. Contrast to keep from getting bored.
Glaube genau so ist es auf Dauer fühlt man sich vermutlich wie ein Tier im Zoo selbst wenn nicht wirklich fiele Leute reinschauen können. So ein Haus in einsamer Umgebung ja aber mit so fielen Nachbarn glaube da ist das beobacht werden Gefühl immer latent da.
@@nomanomen4611 Ja genau.
The self awareness to critique your own judgement 🫡
Bravo
I don't get those wine cellars. Wine needs a dark, humidity and temperature controlled cellar. Way too much light here.
I think the same everytime I see a wine cellar in most of these homes. It's a vanity/showing off room. It's not for someone who covets wine.
When these people design wine cellars, the Columbo episode with the winery killer should be required viewing
9:54 exactly you summed it up perfectly. this house is too chaotic it doesn't have a home feeling more like an office with beds
I agree with you, seems it would be an awesome property,,, but, when touring the property, I too, said something is missing,,,, My thought is everything is in the open, there are none of the intimate spaces that are in other homes. Although private it is basically a ‘fishbowl’ on steroids. Another great analysis.
This is one of the reasons why I love Arvins videos, I really appreciate his humility where he questions his own takes and views based on the "on paper" design and not the FEEL of the house. He doesnt just dunk on a property for clicks or to be edgy, but gives his honest opinion pointing out both the good and the bad. I am curious if this video will affect his judgement and approach to other houses moving forward?
You are absolutely right on this property. It's a practical design house with no heart of a home. It feels like three condos joined together. By the way, architect Mies van der Rohe started this concept of glass house design with Edith Farnsworth House.
That was my first thought. Farnsworth house, but exaggerated.
The Farnsworth House is a masterpiece and revolutionized architecture. This is not.
I was thinking of Phillip Johnson’s glass house in New Caanan. I’m no fan if his, but this is the exception that proves the rule about the need for privacy, because it’s small and cosseted from public view.
$56 million and NO coffee machine - bar in the master bedroom. OOOh fancy the wine cellar has a door that opens and closes in glass 😱 🤣🤣 great video
And training the camera on the bottle of Robert Mondavi vin ordinaire was pitiful!
But it has a 5000 square foot Grey Poupon cellar 😅
It really does look like an Airport terminal.
John Travolta has a home which is an airport! And it's unique and kinda works even though I wouldn't chose it myself.
Arvin, the answer is clear and concise... NO KNOCK, KNOCK, dishwashers... 😅
‘Knock knock situation’ 😂
@eliethia_munay 🤣😂🙏🏻
The modern European office building vibes are strong with this one.
Now that you say it, my local utility company (europe) gas a propeller shaped headquater and it really looks just like a larger version of this here.
My old university had a propellor shaped building filled with offices. It was a nice building to work in. Plenty of natural light
One thing about these modern homes with all that glass is they're never as efficient as a more traditional home. Heating(not a problem in LA) and cooling them is significantly more expensive than a home with far less glass.
I agree but again does someone that buy a 55 million dollar home cares about that extra cost? When its so small compared to the buying price...
In LA, houses frequently don’t have any insulation, so thick glass won’t be any worse than normal!
Ive been binging you this past week and by far the most entertaining estate show ever, better than any reality tv, youre too funny😂
Another beautiful video. I have a slightly different take than Arvin does on this property. I do agree that the price relative to how the property was presented was certainly a huge turnoff. However, I don’t think that having the staircase at the center of the “propeller” was the nail in the coffin. For me-the biggest problem was that the interior of the property was decorated like an office building. People want a house that is emotive-a place that evokes feelings and emotions. The entire interior of this property just felt very sterile. One of the ways that I think this could have been made far better is by creating different atmospheres through the use of different materials-natural woods, textures on some of the walls, perhaps integrating some greenery/plants indoor, curtains, rugs.. I also think that having the exterior walls basically be almost completely made of glass perhaps hurt this property. I understand how having “full glass” might highlight the architecture and put a huge emphasis on the views-but it effectively deems all of the outer walls of the property useless. By not being able to utilize outer walls-you are forced to push anything and everything into the center of each room-and to avoid a “cluttered” look-tt forced them into a baron and boring interior design. A house with that kind of square footage felt like the lobby of an office building. Had they integrated some stone/wood in portions of the outer walls-they could have created soo much more usable space and injected some warmth. They could have integrated different textures, places to hang art, some cabinetry or private nooks to evoke some emotions. When discussing a property-form and function are both really important. I do think that the propeller shape of this property is great. I just think that the use of all glass on the outer walls forced boring, sterile, baron interior choices that drained the character and emotions out of the property.
