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BUILDINGS/445 COTTAGE HOME ST
/// BUILDING FILE · ROLL 2025

445 COTTAGE HOME ST.

Los Angeles, CA 90012 · APN 5414-018-030

/// WHERE DO WE REACH YOU?

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UNITS

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BUILDING SF

11,204

SF / UNIT

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YEAR BUILT

2022

BEDROOMS

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BATHROOMS

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USE · CODE 0200

DUPLEX

/// ASSESSED VALUE
LAND$329,370
IMPROVEMENTS$2,451,060
TOTAL$2,780,430
LAND BASE YEAR2020
OWNERSHIP TENUREAPPROX. 6 YEARS

PROP 13 ASSESSED VALUES — USUALLY WELL BELOW MARKET ON LONG-HELD BUILDINGS.

/// LAST TRANSFER
RECORDEDNOV 2, 1992

No market sale detected on this parcel since 2021. The last recorded transfer may have been a refinance, trust move, or family transfer that didn't reset the Prop 13 base.

/// RENT CONTROL

LIKELY EXEMPT (NEW CONSTRUCTION)

Built 2022 — buildings under 15 years old are exempt from AB 1482; the state cap applies once the building turns 15.

AB 1482 VS RSO →INFERRED FROM PUBLIC RECORDS — VERIFY WITH LAHD / ZIMAS BEFORE RELYING ON IT.
/// ZIP 90012

Recent sales nearby.

ADDRESSSOLDEST. PRICEEST. $/UNITUNITS
800 NEW DEPOT ST→DEC 2024EST.$1,310,000$327,500UNITS4618 N GRAND AVE→DEC 2024EST.$1,000,000$500,000UNITS2739 NEW DEPOT ST→OCT 2024EST.$1,250,000$416,667UNITS31137 SUNVUE PL→OCT 2024EST.$700,000$175,000UNITS4415 COTTAGE HOME ST→SEP 2024EST.$1,175,000$195,833UNITS6860 N BUNKER HILL AVE→AUG 2024EST.$1,700,000$188,889UNITS9714 W COLLEGE ST→AUG 2024EST.$1,075,000$153,571UNITS7960 YALE ST→AUG 2024EST.$880,000$176,000UNITS5

PRICES ESTIMATED FROM ASSESSOR REASSESSMENT AT SALE (ASSESSED VALUE DEFLATED 2%/YR) — NOT VERIFIED CLOSING PRICES.

/// COMPARE

Buildings like this one.

ON COTTAGE HOME ST · ZIP 90012

414 COTTAGE HOME ST→2 UNITS · BUILT 1907 · DUPLEX415 COTTAGE HOME ST→6 UNITS · BUILT 1966 · 5+ UNITS418 COTTAGE HOME ST→2 UNITS · BUILT 1922 · DUPLEX425 COTTAGE HOME ST→9 UNITS · BUILT 1965 · 5+ UNITS427 COTTAGE HOME ST→6 UNITS · BUILT 1968 · 5+ UNITS429 COTTAGE HOME ST→6 UNITS · BUILT 1968 · 5+ UNITS

SIMILAR SIZE AND ERA IN 90012

602 W PARK ROW ST→2 UNITS · BUILT 2019 · 5,200 SF624 N GRAND AVE→2 UNITS · BUILT 2020 · 2,820 SF709 YALE ST→2 UNITS · BUILT 2007 · 2,022 SF806 SOLANO AVE→2 UNITS · BUILT 2018 · 4,081 SF
EVERY BUILDING IN 90012 →
/// COMMON QUESTIONS · 445 COTTAGE HOME ST

The short answers.

Is 445 Cottage Home St rent controlled?

Built 2022 — buildings under 15 years old are exempt from AB 1482; the state cap applies once the building turns 15. This is an inference from public assessor records, not a determination — confirm the certificate of occupancy date with the LA Housing Department or ZIMAS before you rely on it for pricing or notices.

When was 445 Cottage Home St built?

The assessor roll gives a build year of 2022, which is after the October 1978 RSO cutoff. Age drives more than character here: it sets rent-cap exposure, seismic retrofit obligations, and what a lender will underwrite.

When did 445 Cottage Home St last change hands?

The most recent transfer on the roll was recorded November 1992. Not every recorded transfer is a market sale — refinances, trust transfers, and family conveyances all appear in the same field, and those do not reset the assessed value.

What is 445 Cottage Home St assessed at, and is that what it is worth?

The current assessed value is $2,780,430 ($329,370 land, $2,451,060 improvements). Assessed value is not market value. Under Proposition 13 it resets only on a change of ownership and then climbs about 2% a year, so a long-held building is often assessed far below what it would trade for.

How do I find out what 445 Cottage Home St would sell for today?

Public records give you the frame — units, size, age, assessed value, when it last traded — but pricing needs in-place rents, expenses, and the condition of the units, none of which appear in county data. A broker valuation puts closed comps and a rent survey against the actual rent roll. Shaya Lowenstein does that free for LA multifamily owners, typically within 48 hours, with no obligation to list.

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