From the Windsor Daily Star, June 25, 1955:
This beautiful Hollywood Home is the direct result of many years of study and intense planning by a prominent California architect. The interior consists of 3 spacious bedrooms, huge 24-ft. living room with dining area, step saving kitchen with side door entrance leading to carport, studio ceilings throughout, custom made room-divider cabinet between kitchen and dining area, providing extra cupboard space; and ultra modern bathroom with colored (sic) fixtures that will last a lifetime.
MODELS PRICED AS LOW AS $10,800 WITH N.H.A. TERMS
$300 will reserve your lot with our Deposit-Savings Home-Purchase Plan. Monthly payments including principal and interest as low as $55.
The model home featured in the advertisement is still standing today at 916 Buckingham, and it looks like several different models did end up getting built on the block.
A neat cartoon shows all the sub contractors involved in the project. A few are still around today like Vet’s plumbing and Zuliani glass.
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That cartoon is great!
"Step saving" kitchen? That must be marketing talk for "small."
I wonder what the square footage of one of these houses was at the price they were asking you could buy half a dozen and rent them out cute cartoon!!
I noticed in the cartoon sartori is putting in the sewers the guy is saying we put them in and the homeowner can forget them it should say "put them in and forget them till your basement floods"
I've been in one of these homes on the same street. They are very quaint.
Fairly large basements too.
I had a relative that owned a house on Whitney between Prince Rd. and Sun Valley.
Very similar if I recall.Could these be the same type of homes from the same developer ?
I love how in the 50's/60's, we would copy the plans of these California homes, including the carports.
Why in the hell would someone want a carport to put their car in, when we have such harsh winters?