Encino Ostego Street understands the importance of an entrance. Pull through the gates, leave the street behind, and the house begins to reveal itself slowly: motor court, privacy hedges, clean modern lines, then walls of glass that open toward the backyard. That's the part we like. This isn't an Encino house trying to compete with Bel Air on sheer scale. It's a four-bedroom retreat that feels deliberately protected from the world outside. Once you're in, the house gets increasingly relaxed. Open the oversized sliders, let the living spaces spill outdoors, and suddenly the backyard becomes another room. Pool, spa, water, greenery, dinner outside. It's the kind of place where the gates might close on Friday afternoon and nobody feels much urgency to open them again until Monday morning. For a month in Los Angeles, privacy isn't just a luxury amenity. Sometimes it's the amenity.