If anyone recognizes the the type of white Roses lining the walkway, let me know. If that's what they are.

I think that is a gorgeous house! Love all the windows. Not a huge fan of the kitchen...something about the ceiling seems “off” to me, but love the rest of it! Floors are gorg!!

Oakley, those white roses are really common here in the LA area. We don't have any so I don't know the variety.

The auto advance on the slide show way beyond annoying. Go back, I was looking at that.

Everything is painfully on trend, except for the fireplace stone, which do not look good at all with the gray motif. It all reads as having been updated for sale to be as blandly acceptable to the masses as possible. Which is a bit weird, since the people who are able to buy a house in this location and price point are hardly the masses, and can afford to do whatever renovations they want after they buy.

I was surprised to see this was built in 1960.

Why are there no drawer pulls in slide 15?

Those might be Simplicity Roses...

I would have expected something far more lavish for Reese. The front of the house and the back look like two entirely different architectural styles and the inside doesn’t match either. I see a total gut job coming up.

eta: evidently she owns many other properties and possibly this was purchased as a flip. Inquiring minds want to know.

The fireplace does look like 1940-60 or so. I wonder if the PO had it decorated differently, maybe even over the top, because this looks like someone came in an neutralized it for sale.

I think the photos are of how the house was staged for sale. Aren’t they?

Yeah, it's a tad white in there, no? There are some things I like about it, but mostly the exterior...

What I wouldn't like for here anyway is a pool that plays such a central part in the landscape viewed from the inside...around here pools are covered with tarps for most of the year and not very attractive to look at.

The previous owners already moved out and they seem to have only partially staged with furniture in some rooms. She has yet to put her mark on it I am guessing. Love the potential.

In the South, pools are not covered with a tarp in the winter (I mean, I suppose some are, but my neighbors that have pools keep them filled and maintained all winter.) And people use the spas all winter, which are connected to the pool. Pools around here are definitely designed as a landscape focal point...they aren‘t just for kids splashing around.

I wonder if it's an older house that was added onto in 1960, and the property records picked-up the add-on date. I would well imagine that the add-on is more floor space than the original house.

I'm certain that the house was staged, and would be very surprised if any of the paint was left over from the PO.

Yeah, I think it looks like it was painted and staged for sale, nothing more. It’s really a beautiful house, and I’ll bet Reese W will change up some things and make it beautiful. Lovely on the outside for sure.

I love the exterior even though the front and back look different. I'd really like that pool. The inside is a little too white for me, but I can see that is staged for showing.

Love the front, the back modern sterile, not so much. I don't find these minimally staged homes easy to appreciate. The lack of personality really distracts me.

Love the outside, but find the inside very underwhelming. I hope Reese does an “after” tour ... iirc, her taste is more traditional? I may be wrong. But I’d still like to see how she decorates it.

I think it is quite lovely and would have no problem moving right in :)

If anyone recognizes the the type of white Roses lining the walkway, let me know

Iceberg -- commonly used in Southern California

https://pieceofeden.blogspot.com/2009/05/icebergs-of-california.html

In the past five years or ten years, Rosa 'Iceberg' (Kordes, 1958) has become a popular landscape shrub around here. Too common, perhaps, yet I always enjoy seeing it, sometimes breathtaking, if placed correctly, sometimes sadly planted and left to wither. 'Iceberg' is quite an old cultivar as modern roses go. Most modern roses receive a year or two of hype, and then are quickly forgotten in the blizzard of new introductions.

Somewhere along the way, 'Iceberg' stopped being a rose and developed a second, highly successful career as a reliable landscape shrub for Southern California. In other parts of the country and the world, it is too tender and too vulnerable to Black Spot, but here it has found a home--or rather many, many homes, and gas stations, and fast food restaurants, and drug stores.

From the front of the house I would have thought that the interior would have been a little warmer.

Hopefully I'm not double posting. Hate this new format.

Nancy, thank you! I'm going to read more on them but it looks like the roses are heavily thinned to give the airy look I love, like Cosmos. It took me two years to cut down 11 full grown Rose bushes because of Rose rosette disease, aka Witches Broom. I'm down to two and now they're showing a lot of signs of the disease. I did get years of beautiful blooms and a horribly scarred right arm from thorns, even though I wore long Rose gloves. :)

It's not the interior of the house per se, it's the white on white on white. I understand wanting to add your own touch to a new home, but it would have been nice if there were some dark wood here and there and a touch of color. It's not a Tudor style at all inside, but I'm sure the new owner will have fun picking out colors, which I hope she does.

Another reason it's jarring is because of the modern kitchen and furnishings. It's just off.

I like the house but the furnishings look photoshopped, which is common now in some real estate listings.

I like the white. I was at DD’s house Thursday for the first time since she moved in. Her walls are SW Alabaster and her trim is SW Pure White. I really couldn’t tell the difference, but I didn’t tell her that! But they were light and airy, which is what she wanted.

I considered - momentarily - painting my interior doors dark charcoal. Then I thought about dust and left them white, nearly the same color as dust. 😉

The roses are gorgeous. They almost look like climbers with no place to climb.

I can't see what's objectionable; I think it's a lovely house and as for putting in dark wood and bright colors, I dislike both so I'm thinking this is just a question of one's preferences.

Annie, pools in California as well as here in Florida, especially at that price point, are absolutely built to be centerpieces. Nobody ever covers them up and the idea is that they are a water feature visually, if you will. I love the pool area, love all of the interiors and the exterior as well. It's really nice-and I can definitely picture Reese Witherspoon living there.

I like it, except for the caged bare light bulb fixtures in the kitchen, which are a bit pedestrian. I also do not care for roses - we got rid of all of ours when we bought our house in Westchester. The pool is also too small, but of course it can be used all year in Brentwood. I see nothing to gut - especially since it is a rental - it just needs furnishings and colorful art for the walls.

Blfenton and Oakley, you nailed it when you said the interior is not warm enough. When I think Tudor I think all kinds of interesting wood on the inside, and this house really doesn't have it.

@Lars It‘s in Brentwood, TN, not CA...so they really can’t use the pool all year. Even with the heater it‘s just not something you’d do there in the dead of winter, lol. The swimming season is pretty long, though, and of course the spa can be used in the winter if you don’t mind the cold when you get out! 😂

@nini804 - the house is in CA. Although she does have property in TN.

Oh my goodness...I’ve absolutely lost my mind! Completely ignore everything I’ve said about the pool, lol! 😂

I'm not terribly disturbed by it. It seems like the typical blank canvas renovation. There are pieces where I could quibble with the choices -- the fireplaces as mentioned, the uncased door openings and in the kitchen, the choice of door on the back side of the island (an attempt at sleek that comes off differently, especially the blank end with just a quarter round looks overlooked). However, since its a new purchase she can feel no regret with a new renovation.

The house is lovely but the landscaping is unrealistic. Los Angeles doesn't get a lot of rainfall. How much water from the Colorado River does that garden take to maintain?

I think the house is gorgeous once you look past the uninspired furniture -- which I assume is the staging anyway. from what I understand, Reece loves color and patterns so I'm sure she'll breathe plenty of fun into that home.

Renovator Girl I agree. the landscaping is gorgeous, but I wish we all would move towards native plants appropriate for our own regions.

I will say that these little shrubs make me inexplicably happy. they're adorable: