Every house here has integrity. And they've never changed. The same cannot be said for much of the structural mediocrity littering Los Angeles today. These homes aren't for everyone, and Doe knows it. That's why Doe's involvement with the houses he sells doesn't end when escrow closes.
Buyers have to work within the spirit of the house.
Some might ask how a realtor can get away with being a design arbiter or wonder who deemed him the decor police, but Doe's sense of urgency springs from experience. But for Doe, the most galling example of misguided renovation occurred during Madonna's ownership of John DeLario's 1926 Hollywood Hills masterpiece, Castillo del Lago. They took the historic tiles off the roof, threw them in a Dumpster and put on these Taco Bell tiles. It was one desecration after another.