Draped in a green cloak
The vine-covered 1935 traditional boasts period craftsmanship and details, with coffered wood ceilings, custom built-ins and delicate wall paneling. Picture windows and French doors take in the property’s leafy setting..

Growth spurt hits $250 million
His development company, now in its sixth year, caters to billionaires who pay tens of millions for his move-in-ready homes stocked with countless amenities and hand-picked designer wares. Two years ago, Minecraft creator Markus Persson paid $70 million for a Makowsky-built house in Beverly Hills.

An Eastern suburban gateway
Like that of most places in the Los Angeles region, the recorded historyofRowland Heights stretches back to the time when Spanish expeditions wanderedthe sereplains and craggy hills of California, trying to takethe measureofthe vast land they had stumbled upon whilesearching for gold.

Where all the living occurs
The ambitious project — which involved gutting the ground floor and moving a staircase — “was hell,” she said. Walger, who has two children with screenwriter husband Davey Holmes, temporarily lived on the second floor, “crammed over a toaster oven with crashing and banging below.