Pasadena Ranch Homes for Sale

Pasadena is known for a variety of architectural styles including modern and character homes.  Ranch style homes are popular in many Pasadena neighborhoods.  These homes are perfect for anyone preferring a single level including retirees and the ever expanding baby boomer generation. This also makes these houses excellent investments since the future of single level homes is sure to be in demand.

Pasadena ranch style homes range anywhere between $400,000 to over a million dollars.

Ranch-style housing (also American ranch, California ranch, rambler or rancher) is a domestic architectural style originating in the United States. The ranch house is noted for its long, close-to-the-ground profile, and minimal use of exterior and interior decoration. The houses fuse modernist ideas and styles with notions of the American Western period working ranches to create a very informal and casual living style.

The following features are considered key elements of the original ranch house style, although not all ranch houses contain all of them.

• Single story
• Long, low roofline
• Asymmetrical rectangular, L-shaped, or U-shaped design
• Simple, open floor plans
• Small, working kitchens
• Minimal closets in the bedroom(s)
• Living areas separate from the bedroom(s) area
• Attached garage
• Sliding glass doors opening onto a patio
• Large windows, often decorated with shutters
• Vaulted ceilings with exposed beams
• Exteriors of stucco, brick and wood
• Large overhanging eaves
• Cross-gabled, side-gabled or hip roof
• Simple and/or rustic interior and exterior trim

Ranch homes in Pasadena seem to be very popular. Take a look at a few Pasadena homes for sale offering ranch style below.