It has a very bachelor pad feel. It looks like it's aimed at a sports star that's single that wants to party and show off to friends. I agree the majority of people would prefer something warmer but there is definitely a market for this kind of look and feel. At $56m you can sink an extra $1m dressing it up. The fact it didn't get a single hit, you don't think it's more the sub-standard location for a house in this price range? I notice he mentioned the freeway noise several times.
Phillip.
Not surprised nobody wants to live inside a massive vitrine on top of a hill...
And then they put a glass door to the loo in the MBR 😅
Well critiqued 👍
That’s the second time on this channel I’ve seen a water closet completely glass surrounded. What’s going on? Who wants to see their spouse squatting on the toilet-let alone using the toilet paper?!
@@dennischiapello7243 Many uber-rich do...& worse! Consider it a fetish! Ewww...
@@kitkatclawz You're pulling my leg.
I'd find it deadening to face a glass wall every single time I walked into a room? I'd have to camp out in a hallway just for a bit of Me Time.
I notice on Google the East side has suffered a land slip and it blocked the lower ring road. Wonder if the house has foundation issues?????
Interesting! ✌🏽
The California coast has foundation issues! 😅
@@dennischiapello7243 This isn’t anywhere near the coast. It’s in Bel Air.
@@lindadeeds5326 Well dang it.
These videos are my guilty pleasure. I mean, $56 million for a mansion, and they still manage to fumble the basics? It’s like serving caviar on a paper plate-what’s the point? Just goes to show, even the most genius architect needs a dream team to turn sketches into substance.
I tell my kid all the time: “Do the small, simple things right, and everything else clicks.” It’s not rocket science; it’s just life.
This channel? A masterclass in calling out the nonsense. Love it. Keep the critiques coming-they’re therapy for my tech-loving, detail-obsessed soul.
I was waiting to see the heart of the house...
What's up with the toilet next to closet in the master suite/bath?
Yeah, who doesn't want the steam from the bathroom going straight into your clothes? For...uhum...to keep them in good moisture?
Honestly, what was the indoor architect thinking?
Great video, Arvin. I’ve appraised many of the mansions that you’ve critiqued, including this one, Villa Siena, La Fin, etc. I’ve been an appraiser for 35 years and I still always learn something from your videos. Thank you!!
Wow 35 years is impressive! Thanks for watching pal
I am a fiend for your vids. Great work, you’re definitely getting more exposure and it’s deserved. Javid Shah
The chef kitchen being in the basement calls for a dumbwaiter connection to the main kitchen.
thx arvin u prevented me from buying another lemon of a house.
To my humble opinion, wealthy people don't want to expose themselves at 360 degrees. They would like more intimacy and privacy.
They want to be able to go all naked in their own house.
Cost aside, I really like this one- the whole indoor/outdoor concept and the utilization of space. Too many mansions are needlessly massive with room after room with just chairs and a table that will never be used- here each room feels purposeful. Agree about warmth but I think when people move in and start to bring in accessories it'll help a lot, with plants and decor and everything else adding color and a personal touch. I would redo that first room and make that the congregation area, replacing the furniture to make it more comfortable and inviting. Basement can be tweaked to have a game room. Add some individual personality to the guest rooms via art and color.
