The man in the style of resort, where Charlie Chaplin once stoled his collection of fire trucks asks for $ 12.5 million

Once a parking lot for Charlie Chaplin Fire trucks, yes, Fire trucks, this Holy Monica, California Hideaway is ready for its next act.

In the list of $ 12.5 million: The house has been completely transformed from the storage space of the quiet movie time to the tropical-modern-modernist shrine, according to Realtor.com.

Located behind what is described in the list as “500 -year -old monasteries”, 500 -year -old “, the estate approximately 0.3 hectares is discreetly behind an” innocent wall “, which hides an 8,000 -feet residence that combines organic materials with a serene Baline design sensitivity.

The first act of the place dates to almost a century, when Chaplin used the original structure as a garage to house its collection of old fire trucks, according to a statement.

In the later decades, the house assumed a second life as a creative refuge for the abstract expressionist painter Sam Francis.

He converted the property into a study compound, where he lived and hosted a rotary cast of Los Angeles Art World luminaires.

The usual guests included Ed Ruscha, Ed Moses, Larry Bell and Ken Price.

This chapter reached the end of 2007, when a fire destroyed much of the original residence that Francis had elaborated.

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

The design of Sorensen incorporates ancient details of the world, such as the centenary teak lands, while also covering a modern aesthetics and similar to spa intended to evoke a “soothing” atmosphere.

Five bedroom design, 4.5 bathrooms includes a flexible plan with the option of adding more bedrooms.

The primary suite has a large closet that doubles as a living room, as well as an American kitchen.

The bathrooms throughout the house have horns and sinks of indonesian stone cut by hand, contributing even more to the immersive organic style.

In the open air, a pavilion and a dining room are climbed to the pool and can be accessed through the cooking glass doors of the kitchen. The property also includes a three -car garage, a glance, perhaps involuntary, in its first fire addition roots.

Aware of the environment can appreciate the solar setting of the house, which includes battery packages capable of delivering “several weeks of power out of network”.

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

Frank Langen and Lili Geller de Compass keep the list.

In the meantime, Francis, a prominent painter from California, gained international recognition with his works exhibited at prestigious institutions such as Moma, the Pompidou Center and the Idemitsu Museum in Tokyo.

His artistic journey began during the recovery of a serious injury to World War II, where he found consolation and purpose in painting while entrusted with a distribution of the whole body.