In 1970, having lived in VDL II for several years, Dione Neutra wrote of the house: “Only those, who have lived in a Neutra house, would ever understand how wonderful the daily satisfactions and delights are and how much this experience helps augment the joy of living... With the many glass surfaces, mirrors, pools that reflect trees and flowers, every step from room to room, stairway up and down, is an aesthetic and artistic experience, which I have the good fortune to enjoy, while I move about the house and watch the changing weather.”