Right now, on Redfin, there are a select group of pastel painted houses, (north of Victory, west of the 405), for sale.

This is not a snicker at their colors. Rather it’s a type of respect that their cheery shades are still existent.

As a rule, every single house must be painted white with black windows. New or used, they all must follow this ironclad color scheme.

To encounter houses painted in the colors of sherbert ice cream, popsicle peach, or rose, blush or grapefruit pink is quite a shock, like walking into a house and finding someone reading a book.

Hurry to Redfin. These historic artifacts are not long for this world.

For if these sell, which they surely will, being great bargains at just under a million, their new owners will rush to cover them in white paint.

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