November 4, 2025
Tag: 128 Las Alturas Road
Hope Ranch Fixer Floopsed for $800,000 Loss
Last week's sales also include an off-market Montecito charmer; 1998 six-bedroom in Hope Ranch; Via Clarice for a loss; West Mesa spec reno for nearly $4.4 million; floopses of a Las Alturas project and a Riviera mini-compound; 40-acre avocado farm in Casitas Pass; and more. 4
June 20, 2025
1930 Toro Canyon Villa by the Architect of the Hoover Dam
Noteworthy new listings also include an ode to gray plaster; seven-level house across from Shoreline Park; 1924 Cape Cod on Mission Canyon Road; likely Montecito spec reno; Las Alturas aerie; Prairie-style Structure of Merit downtown; and more. 2
June 3, 2024
March 1, 2024
A Midcentury Perch on the Riviera
There are a ton of interesting new listings this week: A sweet ranch house on a great street in San Roque; Marina Drive four-bedroom cut in two; appealing brawniness in the Golden Quadrangle; a lovely 2002 house in Romero Canyon; spec renos in the Hedgerow and Hope Ranch; a sprawler footsteps from El Encanto; Lower Village project; 1938 Samarkand; and more. 3
















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