Selling a Luxury Home in Los Feliz Knolls

Its place in the City's record. The City's SurveyLA Hollywood survey names homes here by address and architect. Lloyd Wright at 3202 and 3209 Lowry Road from 1925 and 1926. Raphael Soriano at 2190 Talmadge Street from 1939. Milton J. Black's Streamline Moderne at 4241 Newdale Drive from 1935. Max Maltzman's Spanish Colonial Revival at 3344 Rowena Avenue from 1934. J.R. Davidson's Mid-Century Modern at 3214 Waverly Drive from 1950. If your home is one of them, the listing says so and links the record. If it is not, the survey still tells buyers the era of the street around it, from 1908 through 1950.

Its landmarks. The Sam and Jane Taylor House at 3235 to 3247 Waverly Drive is Historic-Cultural Monument No. 1216, designated in 2020. The Los Feliz Improvement Association dates it to 1947 with a J.R. Davidson design and grounds by Garrett Eckbo. On the south edge, the Shakespeare Bridge is Monument No. 126. The Eastsider puts its construction at 1926 with a 262-foot span over a 35-foot ravine between Myra Avenue and St. George Street. A buyer touring from another city learns the neighborhood through these, so the listing story places your home relative to them.

Its lot. Parts of the neighborhood are hillside and parts sit on flatter ground. On Waverly Drive the LFIA describes a view over Griffith Park and the Verdugo Hills toward Glendale and the Los Angeles River. A view like that has to be photographed at the right hour and shown in the 3D tour from the room that has it. On a sloped lot near the boulevard, the approach up the driveway is part of the story too.

Its street name. Much of the east side sits on the Ivanhoe tract, which L.A. Street Names dates to 1887 with streets drawn from Sir Walter Scott. Rowena, Waverly, Ettrick and St. George carry his names. It is one detail a listing on those streets can tell plainly and a buyer will remember.

1. Pull the record. Check your address in the City's SurveyLA and on the Historic-Cultural Monument list. Ask us to do it if you have not.
2. Find the paper. Permits, plans and receipts for work done on a house built between 1908 and 1950. Buyers of a home this age ask for it.
3. Read your title report early. It names your tract, Ivanhoe or a later numbered one, and any recorded restrictions.
4. Choose the launch path. Full launch, Coming Soon or an exempted listing. Each has rules under The MLS and we walk through them before photos.
5. Run the transfer tax math if the value range is near the line. Los Feliz is inside the City of Los Angeles. According to the Office of Finance, Measure ULA applies to sales over $5,400,000 closing after June 30, 2026 and is charged on the whole value. Our post on pricing near the Measure ULA line works the figures.
6. Prepare in order, then shoot. Repairs first, then photography and the in-house Matterport tour. A Waverly view is shot at the hour it is best.
7. Plan for the updates. Decide how you want to receive them, by text or email or a call, and expect one after every showing.

This page explains how the process works. It is not tax or legal advice. For your own situation, talk with your CPA or attorney as well.