Bruno House - Ransom Canyon

On our first drive around the neighborhood then on our first walk mother took me all the way up the canyon to see this marvelous steel house overlooking the lake. It took him 34 years to build this before he moved in and died 8 months later from pneumonia as a complication of his cancer. He had a daughter who is now in school in Florida.

It happened to open for the second time ever to the public while I was there. The inside is just as weird as the outside. He lived very simple. Surely he was not completely finished with the inside when he moved in and died. The floors definitely weren't finished, but the kitchen was crazy. Only a refrigerator and microwave, no cabinets or stove. What a true bachelor pad, no cooking involved.

The most amazing part was the view of the lake from inside!! From every spot in the living room I was captivated by the stunning view!! We meandered around the relatively small spaces to the bedroom where the view was just as amazing, even from his bed he had this view. We never figured out how he was supposed to clean the outside of the windows as they were really dirty, but he was a bachelor and probably didn't care.

From the outside the house resembles a dog sniffing his oversize water bowl, the lake. On the inside I felt like I was in a spaceship about to take off across the water. To the left is a view from the vessel about to launch into the sunset. All the glass panes had to be specially shaped, sized and cut.



There were tour guides who knew Bruno personally. They just opened the house up to raise money for some neighborhood organization. She lives across the street and 2 doors down from this house, so she knew him pretty well. It was neat hearing her talk about him and the house. Then we asked her about 'the house' across the street. Ha. Mother calls is the Flinstone house. Somebody wanted a monument to his ego and built a house rivaling for attention right across from Bruno's. It was never finished either. The neighborhood tried to get him to open it up for the Art exhibit but never heard from him. She said he showed up when it was almost over and charged something outrageous to get in. She was funny in telling how much of a pain he was as a neighbor. It's obvious no one ever lived there because there's no drive way. We opted not to pay his fee and tour the inside.