Built in 1914, this dignified two-story Craftsman is set back from the street in Long Beach’s historic Los Cerritos neighborhood, southeast of Bixby Knolls.
The house has a host of modern amenities and recent updates—including copper plumbing, a new HVAC system, and a fresh paint job. But it also boasts some terrific vintage features, including wood floors, French doors, crown moldings, a built-in buffet, and lovely wood paneling.
Featuring 2,464 square feet of floor space, the home has five bedrooms and three bathrooms, as well as a formal dining room, a breakfast nook, and a sunny mud room. The master bedroom opens up to a deck overlooking the side yard and the neighborhood beyond.
The property includes parcels totaling 12,650 square feet. In front is a neatly trimmed front lawn and a covered porch. The grassy backyard has room for outdoor dining and the side yard is equipped with a swimming pool and spa.
Located at 3727 Pine Avenue, the house is asking $1.15 million.
Comments
Wow, what more could you want? A Craftsman with lots of well cared for wood, big yard, pool, garage, plenty of room for a big family, all for a fairly reasonable price. I predict another Curbed featured house fast sale
By mrjim1 on 04.09.20 3:35pm
A lot of house and land, and I was excited looking through the front room photos.
Craftsman homes without period sensitive kitchens and baths are real letdowns. I mean, come on, just install some counters that mimic the color of soapstone…or how about actual soapstone?
If this house had those, then $1.2 million in Long Beach would be more enticing
By BingoWest on 04.09.20 4:10pm
As I look at these photos, I realize the only parts of the house with original character are probably in these photos – look at the hint of a kitchen (modernized somehow), the completely modernized rear exterior (probably an addition of some sort), the lack of ba/bed photos. Not to say it’s a bad house, just that we’re only looking at a smallish part of the story here.
By kcp1 on 04.09.20 9:31pm
The addition and kitchen aren’t great, but at least they didn’t ruin the original character to achieve a more modern, livable house for a large family. The whole set-up just looks like a great place to raise a bunch of kids
By mrjim1 on 04.09.20 11:18pm
If I lived here, at least three of my friends would attempt a gainer off of that master balcony into the pool.
By natsmith69! on 04.09.20 4:38pm
Love the old photographs.
That second floor rear addition is horrendous.
By Necco on 04.09.20 5:16pm
why is the pool so close to the house with a 12,650 foot lot? sell a parcel and make a new backyard and kitchen. necco is right, addition is horrible. bland, cheap.
the front rooms are sooooo beautiful.
By cicinla on 04.09.20 6:20pm
Awesome family house. Odd thing going on with the rear patio over the pool perhaps from an addition? Looks like there used to be a tennis court on side lot. Great property if you can make Long Beach work for you.
By 1908or GTFO on 04.09.20 6:20pm
The owners of this house need to look up the word fen·es·tra·tion, which is the arrangement of windows and doors on the elevations of a building. In front, the sliding (?) window where the attic vent used to be really messes up that view. The second story addition in the back is missing windows completely and looks heavy and unnatural. Hard to believe the Los Cerritos historic zone HOA allowed these alterations.
By calzada on 04.09.20 8:56pm
Beautiful home. But I wouldn’t want to live in Long Beach though.
By Topaz113 on 04.09.20 10:44pm
Nate always has the coolest listings. I’ll give him a few more years at work before saying so definitively but he might very well be our current epoch defining realtor. I find it refreshing that his portfolio is filled with quality and cool as opposed to previous epoch defining realtors such as Jade Mills and Joyce Rey whose portfolios are more about grandeur and great wealth or Crosby Doe who only has pedigree properties in his portfolio. Nate certainly has the pedigree properties but he also has the taste and confidence to represent homes such as this one that have the cool factor but not the pedigree. Of course Nate stands out as exceedingly handsome.
By lady who lunches on 04.13.20 3:37pm
I hate the trend of cramming the biggest possible pool in a backyard.
By enter ranting on 04.15.20 12:48pm
This house has a lousy floor plan and has been Home Depo’d to death. Those tile floors are terrible.
By enter ranting on 04.15.20 12:52pm
4/15/2020 – Price changed to $1,198,000
4/15/2020 – Contingent (Active Under Contract)
By LudwigBlue on 04.15.20 2:44pm