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A stylistic oddball among standard ranches and brick cottages, this recent remodel in the Westwood Terrace neighborhood is summoning Westside buyers who wouldn’t mind a little Palm Springs pizzazz.
Find it about a block south of Westview Cemetery—perched on a hill, beneath a butterfly roof—with a white-painted facade that’s punctuated with doors of electric blue. Like the snazzy mailbox of vertical slats, the front-yard palm is a given.
The listing acknowledges that such “magnificent midcentury modern” qualities are a Westside rarity, while barking, “MAD MEN COME HOME!” in reference to either the show or dudes generally having bad days.
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Built in 1960, the house recently underwent thorough updates that include a modern-style kitchen and master bathroom with quartz and marble. The listing price, as posted this past weekend, is $379,000.
That buys not one—but two!—obligatory sputnik light fixtures and three bedrooms among 2,000 square feet.
Like the very MCM fireplace, one cool feature is a wood-paneled patio cove with a ceiling fan, which leads back to a fenced yard and patio. (Could it be the only means of accessing the patio, though?)
Less attractive are the two total bathrooms and the you’d-might-as-well-drive WalkScore of 6. Painted brick abounds inside and out, and the main living space has what appears to be an equally whitewashed tongue-and-groove ceiling.
Remodels of slightly smaller size have been scoring in the mid-$300,000s lately in this district bordering Westview.
Records indicate the property sold a year ago, prior to renovations, for a measly $40,000.
Back in pre-bust 2005, it’d traded for as high as $253,000.
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