23 Mission Plaza Drive, Ventura, Residential

Priced to renovate to your taste, this 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath townhouse-style condo offers 1,130 square feet in the gated Mission Plaza community, in the heart of historic downtown Ventura. Offered in its original 1979 condition with sound bones and a layout that works, it gives the next owner the chance to update the flooring, kitchen, and baths to their own vision while owning one of the most walkable addresses in the city for less. The two bedrooms sit upstairs, each with its own full bathroom, with a convenient half bath on the main level. Rare for a downtown condo, the home includes three private outdoor spaces: a front patio, a back patio, and a spacious balcony with updated railing off the upstairs primary bedroom. It also comes with a private two-car attached garage, one of the hardest things to find in downtown Ventura, so you park at home and keep both vehicles off the street. New Carrier heat pump, warms in the Winter, cools in the Summer. The HOA is $500 per month and covers water, sewer, and trash, plus access to the community spa and a shared event space with a full kitchen. The location is the rare part. The downtown Ventura farmers market sets up just outside the community entrance every weekend. Mission Basilica San Buenaventura, founded in 1782 and one of only three California mission sites inside a working downtown district, sits next door. Mission Park and Paradise Pantry, known for its French press coffee, are right across the street, and the beach and Main Street shops and restaurants are an easy walk from your door. This is the location-now, renovate-later trade: lock in the address today and make the finishes your own.