What You Get for $3 Million in California
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Los Angeles | $2.995 Million
A four-bedroom Spanish-style house with two full and two half bathrooms, on a 0.1-acre lot
This house is in Hancock Park, a neighborhood of wide streets, mature trees and well-preserved homes from the 1920s and 1930s, like this one built in 1927. Hancock Park is also one of the most walkable neighborhoods in Los Angeles; within two blocks of this house are the Wilshire Country Club, founded in 1919, and the Los Angeles Tennis Club, the city’s first private tennis venue. Half a block north is Melrose Avenue, one of the city’s main thoroughfares, and a few blocks away are a public library and a number of restaurants, including the popular Pizzeria Mozza. Downtown Los Angeles is about 20 minutes away by car, and Hollywood is a 10-minute drive.
Size: 3,722 square feet
Price per square foot: $805
Indoors: Many of the home’s decorative details are original, including the water feature in the middle of the front yard.
A stone path leads from the sidewalk to the front door, which opens into an airy foyer with high ceilings and a sweeping staircase adorned with Spanish tile. A wide doorway to the right leads to a living room with exposed ceiling beams, a stucco fireplace with a brick surround and a set of double doors that open to a side yard.
A hallway that extends from the foyer connects the dining room, breakfast room and kitchen. The dining room has a barrel ceiling, original sconces and windows facing the side yard. This room flows into a windowed breakfast room with original hardwood floors. A butler’s pantry connects the breakfast room to the kitchen, which has a large center island, a Spanish-tile backsplash and French doors that open to the patio.
On the far side of the kitchen is a door to a sunroom that could be used as a home office or an entertaining space. An arched doorway separates the sunroom from a family room with exposed beams and access to outdoor space. One of two powder rooms is in this part of the house; the other is off the main hallway.
The stairs rise to the second level, split into two wings. To the right, up several steps from the landing, is the primary suite, which has wide windows and overlooks the front yard. The attached bathroom has a separate shower and marble soaking tub, and original stained-glass windows.
Across the landing are two guest rooms that share a bathroom with original 1920s aqua tiles. One is large enough to hold a queen-size bed, while the other has access to a private patio that overlooks the rear and side yards.
Outdoor space: The home has several outdoor spaces. Off the living room is a side yard, landscaped in grass and framed by mature trees. From the kitchen, a patio with a fountain extends to a built-in seating area, with plenty of space for a barbecue or outdoor dining set. The gated driveway has space for two cars.
Taxes: $38,043 (estimated)
Contact: Louis P. DeLaura, Sotheby’s International Realty, 310-456-6431; sothebysrealty.com
Montecito | $2.995 Million
A hacienda built in 1948, with five bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms, on a 0.4-acre lot
This house was built by a pair of newlyweds, both Montecito natives. According to a story published in Montecito Magazine, they were fans of adobe-style architecture, and built the house using materials salvaged from local renovation and teardown projects.
Montecito, with a population of around 10,000, is directly east of Santa Barbara and said to be quieter, with most of its shops and restaurants clustered along North Jameson Lane, a few blocks from this house. Hammonds Beach, a popular spot for sunbathing and surfing, is about a mile away, while downtown Santa Barbara is about a 10-minute drive.
Size: 3,161 square feet
Price per square foot: $947
Indoors: The entrance is through a bright orange gate in a stone-and-brick wall concealing the house from the street. Past the lawn surrounding the house is the front door, which opens to an entry hall.
To the immediate right is a living room with white-painted wood ceilings and a stucco fireplace. Beyond is the kitchen, which the current owners updated in 2016 with new stainless steel appliances. The floors are tiled in a cream-and-green pattern, and the cabinets have lattice detailing. Off the kitchen is a mudroom that connects to a powder room and to the dining room, which also has tiled floors and opens to a covered veranda.
To the left of the entry is a hall that wraps around the house, connecting four bedrooms. The first two, each large enough to hold a full-size bed, share a bathroom with a combination tub and shower.
The primary bedroom has original decorative-tile floors, a fireplace and access to the covered veranda that frames the interior courtyard and to a grassy side yard. The en suite bathroom has a walk-in shower.
There are two guest rooms entered from outside the main house: One shares a wall with the master bedroom; the other is next to the dining room. Both have en suite bathrooms, and one has a storage loft reached by a ladder.
Outdoor space: The house was designed to facilitate indoor-outdoor living, and most of the rooms have access to outdoor space, either a side yard or the central courtyard, or both. The courtyard has a brick patio with space for outdoor entertaining, as well as a stone fountain framed in brick and painted tiles depicting scenes of early California set into the walls. The lawns surrounding the house are landscaped with succulents and citrus trees. A studio, detached from the main house, could be a home office or additional guest space. The carport has room for two cars.
Taxes: $34,742 (estimated)
Contact: Riskin Partners Estate Group, Village Properties Realtors, 805-565-8600; montecito-realestate.com
Los Gatos | $2.985 Million
A circa-1890 Victorian house with five bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms, plus a guest cottage, on a 0.1-acre lot
While downtown Los Gatos is close to Silicon Valley’s major tech campuses — Facebook is a 30-minute drive, and Apple’s headquarters is 15 minutes away — it is also known for its Victorian-era houses and commercial buildings. This house, built for a farmer named William T. Price, has four gables, making it a rare variety of Victorian house.
Los Gatos Town Plaza Park, which holds a regular farmers’ market as well as outdoor concerts and plays, is two blocks away, while the highly ranked Los Gatos High School is about half a mile away. Downtown San Jose is a 20-minute drive, and San Francisco is about an hour north.
Size: 2,525 square feet
Price per square foot: $1,182
Indoors: A white picket fence separates the front yard from the street. Like many Victorian houses, this one was originally painted in bright colors and trimmed with gold leaf; a previous owner painted the facade white with black trim.
The front door opens into the main living room, which has windows facing the front and side of the house, refinished hardwood floors and original crown moldings. A wall originally separated this space from the parlor, which has a separate entrance, but the current owners shifted the floor plan so the rooms face each other.
A doorway in the main living room leads to a dining room with intricate crown molding, slate-gray wainscoting and gray-and-white botanical wallpaper. Beyond the dining room is an airy kitchen with a pressed-metal ceiling, a silver-and-red-enamel range and a center island.
A winding staircase leads from the kitchen down to the lower level, where there is a family room with doors out to the backyard. Two guest rooms are on this level, plus two bathrooms (one is a powder room; the other has a claw-foot tub).
Off the parlor is a hall that leads to the kitchen and has a staircase up to the second floor. Turning left at the top of the stairs leads to the primary bedroom, which has a peaked ceiling and windows facing the side and rear of the house. Across the landing are two guest rooms; one is currently in use as a home office, while the other has space for two single beds and a play area. The bedrooms on this level share a bathroom at the end of the hallway. An update by the owners included the installation of a large walk-in shower with glass walls, a black marble-tile floor and a wooden vanity.
Outdoor space: Mature trees are planted along the sidewalk in front of the house, creating shade in the front yard. More line the backyard, which is landscaped in grass. Across from the main house is a guest cottage painted in the deep greens and bright pinks of the Victorian era. Inside are a bedroom and a bathroom, plus a small kitchen with a pressed-metal ceiling. The driveway has space for two cars, and additional street parking permits can be bought from the city.
Taxes: $35,820 (estimated)
Contact: Matthew Paulo, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, 408-396-9875; mattpaulo.cbintouch.com
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