Living in Los Angeles: What would I do for a living (room)?

Everyday I receive a newsletter in my mailbox from this website: Curbed LA. It's a blog about the Los Angeles neighborhoods and real estate. Sometimes it's not interesting, but last Wednesday, a small article struck me: it was about a new 5-unit project developped on San Vicente Boulevard in West Hollywood. The pictures looked nice so I decided to go see it by myself.

Three weeks ago, my friend Efren and I had already gone to visit new condos on Santa Monica Boulevard (901 Hancock Avenue, WeHo), but it turned out they were not that great and rather overpriced. Yes there was a common swimming pool, yes there was a nice fountain, but that was it! Who would pay nearly $1 million to get a 1,000 sqft (around 100 m2) and have a carwash by the window, one of the busiest/noisiest street in front of the unit, a view of the A/C units on the top of the next building, a giant commercial for Aussiebum right accross the street (ok the ad was nice to look at, but what if they change it for an ad about an hemorrhoid ointment?) and on top of that would have to pay monthly charges of $600 for a 3,5 feet-deep pool (1m)?

Not me!

But the project I visited with Efren yesterday, The Vue, was quite more interesting. Located at the 912 on San Vicente Boulevard in West Hollywood, this 5-unit development features a much better view (at least from the living areas), is much less noisy (you actually can open the window and rest on the balcony), is bigger (around 1,800 sqft or 170m2) and is hardly more expensive: $1.2 million... The only flaw I can see now is the fact that it's a totally vertical unit: 5 floors, only stairs! You don't wanna break your leg while living there...

2 bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor, a master bedroom including a private bathroom on the 2nd floor, kitchen, living room and mezzanine on the 3rd and 4th floors and a private rooftop deck on the 5th floor, waiting for the jacuzzi! Better to take a look at the pictures: