A real estate-minded family recently opened a new housing development in Mar Vista with sustainability in mind. It is one of the few projects created under the Los Angeles ordinance which enables development of single-family homes on small lots in multi-family zones.

            Opened on Aug. 27, the project is comprised of four single-family homes designed by architects Wade Killefer, wife Barbara Flammang (Killefer Flammang Architects) and son Joe, project developer.

            The three-level homes, two facing east and two facing west, with six-inch firewalls separating them, share a common driveway for access to individual garages.

“The potential buyers we envisioned were primarily young, college-educated working couples, perhaps with one of them working at home,” said Joe Killefer, 27, a Dartmouth graduate, who is a  licensed contractor and works as an owner’s representative in a real estate management firm.

The 1500-1600 square-foot homes feature a bedroom and bath on the ground floor adjacent to the garage. “This space can be used for a nanny or a home office,” explained the developer. On the second level is the kitchen, living/dining area and a powder room. The third floor provides two bedrooms and two baths. Balconies enhance the living spaces on both second and third levels.

Sensitive to the upscale taste of its intended buyers, the developers provide Bosch appliances, Ceasarstone countertops, Porcelanosa tiling, Kohler plumbing

fixtures, IWC commercial-grade windows plus glass-paned garage doors and glass stair treads on the upper flight. Four has also achieved sustainability and economy by providing high-efficiency air conditioning, heating systems and water fixtures, tankless water heaters and fluorescent lighting fixtures. Priced from the upper $700,000s, the homes are located at 3974-3978 Beethoven St. There is no homeowners’ association fee.