1022 North Parish Place

Peace & Quiet Guesthouse

This bird’s-nest level roost that one tenant called her "tree house apartment" offers a soothing sanctuary from the madness of the eight-to-five world, or as it was for three separate former tenants -- one L.A. gallery painter, one Pixar graphic artist, and one Patagonia clothing designer -- a center for one’s creative muse offering a place for calm focus and silence. (The space was once The Alley Ashram yoga and healing-arts studio, and its permeating contemplative vibe continues to be felt). There are no people above you, none below you, and none behind the north, south, east, and west walls of this detached abode. This cozy, 653 sq. foot two-bedroom (or one bedroom/one office), one bath guesthouse provides warm, wonderful light through its ten, double-pane windows. Appliances include a refrigerator, dishwasher, garbage disposal, microwave, and G.E. stove/oven with a quaint, analog clock that tells the correct time twice a day. (Set it to your favorite time, or don’t. Either way it’ll remind you that the answer to “What time is it?” will always be “now”). Free use of a washer and dryer is shared with the two homeowners in the communal laundry space beneath the apartment. The windstorm of 2025 has given you a brand-new roof, new steel, wind-defying awning, a cleaned-out attic, and for the first time in its 75-year-old life, insulation just installed to help keep you cooler in summer, and warmer in winter. One potent wall a/c cools the space, and the wall heater keeps it warm and toasty in the winter. A ceiling fan with light wafts a gentle breeze in one bedroom/office.

Priced below Burbank’s average rent for a two-bedroom unit, this apartment is best suited for one individual who craves quiet. However, consideration will also be given to any two professionals (like psychotherapists/counselors) who may use the bedrooms as offices instead. There is a private entrance that leads to the brook-like, winding, stone path to the fourteen steps of the stairway leading you to a substantially large, deck, a wonderful outdoor space. Pets are negotiable, just discuss with the homeowners for terms and possible approval.

The average length of occupancy for tenants in this guesthouse is 5.2 years. Our last tenant lived here eight and half years. Despite a vacating-friendly month-to-month lease, our tenants like it here, and we like them. We’re not a corporation and there is no management firm. We live in the main house detached from the Treehouse apartment. We respect privacy and will not intrude upon what we consider your home. We hope you may consider it home, too.

Text Thomas at (818) 943-2785 or email at tjsavino22@gmail.com to arrange a viewing, and to pickup a rental application and credit check form. We can also email you the rental application and credit check form. Thanks. Peace.