The Parkwood Covina subdivision in West Covina, CA is a
great example of early Palmer & Krisel tract homes. Built in 1953, this
expanded home features four bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms in 1,813
square feet, sits on a 7,000 square-foot lot with a detached rear-yard garage
and carries an asking price of $548,000.
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Front of home - addition sits right up front |
The home recently sold for $331,000 and has recently been
the recipient of a flip. The exterior boasts new paint, and a new water
conserving landscape with randomly placed plants has been installed. A small
addition has long been placed on the front of the home, and houses the kitchen.
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Living and dining rooms |
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Living, dining and kitchen |
Entering the home, the living and dining room sit at the
rear southwest corner of the home, and the demising walls between the kitchen
and dining room have been removed. While popular, the removal of the demising
walls removes privacy and division in smaller homes, and can actually make a
space appear smaller.
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Kitchen |
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Kitchen - exposed countertop edge where the fridge goes sticks out pretty bad |
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Kitchen and dining |
The kitchen has been renovated with new white shaker-style
cabinets, a white dishwasher, stainless steel stove and no fridge exposing an
unfinished counter edge. West-facing clerestories have sun-shielding louvers
placed over them, along light to flow in while eliminating direct sunlight. Laminate
floors, and beige paint with white trim round out the room. To the flipper’s
credit, at least there’s a brown accent wall for one portion of the room.
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Original master bedroom
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Original master bathroom |
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Secondary bedroom
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Secondary bedroom |
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Guest bath |
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Hallway to master bedroom addition |
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Master bedroom addition |
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Master bedroom addition bath |
The home was originally built as a three bedroom, and
features a large master bedroom with fireplace addition at the rear of the
home. This addition appears to have been placed on the home in the late 1960s,
and features a great yellow bottle-glass window and stone-covered fireplace.
The original master bedroom sits at the front corner of the home, and features
east-facing clerestory windows, while the original secondary bedrooms sit at
the back of the home. All bathrooms in the home have been updated with newer
materials, including vanities that match the kitchen cabinets and counters, and
white subway tile.
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Addition at backyard |
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Backyard |
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Garage, back of home and master bedroom addition |
The backyard is mainly occupied by the large master bedroom
addition and the rear garage, and contains a small patio space and turf area.
The backyard also contains a second, enclosed area that features more
naturalistic landscape separated from the main yard by a chain-link fence.
This is the second flip in a row featured on the Krisel
Connection, and this one seems to fare slightly better than yesterday’sCabrillo Village flip in San Diego. Is there really $200,000 worth of upgrades
in this home? Well, apparently $200,000 doesn't cover window coverings... or fridges. You can judge the whole product for yourself:
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