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Contact Stacey Babbitt at (310) 804 6027
JUST REDUCED! $1,399,000. This 2-unit house with great backyard plus detached rec room/ office is located in Los Angeles' coveted Hancock Park duplex section between La Brea and Highland avenues, north of third street. Han.cock Park is south of Hollywood, east of West Hollywood. Lower unit is rented for $2835. per mo., which includes utilities, so the net is about $2700 per mo The upper unit is vacant.
The street, South Orange Drive, is filled with well-kept older homes, large trees and old-style street lamps. In my opinion, it's one of the nicest-looking streets in the area. The house itself, from 1925, was remodeled and enlarged to approx 3900 total sq ft in 1960 in a classic/modern style with French Mansard Roof, elegant and ornate wrought iron entry door and 2-story curving stairway in the entry hall. The layout of both units are almost identical with 2 baths and 2 large bedrooms. However, both units use the dining rooms as perfect 3rd bedrooms because there are ample dining areas in the eat-in kitchens. Because several people have asked how the units might be renovated to contain third bedrooms, in the final floorplan below I have provided a suggestion of this.
Both units have original hardwood oak floors, carved marble working fireplaces, huge master bedrooms, marble and travertine floors and counters in the bathrooms and granite and soapstone counters in the kitchens. There is a two-car garage in back with plenty of huge storage cabinets. Next to it is a laundry room with more huge storage cabinets. Next to that is a back house/office/studio/rec room with kitchenette, attractive modern bathroom and skylight, that overlooks the garden. This space, which is essentially a one-room plus bathroom space is not legally permitted for regular occupancy or to be rented out, though many times people do just that. An application can be made to change the zoning though there are no guarantees about approval. It would make a fantastic office or studio for a writer or artist to be apart from the main house yet still close.
Oh yes, the back yard garden! There is a large ornate Italian-style water fountain, a broken-tiled seating bench area and a large tiled patio that extends from the back of the main house. The lawn/garden area--with long trellis with wisteria and a peach tree that yields over 200 delicious peaches--is a great place for kids & entertaining.
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