Back in the late 1990s, brothers and musicians Eldon and Jeff Daetweiler joined together to form the swing-revival band Alien Fashion Show and were subsequently signed to the Surfdog/Hollywood Records label after being invited to perform as an opening act for a Brian Setzer tour. As their fame began to rise, Jeff bought a condo in a midcentury Los Angeles building designed by noted SoCal architect and educator Ray Kappe that soon became a home base for countless cocktail parties and after-show parties. By the early 2000s, as the swing genre’s popularity waned and their record deal came to an end, the siblings moved away from L.
A. and purchased homes in the California city of Fresno. They later sold those properties, with Jeff moving back into and renovating the unit he had previously picked up and Eldon buying and updating another place in the same curvaceous green-hued Universal Condos complex at 3625 Fredonia Drive.
Now, five years later, the Daetweilers have decided to let go of both those Hollywood Hills hot spots and have simultaneously hoisted the rarely offered units back on the market with a total asking price of $1.9 million, or separately at $949,000 a piece. The listing is shared by musician-turned- real estate broker Eldon Daetweiler and William Baker of The Agency.
The architectural gems were acquired by the brothers in two separate deals. Jeff purchased Unit No. 12 in spring 1996 for a mere $125,000, while Eldon went on to acquire No.
10 in winter 2019 for $71.