Patten Place: It's Not Enough

"I'm always working on our home, but I want to keep the old look to it. His three-bedroom, California bungalow was built in 1928, and he added a pool house, sauna and spa after buying the property in 1979. It had been (actress) Margaret Sullavar's house, and we bought it from Brookes Hayward (Sullavan's daughter)."

"We call the building Patten Place, because Peyton Place was big when I came out here from New York in 1970. His bachelor sons have been living a few blocks away in a 22-unit apartment building that the actor built 10 years ago while doing Eight Is Enough, which ran in the late 1970s and early 1980s."

"Next door to the one-bedroom units, he and his sons are just completing a newly built, four-unit condo complex that they call the Pink Palace because of its pink stucco exterior. His sons will occupy two of the two-bedroom units, and he plans to rent out the others."

Dick Van Patten, renowned for his role as the father in the television series "Eight Is Enough," balances a successful acting career with significant real estate investments. His portfolio includes a 1928 California bungalow originally owned by actress Margaret Sullavan, which he purchased in 1979 and extensively renovated with a pool house, sauna, and spa. He replaced the property's original walnut farm with a tennis court. Van Patten also developed a 22-unit apartment building called Patten Place, constructed during his television series run, where his bachelor sons reside. Recently, he and his sons completed a four-unit condo complex called "the Pink Palace" featuring pink stucco exterior. His married son lives adjacent to the main residence in Sherman Oaks.

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