After enough 12,000-square-foot Hollywood Hills houses, 2,871 square feet starts to sound almost radical. Hollywood Hills Sanctuary was built in 1921, has three bedrooms, sits on one level and feels refreshingly uninterested in winning LA's mansion arms race. That's why we like it. There are wood floors, fireplaces, greenery and a more intimate relationship between the rooms. This is a house you can understand quickly. Nobody needs a map. Nobody disappears to another wing for three days. And because you're tucked just off Hollywood Boulevard, the city is unusually close. Spend the afternoon out in LA, come back through the door, close it behind you and suddenly the scale feels exactly right. Not every Joes home needs to be a resort. Sometimes three bedrooms, old bones and a quiet street in the middle of Hollywood are enough.