Photos: Hotels as condos

It’s a new spin on an old but alluring idea: hotel as home. This spring, the Montage Beverly Hills , the W Hollywood Hotel and the Residences and the Ritz-Carlton Residences at L.A. Live will begin handing over the keys to homes set inside hotel complexes. All promise luxury accommodations and the kind of pampered, room-serviced life that beckons travelers to check in. The difference? Residents don’t have to check out.

Pictured here, Larry Field, a Beverly Hills real estate developer, is the first and, so far, the only “resident guest” at the Montage Beverly Hills.

Click here to read the full story on the hotel as home. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

March 8, 2014 1:41 PM PT

Field’s $7-million condominium set within the hotel development comes with services and amenities beyond those available to overnight visitors.

Among those perks: monogrammed pillowcases provided by the hotel. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Another bonus: Maids fold his tissues into a fan and leave Godiva chocolates on his pillow. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Field was free to personalize his three-bedroom Montage residence with custom furniture and artwork. He hired Darrell Schmitt, who created the hotel’s interiors, to incorporate his belongings into an elegant neutral palette. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Schmitt also designed a desk and table for the office. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

At the W Hotel, several designers were commissioned to design model units. This one was designed by Kahi Lee and overlooks the W Hotel portion of the complex. She calls it “Hollywood Noir.” (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

“We have many people who want a home office away from home,” said Russ Filice, the director of sales for the residences at W Hollywood.

This unit, designed by Mike Valles/Interior Illusions, is called “Ultimate Bachelor Pad.” (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

A cow sculpture stands on the balcony of Mike Valles/Interior Illusions’ “Ultimate Bachelor Pad” at the new W Hollywood complex. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

The dining area in a unit designed by EConnect Group.

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The bedroom in a model unit at the W Hotel, designed by Mark Cutler Design. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

At the Ritz-Carlton by L.A. Live, where 224 residences will coexist with 123 hotel rooms in a 54-story tower, interest has come from Russia, Japan and Kuwait. Prospective buyers have included ardent Lakers fans who want easier access to the adjacent Staples Center as well as business people from the worlds of sports, music, fashion and finance. At least one future resident is a student at nearby USC.

Here, the pool deck on the 26th floor. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

These private cabanas on the pool deck of the 26th floor of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel are for residents only. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Condos at the Ritz are priced from $1.4 million to $5 million. (Oh, unless you want a penthouse. Then you’re looking at $10 million.) (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

The living room of a two-bedroom model unit at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Another view of the pool deck at the 26th floor of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.

Click here to read the full story on the hotel as home. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)