If any (multi) billionaires reading this would like to adopt my family and I and purchase this for us I would appreciate it! 💗
100% agree. I actually like this. The design outside. The lot. Even the views I don’t mind. Do I like everything. Of course not. But the glass can be solved with curtains or even shutters and the furniture swapped out if need be in places. I don’t always agree with Arvins choice of colours. But everyone has opinions on what they like. Colours are less important if you like the house. It’s things that’s more difficult to change like room sizes or a kitchen that’s more of an issue to me.
nooo this was one of my favorite houses and Arvin uploaded a video about it 😬
whole house has like 3 corners with actual walls
Everything is made of glass, is see-through and looks sterile, nowhere to really feel protected
Would be a great showroom for a car museum - not a home
That's it, perfect description for this building, terrible house great showroom for a hyper car dealer. The light falling on cars from three angles would look magnificent but as a home, absolutely fucking not.
If this house was less industrial, with more natural (wood) materials as you mentioned several times, and plopped in the middle of a gorgeous, private mountain, forest, or red rock area where you could appreciate the views without feeling like you are living in a fishbowl…then, perhaps yes. As you also mentioned, and I agree, it just felt soulless with no heart. :(
It could be fixed with wooden walls on power slide rails to close off rooms. They can also install power blinds that black out all the light. The problem is that staircase is an eyesore and it needs to be ripped out. They should install a huge living room with a staircase that wraps around the wall as it goes up, giving a view of the living room from overhead.
The thought of my toilet staring at my Rolex watches and other expensive jewelry and clothing kinda makes me 🤮.
Arvin blessed us with 3 videos this week
I used to watch a lot of mansion tours - specifically from Enes - but what started to annoy me is that all these tour presenters would praise literally everything ... even when the design or interior was horrendous. It felt like they were being paid to promote hard-to-sell properties. The turning point for me was Enes’ review of that hideous Evergreen Crystal Palace that looks like a time capsule from 1989, but he said EVERYTHING was phenomenal...lol 😂. I realized then that we just being advertised to. Now I only watch Arvin’s channel as it’s a real & honest representation of each property. Happy to have found this channel 😊
Me too. Stopped watching Enes when it only became big mansions. Find most of it without a soul.
The owners would not let him tour these properties if he was going to say anything critical about them
Phenomenal is Enes’s favorite word.
I sometimes watch Enes and immediately search to see if Arvin has a review video up. Usually he does. It's fun hearing him roast Enes for his cover-ups and dodgy videos.
The presenters are being paid to promote these hard to sell properties.
Completely agree with your observation of the flow problem, same idea as feng shui, a “pseudoscientific” concept which at the same time makes sense because it’s really about how a place makes you feel.
This is the first home theater I've seen on this channel that actually looked like it could perform well, sound-wise--AND it actually looks pretty good on film. Like everything else in this house, it could be good on paper and fail in practice, but it at least looks like it uses good dimensions, (wood) diffusors and absorbers, and is DARK, which may not look the best on a home tour, but is definitely the environment you want when you are watching a movie. Good job (in theory).
I've become obsessed with your reviews Arvin! Please keep them coming they are insanely addictive.
Spectacular critiquing.
The bold daring shape of this house instantly won my heart when i first saw it during lockdown in 2020, i honestly thought it was a 3D render or something from a sci-fi movie until i saw Ryan Serhant's showing of it. I instantly fell in love with the exterior yet totally hated the poor lifeless interior, and also felt that pool could have been bigger. $32m is a steal for such an architecturally significant house. Well done Arvin.
Just love your videos. Very entertaining, funny and also very informative.
Thanks 🙏🏼
One thing I've been meaning to ask about a number of presentation videos is that they always describe the furniture as if it were part of the house. For example, in this video at 3:20, "Once you walk in you're greeted with this grand foyer entrance, with these beautiful couches ..." And this is almost always the case, the presenter describes how awesome this furniture works with the home or how lovely the furniture is. Well, that would only be true if it is being sold furnished. So are these things almost always sold furnished? Because in my current apartment hunting experience in Manhattan ... they are all unfurnished (granted, they are mostly new builds) - and that's fine because I'm not keen on the idea of purchasing someone's used furniture, but that's just me. I have to assume the homes presented in these videos are staged, so why do they describe the furniture? It's not part of the house.
yeah a lot of these mega-mansions have everything included, furniture, artwork, rugs everything… but i’m always watching these videos thinking about how i would get rid of it all and redecorate
I think usually they go with the property. I just saw another one of Arvins videos where it stated the furniture wasn’t included, which seemed kind of cheap to do considering the price of the homes, but then it showed the prices of some of the furniture and it was insane! A couch was $150,000, 2 chairs for $36,000 each, etc.
