In 2004, it transformed into a completely different house!

Pic compare from 12/2003 to now:

Very interesting floor plan but it doesn’t appeal much to me. I love the exterior !

It's a nice looking house, and I like the interior finishes. I agree the bedrooms seem small for the size of the the house. Cd7733's comparison is pretty shocking--where did you get the 2003 image (does Google archive it's satellite imagery)?

Thanks for sharing! That house is the same size as my downsize house except I’m a three bedroom. It’s interesting to see how expensive it is there in comparison. My area is around the same distance to the ocean. My taxes are almost half and that house would cost around $850,000 less. So, although I like that house just fine...that won’t be a retiring destination: )

Here's https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/7401-Midfield-Ave_Los-Angeles_CA_90045_M21179-96073#photo16 that comes with a 3D tour, and sales history. It must have been similar to the other houses in the neighborhood until soon after 2003 as Cd7733's photos show.

When I see many original homes in that area of town that are 1940s - 1960s, they are typical size for that time period of 900-1500 sf. So at 2000 sf, my initial thought is that there was an add on a some point. Not surprised about size of bedrooms. There are still many homes in Westchester that are orginal, particularly further from the coast.

I also liked the green on the exterior. Overall, I like it. like the floors, and although also not a fan of carpet in the BR, I could work with that. I assume the gym is the garage?

Lars, is that a typical price? The houses around it look very modest in comparison.

The price per square foot is usually $625 to $750, but houses in this neighborhood are mostly a bit smaller - from 1400 to 1600 square feet at most, although there are a few larger ones. A house across the street from it was torn down and replaced with a new build. There is another new build a couple of blocks away, but this is a duplex on a lot that had a single dilapidated house on it for several years before someone tore it down and built the duplex. Duplexes are rare in this neighborhood, and the prices are lower, as most people want some sort of yard.

cd7733, thanks for that aerial photo - it looks like they tore the entire house down on 2004 and started over. The old house looks typical for the original 1950 builds in this neighborhood.

I like it a lot, but, for me the color scheme in the decor and finishes seems like a mismatch to the house.

That style of house is not common around here so I guess that's why it reminds me of an old gas station. I liked the sage green color much better. The floors are great - I have Indian slate in my laundry room which is very similar. I really liked the interior, the floors, the windows, even the kitchen. They managed to squeeze a lot of house on that lot.

My street is curved - it makes a semi-loop, and therefore has very little traffic, as it would be out of the way for anyone to drive on it that is not specifically going to my street.

This house is on a more extreme part of the loop, where it curves the most, and I think the new build was designed specifically to take advantage of as much space as possible while still maintaining a front yard - but not a back yard. Everyone on my street has a front yard that is about the same size, but the back yards vary greatly.

When the neighborhood was built (between 1947 and 1953), small (but wide) houses were put on deep lots with very large back yards. I believe the intention was to have space to expand into the back yard, as was done with my house, which went from 875 square feet to 1535 square feet - almost doubling in size. And I still have a sizeable back yard.

The neighborhood was developed for Hughes Aircraft workers originally, but now a lot of the people moving here work at tech companies in Silicon Beach. Westchester is considered part of Silicon Beach, along with Playa Vista (originally part of Westchester), Playa Del Rey, Marina Del Rey, Venice, and perhaps Santa Monica. Fortunately, we bought here right before Silicon Beach had encompassed Westchester. It was already in Venice when we lived there. Prices in Westchester are still less than half of what they are in Venice, and the lots alone in my neighborhood start at about $750K.

Very nice!

The main thing I find lacking is shade, and the front yard is a little sad, IMO.

And FWIW, when I was a kid in the 60s, I would fantasize about turning one of those MCM gas stations into a house - they seemed perfectly kid-sized, and I loved all the glass.

I am really surprised that they didn't build a 2 story on that lot.