Spend a Month in Walt Disney’s Storybook Mansion for $40K

Want to spend a month in Walt Disney’s Storybook Mansion near L.A.’s Griffith Park, where he created “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “Cinderella” and “Pinocchio”? It could set you back $40,000.

Kazakhstan-born film director Timur Bekmambetov is renting the 6,400-square-foot estate at 4053 Woking Way in Los Feliz, the Walt Street Journal reported. He previously opened it up for tours and filming.

Largely covered in vines, the Storybook-style home has a turret, leaded-glass windows and a cobblestone motor court.

The house, designed by Disney studio architect Frank Crowhurst and completed in 1932, is a blend of French Provincial, French Tudor and Neo-Gothic architectural styles.

It has four bedrooms, five bathrooms and a theater “where Walt watched dailies of his productions,” according to the listing by broker Chase Campen of Compass.

Bekmambetov, who lives in Israel and visits the Los Feliz home a few times a year, said he’s renting it out because he wants people to be able to experience staying there.

Disney bought the property overlooking Downtown L.A. after the success of his Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphony short films, according to Disney historian and blogger Todd Regan. The media mogul lived there with his wife and family for two decades. He built it in three months.

“Incredible to think that it was even possible to do that,” Regan told the Journal. “But it was the height of the Great Depression so nobody had anything, and if you had a little bit of something, like Walt had with his Mickey Mouse money, you could build a castle on top of the Hollywood Hills.”

Sitting on an acre, the house retains its stained-glass windows, spiral staircase and paintings on the foyer and dining-room ceilings. There’s a screening room where Disney watched his films.

The living room has a vaulted wood-beamed ceiling, wood-paneled walls and a brick fireplace.

In the yard sits a cottage-style playhouse, which Disney gave his daughters on Christmas Day in 1937 after the release of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” The rear of the house looks out onto the pool and gardens.

Bekmambetov, who has directed movies including 2004’s “Night Watch” and “Wanted” in 2008 and the 2016 remake of “Ben-Hur,” said he has always been a fan of Disney’s work. When the Storybook home hit the market in 2011, he bought it sight unseen for $3.7 million.

Bekmambetov said he used old photos to return it to its original appearance, filling it with antiques similar to the Disneys’ furniture. He also updated the kitchen and its appliances.