Noteworthy new listings….
837 Arbolado Road ($3.58 million) came on the market in September, but I missed it. The house is for sale by owner, which explains the photos and listing text (“One might use the words- Ambience, Romantic, Private, French Riviera, Soul, and Oh my goodness!”). The stone house, built in 1925, certainly has abundant character and classic Riviera views.
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Presumably inspired by the recent $19.5 million sale of a nearby property and the hot market in general, someone is ready to part with an 11.3-acre parcel (0 Vista Oceano Lane, $11.95 million) currently used to grow lemons. (It’s a new twist on the make-lemonade adage.) With its large lots, this part of Summerland would seem ripe for Montecitofication, but the conceptual plan takes things to Newport Beach levels.
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The owner of 210 Las Alturas Road ($4 million) is attempting to flip the property a year after it was bought for $2.1 million. While the new design is definitely an improvement, are approved plans worth $1.9 million?
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The listing says 1779 San Leandro Lane ($2.875 million)—a 1956 Hedgerow house with a one-bedroom guest house—is ripe for a remodel, but I smell a teardown. Either way, take a moment to admire the bathroom’s built-in paper-towel holder.
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Same goes for 1091 E. Mountain Drive ($3.596 million), at the corner of Ashley Road: Teardown City.
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The 1984 house at 2422 Stanwood Drive ($3.65 million) has some nice moments, more so if some of the floors get replaced. I wish the house were pushed back farther away from the road—the lot is two acres—but the “free-form boulder pool” is fabulous, calling to (my dirty) mind the Playboy Mansion’s famous grotto. And there’s also a “unique stone cave” with its own electric outlet. (Click the link above to see photos.)
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A three-bedroom Mediterranean with a guest house, 7796 Goldfield Court ($3.2 million) was built as the model home for the Bluffs gated community located between Sandpiper Golf Club and Santa Barbara Shoes Park. It’s going to seem like a better deal if you’re into the many Tuscan-suburb surfaces.
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The 1971 house at 1045 Tisha Court ($1.995 million) has been jazzed up with all manner of contemporary stylings. The price is right for five bedrooms with a big backyard, even if the lot abuts Patterson Road. P.S. That reading-nook ledge looks like a fall waiting to happen.
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Paper towel holder. SO KEY when you are trying to cook in the bathroom. Have you ever tried making soup in the bathtub before? DIFFICULT!