Indian Wells Village a Resort, Wait! What?
These homes were designed by a famed architect as a type of Mid-Century Modern AirBNB back in 1960, a half century before AirBNB existed. You need to see this to believe it. If you are like me, you could pass by homes like these every day and never know they were hiding a resort in their backyard.
If you are not familiar with Indian Wells Village, you are not alone. Let me describe it: There are 20 homes per block. Each block is their own HOA. All homes in the community face the street while out in back, instead of walls or fences, the homes share two-plus acres of a resort-like landscape that boasts lush grass, palm and citrus trees (grapefruit, oranges, and lemons), a heated pool, as well as fine-grain sand volleyball and shuffle board courts and a horseshoe pit. All of this is maintained by professional landscapers and pool cleaners for the private use of residents and their guests.
Today, 44550 Elkhorn stands as a 2,004 square foot, 4 bedroom, 3 bath, modern adobe-style home, influenced through the years by families who’ve loved it, expanded it, made it their own, and called it home. Its good bones remain, but the 1959 slant-roof, Mid-Century Modern that architect Adrian Wilson initially designed is hidden by updates made through the years. You may not know Adrian Wilson by name, but you’ve certainly seen his work on public buildings and landmarks all across Southern California. But as much attention as Wilson’s public buildings receive, he’s better remembered for his moderate modernist contributions to residential design. One of his designs, in Palm Springs, helped change Palm Springs from a Spanish Mission Revival design town, to a Mid-Century Modern kind of place. Twenty five years later he put pen to paper to develop an entire planned community of Mid-Century Modern design homes in Indian Wells (when it was nothing but raw desert). And, that’s where this home got its start.
Read more about Adrian Wilson. See some of his work. Hear in his own words his plan for the Village, an idea which sounds an awful lot like a master-planned community of Mid-Century Modern Airbnbs. Read for yourself some of the actual sales & promotional collateral materials used to promote and sell the village in 1960.
For the exclusive use of the HOA’s 20 member households and their guests
Heated pool
Heated Pool Shower
Shuffle Board
Grapefruit Trees
Walking Paths
Fine-sand Volleyball Court
2+ Acres of Professionally Maintained Landscaping
Lemon Tree- Streetside
Lemon Tree
Horseshoe Pit
Citrus Tree- Streetside
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