1910 Braeburn Road, Altadena, CA,

1910 Braeburn Road, Altadena, CA,

Open Today: 2-4 PM BetterShelter's Pasadena 2427 Loma Vista Drive

Come see it - it rocks!  3/2   $649,000  Central Pasadena near Victory Park.

2-4 Today

Loma Vista Shout Out

Thanks sold on the eastside for the shout out!

bettershelter is at it again. and this time, they’ve headed over to my home town of pasadena.
their newest baby is right down the street from victory park, and biking distance to old town pasadena for a friday night dinner and movie. it’s classic bettershelter – wide open floorplan, tons of sunlight, and a fabulous yard just in time for summer.



Open this Sunday 2-4 pm.  Get it while it's hot

better shelter Open Sunday 6/26 2-4 pm- 2427 Loma Vista Street, Pasadena

Amazing 3 bedroom/2 bath house in Central Pasadena with mountain views and tree-lined street.

Re-fashioned and gorgeous!  Come see for yourself this Sunday the 26th from 2-4 pm.

better shelter new listing hitting the mls tomorrow - sneak preview here!

bettershelter has brought a reputation for keen design aesthetic, detail oriented renovations and quality workmanship to their first Pasadena project.  2427 Loma Vista Street has been re-fashioned to preserve and enhance this sunlight filled Mid Century in Central Pasadena; home to serene mountain views, Victory Park, quiet neighborhoods, and tree-lined streets just minutes from shopping and dining.

The house sparkles with glamorous ease; a marvel of open living space highlighted by dark hardwood floors and white washed walls.

 

The open kitchen features:  custom cabinetry, Carrera marble counters and bar-top, stainless steel energy star appliances, apron front sink, laundry area, and pantry.

 

Roomy closets, plenty of storage space and new dual pane energy efficient windows and sliders are found in the Master Bedroom Suite and throughout this stylish home.

The two spacious bathrooms have eco-friendly dual flush Kohler toilets, marble counters and tile work, and gleaming chrome fixtures.

  Newly planted privacy screen along the fenced yard enhances outdoor dining on the airy patio.  Enjoy morning orange juice from the sweet California orange trees in the drought-tolerant landscaped backyard.

Open beam ceiling oversized two-car garage can be used to house your car or host a home office with private entry to the backyard.

 All within 5 miles of…

·      Victory Park 0.4 miles

·      Eaton Canyon Golf Course 1.5 miles

·      Whole Foods 2.1 miles

·      Pasadena Sandwich Company 1.7 miles

·      Old Town Pasadena 3.9 miles

·      Huntington Library & Gardens 3.1 miles

·      Pasadena High School Farmers Market 0.7 miles

·      Daisy Mint Restaurant 2.4 miles

·      Norton Simon Museum 4.4 miles

·      Metro Gold Line Station – Allen Station 1.3 miles

 

2427 Loma Vista Street

Pasadena, CA 91104

3BR/2BA/2 car garage

1524 sq ft taped

7248 sq ft lot per assessor

$649,000  

Open this Thursday from 10-2 pm

Open House June 26th, 2-4 pm.

Come say hi and see this fabulous house!

 

Teaser! Coming soon.... guess where this is

Tomorrow's guess - who did this gorgeous pad?

Open Today: 2-4 1451 El Molino, Pasadena - John Jack Pugsley 1960

Come see Sandy and I at 1451 El Molino today from 2-4 pm.  Join the hordes of people who have "always wanted to see the inside of this place"!

It won't disappoint.  They owners did an amazing renovation and the interior design is one you've never seen and won't see again.  Spectacular.

deasy/penner & partners
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50 North Arroyo Blvd - Open today 10-2 and Sunday 2-5 pm

 The door will be open to this sophisticated modern townhome on the edge of the Arroyo Seco in Pasadena!

2295 Cazador Drive - SOLD!

May the new home owners love their Better Shelter!

Pasadena Heritage Wallace Neff House Tour - Buy your tickets now!

