Tasteful friends: Palm Springs adjacent estate asks a mere $6 million

the kitchen looks like the inside of a Hampton Inn Breakfast buffet, sign me up

Who doesn't love a lazy lagoon?

That living room is sick. It’s all the right kind of tacky. Love it.

If anything, the outside is too manicured and makes It less home and more resort.

But I’m down.

"When I said I'd meet you in the Teal Seating Area, I meant by the HOT TUB, not the one by the fire pit, which is CLEARLY the Hot Tub Teal Seating Area."

I KNOW that I shouldn't love it, but I do. I'll move in if you'll let me wear my Miami Vice tuxedo by After Six all the time.

"This timeless and spectacular..."

What time would that be, dear?

Also, Indian Wells is Repug Hell!

It’s at the right time and it was tastefully done the first time.

Let me grab a caftan and I'll move right in!

How many porn shoots has it been rented out for?

btw - They've been trying to sell this pink elephant for five years.

I don't think I've ever seen a pink kitchen before.

I'm seeing many broken DL hips on the concrete floor.

I absolutely love it.

[quote] btw - They've been trying to sell this pink elephant for five years.

Video from five years ago where they went for a different style in the staging (a lot more of The Oriental).

Someone should buy it and turn it into CCBC-East.

Oh ... And in the older listing, it mentioned the place has its own Beauty Parlor.

That would be an important factor for the Datalounge Retirement Village.

It would make a fine gay resort if it were not in Indian Wells.

One thing I do like are those two, very large Afghan Hound sculptures out by the pool.

Are the sellers named Fred and Wilma, per chance?

I desperately want to hate it, everything about it is hateable but to my ever lasting shame, I would move right in

If you got one of those UV light semen cameras, and used it on the house, the entire place would be visible from Mars.

R17 Those are by Karen Barone. She should be a DL icon!

It's weird that this place screams porn set yet none of the bedrooms are pictured.

It also kind of looks like if The Max from Saved By the Bell was turned into The Playboy Mansion.

I love it. It’s like experiencing a tab of acid, without actually taking the acid.

The last surviving Howard Johnson's Motor Inn!

R22 You can see bedrooms in the video from the previous listing at R13. .. I laughed when I saw a commonplace Kleenex box sitting on one of the bed tables.

btw - Check out that room with row after row of shelves with huge pieces of jade on it. WTF? The owner must be a sculptor or have some strange collectible-obsession.

[quote]The last surviving Howard Johnson's Motor Inn!

Triggered.

I absolutely love it. It's like a perfect, upscale1980s time capsule -- someone has to preserve it for posterity.

We MUST acquire it as the DL Timeshare Resort! Where do I send my $5000?

From the Karen and Tony Barone article::

[Quote]They’ve designed sets for entertainer/comedienne, Mimi Hines.

$3,773 per month in HOA fees. No thanks.

It’s like your own personal Miami Vice-themed Las Vegas resort.

And there's even condos attached to the country club. Who wants to mingle with the riffraff?

The talk about it being a "Howard Johnson's Motor Inn" or "Miami Vice themed Las Vegas resort" are insightful.

Property records show that the owners are "Ralph William Johnson and Faye Petersen Johnson."

Faye Johnson, née Faye Peterson, is part of the trio of Peterson siblings who founded the Westward Ho Hotel and Casino on the Vegas Strip. As the linked-to article states:

[quote] Opened on 1 April 1971, the Westward Ho Hotel and Casino operated for 35 years, and was known as the world’s biggest motor inn.

[quote] The gaudy exterior of the Westward Ho Hotel and Casino made the establishment an early icon on the Las Vegas Strip. It featured a façade covered with mirrors, highly polished brass fixtures, and freestanding golden umbrellas over 80 feet in height.

So maybe Faye wanted the Indian Hills property it to feel like she was at the Westward Ho .. lol!

Sold in 2005, the Westward Ho no longer exists, but more fun descriptions here:

[quote]Westward Ho no longer exists

But plenty of other hos are still around in Vegas.

Of all the Tasteful Friends posts on here, this is the first house that I didn't like a single thing about. Nothing. It should be moved to Las Vegas, and then razed.

All those outdoor spaces you won't want to use half the year., that also look like a 3 star hotel in Bali. That ugly Vegas meets Miami Vice decor. A mishmash of really bad decor.

A few throw pillows would cozy it up.

The Johnson/Peterson clan apparently cashed out 20+ years ago. The 'Ho sounds like a classic cheap buffet, weekend package kind of place that used to be a major attraction for Vegas before they went for the convention and foreign tourist trade.

