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    Dave's House - Historical Information


    ROTH’S HOUSE


    Roth’s mansion soon became a backdrop for a lot of the bands early promotional photos. Just imagine being dirt poor like the Van Halen’s were, and hooking up with someone like Roth, who lived in a mansion.

    Pictures of the home are available for purchase through the Library of Congress.

    10 bedrooms, 8 baths – Property Taxes per year – Around $26,000
    Total value for property: $2,256,623 (it was $2,157,904 in 2009)
    Recording date: 10/27/2009
    Year built: 1921
    Effective year built: 1926

    Dave apparently outright bought the home on December 30th, 1991 for $1,350,000 according to online records.



    LIBRARY - J.E. Tilt House, 455 Bradford Street, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA – From the Library of Congress.

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    (1984) Two years ago Roth's wad of cash had grown to the point where he could invest in a place of his own. His choice was the estate set on three prime acres of Pasadena. ("The Huntington library was not available," quips the Roth-child.)

    On the grounds are a 30-meter swimming pool, a tiled hot tub with a see-through front, carefully tended shrubs and lawns ornamented with carved marble benches. The whole shebang—originally developed by an oil executive—is surrounded by imposing walls, wrought iron gates and a greeting sign bearing the legend, "There is nothing here worth dying for. No trespassing." Another menacing sign indoors, near a video surveillance monitor, proclaims in bold red letters, "If you are found here after dark, you will be found here in the morning." His defense of such measures? "I like to feel safe when I am at home." The house is adorned with stained glass windows, fine wood cabinetry and expensive furnishings. Roth characterizes the decor as "Mediterranean-Mexican," but the overall effect is something like a modest San Simeon, and the house looks as if it's worth the reported price.

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    the house is a historical landmark.

    JE Tilt was a millionaire back around 1900. Tilt was one of the thousands of young men who came to Chicago as it recovered from the fire of 1871 because they saw potential in the recovering city. The move was fortuitous. After a stint as a superintendent, Tilt decided to start his own shoe making enterprise and opened a small manufacturing plant. Although Chicago’s meat industry provided vast amounts of animal hides for tanning, what hogs, sheep and cattle didn’t provide was top quality leather. After being treated with chemicals and dried, the “heavy leather” wouldn’t do for fine high-priced goods, but it worked perfectly well for lower-cost shoes and work boots. Tilt, along with a few other Chicago-based shoemakers saw potential in the low-grade leather, and with over 200 tanneries in the city the processed hides were often within blocks of their factories, and readily accessible. He later made boots for the military.


    Dave's parents divorced, Dave stuck with his dad, and from what I've researched, his dad let him live there. Nathan owned the property, and guessing by online documents, he sold the house outright to Dave in 1991.
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    455 Bradford Street
    Pasadena, CA 91105
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    Owner: DAVID L DAVID L ROTH TR TRUST
    Total land value: $1,674,172 (it was $1,600,932 in 2009)
    Total building value: $582,451 (it was $556,972 in 2009)
    Total value for property: $2,256,623 (it was $2,157,904 in 2009)
    Recording date: 10/27/2009
    Year built: 1921
    Effective year built: 1926
    Area of property: 11,214 square feet
    Assessment for fiscal year: 2012/2013

    Read more: http://www.city-data.com/los-angeles...#ixzz3iZC0Px3M

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    Is that Rothwood? It might have been in there somewhere but I didn't see it.
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    I guess I answered my own question.

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    Ha. That raised a laugh - known for his acting roles in 'Coma', and medical mystery novels he writes in his spare time ... I wonder what it was like round the dinner table at Rothwood? "Now listen, David. I think I can produce your album ... I'm more than just a rich doctor."
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    Quote Originally Posted by THE SAINT View Post
    455 Bradford Street
    Pasadena, CA 91105
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    Show street view
    Owner: DAVID L DAVID L ROTH TR TRUST
    Total land value: $1,674,172 (it was $1,600,932 in 2009)
    Total building value: $582,451 (it was $556,972 in 2009)
    Total value for property: $2,256,623 (it was $2,157,904 in 2009)
    Recording date: 10/27/2009
    Year built: 1921
    Effective year built: 1926
    Area of property: 11,214 square feet
    Assessment for fiscal year: 2012/2013

    Read more: http://www.city-data.com/los-angeles...#ixzz3iZC0Px3M

    Surprised at those values, and how low they are!! Okay, it's 2015 now, but in London that money might not buy you a two-bedroom apartment!! And what a glorious place to live, too ... (Pasadena, I mean).

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    Quote Originally Posted by VHscraps View Post
    Surprised at those values, and how low they are!! Okay, it's 2015 now, but in London that money might not buy you a two-bedroom apartment!! And what a glorious place to live, too ... (Pasadena, I mean).
    From what I've heard New York City has extremely high prices for housing too. Pasadena is a very nice place to live but you don't have to go far from any part of So Cal to find yourself in a high crime area.

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    Urban living in the UK, in general, is pretty expensive - but London is insane. You have to be a born and bred Londoner with a family home, or a young person willing to bunk up with fellow desperados seeking to make their future, or someone who is just a normal successful career drone - or an ex-pat billionaire who buys property for fun.

    Sometimes I think I might like to work there, but I could never afford to live in London. Here in Manchester, England where I am, it is a lot cheaper, but a lot of similar trends - prices rising, young people priced out of the housing market.

    But the grass is always greener on the other side, so without knowing anything about it, I'd take Pasadena!

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