About the Building
Alta Loma Towers is a three-storey building of 1981 at 1140 Alta Loma Road, and the Los Angeles County Assessor confirms it as a genuine for-sale condominium rather than a rental block held on one deed. Thirteen separately assessed homes run across assessor parcel numbers 5555005144 through 5555005156, each carrying the legal description Tract 35043, Condominium, followed by a unit number from one to thirteen. The homes are addressed 101 to 106, 201 to 204 and 301 to 303, which gives six, four and three homes on three descending levels.
That count is a correction to the discovery data, which recorded twelve homes, as does the condominium directory it drew on. The county's parcel series runs unbroken from 5555005144 to 5555005156 and the legal descriptions run unbroken from unit one to unit thirteen. Thirteen is the number. The difference matters more here than it would in a large building, because in a thirteen-home association each owner carries roughly seven and a half per cent of every cost, and a count that is wrong by one shifts every per-home calculation you might make from the association's budget.
The county's use coding carries an oddity worth flagging rather than glossing. The homes are coded 010E, the classification for a condominium created by conversion, but the roll gives both a year built and an effective year of 1981 with no earlier date behind them. Tract 35043 is a condominium map of an earlier vintage than the building it now describes. Both facts can sit in the record without contradiction if the map was recorded before or during construction and the coding was applied afterwards, but the recorded map and the preliminary title report are the only documents that resolve it.
The homes are large and they vary. The county records unit one, addressed 101, at 1,275 square feet with two bedrooms and two bathrooms and a quality class of D105B, and unit thirteen, addressed 303, at 1,969 square feet with two bedrooms and three bathrooms and a quality class of D11D. Nearly seven hundred square feet and a full quality grade separate the first home in the series from the last. A condominium directory publishes a range of 995 to 1,977 square feet and describes one, two and three-bedroom plans, which brackets the sampled figures closely.
On seismic exposure the position is straightforward, and it is the cleanest in this group after 1275 North Harper's completed retrofit. West Hollywood's Ordinance 17-1004, effective 1 April 2018, reaches wood-frame buildings with soft, weak or open-front walls only where the construction permit was applied for before 1 January 1978. A building recorded as built in 1981 falls outside that threshold by date. 1140 Alta Loma Road does not appear on the city's published register under any programme. That is a code position rather than a performance guarantee, but it is unambiguous.
Amenities & Services
The Residences
The county addresses the building 101 to 106, 201 to 204 and 301 to 303: six homes on the lowest residential level, four above and three at the top. A section that narrows as it rises is characteristic of a hillside site, and on a lot of 11,507 square feet it means the upper homes are both larger and fewer. It also means the three homes on the top level are effectively unique within the association, with no true comparable inside the building. Expect appraisals on those to reach outside it entirely.
A condominium directory publishes the building's range as 995 to 1,977 square feet, and the county's sampled records sit close to both ends: unit one at 1,275 square feet and unit thirteen at 1,969 square feet. These are large homes by West Hollywood standards, and in a thirteen-home building that means the association is small in number but not small in floor area. The practical consequence is that per-home assessments are set against substantial homes, which usually keeps the dollar figure per square foot reasonable. It also means that when a home does trade here, the price is unlikely to be tested against anything closely comparable within the building itself.
The county records unit one at quality class D105B and unit thirteen at D11D. Against the D65A of the 1963 building on Flores, the D75B and D75C of the 1953 and 1970 to 1973 buildings, and the D8B of the 1974 mid-rise on Horn, these are materially higher grades. The assessor's quality class is a construction and finish measure, not a market opinion, and the gap here is consistent with an early-eighties building specified above the standard of the walk-ups around it. None of that guarantees how a specific home presents today, since forty-five years of individual ownership will have taken thirteen homes in thirteen directions.
Unit thirteen is recorded at 1,969 square feet with two bedrooms and three bathrooms. Three bathrooms against two bedrooms in a home of that size normally indicates two suites plus a powder room, and often a plan with a separate study or media space that is not counted as a bedroom. A condominium directory describes one, two and three-bedroom plans across the building. Establish what a specific home's rooms actually are rather than relying on the bedroom count, because the count understates the plan here. The county's bedroom and bathroom counts are drawn from the assessment record rather than from a floor plan, so they should be read as a starting point.