With large mansions, the furniture is picked specifically for the house. You couldn’t just plop it down in a new house if you moved. It stays with the house.
As far as the kitchen concerned, why is there sitting area in front of the kitchen instead of dining room table?? They called also make cantilever on the kitchen island to make a breakfast nook.
A lot of the rooms are actually really small looking, especially with the tight hallways leading into them. There is only like three real rooms in the place that you would want to go to, and everything else are just pass by rooms.
Literally revisited the original video earlier today after years and wanted your take on it... The coincidence!
Great critique, Arvin--very informative and very correct. You are especially correct when you point out what I believe is the estate's main flaw: no focal point. How could the developer/architect miss this obvious feature, especially with a home on this grand scale? I'm not a professional architect, but years ago I designed a home using this same propeller design--though on a much smaller scale. I had the common design sense to make the foyer/great room the home's central focus, which, of course, is located in the central propeller.
Arvin, you need to start calling out these guys - not just in this video - for blatantly exaggerating the amount of cars that would fit on the motor courts. He claimed there's space for 30 cars. Two minutes into the video we can see the bird's-eye view of the motor court with 4 cars. At 30 cars this would be packed tighter than a used car dealer's lot with your guests double and triple blocking each other in.
The BEST architecture Advisor . Big fan of you Arvin, you are the BEST.
Another excellent video thank you brother!
8:25 I have a huge problem with this. I don't think it's a good idea at all to have the "dining room" down the hall, but the living room right in front of the stove.
That doesn't make any sense to me.
It’s a giant house on a small lot and it shows. If you have a dog their access to grass is about 300sq feet.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Not Scandinavian. The walk in closet, do not have a dedicated hanger for the cowhorn helmet! We have these hangers every where in Scandinavia.
It has a lovely Motel vibe.
6:39 "buys" -> "builds" (I believe)
I enjoy your videos, I see all these property tour videos differently now, thanks to your insights 😊
10:00 I really want to like this house but the dimensions of the wings force a layout that reminds me of a small condo. They really should have made them 30-40% wider.
Great video again. Interesting that you mentioned 'Shakti'. It's not only missing inside the house, but also everywhere around the house, which further enhances the energy leaving. It's basically a giant propellor house on a molehill, and they've probably scaled the house a little bit too big for the lot. Not only that, I'm pretty sure that with very good garden design and higher greenery placed tactically around the property, the feeling of the home would already be improved. With so much glass, you don't want to feel like you're walking/living in a shop window, or office wing in every room that you walk into.
Agree with everything you said, plus: 1) it looks like an office building, and 2)having recently driven by it, the location issue is even worse than you said, as the neighborhood and approach do not feel like living in Bel Air. It may be 90077, but when you drive home you don’t drive into Bel Air: you drive up a side street of the 405.
Years ago someone a friend know moved into a flat with glass all 3 sides on his bedroom, 1st thing he did was stick black paper over all the windows to get some privacy , and i guess temperture and lighting control.
Arvin thank you for all your knowledge shared, you will grow to 1 million subscribers within 2026. Wish you the best !!
Please do the one
That would be very cool
From your critique, and from the design, I think it's all function and no heart. It's perfect as far as dotting all the i's and crossing all the t's, but it literally lacks a heart as in a central place where all the family can gather and bond and relax, and essence wise in that the materials used are so clean and minimalist it fails to encourage coziness or warmth in any room or space through out the house. It's truly a display house, not a home. Ha! As soon as I finished writing you said the exact same thing! 😂
I don’t understand why these multi million dollar properties have no privacies
A much simpler problem with this particular building is that to build that specific structure in that particular area in California (where it's earthquake prone, landslide prone), they needed to spend a lot to build out the structure that doesn't necessarily contribute to the value of the building itself. If you look at how much reinforcement they had to do on the side of the hill, and how much earth they had to move for land scaping, none of that really add value to the building except out of pure necessity.
