Perched atop a grassy hill just a block from Figueroa Street in Highland Park, this 1920s bungalow offers cozy charm on the interior and stellar views from the covered front deck.
The entrance leads into an airy living room with wood floors and a decorative mantelpiece. Beyond that is a small dining room, which flows into the updated kitchen. The 884-square-foot residence also includes two bedrooms and two bathrooms, which both appear to have been recently renovated.
Below the house is a bonus room that currently appears to be outfitted as a library/studio space.
The home sits on a 5,702-square-foot lot and, per the listing, the buyer will have first right of refusal on an adjacent plot of land measuring in at 5,060 square feet. The lush grounds around the house include built-in bench seating, patio space, and gardens.
Last sold in 2010 for $410,000, the home is today asking $750,000.
410 Kirby Street [Deirdre Salomone/Keller Williams]
Comments
OK now I’m getting scared. This is yet another recent listing that seem way way WAY underpriced. Is this trend an example of the republican/trump maga economy rearing its ugly head?
By lady who lunches on 01.18.19 4:10pm
Underpriced? You’ve got to be kidding. This is an obvious flip. This is 885 sq for $750,000!? And they did a horrible job with the remodel. That open space concept looks awkward and forced. It doesn’t belong in a home like this. They ruined it!
By mrxman on 01.18.19 6:21pm
I kind of agree, it’s a tough space to work with, but you can’t beat that hilltop setting
By mrjim1 on 01.19.19 7:38am
Exactly – a flip for sure. I hate flippers. They artificially drive prices up to ridiculous prices. I think there should be regulation.
By lkamino on 01.21.19 11:17am
Totally agree with most of what you say except for this property being a flip. 8 years is a pretty good amount of time for purchasing and living in an area that wasn’t quite gentrified yet. If it was meant to be a flip, it was a HUGE gamble back in 2010.
By subaruwrx on 01.21.19 12:56pm
Yes
By LudwigBlue on 01.18.19 6:51pm
Whose idea was it to paint the hearth white? Congratulations, the living room now looks like the inside of a toilet bowl. I love what they did on the outside though, and the floor still gives it some character and warmth.
By bibliotreka on 01.18.19 8:51pm
The house targets hipsters with many must haves – open concept, white walls, open shelving in the kitchen, raised garden beds. All this packed into less than 900 sq feet can be yours for just 3/4 of a million. Ha. Next owner won’t see any real appreciation for 15 years or so.
By LAoneWay on 01.19.19 7:25am
It is, however, missing an important hipster detail…rolling weathered interior barn doors. So, it earns only a B- on the Hipster Flip Scale.
By BingoWest on 01.19.19 8:00am
How about that Moroccan lattice panel between the living room and dining room? Don’t see those too often
By mrjim1 on 01.19.19 8:27am
That panel may be one of the only details original to the house…
…but they did use grey flooring in the kitchen, so hipster kudo for that.
By BingoWest on 01.19.19 8:45am
That’s ok. They can always play Cornhole while they wait!
By MelroseLarryGreen on 01.19.19 9:45pm
I’d like a bigger house for a 5702 lot size. The light is beautiful in the bedroom and kitchen and I love the last photo with that view! On the downside, the house is small and the living, dining, kitchen flow is odd. Best part is definitely the outside.
By CS7 on 01.19.19 7:45pm
Hope you’re a nudist, there is no room in the bedrooms for a dresser and they aren’t showing the closets which are probably tiny.
By 31Gigi on 01.21.19 12:10pm
The Hipster jokes are funny. Why are people so afraid of Hipster?
By subaruwrx on 01.21.19 1:00pm
Well, let’s see…
… it might be contagious for one
By mrjim1 on 01.21.19 2:15pm
I think I’ve seen the two dudes on the ends in Silver Lake…
By BingoWest on 01.21.19 4:56pm
we love hipsters – they spend good money on all kinds of bullshit stuff.
By LAoneWay on 01.22.19 8:50am
My guess is what’s holding the price where it is is the fact that you have to climb about 40 steps to get to the front door, which is great fun on grocery day.
By JSpence on 01.21.19 4:14pm
And it looks like the stairs start on the vacant lot next door, which doesn’t come with the house. I wonder if there’s an easement?
By CaliSon on 01.22.19 12:07pm
ROFLMAO re: Highland Park listings. For almost $1 million you will have the pleasure of sweating bullets in the middle of summer after huffing up all those steps, and no AC here! But the shops on York are close! LOL
By Renter's Rage on 01.23.19 6:10am