In a recent Palm Springs Life Magazine article, Lawrence Karol, writes about Howard Hughes former home in the Araby neighborhood in South Palm Springs, on Rim Road near the Bob Hope and Elrod houses. For the first time in 40 years, the property has come on the market. 

The home’s first owner was actress Eva Gabor, who later sold the house to Paul Keyes, an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning comedy writer/producer of televisions programs such as The Dean Martin Show, The Jack Paar Show, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, and many of Frank Sinatra’s TV specials. Hughes was the third resident of the property and owned it until his death in 1976 when it was purchased from his estate by one of his studio executives whose family still owns the house today. 

Built in 1957, the home has three bedrooms and three bathrooms spread over 2,400 square feet and sits on just under a quarter acre. The home features incredible mountain and valley views. The layout encompasses three levels, with a main floor that has a guest bedroom suite with a fireplace, as well as the living and dining rooms and access to a deck with separate lounging and dining areas. Just three steps up from entry level is what’s known as the view bedroom suite, due to its dramatic sightline of the valley, along with the kitchen and a built-in bar. A short flight of floating stairs leads from the entry level down to a third bedroom suite that opens out to an outdoor spa, patio, and hammock area. A wide, brick staircase terraces down from there to the pool and a covered cabana. 

The home has retained some its original features including a classic, period kitchen, complete with a 1950s mint green wall oven and cooktop and green countertops, as well as whitewashed brick walls in the bedrooms. One quirky but perhaps forward-thinking innovation added by Hughes is a system of lighting throughout the home that is controlled by pushing buttons on the floor with your foot. 

Outside the home, a large cabana and picturesque mountain views make the backyard ideal for entertaining. 

The property is on the market for $1,200,000, with furniture and accessories available outside of escrow. 

To read the original article and view the accompanying pictures, courtesy of Palm Springs Life Magazine, please visit: http://www.palmspringslife.com/a-billionaires-paradise/