Built in 1955 by Murray Strauss & Associates is this modified
Palmer & Krisel-designed home new to the market. With four bedrooms and two
bathrooms in 1,200 square feet, this home sits on a 7,700 square-foot lot with
a detached two-car garage and carries an asking price of $550,000.
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| Front of home with chunky replacement windows |
The front of the home features a new drought-tolerant
xeriscaped front yard, with shall plantings replacing what was once a thirsty lawn.
The exterior windows have been reimagined with chunky mullioned white vinyl
replacements, while partial stone veneer extends across the base of the home.
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| Entry leads into kitchen island |
Inside, the entry opens directly into the super-kitchen-dining-living room,
which drops visitors off at the granite-topped central island. All demising
walls within the living areas have been removed, leaving no division of space
or privacy within the central living area.
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| Kitchen |
The kitchen sits at the front of the home and features newer
shaker-style cabinetry topped with granite counters. A large-scaled farmhouse
sink sits beneath a mosaic tiled wall, while a pair of French doors where the
former breakfast nook would have been located leads to the service porch and
front yard garage.
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| Living and dining area as seen from kitchen island |
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| Living room - fireplace blockwork is without context due to 'flattening' of drywall overmantle |
The dining area and living room sit at the rear of the home,
overlooking the backyard through more mullioned windows and French doors. The
mullions create division between the indoors and out, which directly contradicts
the modernist idea of blending the indoors with outdoors, allowing spaces to
flow from one to another. The original west-facing clerestories are still in
place, and luckily haven’t been covered or replaced with vinyl. The original modernist
fireplace is essentially still there; however, the drywalled overmantle popout
has been flattened, lying flush with the original blockwork, leaving a curious
pattern without context.
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| Bedroom |
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| Circa 2006 bathroom |
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| Bedroom |
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| Bedroom |
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| Bedroom |
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| Bath |
The four bedrooms all still maintain their original open
beamed celotex paneled ceilings, which were drywalled over in the main living
area. The end bedrooms maintain their original clerestory windows, and all rooms
are fairly diminutive in size. Both bathrooms have been updated over the years,
with one appearing to utilize trends that were popular in 2006, while the other
maintains a much cleaner, modernist makeover, with floating vanity and glass
mosaic tilework.
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| Backyard and back of home |
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| Backyard |
The backyard of the home is generously-sized and open, with
a large grassy area surrounded by dense perimeter plantings. A covered patio along
with a large uncovered patio area sits off of the living and dining room, while
a nearby large tree offers shade to the north-facing yard.
While some of the original character has been stripped from
this home, it does hold the potential for restoration, and at its current price
point Redfin.com predicts it’ll sell quickly.
