3 bedroom 1 bath apartment. Santa Monica. Walking distance to the beach. Split by 3 roommates. Cost in 2022? (Los Angeles: sales, luxury)

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

No popular television show from the 70s would have the members of its star cast living in an uninsulated guest house.

How would viewers know it was uninsulated? Uninsulated homes aren't uncommon on the W Coast.

[CA4Now]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rS7in7OdWQ

"For several years all my set location stalker friends and I wanted to do was go and knock on the door of the building where Jack Tripper (John Ritter), Chrissy Snow (Suzanne Somers), and Janet Wood (Joyce DeWitt) lived together....Shockingly, the building is not an apartment complex in real life but a single-family home that was built in 1928."

https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/...ment-building/

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

How would viewers know it was uninsulated? Uninsulated homes aren't uncommon on the W Coast.

They wouldn't. But that guest house/cottage just doesn't seem to fit for that type of TV show in the late 1970s, especially with the landlord being ever present in the sitcom.

[70s 80s LA]

Just to think that Larry was covering the $300 monthly rent on his own all by himself.

Today he would be paying $2500 minimum but probably closer to $3000.

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

They wouldn't. But that guest house/cottage just doesn't seem to fit for that type of TV show in the late 1970s, especially with the landlord being ever present in the sitcom.

The discussion digressed into s sub-topic, as to whether a two-br. unit of any sort (apt. or SFH) would be affordable today on a budget comparable to the budget the 3 characters in the show had. So I wasn't aiming to find something that would work as a show set, but was only looking to see if any SFH's could be found that would fit the budget.

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

"For several years all my set location stalker friends and I wanted to do was go and knock on the door of the building where Jack Tripper (John Ritter), Chrissy Snow (Suzanne Somers), and Janet Wood (Joyce DeWitt) lived together....Shockingly, the building is not an apartment complex in real life but a single-family home that was built in 1928."

https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/...ment-building/

I'm not surprised the building turned out to be a single family home. I always thought that's what it was. It didn't look apartment-y to me. Maybe I'd noticed the shot of the building's exterior during the opening credits, so that set the stage for me, for a show in a SFH rental.

Who said it was an apartment, anyway? Why would they show it as a house in the opening credits, but then make it out to be an apartment as the show progressed?

[Ruth4Truth]

And btw, the thread's title describes it as a 3-br. apt., but the unit was only a 2-br. They wouldn't have been able to afford a 3-br. back then.

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

Who said it was an apartment, anyway?

Well, the title of the thread is: "3 bedroom 1 bath apartment. Santa Monica. Walking distance to the beach...."

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

Why would they show it as a house in the opening credits, but then make it out to be an apartment as the show progressed?

Maybe the OP hadn't seen the opening credits of the show. Half the people on this forum probably weren't even born when the show first came out. And it's not uncommon to use shots of random buildings on TV shows.

[ccm123]

In the late ‘80’s, I rented a 2BD/2BA apartment in Redondo Beach (zip 90277, near PCH & Ave D) for $1100 a month and shared it with my roommate. It was 2-3 blocks from the ocean. I thought that was reasonable back then, as each of us paid $550 a month for rent.

[DontH8Me]

Originally Posted by 70s 80s LA

Just to think that Larry was covering the $300 monthly rent on his own all by himself.

Today he would be paying $2500 minimum but probably closer to $3000.

Those zany hirsute mediterranean single used car salesmen - they make tons of money.