A knoll-top California hacienda on approximately five acres, 439 Lambert Road is a custom-built, gated, and private retreat that’s also just minutes from Montecito’s villages and Summerland.
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Noteworthy new listings also include an 1888 house in the Upper East; Hedgerow fixer on a large lot; 1932 house with Riviera views and a dreamy guest house; woodsy interiors in Summerland; and more.
Other recent news: The city intends to tweak another block of State Street; Southwest Airlines is expected to pause weekday flights between Santa Barbara and Denver; underground tanks discovered downtown; creepy people harass restaurant patrons; more on Hill House Montecito; Island View Outfitters opened on upper State Street; the county courthouse’s viewing deck is closed till late July; new kung fu and tai chi studio; state law to make street parking even harder; Pink to headline One805Live! benefit.
The first wave of tenants announced at The Post, a.k.a. the reinvented Las Aves complex across from the Andrée Clark Bird Refuge, includes eight shops and two restaurants—and all but one have outposts in L.A.
There’s a woodsy, almost mountain-y feel to the part of Montecito bordered by Lilac Drive and Romero Canyon Road, where fancy estates rub shoulders with a microvillage of cottages.
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Every inch of Casa Colibrí has been thoughtfully, meticulously, painstakingly reconditioned to restore the home to its authentic roots. The result is a thoroughly modern estate with a masterful combination of charm, comfort, architectural detail, and stylistic integrity.
Plus: The city is seeking standardized ADU designs; Gibraltar Road, East Camino Cielo Road, and Barker Pass Road have reopened; Mayweather Boxing + Fitness studio has closed; Ensemble Theatre Company’s next guided trip; Asher Market‘s Santa Ynez location has moved; new vinyl and vintage shop in Solvang; “Where in Santa Barbara…?” answer.
Last week’s sales also include a 1919 Reginald Davis Johnson house atop a Riviera ridge; sleek Toro Canyon contemporary on 160 acres; two-bedroom condo in Carpinteria’s Villa Sortino for $4.6 million; Mesa house for $4.215 million; and more.
Burning Questions
- What Are Those Old Buildings at the Corner of Castillo and Montecito Streets?
- When Will the Coast Village Road Medians Be Completed?
- What’s This Scaffold Structure on Las Positas Road?
- Why Does Street Striping Take So Long to Happen?
- Why Do Rocket Launches Look the Way They Do?
- How Is the San Ysidro Debris Basin Designed to Work?
- What’s This Building on Helena Avenue?
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Renaming the post office and spending $500 k to do it. Is another great example tax payers money being wasted. — Dan Kolodziejski
Hallelujah! The return of that Southbound on-ramp is long overdue — Tammy
You've done a great thing for the hapless men of Santa Barbara with this series. Stopping by half of these stores. — Andy
The post office renaming will cost roughly $500,000 paid for by the USPS internal funds from stamps and fees. — Derek
Thank you, Erik, for reminding your readers to support local businesses; it is one of the critical ways to help our communities thrive. (I laughed… — Pat
I agree about the skimpy wine pour. However, we loved the shared entrees (chicken and salmon) with their special rice. Yes there were leftovers but… — ElizabethW
That 5% would go to all employees proportionate to their hours I would presume compared to tips where more skilled staff take a higher percentage,… — Don
Geo , you know absolutely nothing about the restaurant business. — Roy
What if, and bear with me here because this is complicated, restaurants just paid their staff normally and charged prices that reflected those expenses, i.e.… — Rich
Little Mountain just isn’t organized. Everyone is very nice and the atmosphere stylish, but there is something wrong with it. The food is weird, portions… — Joan