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A House Fancy Enough for a Fireman

April 18, 2022April 18, 2022Posted in HistoryTagged 14721 Valerio St., 1933, James T. VonEschen, Redfin, Van Nuys and the Valley, WP Whitsett6 Comments

To those who don’t know it, Valerio Street in Van Nuys, especially between Van Nuys Boulevard and Kester, is lined with many exquisite, old, historic homes on large properties. Often these houses have Spanish architecture, swimming pools, and many fruit trees.

One of these, at 14721 Valerio, is on a 15,000 sf lot. The home is 3 bedrooms, two baths with a red tile roof, backyard swimming pool, and a very tranquil, luxurious garden.

Built in 1933, by one of the founders of Van Nuys, Mr. WP Whitsett, for $2,500 (two-thousand five hundred dollars) it is now on the market for $1.1 million dollars.

In the 1937 telephone directory, the homeowner is listed as James T. Von Eschen (wife is Clara.)

The 1940 US Census says Mr. Von Eschen was born in 1903, and the couple had two sons, James, 12 and John, 11. Marvin Grimsrud, brother-in-law, 38 years old, also lived in the house.

Mr. Von Eschen was a fireman.

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

April 8, 2022April 8, 2022Posted in Van Nuys and the ValleyTagged 14720 Saticoy St., 16026 Leadwell St., 7475 Shoshone Ave, 7527 Louise Ave., 7555 Gloria Ave., For Sale, Homes, Lake Balboa, real estate, Redfin, Van Nuys Airport1 Comment

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

November 16, 2021Posted in ArchitectureTagged For Sale, Houses, Pastel, Redfin2 Comments

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.