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Glendale | $1.195 Million

A 1952 house with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, on a 0.1-acre lot

This recently updated house is on a sloping street in the Woodbury neighborhood, about a five-minute drive from public elementary, middle and high schools, and 10 minutes from the Americana at Brand shopping center and the Glendale Galleria mall.

It is not far from the Eagle Rock border, putting it within 10 minutes of Occidental College and the surrounding shopping and dining. Downtown Los Angeles is about 20 minutes away.

Size: 1,375 square feet

Price per square foot: $869

Indoors: Brick steps lead up to the front door, which opens into a tiled foyer with access to the garage.

To the left is a living room with high, beamed ceilings, limewash-treated walls, a fireplace with a marble surround and an ornate chandelier.

This space is open to a windowed dining area facing an updated kitchen with honed-marble counters, a mix of cabinets and open shelving, and a door to a brick patio.

Two bedrooms are on the second floor, reached from an open staircase in the living room. They share a bathroom with a claw-foot soaking tub and two pedestal sinks.