Beverly Hills, California · 2 Levels
Beverly Hills, California
Elevator Boutique installed the home elevator in one of the newest estates in Trousdale, Beverly Hills, listed at $65,000,000. The cabin pairs Italian Skinplate walls with a clear glass rear wall, and the doors close flush in the same finish.
The house sits in Trousdale Estates with about 18,000 sq ft of living space, seven bedrooms and a lower level that holds a 2,000-bottle wine cellar, a wellness center, a gym and a home theater. A home with that much to offer below ground needs an easy way down. The elevator brings the cellar and the screening room as close as the kitchen, and it does it with the same restraint as the rest of the architecture.
The tour reaches the elevator at 12:57.
This house was built to be seen. The tour opens on a $250,000 tree, and the rest of the house keeps that standard: stone, glass and long views over Los Angeles.
An elevator in a house like this cannot look like equipment. It has to sit inside the architecture with the same restraint as the joinery around it.
Inside the home
Photography: Mark Angeles via CNBC, The Beverly Hills Estates.
The elevator
The cabin side walls, ceiling and car doors are Italian Skinplate, a fine textured steel with a soft matte finish. The rear wall is clear glass, so light passes through the cabin.
There is no handrail and no clutter. The control panel sits flush and vertical, the phone is flush with black buttons, and the floor was finished by the builder to match the house.
The elevator carries In Cabin Self Rescue, battery backup and self-leveling at every stop. If the power fails, the cabin lowers itself and the doors open. Nobody waits for a technician.
The hoistway was framed in timber by the builder to our engineering drawings, with a shallow 5.9 in pit.
Skinplate walls, doors and ceiling give the cabin one calm surface.
A clear glass rear wall keeps the ride bright.
In Cabin Self Rescue brings the cabin down safely in a power outage.
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Why Elevator Boutique
Elevator Boutique and our sister company Lift Shop have installed more than 12,000 home elevators across Australia and California. Every one is built in Italy and made to measure for the home it serves, from the cabin size to the last finish.
The only way to judge an elevator is to stand in one. Ride the A Series and E Series at our Fountain Valley showroom, appointment only.
