SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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                                   SCHEDULE TO
                                (Amendment No. 3)

            TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                      Urban Improvement Fund Limited - 1974
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                       (Name of Subject Company [Issuer])

                      Everest Properties II, LLC (offeror)
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                                (Filing Persons)

                      Units of Limited Partnership Interest
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                      None
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                      (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

                              Christopher K. Davis
                           Everest Properties II, LLC
                          155 N. Lake Ave., Suite 1000
                               Pasadena, CA 91101
                            Telephone (626) 585-5920
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                  (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
  Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)

                            CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
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       Transaction Valuation: $570,000(1)        Amount of Filing Fee: $114(2)
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(1) Calculated as the product of the number of Units on which the Offer is made
and the gross cash price per Unit.
(2) Already paid.

[ ] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2)
and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid.
Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or
Schedule and the date of its filing.

     Amount previously paid:  Not Applicable     Filing party:  Not Applicable
     Form or registration no.:  Not Applicable   Date filed:  Not Applicable

[ ]  Check box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made
     before the commencement of a tender offer. Check the appropriate boxes
     below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:
     [X] third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
     [ ] issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
     [ ] going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.
     [ ] amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.
     Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the
results of the tender offer: [X]






     This Amendment No. 3 amends and  supplements  the Tender Offer Statement on
Schedule TO (the "Schedule  TO") filed by Everest  Properties II, LLC ("Everest"
or the "Purchaser"),  a California limited liability company,  to purchase up to
1,140  units  ("Original  Units")  of  limited  partnership  interests  in Urban
Improvement  Fund  Limited  - 1974  (the  "Partnership"),  as set  forth  in the
Schedule  TO.  Capitalized  terms used but not  defined  herein have the meaning
ascribed to them in the Offer to Purchase  filed as Exhibit 12.1 to the Schedule
TO (the "Offer to Purchase").


ITEM 8. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE SUBJECT COMPANY.

     Item 8 is hereby supplemented as follows:

     The Offer expired  pursuant to its terms at 5:00 p.m., Los Angeles time, on
February 6, 2004.  The Purchaser  received 193 Units that were validly  tendered
and not  withdrawn,  all of which were accepted for payment.  As a result of the
Offer, the Purchaser will own approximately 593 Units (5.2%).  Everest Investors
9, LLC,  an  affiliate  of the  Purchaser,  owns 322 Units  (2.8%),  and Everest
Management, LLC, an affiliate of the Purchaser, owns 10 Units.





                                    SIGNATURE


         After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated:  March 29, 2004




                                    EVEREST PROPERTIES II, LLC


                                    By: /S/ DAVID I. LESSER
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                                        David I. Lesser
                                        Executive Vice President