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Image Credit: Realtor.com Features include French doors, hardwood and Spanish tile floors, a fireplace, and a kitchen with a Viking range and farmhouse sink.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com The master suite is outfitted with a claw-foot tub and large step-in shower.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com Though modernized, the residence retains quite a bit of rustic charm. It is not hard to see how it wound up on the big screen.
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Image Credit: Lindsay Blake The bucolic home pops up several times throughout “Because I Said So.”
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Image Credit: Lindsay Blake The front yard, which still looks much the same as it did when filming took place (minus Johnny’s steel drums, of course), is most notably featured.
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Image Credit: Universal Pictures While admittedly small (the bungalow sits on a 0.07-acre lot), the yard is rather spacious by Venice Canal standards and boasts both a side patio and a grassy expanse with views of the waterway, as “Because I Said So” beautifully showcased.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com In an unusual move for a studio film, the production utilized the actual interior of the bungalow rather than a set for inside shots of Johnny’s home.
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Image Credit: Universal Pictures The property’s décor may be timeless, but if those raspberry Ugg boots don’t date the movie, I don’t know what does!
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Image Credit: Realtor.com The fireplace mantle has since been swapped out for a white version, as evidenced in the listing photo from 2015 above.
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Image Credit: Zillow.com But older MLS pics from a sale in 2010 show it in its “Because I Said So” state.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com If the listing photos are any indication, the “Because I Said So” bungalow is much more spacious than it appeared onscreen or what the exterior would have you believe.
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Image Credit: Lindsay Blake According to Realtor.com, the property has been sold a shocking 5 times since 1987 (most recently in 2015)! If I owned the place, I would never let it go! Amazingly, in 1990, the home was listed for sale as a “remodel or tear down” (for the bargain price of $530,000, mind you). Thankfully, the purchasers didn’t heed the teardown suggestion and the idyllic pad remains intact for fans to appreciate for years to come.
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Image Credit: Lindsay Blake Until next time, Happy Stalking! 🙂
Stalk It: Johnny’s house from “Because I Said So” is located at 236 Carroll Canal in Venice. Disclaimer: Please remember this is a private home. Do not trespass or bother the residents or the property in any way.
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