The call of Mount Washington

REAL ESTATE • Sold

Mount Washington is one of those “I wish I’d bought there 10 years ago” neighborhoods. Even so, real estate in the hilly hood remains relatively affordable compared to its neighbors to the west, Los Feliz and Silver Lake. Last year, only one property sale in the neighborhood hit the $3 million mark, a mid-century modern house designed by a Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice. 

Several other homes that found buyers in the back half of last year paint a picture of the upper end of the Mount Washington market right now — residences which could indeed look like bargains, say, 10 years from now.

→ 3940 San Rafael Ave. (Mount Washington) • 2BR/2BA, 1082 SF • Richard Neutra-designed modernist gem • Listed: 10/20/23, sold: 12/12/23 • Sold price: $1.975M • Listing broker: Tracy Do, Coldwell Banker. 

→ 646 Dimmick Dr. (Mount Washington, above) • 3BR/3BA, 2015 SF • Modernist house with two-car garage and elevator • Listed: 6/16/23, sold: 8/11/23 • Sold price: $2.015M • Listing broker: René Wiebensohn, The Agency.

→ 3734 San Rafael Ave. (Mount Washington) • 4BR/3BA, 2689 SF • Sited atop Mount Washington, recently redone • Listed: 10/16/23, closed 11/22/23 • Sold price: $2.75M • Listing broker: Alyssa Valentine, Compass.