Come on out to support Pasadena Heritage and take the fabulous tour of Wallace Neff designed homes.  The tour is sponsored by deasy/penner & partners so make sure to stop by our table and say helloooo to yours truly.

Pasadena Heritage presents its annual Spring Home Tour, The Legacy of Wallace Neff sponsored by deasy/penner&partners, on Sunday, March 27, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This tour of six privately owned homes plus two additional Neff-designed buildings, showcases the breadth of work by renowned Southern California architect Wallace Neff.  Known for his spectacular Mediterranean Revival residences built for elite clients, Neff created what he called “California houses” that were based on European traditions adapted to the unique climate and landscape of Southern California. Tickets on sale! Purchase Now Scroll down for additional tour details.
In the 1920’s Pasadena boasted the highest per capita income of any city its size in the country. This period of great prosperity was a boon for architecture, resulting in a series of designs by many of the most well-known architects of the period, including Myron Hunt, Gordon Kaufman, Roland Coate, George Washington Smith, and of course Wallace Neff.  Wallace Neff’s “flair for originality” and attention to detail puts his work in a category all its own. Featured on the Pasadena Heritage Spring Home Tour will be the Paul Richter House, a 1929 Classical French Chateau style home. Its elegant feeling is enhanced by a gracious center courtyard fountain and exquisitely intricate wrought iron details. The interior of the home has many classic Neff features including marble floors, cathedral ceiling, circular room and spiral staircase. It also has a Gothic music room and medieval fireplace with a stone mantle. This home represents Neff’s work for elite clients as the home is over 14,000 square feet and has over 30 rooms. The Richter House is located in neighboring San Marino, designed by its founders to be a uniquely residential community with wide streets, expansive properties, and beautiful gardens.
The Collins House (pictured above, left) dates from 1927. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Collins hired Neff to design their home, and they lived there for almost fifty years. Their home was, as their daughter Mary put it, “a labor of love.” It was featured in Architectural Digest soon after it was built. This beautiful Italianate home has wing walls on either side of the façade which extend the mass visually across the entire property.
The Morse and Gates (Ethel Guthrie) House, designed in 1925 is a beautifully simple Spanish Colonial Revival home typical of Neff’s designs.
The Thaddeus L. Up de Graff (Shirley C. Ward) House (pictured, left) is a beautifully landscaped 1927 Italian Renaissance Revival Neff-designed home. T.L. Up de Graff was Neff’s brother-in-law and worked with Neff on several speculative houses in Pasadena. Three of those houses are located together in the historic Lombardy Road District. Even during the prosperous middle twenties when Neff was deluged with high-paying clients, he did not turn down commissions for speculative houses. In affluent communities such as Pasadena the fact that a house was a Wallace Neff design helped sales, so developers were eager clients and 10 speculative houses were built in 1924 by the Lincoln Mortgage Company along a single block. These modest houses were interesting and unique, designed with the same care as Neff exerted for a wealthy client. This is the only known tract designed by Neff. Neff’s designs were embraced by other speculative builders, resulting in numerous copyists designing Spanish style tract houses all over Southern California, prompting one historian to note that “tract house architecture from the 20s in Los Angeles looks the way it does because of Neff.” Two houses along this picturesque block will be open for tours.
Other stops on the tour include the Barlow House and St. Elizabeth’s Church.
Except for St. Elizabeth Church, all tour locations will be open from 9:00 a.m.  to 4:00 p.m.  Visitors drive themselves to the homes where trained docents will describe the history and architectural features as guests tour through each location. Allow at least four hours for the entire tour.
Order your advance tickets to The Legacy of Wallace Neff
Tickets on sale March 1.
Join Pasadena Heritage and take advantage of member discounts!
Advance Ticket Prices: Pasadena Heritage Member Price: $34 Non Member Price: $37 Day of the Event: $40

Thank you to all who came out today at Moss - the turnout was amazing

Whew.  I'm talked out! Which is rare for me.

