If you have always wanted to live happily in your own personal palace, we have just the place for you.
In the $ 2.5 million market, a historic storybook house in the Hollywood Hills awaits a fairytale ending. The house last changed hands for $ 1.57 million in 2006 and has been lovingly maintained and modernized over the decades.
It was designed in 1926, at the height of the popularity of storybooks in Southern California, which coincided with the rise of the film industry.
This house has a link to the glory days of Hollywood – it was created by the architect and set designer Roland E. Hill. Hill has worked for a number of film studios and over the years advised Disney animators on designs for castles.
His most famous design? The iconic Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland, built in 1955.
Sleeping Beauty’s castle is based on Schloss Neuschwanstein, the 19th – century castle in Germany of King Ludwig II of Bavaria. The home that Hill built for mortals only is in the kind of fantastic style of a castle from a bygone era.
The residence, a dream to live in, is a registered historical cultural monument.
The 2626-square-foot mini-compound contains four bedrooms and three bathrooms, and contains a main house, a studio or office with a separate entrance and a guest house. The property has been restored with updated amenities whilst retaining its original character.
From its charming gate and entrance, you walk to this lovely residence and take in the 26-foot beams in the living room, with a large fireplace and double glass doors opening onto a walk-out deck overlooking the pool.
The gourmet kitchen, with Viking equipment, will allow a new owner to whip up royal feasts and serve them in the adjoining formal dining room with glass windows and double French doors.
Storybook-style elements include a revolver with a winding staircase, exposed brick, arched windows and doors and original wooden floors.
The master bedroom is built for your beauty rest, surrounded by a stained glass window, an open brick wall and double French doors that open to a balcony over the pool. Contemporary royals will also appreciate the three cabinets with built-in drawers.
Outside is a heated pool, a sliding patio, a lawn, citrus trees and a fountain. The back of the house displays a castle revolver to emphasize the feeling of living in your own fairy tale.
Upon moving into this cozy castle, the buyer will also bequeath the original blueprints and photos from 1926.
Josh and Matt Altman with Douglas Elliman holding the listing.