Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, where we explore what you can rent or buy for a certain dollar amount in various LA ’hoods. We’ve found five homes and condos within $10,000 of today’s price: $1.1 million.
This 1920s bungalow in Highland Park sold last summer (for $590,000), and has been thoroughly transformed since then. Renovated by ResetLA and Vein Design, it’s got new wood floors, light fixtures, appliances, countertops, and cabinetry. The house has three bedrooms and two bathrooms, and skylights and French doors keep it light and airy. Sitting on a 6,743-square-foot lot, the home is asking $1.099 million.
Here’s a cozy two-bedroom residence in Palms with one bathroom and 928 square feet of floor space. Built in 1941, it’s got original hardwood floors, but plumbing and electrical have been upgraded. Behind the house is a pergola-shaded patio and a detached garage that’s been converted into a studio or office space. Sitting on a 4,997-square-foot lot, the house is asking $1.099 million.
Blocks from the boardwalk in Venice is this two-bedroom condo with a pair of bathrooms and 1,188 square feet of living space. Featuring tile floors and sliding glass doors, the unit also has a step-down living room equipped with a fireplace. A spacious deck has room for open-air seating and a garden. The building has a swimming pool and a parking garage. Asking price is $1.115 million, with HOA dues of $442 per month.
This View Park home needs some TLC, but boasts some lovely original details, from the hardwood floors to the tile bathrooms. Built in 1933, the Spanish-style house has two bedrooms and three bathrooms. Other interior features include beamed ceilings, built-in shelving, and a dramatic winding staircase with wrought iron railings. The house sits on a 8,293-square-foot lot with a large front lawn and a backyard with a detached garage. Asking price is $1.099 million.
This traditional-style home sits on a compact 3,312-square-foot lot on the eastern edge of Los Feliz. Inside are two bedrooms and two bathroooms, with 1,250 square feet of floor space. The property may be small, but there’s plenty of outdoor space, including a long wooden deck, a tile patio, and a strip of yard below. Asking price is $1.095 million.
- Los Angeles Curbed Comparisons [Curbed LA]
Comments
It’s just pathetic what you get for $1.1 million in LA.
By TipIt23 on 09.18.18 1:29pm
Don’t make the mistake of generalizing all homes available in L.A. for $1.1 million based on these five examples.
By BingoWest on 09.18.18 1:37pm
I was going to say there has to be more choices then this for a million bucks. The Los Feliz is the only one to come close to actually having value as a real house. I like the neighborhood view as well
By mrjim1 on 09.18.18 2:16pm
lot is too small in los feliz.
By cicinla on 09.19.18 12:29am
1950 MCM USC Case Study home listed for $1.089 million.
https://www.redfin.com/CA/Altadena/1272-Sunny-Oaks-Cir-91001/home/7259637
By BingoWest on 09.18.18 2:29pm
Now that looks like a million dollar house
By mrjim1 on 09.18.18 2:32pm
Yowza. That one flushed all of the toxins out of my system caused by the houses above.
By CaliSon on 09.19.18 10:57am
I mean you drive 45min outside of LA and you can get decent homes with a pool and everything for this price. https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/pmf,pf_pt/1000000-1200000_price/4055-4866_mp/3000-size/pool_att/size_sort/34.306718,-118.730279,34.089772,-119.053345_rect/11zm/
By SupaZT on 09.18.18 2:34pm
McMansions! Boo, hiss
By mrjim1 on 09.18.18 2:36pm
Plenty of way better options:
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1630-N-Benton-Way-Los-Angeles-CA-90026/20743655_zpid/
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8253-Mannix-Dr-Los-Angeles-CA-90046/20797588_zpid/
By disqusted on 09.18.18 7:10pm
I know. It’s disgusting. Someone will comment soon that you can move away or how you don’t deserve to live here because you do not have 1 million dollars to buy a home?
By Kermit Kardashian on 09.19.18 1:02am
The Highland Park home is so beautiful!
By zoq on 09.18.18 1:39pm
It really is!
By FrogDweller on 09.19.18 8:52am
Where the boarded-up $1.1 Million Boyle Heights Joke at?!
By midcityjuan on 09.18.18 3:14pm
Jezzuz these are all way overvalued for what and where they are. Just a few short years ago these would all have been under or right around $500k. Ya know there is a breaking point when you simply run out of buyers willing to pay the ridiculous asking prices and eventually the market tumbles. Looking at reality prices today. I fear we are about to go over that tipping point… again.
By KlunkerRider on 09.18.18 4:03pm
The highland park home’s aesthetic is beautiful, inside and out. I don’t remember the last time I saw a house that had that kind of look on the exterior. That said, I am in highland park very frequently and seeing what I see, I would not drop that type of money to live there.
The Los Feliz one is in the ideal area, but looks disjointed to me- as though it doesn’t have a good "flow", and it’s too choppy. I think I would be sick of it soon,especially if I want to entertain or host.
The Venice one’s floors make me cringe. Chocolate brown small tile? No. Just, no. I also don’t approve of the target artwork in a million dollar condo.
By FrogDweller on 09.19.18 8:51am
I don’t have a million to spend on a house. But I would say that in the American housing market there’s no such as an inherent monetary value to a house. There’s only a price which will almost certainly change over time.
By Parlorpink on 09.19.18 8:44pm
Please do a comparison to other states at 500k.
By Constituents on 09.20.18 3:07am
I think they do those occasionally on the national/general Curbed site, not the local city sites.
By disqusted on 09.20.18 2:17pm