You’re spot on Arvin regards the
Shakti/Chi. ✌🏽
As far i remembered you did covered this orum house in 3 one minute videos when you kinda new in yt ,describing the flaws . I cant find those vids now. But yeah grat video!!
Am I the only one that thinks that Arvin is hilarious?
NO when ever I watch Arvin I’m always guaranteed a good chuckle 😂 💕🇦🇺💕
It's technically correct which is not always the best correct.
The squared off ends look very 1960s to me. It sort of looks like a nice cosmetic surgery clinic, or a dental clinic. It's not cosy design.
Yes! ✌🏽
I'm enjoying your videos, Arvin. I'll never live in a house of this scale, but I still find your videos both entertaining and informative.
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The wines hate that much amount of light by the way, and earthquakes... Flimsy cellar.
If I had that much budget for a house, I would like it to be built from the ground up customized to my liking, every inch of it
I'm not into modern homes either, so it's not for me. I do like the outside.
The master suite was totally underwhelming. It feels like an office space. The upstairs "kitchen" is good for cooking popcorn in a microwave but not a meal, lol. The downstairs kitchen is so cold it looks like it popped out of IKEA (even those are more inviting)
I DO love all the windows in the home and its pretty from the outside. The inside could have been so much better with gleaming warm wood floors more like the style of the theater room.
If this had been built on a cliff next to the ocean or deep in the woods it would have been so much better.
YOU MAKE THE BEST VIDEOS!!!
The UNO City in Vienna from the 70's got famous for the use of Y- shapes.
The shape allows sunlight to go everywhere without problem.
This house reminds me of that other property you critiqued-the 80's glass mall on the lake that was supposed to be a home, but looked like a commercial property instead
Every time you show that drone shot from approaching from the outside i can't help but think about the guard tower of a high security prison. Maybe that feeling is what makes selling it harder.
I think you're right about the Shakti. It feels so naked.
Even if it wasn't natural material on the building but vegetation and plants to sort of hedge the property.
You'd keep the benefit of the light but the sound and visual muffling of done by the trees.
6:15 build a propeller shaped aeroplane...any one else hear it?..no...just me
The house looks more like fidget spinner to me than a propeller 😂
The theater was fire. Pool is nice, i love glass but it's like an office building
It’s exactly how hotels on the strip like masala bay, mirage (now hard rock) treasure island etc are shaped like this so all rooms have a dynamic view and easy access to center
I love the look-not too blocky, and monolithic, lumimous. Views everywhere, why wouldn't I take the $20 million discount? It is very vanilla. 15 in shower-for swinger sex parties? Light and heat are enemies of wine and it should be underground. Theater room rules!
Ive become a frequent viewer of Arvin now, Its the cynical but logical analysis that's a breath of fresh air, usually with these tours the hosts just sing praises for everything, skim past the negatives and try to portray the houses in the best way possible, but since Arvin has no skin in the game but he knows what he's talking about and looking for, it just makes for a hilarious polarising contrast between pure BS and brutal honesty. Good stuff, keep it up Arvin.
P.s I still find it comically ironic that this successful realtor for overpriced mansions is called Mr. Con-Over
Love the corner moments !
The house is everything but cozy. It's like a see-through house, a glass box.
Hey have you seen the Oceanfront Home in Big Sur by Gavren Dochterman
I don´t understand your "propeller problem". I would say the house has different wings, what I really like. You can have a kid´s wing and a parent´s wing. This kids can play and be loud in the morning and the parents are not disturbed. Great! Plus a guest wing. Much better than a long building where you have long ways to walk every day.
100% agree. I actually like this. The design outside. The lot. Even the views I don’t mind. Do I like everything. Of course not. But the glass can be solved with curtains or even shutters and the furniture swapped out if need be in places. I don’t always agree with Arvins choice of colours. But everyone has opinions on what they like. Colours are less important if you like the house. It’s things that’s more difficult to change like room sizes or a kitchen that’s more of an issue to me.