Back again — Lady Rapunzel's turret

25 Oval Avenue, Riverside, $1.5 million. To say this is an unusual house for the neighborhood is to understate things a bit. A 1926 home, it was redone by, I think, a gentleman from Pakistan, and he built it to his own taste, to which I say, good for him, although his neighbors were not as pleased: years ago, I shared law offices on Milbank Avenue with my friend Bill Lapcevic, who lived next door to this house, and I used to drive him crazy when, calling him at home, greet him by asking, “Hey, Sir Lancelot, how’s it going?”. Bill died of a heart attack far too early, and though I wouldn’t necessarily blame this house for his demise, I did wonder whether he glimpsed it from his window one too many times, and ….

Our MLS records show it as having been unsuccessfully put up for sale in 2012 before being rented, but I’m pretty sure I remember touring it on broker open house tours long before that. The interior is far more traditional than its facade would suggest — in fact, most of the remodeling budget seems to have been spent on the outside. No current interior shots available yet, but I expect they’ll be up soon, and I’ll post them here when they are. Here are two screen shots from the 2012 listing: