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Million Dollar (or Nearly Million Homes) For Sale in Lake Balboa

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Just west of the 405, along delightful little streets nestled along the runways of Van Nuys Airport, several homes are on the market in Lake Balboa, asking price around a million dollars.

These are photos from Redfin.

7475 Shoshone Ave. 5 bedrooms, 3 baths. $905,000

7527 Louise Ave. 2 beds, 1 bath, 819 SF. $1,000,000

7555 Gloria Ave. 5 Beds, 3 baths, 1,867 SF $930,000

14720 Saticoy St. Van Nuys 5 beds, 2 baths, 1,907 SF, $1,000,000

16026 Leadwell St. Lake Balboa, CA 91406 6 beds, 3.5 baths, 1,695 SF $950,000

Pastel Houses For Sale in Lake Balboa, Reseda and Northridge

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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.

  • 16427 Haynes St. Lake Balboa
  • 7865 Jamieson Av. Reseda
  • 6846 Whitman, Lake Balboa
  • 6812 Lindley Av. Reseda
  • 1619 Marlin Pl.

15016 Kittridge St.

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Close to the sidewalk, shaded under trees, an odd duck is on the market.

At 15016 Kittridge, a property for sale by owner, a mansard shingled roof hangs across the front of the house, a remodeling relic dating back to the late 1960s and early 70s. The 1,395 s.f. house was built in 1951 and has 3 beds and 2.5 baths.

Architectural theatricality, common in West Hollywood, is rarer in Van Nuys.