LOS ANGELES Built a century ago, this three-bedroom spot in Melrose Hill features stone on the outside and wood on the inside.

Address: 5342 Lemon Grove Ave., Los Angeles, 90038

Listed for: $999,000 for three bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms in 1,536 square feet (7,001-square-foot lot)

Features: Fenced lot; living room with stacked stone fireplace; dining room with buffet; swimming pool with diving board

About the area: No single-family homes in the 90038 ZIP Code traded hands in June, according to CoreLogic.

—Jack Flemming