Over the weekend, Heyday, a local developer that specializes in small lot projects, held an open house for Dick + Jane, its newest Echo Park development. Is this a new look for the bungalow, Craftsman, and stucco-heavy neighborhood? Yes, it is. The two single family homes, located on Echo Park Avenue near Echo Park Lake, each measure 1,600 square feet (three bedroom, two baths) and are priced at $679,000. Designed by Kevin Wronske (one half of Heyday), the homes squeeze a lot of outside space on the shared lot: Outdoor decks, small patios, possible garden in the back. Other perks include numerous skylights, bamboo flooring in the kitchen, and built-in audio systems. There's also an interesting-looking "architectural staircase" (that will, uh, need a second railing to pass inspection). Eastsider has long been following the project and has an interview with the team on the design, as well as an explanation on why the exterior of the home changed (at one point, the upper part of the home had a street-facing floor to ceiling glass wall). Heyday's last project, Rock Row in Eagle Rock, quickly sold out.
· 1124 ECHO PARK Avenue [Redfin]
· Heyday-Dick + Jane [Official Site]
Wow nice and reasonably priced anyone knows how much is the association fee?
That garage is fucking tacky. You'd think by now this McMansion suburban trait of having your fucking garage take up your entire street frontage would be passe.
Heyday does awesome stuff.
@guest #2: the city requires two covered parking spaces - where else would they put the garage?
@guest #4:
Isn't this a teardown? I'd understand if grandfathered in (though I doubt that's the case in an old neighborhood), but not if it's entirely new. They can always put the garage in the back like many homes in this neighborhood do.
silly name. as for the price? good luck with that.
Interior stairwell looks good.
@guest #2: Complaining about an garage in LA, is like complaining that LA has to many freeways..lol this is the car capitol of the world..if you don't like garages move to nyc.
i think its cool.
@guest #6: I agree with you, the price is a little high for that area. 579K maybe
A lot of older buildings in the area have garages in front like this. Their location isn't tacky, but the doors are.
@guest #5: "They can always put the garage in the back like many homes in this neighborhood do." If you look closer you'll see it's an upslope lot.
@guest #5: this was built on an empty lot , so they are new, not tear down. second, it is on a hill. so a garage in back wouldn't really work. a lot of the older homes along that area of echo park , where i live, have the garages in front. most areas with hills have the garages in front with steps that go up to the main house . i'm thinking the terrace on top of the garage with the view of the lake is one of the selling points of the house.
I visited the Sunday open house - there is no back street access for a garage. I have to say that this is very well designed. Feels a lot bigger than the listed footage and the patios are well conceived and very usable. Great light, loved the split level main floor. I have no idea about the price as I haven't priced Echo Park lately but I suspect these will draw a of interest.
@CJG53: Seriously. There's no choice on this type of lot where the garage will be.
someday those garages will make great studios or galleries, till then let the cars have there space
@Chris Loos: The sentence in quotation marks was from Guest #5. I was pointing out to them that that there *couldn't* be a garage in back because it was an upslope lot.
It really fits in with the neighborhood!
Not sure how I would feel about having a siamese twin
Is that wall shared ?
So, the architect never visted the neighborhood before he designed the house?
Hey!,...Come on in! Rip me blind while I'm at work!
If this was built under the small lot ordinance, there will be no shared walls. They usually close up the space between the homes.
Very pricey for that location, especially considering they are draining the lake soon and it's going to be construction, dirt, and concrete all around the place for the next couple years.
I think they might get that price. This is the more urban feeling part of Echo Park but some people will like the convenience of being close to the freeways.
great project -- they will sell right away....
Looks like projects that Metropolitan Design Group was doing for years in Houston. Just sayin'.
How are they able to offer new construction at only $679,000 per unit? My architect/contractor is telling me baseline construction costs in LA these days is $500 per s.f. That would bring this in at $800,000 per unit cost.
@guest #27:
Baseline construction costs in LA is more like in the $200 - $250 per s.f. range. $500 per s.f. is pretty high end. For example, I'm doing a fairly complex, custom home in Venice Beach with middle to upper-middle end finishes and fixtures and the construction costs is coming in at around $390 per s.f. ($900k/2300s.f.). I also have another project in nearby Mar Vista that is much less complex and cheaper finishes and fixtures and it is coming in at around $160 per s.f. ($350k/2200 s.f.).
@guest #27: Your architect/contractor is ripping you off.
1600 sq ft in echo park that is move in ready seems sellable to me - you don't need to find 50 buyers that will pay that - just one for each unit.
