Charlie Kaufman unloads 109-year-old Craftsman in Pasadena

Charlie Kaufman’s Pasadena home sale went according to script. Just a month after listing his 109-year-old Craftsman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter sold it for $2.535 million – or $60,000 less than his asking price.

Box gardens approach the South Arroyo home, which taps into the Craftsman style with a low-pitched gabled roof and wraparound front porch. The trend continues inside, where custom built-ins and wood-trimmed windows and doors adorn 3,576 square feet of interiors.

On the main level, there’s a living room with a tile fireplace and a dining room with a built-in buffet. The updated kitchen adds splashes of multicolored tile under skylights.

All four bedrooms are found upstairs, including a spacious master suite with a lounge and white-painted brick fireplace. The level also features a loft, office and sunny writer’s nook that overlooks the lot.

Mature landscaping enshrouds the private backyard, where a dining patio adjoins a swimming pool and spa. A 660-square-foot guesthouse, complete with the same wood-shingled exterior as the main home, rounds out the property.

Kaufman, 60, has written a host of award-winning films over the last two decades, including “Adaptation,� “Human Nature� and “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.� In 2004, he won the best original screenplay Oscar for “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.�

His directorial debut, “Synecdoche, New York,� premiered in 2008, and he’s directed two films since: 2015’s “Anomalisa� and “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,� which he’s currently filming for Netflix.

Georges Rouveyrol of Sotheby’s International Realty held the listing.