Noteworthy new listings….
4225 Mariposa Drive ($21.95 million) is the best Hope Ranch property I’ve seen in a long time, but then I’m a sucker for traditional done well—and done well this is. Designed by Edwards & Plunkett on 2.89 flat acres, the 1939 house lives like a dream. The kitchen is large, with an attached family room; the three guest rooms are all en suite; and the upstairs primary is a world of its own (with a bathroom so large you could entertain there and a spiral staircase that leads down to the office). Even the laundry room is lovely. Elsewhere on the grounds, there’s a stunning pool, nice guest house, tennis court, chicken coop, and treehouse. You may wish for a well, given all that lawn, and the guest room baths date from decades ago, but maybe that’s OK—kids need something to blame their unhappy childhoods on.
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The seller of 1130 E. Mountain Drive ($14.95 million), up a private lane, made some upgrades to the 2003 house since buying it for $11.05 million two years ago—most notably, the exterior is now white, giving off sexy Greek villa vibes and, from the rear, accentuating the architectural panache. The surfaces inside are mainly the same, but you can’t quibble with the widescreen view over Montecito.
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One of four homes in the Spanish Oaks planned urban development in San Roque, 3630 San Remo Drive ($4.25 million) was built in 2016 to accommodate ADA needs, resulting in an uncommon spaciousness that feels very comfortable. Four million is a lot for the area, which doesn’t have the cachet of other parts of San Roque, but you could move in tomorrow, the house is well off the street, and the roomy backyard abuts a creek rather than a neighbor.
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Built in 1992, 928 Via Los Padres ($3.995 million) is all over the place, style-wise: the heavy roof, the ornate ceilings, the green tile counters in the kitchen, the stone wall in the family room, the ’80s bathrooms…. The floor plan is solid, though, with primary and guest rooms at opposite ends, and people have not been afraid of buying projects in Park Highlands lately. Plus: “The property directly abuts Tucker’s Grove Park, with a private rear entrance.”
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There’s old-house charm in the bones of 3842 Center Avenue ($2.1 million), constructed in 1930 west of San Roque, along with the tightness you’d expect: the living room doubles as the foyer and is smaller than it looks in the photo. (Ditto for the kitchen and dining area.) Two bedrooms are upstairs and a third—more of a separate apartment—is below. The lack of space is less of a concern if you factor in the building in back, where you can both party and sleep it off.
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West Mesa is hot, but the price for 2505 Murrell Road ($3.199 million)—three bedrooms, two baths, and all in need of updating, including the landscaping—is bonkers. Well, the kitchen might be OK, but why is there an air purifier there? And what’s with the table-less banquette? And what kind of shenanigans warrant a primary bedroom with “its own entrance from the front patio of the home”?
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And a few others worth checking out:
••• 1042 Via Los Padres ($3.95 million): 1991 suburban Spanish on 1.1 acres; already in escrow.
••• 1269 Camino Meleno ($3.699 million): Renovated 1969 five-bedroom, three-bath above N. Patterson Avenue.
••• 117 Santa Cruz Boulevard ($2.25 million): 1950 fixer on the Mesa’s Bay View Circle; the three bedrooms share two baths, once nearby and one off the laundry room.
••• 1283 Highland Road ($4.25 million): Attractively renovated 1959 four-bedroom on an acre in Santa Ynez.
••• 3621 Montebello Street ($1.795 million): 2003 Victorian in Santa Ynez for sale by owner (below).
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