Better sell those f-ckers fast-
since in a few months they're gonna start draining the lake, ripping up the park...
I'm amazed at the unfamiliarity with the comments! First, garages up-front on a sloped lot is pretty common in LA. Walk around Echo Park, Silver Lake, Highland Park, Mt. Washington, etc., they're all over the place. Second, there are a number of early modern and mid-century modern houses sprinkled around the otherwise early 1900s neighborhood, so as far as most Echo Park folks are considered, these fit in well; the massing and site planning are spot on with how duplexes were historically executed around here. Most duplexes (or Small Lot Subs today) are "siamese twins" There is no shortage of cute side-by-side duplexes in the area and this is a play on that theme. I think the prices are a little high, but I think some yupsters with real jobs will make it happen.
@guest #27: You can build for $200/ft in LA if the site isn't crazy steep.
fuck crubed, seriously. MAKE THE COMMENTS SURVIVE THE REFRESH!!! im fucking sick and tired of going to click post and losing my comments. this is bullshit. its not hard. do you want me to get the code and email it to you assholes?
This is interesting information about the square footage cost to build. Thank you #28, #29, and Mark_D.
My architect told me that doing design build with him as the contractor would be more efficient and thus would save me money....not cost me more.
$500 psf will build you a concrete and steel, mid rise structure.
tract homes will run around $125-150 for crap. $200 is about right for your every day home
of course, land is an issue, cause it can greatly add to the costs of construction. and the finishes have a huge factor as well. if you want to use a ton of $150/sf granite, obviously youre going to be spending more money.
your contractor is either full of it or you are not factoring in all the things you are trying to accomplish and thinking it is easier/cheaper than it is.
these are really sweet pads. i like what they did here. way more interesting and nicer than the rest of the neighborhood. im interested to see what they do with the second handrail. its really hard to come up with something that wont look like shit with how well done it is now.
The exterior looks weird next to the other houses on the street.
@guest #2: Actually the trait of having the garage on street level and the house above up the hill... is very classic to the Silver Lake/Echo Park area.
That stairway is a disaster waiting to happen.
I was one of their first tenants on their first (or one of their first) projects which was also in Echo Park and close to the Echo Park Library. I can say it was good times and good memories living in a heyday space. The the space was light-filled and huge-seeming compared to the factual square footage. The property was built on a steep hill and our carport was at the very top of the hill. We also had a shared rooftop deck (!!) Every inch of space was creatively and practically used and as experience and an increase in funds come, their properties only get more creative, with better construction, higher qulaity materials. I knew I would see more of them in the years to come. And...also this. Believe it or not, i swear to you, their construction and design was not invasive to the area. It was innovative yes, but not invasive. We integrated with the area and our neighbors and the resources around it - the pool, the library, the schools, the small mom and pop businesses, what few were around - and this is key to the idea of neighborhood "revitalization" - not "lets move in, build a Pallazzo Vegas looking apartment complex" and shield oursleves from the neighbors.
Very nice.
My only "complaint" is that the upper part of the garage wall, which I guess serves as the terrace wall makes the front of the house look kind of foreboding. Something could have been done with that upper 4 feet to make the house look more approachable - while still providing privacy.
I was one of their first tenants on their first (or one of their first) projects which was also in Echo Park and close to the Echo Park Library. I can say it was good times and good memories living in a heyday space. The the space was light-filled and huge-seeming compared to the factual square footage. The property was built on a steep hill and our carport was at the very top of the hill. We also had a shared rooftop deck (!!) Every inch of space was creatively and practically used and as experience and an increase in funds come, their properties only get more creative, with better construction, higher qulaity materials. I knew I would see more of them in the years to come. And...also this. Believe it or not, i swear to you, their construction and design was not invasive to the area. It was innovative yes, but not invasive. We integrated with the area and our neighbors and the resources around it - the pool, the library, the schools, the small mom and pop businesses, what few were around - and this is key to the idea of neighborhood "revitalization" - not "lets move in, build a Pallazzo Vegas looking apartment complex" and shield oursleves from the neighbors.
@Semprini - lol yeah when I moved in I was a bright eyed new college grad hipster with lean pockets. Now I'm a yupster transplanted to South Pas. But I'm banking on one day having enuf cash-money to snag a HeyDay property. =)
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@Hugo:
You find the house is intimidating?
....... Seriously?
@Joshua: @Joshua: Curbed needs to be fucked barebacked.
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@Joshua: Agreed wholeheartedly.
Agree. And it's the only nice feature, too.
How'd they get away with not having a guard and railing on the near side of the the stair?
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