A condominium directory describes high ceilings, fireplaces, wet bars and outdoor areas across the building, with individual homes carrying hardwood floors, stone surfaces, recessed lighting and updated bathrooms. Those are early-eighties specification markers, and the wet bar in particular dates the building precisely. In a thirteen-home association there is no standard finish and condition drives value as much as area does. Establish whether an outdoor area is exclusive-use common area, which is the usual arrangement, and who maintains it. A wet bar in particular is a feature that dates a home precisely and that many buyers now remove, so its presence tells you whether a home has been substantially reworked since it was built.
No homes were visible on the market at this address in August 2026, and a condominium directory listing the building showed comparable stock nearby between roughly $649,000 and $1,599,900 instead. With thirteen homes, a normal turnover rate produces perhaps one sale a year. That means very limited comparable evidence inside the building, appraisals that reach into neighbouring associations, and a real premium on being ready to move when something does open up. For a buyer that argues for registering interest with the association's owners directly and for being prepared to transact without the comfort of recent in-building evidence. It is also why off-market approaches work better here than they do in a hundred-home building where listings appear every month.
Due Diligence
Thirteen separately assessed parcels sit on Tract 35043, running from 5555005144 to 5555005156 without a gap, each describing a condominium unit from one to thirteen. Homes are bought and sold individually and the building is governed by an association rather than a landlord. It is neither a co-operative nor a single-parcel rental. The county codes the homes 010E, its classification for a condominium created by conversion, which sits oddly against a 1981 build date and is worth checking on title.
A condominium directory gives twelve homes for this building, and the discovery data followed it. The county's parcel series is unbroken from 5555005144 to 5555005156 and the legal descriptions run from unit one to unit thirteen without a gap. Thirteen is the number. In an association this small the difference is not academic: each home carries roughly seven and a half per cent of every shared cost, so a count that is out by one distorts every per-home figure you calculate.
West Hollywood's Ordinance 17-1004, effective 1 April 2018, reaches wood-frame buildings with soft, weak or open-front walls only where the construction permit was applied for before 1 January 1978. A building the roll records as built in 1981 sits outside that threshold by date, and 1140 Alta Loma Road does not appear on the city's published register under any programme. That is the cleanest position available short of a completed retrofit. It remains a code statement rather than a performance guarantee.
Thirteen homes is small enough that every capital item lands hard. A two hundred thousand dollar project is roughly fifteen thousand dollars a home. Against that, a 1981 building has a shorter deferred-maintenance list than the 1950s and 1960s buildings nearby and no mandatory retrofit hanging over it. Read the reserve study, the minutes and the assessment history, and pay particular attention to the roof, the parking structure and any waterproofing over occupied space.
A condominium directory lists a pool and a sauna among the building's amenities. The county's design coding for the homes sampled carries central refrigeration and heat but no pool code, where the county does record a pool for the Bristol, Holloway Terrace and Horn Plaza. That is a direct conflict between an aggregator and the roll. It may reflect a pool that is not separately assessed, or an error on the listing page. Establish what common facilities actually exist before you rely on any of them.
West Hollywood's Ordinance 24-05, adopted 15 July 2024 and effective 1 January 2025, requires a minimum initial lease term of one year for individually owned condominiums, replacing the previous thirty-one day minimum. California Civil Code section 4741 separately prevents an association capping rentals below twenty-five per cent of units, which in a thirteen-home building is between three and four homes, while permitting a ban on tenancies of thirty days or less. Ask for the adopted rule.
No assessment schedule is published by the association and none appears in the public record. A condominium directory states that residents pay their own electricity, cable and internet, which implies those sit outside the assessment. On thirteen large homes, the assessment has to carry insurance, common-area maintenance and reserves against a small contributor base, so the dollar figure is often higher than the building's modest facilities would suggest. Read the budget alongside the reserve study.
California Civil Code section 5550 requires a reserve study with a visual inspection at least every three years, reviewed by the board annually. On a 1981 building of three levels the schedule is dominated by roofing, exterior finishes and sealants, any deck or terrace waterproofing, the parking level and mechanical plant. With no mandatory retrofit and a comparatively young structure, a well-run association of this size should be able to show a genuinely funded position. Confirm the percentage funded rather than the balance.
Everything above is drawn from public records, city permit data and published sources. The association’s statutory disclosure package is the only authoritative answer on dues, rules, reserves, insurance and litigation — Ben will request it and read it with you before you remove contingencies.
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