That was a fabulous turnout.  Thank you everyone who came out to see the house and for those of you who were new to Better Shelter - isn't it fantastic?!

1-4 pm Today - 2336 Moss Ave, LA 90065 - Open House

Come see me and check out this amazing Better Shelter re-imagined 2/2 house.

Moss Avenue on deasy/penner

2336 Moss Avenue, Glassell Park is now in the MLS.  Check it out on the deasy/penner website too.  Contact me for an appointment or come see this fabulous home during the Open House this Sunday, January 30 from 1-4 pm.  The ceiling will blow your mind.  2 bed/2 bath  $389,000.   Truly Better Shelter!

Better Shelter Preview - Moss Avenue Dream House

Moss Avenue by Better Shelter

Hold on folks - see if you can stand it - this is the dreamiest house you've ever seen.  The ceilings are a work of art.  Steve Jones, how do you do it??!

Coming soon to market and for those of you who got a sneak preview today - aren't you lucky ducks!

See what I mean?  Amazing.  

Come see it this coming Sunday 1-4 pm or contact me for a showing.  It's worth it.

2295 Cazador Drive, LA - Better Shelter Two for One

 

 2295 Cazador Drive, LA 90065

Glassell Park Two on  a  Lot

$499,000

 Behind a private fence lies a beautiful Better Shelter re-imagined three bedroom, two bath home which includes a two bedroom, one bath house next door. Two for one. This is a great opportunity for an owner to live in a Better Shelter-designed home that has been thoughtfully re-done in addition to receiving rental income. The main house has a new kitchen with breakfast area and stainless appliances, new baths, master suite, tankless water heater, new deck, low maintenance and low-water landscaping, living room with fireplace, formal dining room, hardwood floors, copper plumbing, one-car detached garage, and a convenient location. The 2/1 house is on Avenue 33 and is rented for $1,060/month (please do not disturb tenants).

 Please contact me for a showing of this fabulous property with rental income.

 Photographer:
Susanne Hayek

Life would be very pleasant on Pleasant Way in this Buff & Hensman

1599 Pleasant Way, Pasadena

Pleasant Way is even more pleasant having this amazing Buff, Straub & Hensman designed house on it.  One of my favorite architectural design firms in one of my favorite neighborhoods. 

The house has additions by Architect Stephen Hans Nuetzel, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  Not only is it an open floor plan home with beamed ceilings, but it has walls of glass framing the incredible views of the mountains.  And, you've heard me go on and on before about the central location of the San Rafael Hills.  Need I say more.  Got your checkbook ready?

If you would like to view this treasure please contact me at jpstanton@deasypenner.com.  I can tell you firsthand how great the neighborhood is and all the fabulous Buff & Hensman homes to see in the Pasadena area. 

This listing is not my own but comes courtesy of Crosby Doe & Assoc.

2652 Saxon Drive, Eagle Rock - Better Sheltor for you

2652 Saxon Drive in Eagle Rock

 Better Shelter

Thrilled to be announcing my latest listing - a newly re-imagined home done by the amazing firm Better Shelter!  I have long been a fan of their work and, if you're not already, you will be when you come see this amazing house.

This open airy house on Saxon Drive in Eagle Rock is Better Shelter at its best.  A four bedroom/two bath haven that offers a flexible floor plan for LA living and an award-winning elementary school district.  Need more?  A remodeled kitchen with butcher block counters and bar, stainless appliances and views of the many garden areas, beautifully redone bathrooms, dark hardwood floors, ingenious lighting, closet space galore, a large laundry room, and connecting it all, a stylish spiral staircase.  Chicly inspired space, great neighborhood and school, outdoor gardens, all for $479,000.  

 Open Tuesday the 7th from 11-2 & Sunday from 2-4 pm.  Stop by and see Better Shelter for yourself.

Check out Better Shelter and Steve Jones' work at bettershelter.com and his blog here.  Amazing stuff.

 

photos by Susanne Hayek

1825 sq ft as measured by R.E.S.T.