" Louise Bostwick is a real estate agent in Santa Monica. She's giving us a little bit of a tour. What kind of houses would you call this Louise?"

" Well, this is the area around Santa Monica. These are California style houses, great variety, the cottage style, the older Spanish style, which you'll see smaller or larger."

" That's what I love, the California-Spanish style."

" Look that old---- the tile."

" They're probably brought over from Mexico----"

" The classic lines."

" 50 or 60 or years ago."

" Yeah. They were built in the 1920s and 30s."

" Uh huh."

" And you'll see modern versions of that, smaller versions of it, larger."

" Or the real contemporary-looking things with a very flat roofs,---- "

" Uh huh."

" a little Japanese inspiration."

" Ranch style."

" This is a ranch for sure."

" The way people think of California."

" Yeah. And here's another one."

" Yeah. And then up ahead is another Spanish style, the older Spanish style."

" Beautiful house."

" Yeah."

" Yeah, I love all the arches and all the round soft curves."

" And that's carried through inside the house too."

" Uh huh."

" Oh look at this!"

" Whimsical cottage, huh?"

" Yeah."

" We've got everything here."

" That's great."

" Now, let's go left up here."

" Alright. Oh, look at this. This is the Sprawling California ranch. The roof seems to go on for miles. Where to next?"

" Well, let's head towards Century City."

" Okay."

" Now, here's a house I wanted you to see because as I said, you have large houses and you have small houses, but this is a smaller version of the Spanish."

" We can walk around it."

" Uh huh."

" Well, it is a classic California-Spanish, isn't it? With the slope to the corner here, the soft curve and the barrel tiles up on the roof."

" Yeah."

" You know, they make those in Mexico. They used to make them on people's thighs. They just molded the---- the clay right on the thigh and then they're just doing a once up, once down, once up. That's all there is to it. But this does have all the business going for it. The rafter ends poking through the masonry and the circular vent holes and the tower for the entrance and of course more tile on the top. And look how they've tripled up the tile on this---- this little wing over here so that you got so much, you know, so much weight and texture there."

" Nice detailing even though it's a small house."

" And the plasters got the real feel of handwork. You'd see all that texture in it above the window there. Yeah, I like this house. It's got a lot going for it."

" Yeah. It belongs to some friends of mine."

" Uh huh."

" It's got the style. What's with the sculpture advantage?"

" Well, this was done by a sculpture friend name James Wolfe and he has some pieces that are exhibited on friends' and neighbors' lawns."

" That's nice."

" Yeah."

" So they're just on the lawn?"

" Yeah."

" Now, that's a chimney up there, isn't it? Yeah."

" Yeah."

" With the tripled up tile. It seems like a very small house, though."

" Well, it is. It's a starter home. It's only about---- well, it's about 11,000 square feet. It has 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, living room, dining room, kitchen, but it has a lovely backyard."

" Uh huh."

" And remember in Southern California, we do a lot of our living outside all year round."

" It does have a nice backyard, huh?"

" Yeah."

" With a swing set and a shaved tree and lemons and everything else."

" Uh huh."

" It's got everything going for it."

" Well, where to next?-Well, I thought I'd show you a house closer to the ocean."

" Okay."

" Now, we're in the Ocean Park section of Santa Monica."

" Uh huh."

" And here----"

" We could smell the ocean, huh?"

" Yeah. And here is a Spanish style house."

" Now, this seems to be newer than the house we were just looking at."

" Actually, it's about the same vintage; it's just been remodeled over the years."

" The roof is probably a newer addition. That's what they call mission style tiles, which have a flat section and then a hump, and they're probably made in a factory, which is why you lose that feeling of texture."

" But you do have the arched windows."

" Very nice, yeah."

" Now, as you can see, the house has been extensively remodeled, not the kitchen,----"

" Uh huh."

" but the bathroom. Take a look at that. That's nicely done."

" Very contemporary. White tile, white everything. Looks good."

" And the living and dining area is real open."

" It doesn't have much of a Spanish flair. It looks very contemporary."

" That's very bright and airy."

" I like this, huh. Raised heart and nice----"

" Nice fireplace."

" nice fireplace."

" How many bedrooms?"

" There's a small nursery behind this and a master bedroom. "

" So it's really open right with open plan."

" Uh huh."

" This is about 12 x 12, this master bedroom. "

" Yeah."

" It looks very nice. The wall of louvre doors for the closets."

" Yeah."

" Yeah. Now, this room has a view of the ocean, but I'd like to show you an even better view of the ocean from the balcony."

" Oh, what a nice little outdoor terrace, huh?-And you could get an even better view of the ocean."

" Oh yeah, there you go."

" If you had a second story, and they do have plans to build and permits to build a second story."

" So, is that a big deal?"

" Yeah, it takes a long time to get permits [unk]."

" Uh huh."

" So, it's an appealing thing for a buyer to have it already done."

" I don't understand why the owners are selling the house after they have gone to the trouble of getting architectural work done and getting a building permit."

" They're moving out of state."

" Oh, okay. Is there a lot of remodeling going on in this neighborhood?"

" A lot. In fact, there is an example of a California contemporary next door."

" Well, that's a pretty terrific contemporary next door."