April and Andy’s House from “Parks and Recreation”

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I hope y’all are not getting tired of my many Parks and Recreation posts, ‘cause here I am yet again with yet another locale from the series that was provided to me, per usual, by fellow stalker Owen, of the When Write Is Wrong blog – this time the supposed Pawnee, Indiana-area residence where Andy Dwyer (Chris Pratt) and April Ludgate (Aubrey Plaza), and later Ben Wyatt (Adam Scott), live on the show.  And I am very sad to say that I am currently about halfway through Season 4 and only have about ten new episodes left to watch before I am all caught up on the series.  I honestly have no idea what I am going to do with myself when that time comes.  Sad smile Anyway, a couple of weeks ago, while doing some stalking in the Studio City area, I dragged the Grim Cheaper out to stalk April and Andy’s home – before I had even begun to watch Season 3 actually, the season in which the property was first featured.

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April and Andy’s house first shows up in the Season 3 episode of Parks and Recreation titled “Fancy Party” (which actually made me cry), in the scene in which the young couple throws a dinner party for their friends – a dinner party that turns out to be (spoiler alert!) their surprise wedding.  Shortly thereafter, in the episode titled “Jerry’s Painting”, April and Andy’s roommate moves out and Ben, in turn, moves in and teaches the duo “how to be adults”.  (As you can see below, a dang car was parked directly in front of the house when we showed up to stalk the place, so I was unable to get photographs to match the exact angles shown on the series.)

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For the filming, producers had the address number of the house changed from “12718” to “1271” in what I am guessing was an attempt to thrwart the efforts of us stalkers.  But, thankfully, it takes more than a simple address change to throw off Owen and his mad stalking skills!

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I absolutely LOVE the screen capture pictured below in which there is snow in the home’s front yard!  So wish I could have been there to see that in person!  You can check out an article written by someone who did get to witness some P&R filming at the property in October 2010 on the Studio City Patch website here.  According to the write-up, April and Andy’s house has been used in countless productions over the years (although I am unsure of which productions exactly) and, to attract even more crews, the owner has made the place very film-friendly by placing the kitchen island and most of the furniture on casters for easy movement or removal.  So incredibly cool!  If I was a homeowner, I would so do the exact same thing!

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In real life, the Studio City residence, which was originally built in 1938, boasts four bedrooms, two baths, and 2,831 square feet, and looks exactly the same in person as it does onscreen.

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Despite what was reported in the Studio City Patch article, only the exterior of the property is used in Parks and Recreation – and the place most definitely does NOT belong to Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) on the show, as was also reported.  (You can read my post on the Altadena residence that is used as Leslie’s here.)  As you can see in these images of the real life interior of the home here and here, it does not match what appears onscreen.

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Big THANK YOU to Owen, from the When Write Is Wrong site, for finding this location!  Smile

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Until next time, Happy Stalking!  Smile

Stalk It: April and Andy’s house from Parks and Recreation is located at 12718 Valley Spring Lane in Studio City.

6 Replies to “April and Andy’s House from “Parks and Recreation””

  1. I used to live in the apartment building up the street from there and one day we drove out to see this house’s yard covered in snow, but didn’t know it was for Parks! I was rewatching when I recognized the house one day.

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