4155 Green Meadow Court is offered for $5,495,000. The French-inspired Lake Encino estate combines a slate roof and landscaped terraces with an architectural history documented in city permits: James Yeager is named on the original 1974 application, and Hablinski Arch., Inc. on second-floor addition permits from 1992 and 1993.
Rooms built around entertaining
The archived listing describes a two-story foyer, three fireplaces, a kitchen with two islands and a roughly 1,200-square-foot primary suite. Outdoor amenities include a pool, spa and covered patio. Association access to two tennis courts is also advertised.
The exterior photographs make the garden's role especially clear. Steps and planted terraces create several places to sit around the water, while the covered rear porch connects the house to the yard.
From James Yeager to Hablinski: the permit history
James Yeager and the original house
The original building permit for 4155 Green Meadow Court, dated September 18, 1974, names James Yeager as the architect or designer and records his California license number as C-6299. The application identifies Presley of Southern California as both owner and contractor and describes a two-story dwelling and garage with frame-and-stucco exterior walls and a shingle roof. It provides a useful record of the house's original construction, including roofing that differs from the slate roof described in the later listing.
Hablinski and the 1992–1993 additions
A permit dated November 10, 1992, names Hablinski Arch., Inc. as the architect or designer for an addition of a second floor, with handwritten notes identifying a master bedroom and a first-floor maid's-room addition at the side of the house. The application lists the existing residence as one story and the proposed work as two stories. That differs from the two-story description on the original 1974 application; the supplied records do not resolve the discrepancy, so they should not be read as proof that the entire original house was single-story.
A subsequent permit, dated May 5, 1993, again credits Hablinski Arch., Inc., this time for a second-floor recreation-room addition. Together, the records document a substantial expansion of the house in the early 1990s. The dates are permit dates rather than verified construction-completion dates.
The records distinguish Yeager's original design from the later work credited to the Hablinski firm. They do not identify the designer or date of every finish and feature visible in the photographs.
A practice known for grand estates and celebrity clients
William Hablinski earned his architecture degree at the University of Texas at Austin and founded his firm in 1978. The practice built a reputation for large custom residences that combine European architectural traditions with contemporary California living. The firm's biography lists offices in Los Angeles and Austin, Texas, and identifies clients including Warren Beatty and Annette Bening, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey, and Jennifer Lopez. Firm history and clients.
Its Mediterranean portfolio draws on Tuscan, Spanish Colonial and California Mediterranean precedents, with features such as arched openings, terracotta roofs, plaster walls, balconies and decorative ironwork. Other commissions explore French country-house and Palladian references. These influences help explain the practice's association with expansive villas, formal spaces and carefully detailed materials. Mediterranean portfolio; French-inspired Hablinski + Manion residence featured in Veranda; Palladian-inspired Las Vegas residence.
Notable projects include Villa Firenze in Beverly Park, a Tuscan estate, and Villa Contenta, which appears in the firm's Mediterranean portfolio. Closer to the Valley, Villa Bellezza at 25305 Prado de la Felicidad in Calabasas is an Italianate estate credited to Hablinski by its marketing materials. Those materials advertised it at $16.995 million—approximately $17 million; that figure is a historical asking price, not a confirmed sale price or current valuation. Villa Firenze architectural history; Villa Contenta; Villa Bellezza property presentation.
For more on 25305 Prado de la Felicidad, read The Wall Street Journal's October 7, 2021 feature on Villa Bellezza, which highlights its Italy-inspired design, retractable glass roof and life-size chess set. The article reported a $29.995 million asking price at that time, separate from the later approximately $17 million advertised price noted above.
Sale history and related Encino coverage
The current offering asks $5.495 million, with David Emanuel and Sharon Emanuel of Christie's Int. R.E. SoCal representing the listing. Redfin now advertises 6,170 square feet, compared with 5,937 square feet in the earlier listing. These are reported listing figures, rather than a measurement independently established here. View the current listing and its 31-photo gallery.
For another approach to Encino residential architecture, revisit our 2013 coverage of Ray Kappe's Strimling Residence. That historical article explores a house whose wood, glass and relationship to trees give it a very different character.
Find more local property coverage on the Development & Architecture page.
Current listing gallery: 4155 Green Meadow Court
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