Noteworthy new listings….
Built in 1930, 1600 Oramas Road ($2.9 million) is a Tudor of the old school—you really do feel like you could be in England rather than the Lower Riviera, due to the architectural stylings and also because the rooms, hallways, and doorways are, um, cosy. (I regret not investigating whether the shower pictured below is as narrow as it looks.) But the charm is through the roof, the location is classic Santa Barbara, and the property is fun to explore, with many terraces, a footbridge, a guest apartment, and a lovely studio.
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Look-at-me architectural moments are everywhere at 434 Crocker Sperry Drive ($9.9 million): the cornices, the clerestory windows, the angles and curves, the boxy fireplace, and whatever you call that spaceship-y ceiling stuff. It all screams 1990s to me, even though the house was built in 2008, but it’s big and it does feel sort of like a country club, apt for the Birnam Wood location.
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French country interiors and a slate roof give the standard 1960s California ranch architecture of 712 Ashley Road ($8.15 million) welcome character; whoever popped the ceilings should get a medal. And the one-acre lot has appealing stonework, a nice covered terrace, and a guest casita.
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Paired with the 1955 architecture, the Balinese ornamentation at 276 Santa Monica Way ($3.875 million) comes off more Pier 1 than Amandari, and I imagine the next owner will get rid of them. In fact, the next owner may get rid of a lot more: the .56-acre lot is huge for the West Mesa, and one can easily imagine a new house dropping down the slope (incorporating the current ADU and its party-hearty roof deck). Even then, you’d still have plenty of room to move.
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Just when you think you’ve seen it all, along comes a redwood Craftsman chalet. 1060 Tremonto Road ($3.395 million), behind the Santa Barbara Tennis Club, is “anecdotally attributed to” architect Carleton Winslow because he designed the main house that used to be part of this property. Here’s hoping the marvelous details get preserved.
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And a few others worth checking out:
••• 25 Seaview Drive ($5.35 million): Two-bedroom, two-bath condo in Montecito Shores.
••• 1733 Loma Street ($1.395 million): 1914 Lower Riviera teardown on .12 acre.
••• 122 Hollister Ranch Road ($4.2 million): One-third ownership of a beachfront parcel with main house building rights.
••• 814 E. Pedregosa Street ($2.751 million): 1912 Lower Riviera house converted to a triplex.
••• 19 E. Junipero Street ($1.975 million): 1926 cottage with a built-in bed (below).
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