Looks open and bright for a house of that period and style. The ones I have visited in Pasadena have felt much darker inside. As far as basements, I would agree that it is extremely large for an older home, but I doubt it is one of the largest if you are looking at all of CA, specially as a large percentage of new homes built in LA in the last 15 years, have large basements.

They had me until the white kitchen :0(. I would never claim to be a period expert, and I'm sure someone will tsk tsk me and say but kitchens back then were supposed to be functional and apart from the rest of the house so this is perfectly fine. I don't care -- it looks wrong to my eyes.

The house is amazing, cat walk over driveway? Really love gazing at beautiful homes, i hope as you do that new owners are pleased with its present fashion and can keep it that way, thank you RL for sharing. It just keeps on going and going, lol. Staged or not ( ?) beautiful. You got a treat!

Gorgeous home. Hoping the new owners don't whitewash it.

@Alice not stagged And yes that bridge is amazing, cant get a car in there but horse and buggies did well so I am told. @chispa its actually noted, California does not have large, or any basements really, theirs is 2000 sqft that huge for any home. they are making a comeback.

@porkchop_z5b_MI Actually they had white kitchens in the early 1900's and the layout is pretty original with the butlers pantry

This house was also built for a wealthy family so it had more than the average kitchen of that time.

I love the kitchen! Ah, horse and buggies, omg, what an image that brings! Maybe i should make an offer? LOL

@RL Relocation LLC, I lived in LA. We built a guest house and put a 650 sq.ft basement under it. Most of the new construction in my town all had large basements. With land costs so high, the extra sq.ft you get from a basement is "cheap" to build and gives quite a bit more profit when selling, because they pretty much get priced at full above ground cost. The one in the linked house is definitely rare for that era, but basements aren't that rare anymore, specially in LA, with technology/design that meets earthquake codes. Went to a fundraiser in our town, hosted in a new home that had a 4000 sq.ft basement.

OMG - why can't I live in Riverside?!? That price for that size house on almost an acre - not even mentioning all that character. Man. Amazing.

Bricks/fireplace, maybe not original?

Maybe I am wrong...

Thanks, RL…really NICE! I’ve lived in or close to Pasadena most of my life, and have always admired all the Greene & Greene and other craftsman homes.

“That price for that size house on almost an acre…”

My thought exactly!

I love the inset kitchen cabs! I like a lot of the house.

Gorgeous home. I thought it might be a Greene and Greene design when the exterior popped up.