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Touring Los Angeles Real Estate

Lois Bostic, Bob�s real estate agent shows Bob some interesting properties in the area featuring the cottage, Spanish, contemporary and ranch style homes. Lois shows Bob around a small Spanish style in Century City and she points out a statue by James Wolf. Next stop is a Spanish style house in Santa Monica. The inside has lost its Spanish flair and has a contemporary look but it has a nice ocean view and the owners have secured permits for a second floor.

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" Not possibly as a real estate agent in Santa Monica she's giving us a little bit of a tour what kind of houses would you call these --"

" This is the area around Santa Monica. These are California style house great variety but pat it's dial. The older Spanish style which you'll see. -- smaller large out of the California desert battled the tile. The broad broad Atlantic to -- sixty years ago out they were built in the 1920s and thirties. And you'll see modern versions of that smaller versions of a larger."

" Oh the real contemporary looking things with a very flat roofs -- those Japanese inspiration."

" Ranch style."

" This is a ranch for sure."

" The wake people think of California. Yeah. And here's another way you and then up ahead is another Spanish style builders and style beautiful."

" I love body arches and other ground soft curves and that's carried through inside the house to behave well look at this. Whimsical cottage yeah."

" And we got everything here that's great. Now let's go left up here all right."

" Oh look at this this is the sprawling California ranch. The roof seems to go on for miles."

" Where do next well let's head towards century city OK. Now here's a house I wanted you to see because. As I said you have large houses and you have small houses and this is a smaller version --"

" Right -- minute. Well it is that classic California Spanish is -- it would -- The slope to the corner here the soft curve that the barrel tiles up on the roof. You know they make those in Mexico they used to make them on the on people spies they just molded the that clay right on flat. And then they're just gonna ones up once down ones at that's dollars to a but this does have all the business going for the rafter ends poking through the masonry -- the the circular. Vent holes in the tower for 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 that nice detailing you know -- this small house and the plasterers I got the real feel of handwork UCL that texture and it above the window there. Yeah I like this stuff that's got a lot going for yet in the -- to some friends of mine but it's got the style what stuff what's with the sculpture it but it."

" Well this is that's done by a sculptor friend named James wolf and he has some pieces that are exhibited on friends and neighbors on both -- you're."

" So there just -- alone. Now that's a chimney out there isn't it yeah yeah with a tripled up tile."

" It seems like a very small house well it is it's a starter home it's only about. Well at about 1100 square feet and has two bedrooms one bath. Living room dining room kitchen. But has the lovely backyard and remember in Southern California we do a lot of our living outside. All right here around does have a nice backyard."

" Let's swing set shade tree and lemons and everything else that everything going for."

" Well we're -- I thought I'd check your house close to the ocean okay."

" Now we're in the ocean park section of Santa Monica. And you know the ocean and gas and here's its Spanish style house that it seems to be newer than the house -- just looking at. Actually it's about the same vintage it's just been remodeled over the years."

" The roof is is probably a newer. Addition that that's what they call mission style tiles. Which have a flat section and then a hump and they're probably made the factory which which is why you lose that feeling of the of texture. But you do have the arched windows very nice yet."

" As you can see that house has been extensively remodel not -- kitchen and he -- the bathroom take a look at that that's -- it down."

" Very contemporary. What tile like everything looks good. And the living dining areas real open it doesn't have much of a Spanish flair. Looks very contemporary very bright and airy like this time. Raised are nice I play nice fireplace how many bedrooms there's a small nursing behind us in a master bedroom. So it really opened right open plan -- This is about twelve by twelve this master bedroom you know looks very nice the wall of -- doors for the --"

" this room has -- the ocean but I'd like to show you an even better view of the ocean. From the balcony. All of a nice little outdoor terrace as you could get an even better -- videos San Diego. If you had a second story and they have they do have plans to build and permits. So the second story is that a big deal yeah takes a long time to get permits or -- And appealing thing for a buyer to --"

" Already -- I don't understand why the owners are selling the house after they've gotten in trouble getting architectural work done and getting building -- you're moving out of state all okay. Is there a lot of remodeling going on in this neighborhood of lots."

" In fact there's an example of a California contemporary next door."

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

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