Vintage Beauty with Skylights in Uptown: 703 W. Buena

We love skylights and this third floor vintage unit at 703 W. Buena in Uptown apparently has some (but no pictures of them with the listing).

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The 10-unit building was built in 1921.

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Stacey Grossman at Coldwell Banker has the listing.  See more pictures and a virtual tour here.

Unit #3C: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1800 square feet

  • Sold for $370,000 in March 2004
  • Currently listed for $449,999 (transferrable rental parking 1/2 block away)
  • Assessments of $500 a month
  • Taxes of $4,481
  • Fireplace
  • Space pac cooling system

11 Responses to “Vintage Beauty with Skylights in Uptown: 703 W. Buena”

  1. I love it. It’s beautiful, and it’s in great condition, on a lovely street. Buena Park is generally a nice little area.

    But that doesn’t make it worth the ask. It’s worth the 2003 price less about 10%, at the most.

    Buyers will be wise to sit through this wave of mortgage resets, unless they find a place they really love that is priced in keeping with fundamentals like area rents for comparables, and incomes.

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  2. “Buena Park is generally a nice little area.”

    Its an island in a sea of crap… sorry, but the east part of uptown is so hit or miss, from block to block.

    What was the 2003 price? At $250/sqft, it is not all that out of line. If you planned to live there for five years, you will make money on this one.

    I have to ask though, what is with the Trough sink in the bathroom. I guess you don’t need counter space in there…

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  3. Sorry, I take back my first comment about the price, I didn’t notice that it is still radiator heat and no CA!

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  4. It doesn’t even have it’s own outdoor space. Love the place but I wouldn’t pay nearly that much and have to share a deck with my neighbors.

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  5. that might not be a sink. could be a urinal.

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  6. Looks like something you pee in at old Solider Field.

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  7. I’ve always wanted a bathroom with a urinal….but not quite one like that.

    Also what are those assessments for? They seem awfully high..

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  8. That’s a sink, and the designers are showing them now, for some strange reason. It’s probably part of the intermittent fad for industrial-looking “brutalist” stuff, like concrete ceilings and open bathrooms and ladders to sleeping lofts.

    My first act upon taking possession would be to replace that thing. Nobody needs a 3′ sink in the bathroom, but they do need counter space.

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  9. David (the first one) on August 26th, 2008 at 2:09 pm

    The assessments seem reasonable for a building of this vintage with this number of units. These old buildings are expensive to maintain and are prone to occasional very expensive projects (structural, foundation, roofing, plumbing, etc.), so a wise association keeps assessments high to cushion any blows and avoid most special assessments. Presumably the assessments also include heat, which is quite pricy for old units like this with high ceilings and little-to-no insulation.

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  10. space pac is central air.

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  11. Sold for $387 in January 09

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