As an aside, every single time I see a House Hunters description "a couple wants blah blah blah in Palm Springs" I can guaran damn tee that it will be two elder gays.

it just needs an incorrectly colored marble top coffee table

OP - I think you may have found Harry and Meghan's new love nest. Finder's fee?

As a fan of ,and still mourning the late great 80s I would move into that house and change nothing . Its so awful its fab ! Thank you for introducing me to Karen Barone ,that is one wild chick !@

Yeah, Faye cashed out of the Westward Ho in Vegas iback in 1998 after her brother died. You can find old photos of the place from the 80s. Here's one of the cocktail lounges. ca. 1989

Exterior 1984. It's too bad she couldn't have had those umbrella type things moved to the Palm Springs home.

No Shiplap!

I half expected to see Nomi Malone in the pool having dolphin/Exorcist sex!

That's what I imagine a gay clothing optional cesspool look like.

The only thing I like is the fossil palm frond.

That house is not worth a penny over 2 million!!! It needs to be burned down and rebuilt! Plus all the neighbors ugly homes probably look like they're stuck in the 80s too!!!! It doesn't have a view of a golf course!!! This is some old gay's widow who is greedy and trying cash in before the market collapses!!!. Good luck sweetie! You're delusional!!

R48 They're both old - in their 90s now (if they're even still alive). And the compound has been on the market for no less than five years now, so it's probably more of an estate planning move. The money for all this Big 80s "splendor" more than likely came from the wife's former casino business. In 2018, when their attorney was slapped with a reprimand by the State Bar of Nevada for something he did wrong in setting up their living trust, it was said that their estate had been estimated to be worth $40-50 million back in 2010. It sounds like the only relatives named in the trust were a disabled sister and two granddaughters. (There was also a charitable foundation for a deceased son.)

I love it too. I picture myself happily retired there, re-reading "The Valley of the Dolls" on my spacious patio.

Weren't we all there last year for the "Palm Springs Gathering"? Remember? Mike was being a little hyper-emotional twat, as usual.

PEOPLE! I'VE TOLD YOU ABOUT USING COASTERS!!! THIS IS A RENTAL.

R25 that jade part of the video was deeply upsetting. I thought the editors suddenly cut in some random footage of a jade store in Chinatown. What in the actual hell was that room????

Mike is shitting himself thinking of the possibilities. His "friends" are too, just in a different way.

The place looks like the set Star Trek:The Next Generation used for the “pleasure planet” Risa. It might be tolerable, depending on who I might find there...

Close to 4k a *month* in HOA fees? Is that a typo?

R56 They have a "lazy lagoon" to maintain. What do you expect? .. lol!

btw - I don't even think that includes membership for the golf club. That's listed elsewhere as $250,000 (equity) and $32,000 (annually).

Lovely home, but there would definitely be tears nightly in a DL commune home after cocktails and Sloppy Joes.

There was a Le Sex Shoppe on Van Nuys Blvd in the late '80s-early '90s that had the same color scheme and interesting use of neon lights.

R53 When if first saw that room, I was like WTF! and ad to back it up and watch it three times to really see how big and extensive it was. I'm wondering if it's some kind of spiritual (religious) thing. I believe jade has symbolic meaning in some Eastern religions and given some of the decor in the video that could go along with it.

If you look at aerial shot it's actually three lots with a home on each lot, so it's actually a compound. That's why the HOA is so high; you have to pay for 3 times the HOA. I Guess you can't subdivide and sell three homes separately for 2 mil a piece, because of the way the structures are situated. It's perfect for an eldergay couple, where they each have their own home and then entertain in the main house.

Most of these 6 mil range homes in PS just aren't worth it. They all look out-dated. Developers come in and renovate the insides but the outsides are strictly controlled by the HOA, so you're stuck with the ugly 80's/90s facades.

For 6 million, I'd want NEW construction and it sitting on the golf course with a view.

^^ this house isn't in Palm Springs.

^^^The whole Valley is informally referred to as PS. Just go with it.

I really love it! So eighties and kitsch. I would love to attend a party there.

You might want to avoid sittin' out by your "lazy lagoon" for awhile.

The Desert Sun reported last week that mosquitoes in Indian Wells are testing positive for West Nile.

I like it. It's playful.

[quote]I'm seeing many broken DL hips on the concrete floor.

HA! Yep, my first thought seeing the photos of the outdoor areas: "Jesus, you'd have to install handrails EVERYWHERE!"

It could be a good VRBO type investment.

Because it would be a blast to live there for a week given how kitschy everything looks and that if you were on vacation you'd spend a lot of time in the lazy river pool anyway

What say we Memphis the shit out of it, then take out a HELOC for Danny DeVito's personal appearance fee at the ribbon-cutting/housewarming thing?