If you always wanted to live happily ever after in your personal palace, we have the right place for you.
On the market for $ 2.5 million, a historic fairytale house in the Hollywood Hills awaits the end of a fairy tale. The house last changed hands in 2006 for $ 1.57 million and has been carefully maintained and modernized over the decades.
It was designed in 1926, at the height of the popularity of storybook houses in Southern California, which coincided with the flourishing of the film industry.
This house has a connection to the Hollywood glory days – it was created by the architect and set designer Roland E. Hill. Hill has worked for several film studios and has advised Disney animators on castle designs over the years.
Your best known design? The iconic Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland, built in 1955.
Sleeping Beauty’s castle was modeled on the Schloss Neuschwanstein, the 19th century castle in Germany of King Ludwig II of Bavaria. The house that Hill built for mere mortals has the same fanciful style as a castle from a bygone era.
The residence, a dream of living, is a registered cultural historical monument.
The 2,626-square-foot mini-complex includes four bedrooms and three bathrooms, and includes a main house, a studio or office with separate entrance and an inn. The property has been restored with updated amenities, maintaining its original character.
From your charming gate and entrance, enter this charming home and enjoy the 26-foot beamed ceiling in the living room, with a huge fireplace and double glass doors that open onto a deck overlooking the pool.
The gourmet kitchen, with Viking appliances, will allow a new owner to prepare royal banquets and serve them in the adjacent formal dining room, which has stained glass windows and double French doors.
Elements of storybook style include a tower with a spiral staircase, exposed brick, arched windows and doors and original wooden floors.
The master bedroom was built for your beauty rest, surrounded by a stained glass window, a brick wall and double French doors that open onto a balcony overlooking the pool. Modern royalty will also appreciate the three closets with built-in drawers.
Outside there is a heated swimming pool, a slate patio, a lawn garden, citrus trees and a fountain. The back of the house features a castle tower, to emphasize the feeling that you are living in your own fairy tale.
When moving to this cozy castle, the buyer will also inherit the original plants and photos from 1926.
Josh and Matt Altman with Douglas Elliman keep the list.