Here’s a feel-good comeback story out of Highland Park. When this California bungalow last appeared on the market back in December, it was looking decidedly worn out, drab, and cheerless, as previous listing photos illustrate. Seven months later, the century-old Craftsman has returned looking like a million bucks—which, coincidentally, is also about what it’ll cost to make it yours.
Located at 1418 Campus Road a couple blocks south of Occidental College, the revived bungalow contains two bedrooms and one bathroom within its 1,056 square feet. Its original features include hardwood floors, built-in bookcases and hutches, art tiles around the fireplace, and wood-framed sash windows.
Mixing beautifully with the original details are such new elements as Lelièvre wallpaper, period-style tile and light fixtures, quartz countertops, custom cabinets, and a refurbished antique stove. Other updates include a tankless water heater, a new HVAC system, and new landscaping.
On a 6,002-square-foot lot, the property is listed with Jennifer Parker-Stanton and Abby Royal of Deasy Penner Podley at an asking price of $928,000. Open houses are scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday and 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Comments
Wallpaper’s back baby
By Partymuscles on 07.24.19 7:48am
I hate wallpaper, but I actually like the dining room. These people either know what they’re doing or got some great advice
By mrjim1 on 07.24.19 9:14am
I always thought wallpaper was unfairly maligned, but dose makes the poison in all things. Nice that it’s only in the dining room.
By Partymuscles on 07.24.19 2:33pm
Beautiful. Well done!
Bonus points for adding the kitchen vent hood.
By BingoWest on 07.24.19 8:40am
Wow, what a difference and the owners didn’t raise the price. I bet this sells in a week. Well done!
By mrjim1 on 07.24.19 9:12am
Considering what they started with, this is nothing short of amazing!
By Magneto II on 07.24.19 9:17am
Wow they did a nice job on that. All that wood is gleaming and having a fully tiled blue bathroom is a fantasy of mine.
So is Lady right? Is $1,000,000 the new starter home? I can’t imagine anything but a couple or a young family living here. It’s so small and will immediately feel even smaller if a second baby comes along. And then you need to think about schools.
Also, I would caution the buyers to be careful when they prune the hedges in front that are already overgrown. Those are euphorbia that will leak poison sap that will irritate like poison ivy and make you go blind But they sure look pretty.
By CaliSon on 07.24.19 9:20am
Depending on the location and style $1,000,000 is definitely the new starter home. Keep in mind Craftsman homes sell for premiums over other styles. Same goes for Spanish, Tudor, Storybook.
In our east SFV neighborhood, starter homes (slightly larger than this one) are around $750,000 – $800,000.
By BingoWest on 07.24.19 9:25am
I am afraid we are indeed VERY close to $1,000,000 being the new starter home price in any neighborhood that is reasonably desirable.
By lady who lunches on 07.24.19 1:09pm
You can’t always get what you want
But if you try sometimes well you might find
You get what you need
By BingoWest on 07.24.19 3:02pm
Very nice job on the renovation.
For all of the doom and gloom about affordability please note the flipper bought the home 6 months ago for $640k. If a home like this was available not even half a year ago, there are others out there. Yes it needed work but that doesn’t have to be done and paid for as soon as you move in. You can do it over a couple of years and save money in the process.
I detest those "Fire Stick" hedges out front. About 5 years ago people started putting them in like crazy. They looked pretty cool when they were young but quickly grew out of scale to everything else in the yard, because they are not native to our area. Plus like CaliSon says when the gardener (or you) go to trim them the saps stings your skin. People in my neighborhood are taking them out.
An ugly, predatory plant like Creeping Fig, Melaluca and Ficus. They grow quickly which is why flippers like to use them.
By calzada on 07.24.19 10:16am
Good info about the plants in front!
Here’s another plant to avoid (ask me how I know)…Morning Glory. Just don’t.
By BingoWest on 07.24.19 10:29am
Morning Glory is like Wisteria, beautiful, but nearly impossible to control once it takes hold
By mrjim1 on 07.24.19 11:03am
I don’t think a 1K square foot fixer-upper in a nice, but not amazing location that sells for $640K is a strong argument AGAINST the affordability crisis. This is exactly the kind of house that an average family used to be able to buy, but now it costs about 2-3X what the average LA household can afford (and 3-4X as much once fixed up).
By TheMarketSoftener on 07.24.19 11:05am
The location is just right, although the marketing strategy is curious considering this home is technically in Eagle Rock not Highland Park. The LA Times Neighborhood map confirms this. With this location the new homeowner will have the prestige of an Eagle Rock address AND close proximity to the bustling restaurant and shop scene of Highland Park’s York Blvd. Truly the best of both worlds and considering this and the fact that the house itself is lovely the asking price is rather reasonable. The ONLY thing that concerns me is that it appears that the front door is too short and there is a several inch gap between the bottom of the door and the floor. I would worry about drafts, dust, and rodents entering the house.
By lady who lunches on 07.24.19 1:05pm
OMG you’re right about that gap, I wonder what’s going on with that?
By mrjim1 on 07.24.19 2:00pm
Having a teenage son I know enough to worry that a neighborhood trouble maker could even be tempted by the gap under the door to urinate or worse into the house.
By lady who lunches on 07.24.19 2:25pm
Lady, I thought you had better neighbors then that
By mrjim1 on 07.24.19 2:51pm
My neighbors are lovely. It is my son who isn’t always.
By lady who lunches on 07.24.19 5:12pm
Oh… I see
By mrjim1 on 07.24.19 6:00pm
The renovation is amazing. The price they’re now asking for isn’t.
By subaruwrx on 07.24.19 4:04pm
Nice house but $1 mil to live in a tiny house in Highland Park. hard pass
By LAoneWay on 07.24.19 4:44pm
In truth the house is in Eagle Rock. I’m surprised the listing agent is selling this as a Highland Park address when an Eagle Rock address is considered the more desirable of the two.
By lady who lunches on 07.24.19 5:11pm
Yup, it’s Eagle Rock. http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/neighborhood/eagle-rock/?q=1418+Campus+Rd%2C+Los+Angeles%2C+CA+90042%2C+USA&lat=34.1228079&lng=-118.2105148&g=Geocodify
By metro1 on 07.24.19 10:46pm
Listing says the house was restored by "Glass Houses" — anyone have their info? Pretty impossible to search for that on Google.
By DetectiveGittes on 07.24.19 5:00pm