The Wild West lives on in an enchanting cabin in California on sale for only $120,000.
The 150-square-foot cabin in Pioneertown, a roughly two-hour drive east from Los Angeles, looks like something straight out of Tombstone or Bodie with its ‘false front’.
The common architectural technique uses a vertical facade to mask a gabled roof and was popular in the Old West because it gave structures that were quickly and often haphazardly built the appearance of permanence.
A 150-square-foot cabin on a 2.65-acre lot in Pioneertown, California is on sale for $120,000
The small home has a ‘false front,’ or a a vertical facade to mask a gabled roof. The architectural technique was popular in the Old West because it gave structures that were quickly and often haphazardly built the appearance of permanence
The inside has a lounge area with a small loft that could fit a queen-sized bed
Prospective buyers would need to consider extensive renovations, considering that the home at present lacks a bathroom and a kitchen
The home offers opportunities for daily sunset watching and is only a few miles outside of Joshua Tree National Park
But the tiny home, which proudly sports a lone red star on its false front, has in fact had a storied history and was used as part of a Hollywood film set during the 1940s.
The wood-framed shack for sale sits on a 2.65-acre lot, has room for extensive development or renovation, and offers endless opportunities to ride off into the sunset.
Though those keen on buying should plan on either renovating the home or living as the settlers did, as in primitively.
At present, the property lacks a bathroom and kitchen.
A buyer would also need to install a well in order to pump water to the home.
Madelaine LaVoie of Cherie Miller & Associates told Caters News Agency: ‘It’s a rarity for us to see, but it’s a very sweet little place’
She added: ‘The price is based on the sales of other land in the area, it has been cleaned up and is weed free, it has a large wooden archway’
She continued: ‘I believe it will be more of a second-home type of place, I don’t think someone will live in it full-time but buy the property to build on as a main residence or keep it as a guest house’
She said: ‘For someone who wants to build their dream home they can live in the cabin while they are building or modifying the little house and use it as a weekender’
She concluded: ‘We get a lot of people from LA, the music and television industry moving to the area in droves and buying this sort of property’
The home has been outfitted to run on solar energy and has a lounge area with a small loft that could fit a queen-sized bed.
Madelaine LaVoie of Cherie Miller & Associates told Caters News Agency: ‘It’s a rarity for us to see, but it’s a very sweet little place.
‘The price is based on the sales of other land in the area, it has been cleaned up and is weed free, it has a large wooden archway.
‘I believe it will be more of a second-home type of place, I don’t think someone will live in it full-time but buy the property to build on as a main residence or keep it as a guest house.
‘For someone who wants to build their dream home they can live in the cabin while they are building or modifying the little house and use it as a weekender.
‘We get a lot of people from LA, the music and television industry moving to the area in droves and buying this sort of property.’
The home, per the agency’s website, is located off of Pipes Canyon Road, to the north of Pioneertown’s center.
It is constructed out of drywall and wood siding.
The home is located off of Pipes Canyon Road and is a bit north of Pioneertown’s center
The Southern California settlement sports an exceptionally hot climate year-round
The New York Times noted that Pioneertown is experiencing something of a ‘renaissance’ and branded it the ‘new Old West’
The home is located about two hours by car from Los Angeles and is about 30 miles from Palm Springs, a resort town of about 50,000 people
The home runs on solar energy and would require a well, to be installed by the eventual owner, to pump water to it
Pioneertown was developed as a film set and its ‘Mane Street’ features cinematic, albeit kitschy, Western-style buildings.
It is in a desert, sports an exceptionally hot climate year-round and has around 350 permanent residents.
The New York Times noted in May 2016 that the sleepy town is experiencing something of a ‘renaissance’ and branded it the ‘new Old West’.
The nearest large settlement is Palm Springs, a resort town of about 50,000 people that lies roughly 30 miles to the south.
The home is also only a few miles outside of Joshua Tree National Park, which is famed for its desert landscapes and the unique trees that give it its namesake.
The home has a blue corral for herding livestock located a few yards away
The loft can fit a queen-sized bed. The home offers opportunities for extensive development or renovation
The home is in Pioneertown, which was developed as a film set in the 1940s and has around 350 permanent residents. Pictured is a view of the town’s ‘Mane Street’ in 2006