Gallery House, a boutique rental in Los Angeles

A Ranch House in Hancock Park Turned Inside Out

Historic preservation rules allowed Leong Leong to touch only 50 percent of the original house. Their response was to build around it—a continuous perimeter wall that reoriented the entrance, carved out separate outdoor rooms, and created something the neighborhood had never seen. Sand-colored stucco and precast concrete keep the exterior deliberately quiet. The interior does the talking.

The aluminum-clad screening room sits at the center of the ground floor, a black-box pod that doubles as a media room and can run video art or a family film with equal conviction. Floor-to-ceiling glass panels collapse to connect interior spaces with the courtyards. Artworks by VSF-represented artists are placed with the same intentionality as the architecture, and a Bulthaup kitchen anchors the practical end of the plan.

Three distinct outdoor zones ring the home. The pool and patio occupy one courtyard, with lounge seating, a fire pit, and a dining area set against the rock garden, planted with drought-tolerant aloes, euphorbia, and ocotillo. A second zone holds a practice putting green, trampoline, and garden. Above it all, a roof deck with wet bar and grilling station opens to views of the Los Angeles skyline.

What we love

The aluminum pod at the center of the plan is the tell—a screening room that reads as sculpture first, cinema second. Artworks aren't hung here. They're embedded into the architecture, placed to shape how a room feels rather than fill a wall. Walk 10 minutes to République, Walter and Margarita Manzke's brasserie in Charlie Chaplin's 1928 building on La Brea. Then come back to a home where every room was composed with the same intention.

Layout

This vacation home for rent in Hancock Park, Los Angeles sleeps up to eight guests in four bedrooms, all with en-suite bathrooms. Three are on the ground floor: the primary with a king bed and soaking tub, plus two guest rooms each with a king bed and combination bathtub/shower. A fourth guest bedroom with a queen bed sits on the second floor alongside a playroom. There are two additional powder rooms. The home flows from a large entry through living and kitchen spaces to the screening room, with elevator access between floors.

Experiences

The screening room is set up for serious viewing. The roof deck has a full wet bar and grilling station. The rock garden and pool patio are arranged for outdoor dining and evening fires. The putting green is available for guests throughout the stay.

Good to know

The home does not accommodate children under 13 years. It runs on a 24-kilowatt Tesla solar array and is all-electric, with no gas appliances. Parking includes one space inside the garage plus two driveway spaces, and an electric car charger is on-site. An elevator connects the floors. The monthly rate is $35,000, and the production rate is $10,000/day (correct as of 4/20/2026); please confirm with host.

Amenities & services

Fully equipped kitchen (Bulthaup cabinetry), screening room with projector, pool, patio with lounge seating and fire pit, outdoor dining area, roof deck with wet bar and grilling station, garden with putting green and trampoline, elevator, electric car charger, on-site parking (one garage space, two driveway spaces), cooling and heating, high-speed internet, smoke detector, carbon monoxide detector, fire extinguisher, first aid kit, Tesla solar (net-zero), all-electric appliances

Around

Hancock Park is one of Los Angeles' oldest residential neighborhoods, developed in the 1920s with Spanish Colonial Revival, Tudor, and Hollywood Regency estates on wide, tree-lined streets. A 10-minute walk reaches Larchmont Village, the neighborhood's main commercial strip, with Go Get Em Tiger for coffee and the Sunday farmers market. A short drive puts you at République, Walter and Margarita Manzke's French brasserie in a 1928 Charlie Chaplin-built building on La Brea. LACMA, the La Brea Tar Pits, and the Academy Museum are all within two miles.