This charming California Bungalow home is located within the historic neighborhood of Cal Heights in Long Beach, known for its myriad architecture types and walkability to all the best Bixby Knolls has to offer. Olive Avenue is a particularly wonderful street within the area, home to expansive mature trees lining up and down the parkways. The shady approach leading to this warm starter home ends up stone steps to a cozy covered front porch. From the front entryway, the smart traditional layout opens to the living room, which includes a gas fireplace under recessed lights and bookended by sunny windows. A well-appointed dining room with built-ins and bay window leads to the warm galley kitchen and laundry room. Beyond the living room, a full bathroom off of the hallway is warmed by light spilling from the skylight above into the original cast iron bathtub. The French doors in the main bedroom lead into the private rear yard via an elevated wood deck. Manicured landscaping in the yard delineates the fresh sod of the lawn and the spacious paver-clad patio area. A 2-car garage, with newer door & opener, round out the lot layout on this fantastic starter home.