Noteworthy new listings….
The new-build bluff-front house at 1631 Shoreline Drive ($8.855 million) has nice traditional curb appeal, but the contemporary slickness inside doesn’t really jibe. (I would’ve gone full Martha Stewart.) Then again, who cares when you have that view?
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On the other hand, you wouldn’t have to do a thing to it, while somewhat similarly situated 3357 Cliff Drive ($5.6 million) needs all-new everything. Is that a corrugated plastic roof over the porch?
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There’s a quick flip underway at 759 Via Manana ($6.45 million), where the seller paid $5.84 in March—and it’s already in escrow.
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Also in escrow: sexy 81 Chase Drive ($2.995 million), “designed in 1961 by noted architect Beverly David Throne (Case Study House #26), and fully restored in 2018.” Only two bedrooms and two baths, though. [Update: I misread the listing; Thorne designed Case Study House #26, but this is not it, so I changed the text accordingly.]
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And another flip is being attempted at 2350 Bella Vista Drive ($3.9 million), way up the hill. The kitchen (and I think the baths) got redone, but if the house goes for anywhere near the asking price, the seller—who paid $2.18 million in May 2019—will make a killing. And it still wants a real renovation.
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Montecito’s Hedgerow has been one of the extra-hot areas around here, so we can expect 1590 Miramar Lane ($3.895 million), a 1948 ranch house that wants to be brought into this decade, to go quickly.
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Ditto for the 1927 Spanish Colonial at 290 Butterfly Lane ($3.848 million) in the Coast Village part of town, although it’s a bit more of a challenge.
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The grounds at 497 Mountain Drive ($3.795 million) are quite appealing—note the soaking tub in a bamboo grove—but the house needs work, and even then, you’ll be left with midcentury-low ceilings.
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The grounds are also attractive at 15 Woodale Lane ($2.795 million), but the house could use updating, even if the listing says it has been renovated. P.S. Without a fence around the sport court, you’d have to be an extremely good player not to be chasing balls all over the garden.
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1102 Alameda Padre Serra ($2.475 million) is a 1941 house with more historic character inside than out. It has access from Roble Lane, too, so you can pretend you don’t live right on APS.
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I had no idea that houses at this price point existed in this part of town (Hope Ranch Annex?), but here’s 4668 Vintage Ranch Lane ($3.5 million), with 5,047 square feet and five bedrooms in a 12-house gated community. Surfaces want updating, unless you’re into this kind of thing. P.S. Why the dual staircase?
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2911 Kenmore Place ($1.295 million) is an itty-bitty 1960 cottage cantilevered over a Mission Canyon hillside. I included the floor plan because that central hallway is straight out of a French farce.
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And a few others worth checking out:
••• 1502 La Vista del Oceano ($2.45 million): Mesa Mediterranean with a sweet ocean-view terrace (above).
••• 3815 Crescent Drive ($2.285 million): Comes with a podcast studio (below).
••• 3105 Calle Fresno ($1.749 million): 1942 house on a corner lot in San Roque; could be vastly improved.
••• 2429 Vista Del Campo ($1.199 million): The exterior has promise.
••• 3054 Lucinda Lane ($1.45 million): Good for the grilling enthusiast.
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