Listed by Kathleen Suit

Days on market: 77

A Sweet Van Nuys Apartment For Your Next Fresh Start Some apartments walk into your life quietly, wearing sensible shoes and carrying a tote bag full of emotional stability. This is one of those apartments. It is not trying to be a lifestyle brand. It is not calling itself “elevated” because someone installed a faucet in 2019. It is simply a bright, clean 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom in Van Nuys with wood-style floors, white walls, a private balcony, and one included parking space, which in Los Angeles is less of an amenity and more of a spiritual protection spell. The living room is bright and open, with sliding glass doors that lead out to your private balcony. Is it the largest balcony in Los Angeles? No. Is it big enough to step outside, breathe dramatically, text someone “I just need space,” and then immediately go back inside? Absolutely. You can drink coffee out there. You can contemplate your life. You can stare into the trees and wonder if the birds are gossiping about you. They are, but don’t stress about it. Inside, the space feels simple in the good way. The floors are warm, the walls are white, and there is enough natural light to convince yourself you are going to become the kind of person who owns fresh basil. Will you? Maybe. Will the basil survive? That is between you, the plant, and the vortex of your kitchen window. You got this. I believe in you. Speaking of the kitchen, it is straightforward and useful, with white cabinetry, a stove, a fridge, and enough storage for actual groceries, aspirational groceries, and the emergency shredded cheese you eat directly from the bag at 10:43 p.m. while standing in socks and Donald Ducking it while lamenting the fact that every show now has 8 episodes instead of 22. Can we give LA our jobs back already?? The bedroom gives you a real room for sleeping, spiraling, recovering, and becoming a person again. It has a window, a closet, and enough space for your bed, your laundry chair, and the version of yourself who swears this is the year you start folding things immediately. The bathroom is clean and updated, with a newer vanity, black fixtures, and a shower/tub combo that says, “Yes, you may rinse off the day, the 405, the emails, the weird interaction you had at Gelson’s, and begin again.” Community laundry is on site, because this is still apartment living and we are all just doing our best with quarters, detergent, and the quiet hope that nobody moves our wet clothes onto a mysterious surface. You also get one parking space included, which means one less nightly ritual of circling the block like a haunted Roomba. Owner pays water and trash. Tenant pays all other utilities. So no, this apartment is not trying to seduce you with marble waterfalls or a bowling alley no one asked for. It is bright, functional, leafy, and just weird enough to feel like maybe the universe left you a little note that says, “Here. Start here.”

Listed by lori mcmacken

Days on market: 930

Quiet Secure small 6 unit building off street parking secure walk through gate security drive through gate laundry onsite Long term tenants upgrades in apt, new ceiling fan, new Wall unit air conditioner, new facet laminate flooring patio