Suburban cowboy: A horse-lover’s oasis in Burbank

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A confession: Writing this blog, with the constant drumbeat of doom and gloom, sometimes makes me forget why real estate in Los Angeles is such a local obsession in the first place. Then I visit a house like Stan Smith’s in Burbank, and I understand again.

I’ll give you the details, but won’t do justice to it: 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,400 square feet, exquisitely redone (think Ralph Lauren if he was a real horseman), zoned for five horses (yes, horses in Burbank). It has 10 stalls, two tack rooms and a large pool on a huge lot (16,000-plus square feet). Four fireplaces, a three-car garage. Yes, it is very close to the 134. No, I couldn’t hear freeway noise in the house. The owner, real estate agent Stan Smith, is embarking on a new chapter of life: he’s buying an inn in southern Vermont. 1430 W. Valleyheart Drive, 91506. Listed for $1.65 million. More pictures below.

Photo credits: Stan Smith