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 rentals within $100 of today’s price, $2,900. Vote for your favorite below!
Silver Lake
Nestled on the hills of Silver Lake, this unit on the second floor of a Craftsman home features a washer and dryer, front porch, hardwood floors, and lots of light throughout. There’s also a back garden perfect for entertaining. Just minutes from all of the restaurants and cafes on Sunset Boulevard, the two-bedroom, one-bath is renting for $2,900.
Los Feliz
There’s a vacancy in Casa Laguna, one of the most glamorous old apartment buildings in Los Angeles. It’s only a one-bedroom, one-bathroom, but it measures a roomy 1,270 square feet. It’s unclear from the listing photos which unit is actually available, but most of the apartments are adorned in beautiful 1920s tile and outfitted with built-ins, wood floors, and other charming details; some even have fireplaces. Either way, the courtyard complex would be a lovely place to call home. The unit is renting for $3,000.
Rancho Park
In the West LA area, near Trader Joe’s, this newly remodeled two-bedroom, two-bath now sports a contemporary kitchen with marble countertops, navy blue cabinets, and gold fixtures. Other features include stylish light fixtures and a walk-in closet. The 10 and 405 freeways are nearby, but it’s also walking distance to Metro’s Expo/Sepulveda station. It’s renting for $2,880.
Pasadena
In a modern, Mediterranean-style building, this one-bedroom, one bath features a kitchen with a center island and some on-trend design details, including grey accent walls in the living room and a wood accent wall in the bedroom. On the rooftop, there’s a lounging area with couches, chairs, and tables, plus treetop views. This unit is renting for $2,811.
Downtown
Off Olive and Olympic, in booming South Park, Olympic by Windsor was built in 2016 and has such amenities as a gym, wine room, conference rooms, and pool. There’s a pet-friendly two-bedroom, one-bath available with an open floor plan, carpeted bedroom, double vanity, and in-unit washer and dryer. Located a block away from Whole Foods Market, it’s renting $2,825.
Comments
There’s an error because for the poll it says West Hollywood as an option instead of Los Feliz; no Weho residences are shown here.
By Steven Angeleno on 10.10.19 1:18pm
Rancho Park is right in the south-eastern armpit of the 10/405 interchange. No thank you, I like my lungs unfilled with diesel soot.
By Greyvagabond on 10.10.19 2:03pm
Rant time:
I used to live in Olympic by Windsor. Windsor is a terrible management company. There were so many security issues and they refused to take any measures to secure the property. A knife-wielding drug addict stealing packages and terrorizing residents in the middle of the night was my final straw.
When our lease was up, they offered for us to renew for several hundred dollars more than equivalent units that were currently vacant. I was thrilled to decline and move elsewhere. They were probably just as happy to be rid of me. After move out, they tried to tell us we are not allowed to clean the apartment ourselves and must pay their staff to clean the apartment (which would be deducted from our security deposit). After I responded in writing what my lease stated and what the law requires, they agreed to remove the charge and accept the method we used to clean the apartment. I hate that they’ve probably taken advantage of so many other renters like this.
By Joola on 10.10.19 3:23pm
You rock! We had to do the same thing at our old place in Hancock Park.
By Mildred Fillmore on 10.10.19 3:45pm
The Los Feliz apartment is a beautiful place the drawback is many apartments are on Franklin and that end of Franklin can be a race course! Very loud lots of exhaust.
By Mildred Fillmore on 10.10.19 3:46pm
Deal’s off if it’s one of the lower apartments on Franklin!
By LosFeliz$ean on 10.10.19 3:49pm
East Hollywood’s Casa Laguna!
By LosFeliz$ean on 10.10.19 3:47pm
I’m willing to extend Los Feliz out to east of Western/north of Hollywood, but yeah, that’d DAMN close to east hollywood.
By Greyvagabond on 10.10.19 4:18pm
Even the "About Us" section of the Casa Laguna website describes itself as: "Casa Laguna is located on the Eastern edge of Hollywood, adjacent to Los Feliz."
That being said, it’s a great looking building, not sure why you would want to actively disclaim it from your neighborhood, especially as there are plenty of dingbat dumps in Los Feliz proper…
By disqusted on 10.10.19 4:30pm
Great looking building but the immediate area is a little wonky. That part of Franklin is super busy and really hard to cross, and the closest walkable stuff is East Hollywood hopspots like Jumbo’s and Harvard and Stone and a billion good Thai restaurants. Which I love! But way grungier than what you think of when you hear Los Feliz.
By Greyvagabond on 10.10.19 11:04pm
East Hollywood deserves some good pub too!
By LosFeliz$ean on 10.11.19 10:30am