Mary Cummins, Real Estate Appraiser, Animal Advocates, Los Angeles, California

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Showing posts with label castellammare. Show all posts
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Saturday, May 17, 2025

Villa de Leon Kauffman Estate 17948 Porto Marina in Pacific Palisades by Mary Cummins Real Estate Appraiser

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Villa de Leon aka Kauffman Estate is located at 17948 Porto Marina, Pacific Palisades, California 90272. The home survived the Palisades fires. I believe it survived because the Fire Department probably thought it was part of the Getty Villa. It does have a cement facade and tile roof but it's not really fire resistant. Brush clearance was very good but the fire and winds were intense. 

While I was there I noticed the front door was open. I was worried maybe someone was robbing the place as the owner doesn't live there. You need special permits to get to this area because of the fires. I have one of those permits. I then noticed a lovely lady weeding out front. I said over the fence "You have a beautiful house." She replied "someday it will be." I replied back "it's beautiful already." That was the owner Dr. Anna Rosciszewski Fuchs. She owns it in trust with her father Jan Rosciszewski who passed away in 2022 at the age of 94. I guess everything is relative. This is no denying that this is an amazingly beautiful home.

Villa Leon was built in 1926 for Austrian investor Leon Kauffman and his wife. It was designed by architect Kenneth MacDonald. It's currently a 35-room, 10,277 sq ft mansion in the Italian Revival style. The home was listed for sale at $14,995,000 and sold for $10,000,000 to the present day owners in 2005. Below original building permit says it has 18 rooms. It's 104' x 83' and 44' tall. It has a basement and three upper levels. Parking is underground. It is the Castle Rock tract lots 12-17. Home is on lot 12. Thomas Guide 630F6. APN 4416-015-062 Alternate addresses 17944, 17948, 17942 W Porto Marina Way. Tax states completed 1927.
Here is the basic plan of the home and property from ladbs.org The land issues are at the front near PCH.



Here are some more photos which I took yesterday.

Front door of Villa Leon 17948 Porto Marina, Pacific Palisades, California by Mary Cummins

Rear of Villa Leon 17948 Porto Marina, Pacific Palisades, California by Mary Cummins


Villa Leon 17948 Porto Marina, Pacific Palisades, California by Mary Cummins


Villa Leon 17948 Porto Marina, Pacific Palisades, California by Mary Cummins


Villa Leon 17948 Porto Marina, Pacific Palisades, California by Mary Cummins

The last MLS listing for property in 2005.


Plat map of property
Old postcards which I am using under the Fair Use of Copyright Act taken from the MLS listing website. These were personal postcards which one is allowed to scan and post.




Old web archive the 2005 listing with lots of photos and a Flash swf video

I turned the MLS swf into a video but it sped up for some reason. It's a photo slideshow.

Below are a few photos from the MLS video from 2005. I am a member of the MLS. These photos are used under the Fair Use of Copyright Act. 





















Pages from a 1928 Architectural Digest article about the mansion. Photos are in black and white because 1928.


Text excerpt from a book about the mansion





Embedded Google map.







Mary Cummins of Cummins Real Estate is a certified residential licensed appraiser in Los Angeles, California. Mary Cummins is licensed by the California Bureau of Real Estate appraisers and has over 35 years of experience.


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Friday, May 16, 2025

75% of Lots in Palisades Flats Burn Area are Cleared by Mary Cummins Real Estate Appraiser


I'm in the Palisades burn area again today. They're making good progress clearing lots in flats and hillside areas. I'd say 75% of residential lots in flats are cleared. They're clearing lots in Castellammare starting at the bottom near PCH. They had to clear the roads first. The streets where they are clearing homes are one way because of the large trucks. Castellammare is one way today but Porto Marina is two way. 

They cleared a lot of ocean side lots on PCH. They should have cleared those first so the debris wouldn't have fallen into the ocean. I believe that debris probably caused the algae to bloom more than normal. That's why we have such a horrible problem with domoic acid and marine mammals this year. So many animals are dying. 

I went by Marquez school. They're adding a lot of modular classrooms to the parking and athletic fields. Looks like they're preparing to teach there in the fall. 

The green on the burned lots is green hydroseeding. Green hydroseeding post-fire refers to the use of hydroseeding, a technique where a slurry of seeds, water, fertilizer, and mulch is sprayed onto burned areas to promote vegetation growth and soil stabilization. This method is a cost-effective way to revegetate burned land, reduce erosion, and prevent weed invasions. Some look yellow.

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Mary Cummins of Cummins Real Estate is a certified residential licensed appraiser in Los Angeles, California. Mary Cummins is licensed by the California Bureau of Real Estate appraisers and has over 35 years of experience.


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Friday, March 7, 2025

In Palisades fire area in Castellammare and Palisades Highlands by Mary Cummins real estate appraiser

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Was in the Palisades fire burn area again today in Castellammare and Palisades Highlands. The fire in the Highlands hit a lot of attached condos. Fire destroyed the homes more hit and miss, one on one block, one on another block. It didn't just plow through blocks of homes like it did in the flats. I saw one cleared lot in Castellammare today. I don't know how they will ever get big trucks up there as the roads as narrow, steep, curvy, further narrowed by debris slides and road closures. hashtag#palisadesfire hashtag#marycummins hashtag#realestateappraiser hashtag#losangeles hashtag#california hashtag#postfireappraisal












Cummins of Cummins Real Estate is a certified residential licensed appraiser in Los Angeles, California. Mary Cummins is licensed by the California Bureau of Real Estate appraisers and has over 35 years of experience.


Mary Cummins, Mary K. Cummins, Mary Katherine Cummins, Mary, Cummins, #marycummins #animaladvocates #losangeles #california #wildlife #wildliferehabilitation #wildliferehabilitator #realestate #realestateappraiser #realestateappraisal #lawsuit real estate, appraiser, appraisal, instructor, teacher, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Pasadena, Brentwood, Bel Air, California, licensed, permitted, certified, single family, condo, condominium, pud, hud, fannie mae, freddie mac, fha, uspap, certified, residential, certified resident, apartment building, multi-family, commercial, industrial, expert witness, civil, criminal, orea, dre, brea insurance, bonded, experienced, bilingual, spanish, english, form, 1004, 2055, 1073, land, raw, acreage, vacant, insurance, cost, income approach, market analysis, comparative, theory, appraisal theory, cost approach, sales, matched pairs, plot, plat, map, diagram, photo, photographs, photography, rear, front, street, subject, comparable, sold, listed, active, pending, expired, cancelled, listing, mls, multiple listing service, claw, themls, historical appraisal, facebook, linkedin

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