Mitch's Ranch House


I've enjoyed the original Parent Trap since I was a kid, but these days I find myself lusting after Mitch's house. Who else here wishes it were real? Or wishes they could have a house like it?

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You're definitely not alone! I still want that house! (Of course, the interior was a set on a soundstage, but still - the house and the land surrounding it.

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Me too!! I loved that house especialy the courtyard in the middle

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I have always loved Mitch's house. It's beautiful!

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I always thought his house was awesome.

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You're all as daffy as a duck! If I were THAT rich, I'd live in the old brownstone houses in Boston (where the doctors and lawyers...and Indian chiefs live).

There's a section of the Freedom Trail where they still have the original cobblestone sidewalks (terrible for high heels) and street lights from colonial times. I think the going rate is some 2.1 MILLION USD.

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Are you serious? I mean about that if you were that rich you'd rather live in a Boston brownstone?

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Me too! To this day that film is on my desert island top ten. But the last third of the film we get really fixated on that house.

I came to IMDB to see if the house is listed in filming locations, and now you burst my bubble that it was a set. Could it be the location listed "Walt Disney's Golden Oak Ranch"?

That house was a religious experience. "Ahead of its time" I was going to say. But obviously, that was what they were doing in the 1950's and 60's.

So many things to love about that hacienda; the stained-glass windows, balcony hallways, courtyard with fountain/reflecting pond, lake/swimming pool, all glass (very modern) kitchen, master bath, Mexican tile, split staircase, on and on.

The really unique thing was the melding of the indoors and the outdoors. The house just flowed inside to outside to inside...

After 52 years the house still inspires lust. Major lust. A great house is timeless.

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Yes, it was an amazing house. It reminds my of affluent homes I've seen in Mexico, as in the old hacienda ranch houses, only smaller. I think its an authentic hacienda style, as opposed to the generic ranch style homes which were became popular in the 50's and 60's.

But, in addition, there is a very custom feel. The interior stone work is very unique. The open air feel and the architecture around the patio is also very Mexican. I wouldn't be surprised if the architect were from Mexico.

So, its more of an old style, with a lot of beautiful innovative touches.

I'm a civilian, I'm not a trout

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and also with the land. It was so beautiful

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While I do love Maggie's Boston brownstone, I think I'd prefer Mitch's house as well. I don't usually like ranch-style houses, nor typical Californian designs, but his house really is uniquely beautiful. And the land is amazing.

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I love the California house. The McKendrick apartment in Massachusetts is pretty cool too.

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