<P> In From the Ground Up , another DVD bonus feature , production designer Dennis Washington discusses how he was required to construct an entire street of houses leading to Sam 's house , which was perched on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Palos Verdes , California . The new house was built on another site , then dismantled and transported to the film set as each section was needed . Because the film tracked the progress of the dismantling of the old house and the construction of the new one , it had to be shot in sequence . When the film was completed , the house was dismantled , moved , reconstructed , and enlarged to become a library for the Kenter Canyon Elementary School in Brentwood . </P>
<P> In From the Ground Up , another DVD bonus feature , production designer Dennis Washington discusses how he was required to construct an entire street of houses leading to Sam 's house , which was perched on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Palos Verdes , California . The new house was built on another site , then dismantled and transported to the film set as each section was needed . Because the film tracked the progress of the dismantling of the old house and the construction of the new one , it had to be shot in sequence . When the film was completed , the house was dismantled , moved , reconstructed , and enlarged to become a library for the Kenter Canyon Elementary School in Brentwood . </P>
where did they film life as a house
where did they film life as a house
Palos Verdes , California
Palos Verdes , California