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, $3,900. Vote for your favorite below!
Downtown
A unit in the stately Santa Fe lofts is available on Sixth Street, right across from Cole’s French Dip. The one-bedroom, one-bath boasts high ceilings, large windows, white walls and black trim, and marble counters in the contemporary kitchen and bath. The building, meanwhile, has a rooftop deck with fire pits and skyline views. It’s renting for $4,000.
Koreatown
The standout space in this two-bedroom, two-bath is the kitchen, which is large enough for entertaining. It’s equipped with high-end stainless steel appliances, glossy white cabinets, and an open floor plan that flows into a dining area. Located not too far from LACMA in a complex with an outdoor communal area and a rooftop overlooking LA, it’s renting for $3,925.
Westchester
This sunny unit is just steps away from Westchester’s dining and shopping and across from the popular breakfast spot The Coffee Company. The two-bedroom, two-bath has an open floor plan, hardwood floors, and windows with pretty vistas out to the mountains. The building has a gym, a pool, and outdoor communal areas. It’s renting for $3,934.
Hollywood
Located on Hollywood Boulevard in one of the neighborhood’s newer apartment complexes, Eastown, this two-bedroom, two-bath has an industrial vibe with a kitchen with subway tile and gray cabinets. The building features a gym, rooftop pool and spa, and a Shake Shack, Dunkin’ Donuts, and Pressed Juicery on the ground-floor. It’s renting for $3,940.
Venice
Looking to live that uppercrust bohemian lifestyle? This fully-furnished condo is just a few blocks from the beach and all of the wackadoos on the boardwalk. It’s part of a building surrounded by plants and trees and has access to a communal and cute outdoor eating area. The two-bedroom, one-bath is outfitted with modern-style furniture, hardwood floors, and large windows. It’s renting for $3,950.
Comments
Holy shit imagine paying $4,000 to live in a yuppie-box ON Hollywood?!
By Greyvagabond on 10.03.19 1:10pm
For that price, you can rent a single family home. I wonder why none of the options were single family homes?
By SocalChill on 10.03.19 3:39pm
Now they’re just toying with us at this point.
By subaruwrx on 10.03.19 5:26pm
I have to think one could do a lot better than these (except maybe Venice) for $3,900.
By MyrnaMinkoff on 10.04.19 10:38am
The "Korea Town" apt is really pushing it Crenshaw is Ktown? and How exactly is it near LACMA?
By Mildred Fillmore on 10.04.19 10:41am
That’s a mortgage payment for a very nice house.
By TTTSec on 10.04.19 4:44pm
In 1987 I had a one bedroom ocean view apartment at the corner of Sunset and Speedway in Venice that was about 100 feet from the beach. The rent was 935 a month plus utilities. My next door neighbor was a movie star. Now it costs 4000 a month to live 3 blocks from the beach. And apartments for 935 a month are nowhere to be found anywhere in the entire city of L.A. You people who aren’t homeless yet are all nuts. You’re paying way too much money for your pretentious L.A. lifestyle.
By Henry Chinaskee on 10.05.19 6:33am
Hi thanks for checking in, lots of good information here.
By Greyvagabond on 10.05.19 4:15pm
What did you pay for a gallon of milk in 1987, Henry?
$935 in 1987 dollars is a little over $2,100 in 2019 dollars, accounting for inflation. You can definitely find one-bedrooms in that price range in many parts of LA.
By disqusted on 10.07.19 3:17pm
You people don’t get it. And you never will. You’re all being taken to the cleaners by the landlords in this city. And you’re all in denial because nobody likes to admit that they’re being played for a sucker .
By Henry Chinaskee on 10.07.19 7:53pm
Proving my point exactly. One bedrooms in Venice should only be currently renting for a couple thousand a month.
By Henry Chinaskee on 10.08.19 5:38am
"One bedrooms in Venice should only be currently renting for a couple thousand a month."
So go buy up some rental properties in Venice and rent them out for that amount. What’s stopping you?
By disqusted on 10.08.19 4:23pm