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Downsizing Into a Condo in Franklin Hills
Less upkeep, one plan: the sale of your house and the purchase of your condo, sequenced together.
What does downsizing into a Franklin Hills condo mean?
Downsizing into a condo in Franklin Hills lets you trade a house for less upkeep without leaving the eastern hill. You keep the Shakespeare Bridge, the streets you know and Hyperion Avenue at the bottom of the hill. What changes is the lot. A condo association looks after the shared parts of the building, and you pay a monthly fee for that work.
The trade-off here is choice. The hill has four condo buildings with 26 units in total. So a Franklin Hills downsize is often timed around one building, and sometimes one unit. We plan your house sale around that reality, so you are ready when the right unit lists.
Which Franklin Hills units give you room?
Downsizing does not have to mean tiny. The county's records show some of the roomiest condos in Los Feliz on this hill.
- 4166 and 4168 Franklin Avenue. Two units of 2,107 square feet each, built in 1991. An association of two owners runs a lot like a partnership, so its documents deserve a close read.
- 4003 Sunset Drive. 9 units from 1,397 to 1,567 square feet, built in 1992.
- 4353 Clayton Avenue. 4 units of 1,190 square feet, built in 1990, at the western edge of the neighborhood.
- Lofts on Hyperion, 2241 Hyperion Avenue. 11 units from 810 to 1,100 square feet, built in 2019.
The small-lot homes on Bates Avenue, built in 2017, run from 1,728 to 1,864 square feet. They sit on their own lots, so they are a middle step between a house and a condo. Stairs, elevators and parking differ at every address, and we confirm each one in person before you commit.
How does Rooster Homes™ run both sides of your move?
Rooster Homes™ is a Los Feliz, Los Angeles real estate brokerage owned by Brandon and Sarah Arlington (DRE #02051216). One team handles your sale and your purchase, so both share one calendar.
Your house. The work starts the day you sign. Escrow and disclosures start moving within hours, and our in-house Matterport tour is part of the listing from day one. You get a real, specific update after every showing and open house. We call this the Rooster Update Standard. If your house is on this hill, the photos and the tour are planned around the view and the slope.
Your condo. Sarah's consultation turns what you want from a smaller home into a short list. We read the budget, the reserves and the rules with you before you offer. The Educated pillar of our buying method covers that reading.
Which order fits a Franklin Hills downsize?
With so few condos here, the order of your move matters more than usual.
- Buy first when the right unit appears. If a unit in your preferred building lists, you can act without waiting on your sale. This usually means carrying both homes for a while or using a loan built for the gap. Your lender confirms what is possible.
- Sell first and rent back. You know your proceeds, and you can ask your buyer for a rent-back while you wait for a unit. A rent-back is a negotiated term, written into the contract.
- Offer with a sale contingency. Some sellers accept it. In a two- or four-unit building, the seller may be a neighbor who wants certainty, so we tell you how the contingency will read before you write it.
Ask your CPA early whether a California property tax base transfer could apply to your move. Many buildings also require a move-in reservation or fee, and we ask for those rules early. This is not legal, tax or lending advice.
Where do you start?
Read downsizing into a condo in Los Feliz for the full plan, and how we sell a Los Feliz home for the sale side. The Franklin Hills neighborhood page covers the hill, and the building guides show the details we gather for each building.
When you are ready to map out your move, send us a note or call (323) 201-2724. Let us know what works best for you, and we will coordinate our schedule around yours.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the largest condos in Franklin Hills?
The two units at 4166 and 4168 Franklin Avenue, at 2,107 square feet each according to the county's records. The nine units at 4003 Sunset Drive run from 1,397 to 1,567 square feet.
Can I sell my Franklin Hills house and stay on the hill?
Yes, when a unit comes up. The hill has 26 condo units and four small-lot homes, so we plan your sale with room to wait, often with a rent-back, and watch those buildings for you.
Do Franklin Hills condos have elevators?
It varies by building, and we confirm it in person for each one. We check the path from parking to the front door before you make an offer.
Franklin Hills
What downsizing looks like in Franklin Hills
The eastern hill of Los Feliz around the Shakespeare Bridge, with a handful of small condo buildings from 1990 to 2019 and small-lot homes on Bates Avenue.
Franklin Hills is the eastern hill of Los Feliz, between Franklin Avenue and Fountain Avenue, running east to Hyperion Avenue. Most homes here are single-family, and its condos are a small group of newer buildings on Hyperion Avenue, Sunset Drive, Franklin Avenue and Clayton Avenue.
- The homes
- 4 small condo buildings from 1990 to 2019, including Lofts on Hyperion (2019), plus a group of small-lot homes on Bates Avenue (2017). Most of the neighborhood is single-family (LA County Assessor parcel records, 2026-09-23).
- Nearby
- Speranza and Hyperion Public restaurants. Silver Lake begins across Hyperion Avenue, the eastern edge of the neighborhood.
- The trade-off
- The homes sit on a hill above a 35-foot ravine, so views come with slopes. No HPOZ or historic district covers the area, so landmark protection sits on individual monuments.
The method
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