A 1906 Pico-Union duplex closed at $737,000
1344 S Berendo St in Pico-Union closed on January 18, 2024 at $737,000. That is about $368,500 a unit. It is a 1906 duplex on RD1.5 land, which puts it under the city rent control law.
| Address | 1344 S Berendo St, Los Angeles, CA 90006 |
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| Units | 2 |
| Building size | 1,632 sq ft |
| Built | 1906 |
| Closed at | $737,000 |
| Closed on | January 18, 2024 |
The county file for this parcel is on its building page.
Room for more under state law.
California requires cities to allow accessory units on a lot with an existing multifamily building. Inside the building, that is at least one unit and up to a quarter of the existing count, made from space nobody lives in. Detached, it is up to eight new units, but never more than the number of units already on the lot. For a duplex, that can mean two more rentable homes without a zone change.
What the city and county records say.
The city zoning layer puts the lot in RD1.5. The county roll lists two units, built in 1906. The Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance reaches rental units built on or before October 1, 1978, so the building falls under it.
Closed by Shaya Lowenstein, CA DRE #01942326. The address, size and closing figures are from the closed-sales record on this site and can be checked against the Los Angeles County recorder.
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