Noteworthy new listings….
Steps from the Inspiration Point trailhead, newly constructed 2805 Spyglass Ridge Road ($8.75 million) is on 2.76 acres, almost all of which is buffer—the better to savor the widescreen views in every direction. The style is assertively modern, with exposed pipes and concrete floors and walls; while the interior glass wall in the primary bedroom is a huh? moment, the guest house is so cush that guests may never leave.
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The $14.795 million price of 260 Oak Road reflects how the property checks nearly* all the boxes: newly built, big (6,146 square feet), walkable to Coast Village Road, and in the Montecito Union School district; moreover, the traditional style—calling to mind a certain Picacho Lane estate—is likely to have wide appeal. (*No view, no architectural prestige.)
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4520 Via Esperanza ($9.25 million) is yet another 1990s Mediterranean, with the typical merits (size, pool) and problem areas (Saltillo floors, tired kitchen and baths). How bad were the draperies that they needed to go?
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“Currently a specialty palm tree nursery,” the 17.36-acre oceanfront lot at 1396 Anderson Lane ($9.999 million), west of More Mesa, is “zoned for agriculture with the possibility for residential”—which sounds great if you don’t mind being surrounded by nurseries and farms.
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Up the street from former Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s compound, 207 Eucalyptus Hill Drive ($7.975 million) has size (5,577 square feet) and location on its side. I can’t shake the feeling that this would’ve gone for $2 million more a year ago, even if the interiors could use updating. Glass brick, begone!
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Same goes for the Oprah-adjacent 262 Santa Rosa Lane ($7.995 million), which has the added benefit of being walkable to three schools. It’s hard to imagine, though, how food gracefully gets from the kitchen to the dining room.
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“In the heart of Santa Barbara”—not!—281 Schulte Lane ($4.995 million) is a lot of house (5,386 square feet), but when it came time to decorate, the owners’ enthusiasm never flagged. To wit: the stained-glass windows, the river-stone fireplace, the tin ceiling, the world map that hurts my neck just thinking about it, the kids’ tropical retreat, the elevator that looks like a pneumatic tube….
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And a few others worth checking out:
••• 1092 Toro Canyon Road ($1.695 million): I wouldn’t feed the house to my dog, but hey, 42 acres (above).
••• 2734 Williams Way ($2.35 million): Mission Canyon three-bedroom in nice shape.
••• 1322 E. Cota Street ($2.55 million): Flip attempt of a renovated duplex; the top level gets the views, the lower level gets the outdoor space. The seller paid $1.75 million in November 2020.
••• 585 Las Palmas Drive ($2.75 million): Hope Ranch teardown on an acre.
••• 1231 Ferrelo Road ($2.395 million): Lower Riviera three-bedroom with a lot of interior stonework.
••• 2406 Foothill Lane ($3.299 million): Between Mission Canyon and Cielito, and in need of a total redo.
••• 626 E. Micheltorena Street ($2.795 million): 1910 house that’s large (3,184 square feet) for the Bungalow Haven district.
••• 440 Stanley Drive ($2.375 million): 1951 Samarkand three-bedroom with appealing outdoor space (below).
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