Tag: 857 Picacho Lane

August 22, 2025

An Old-School Bungalow on Miramar Beach

Noteworthy new listings also include Christopher Lloyd's house on W. Mountain Drive; the flip (or floops?) of Meg Ryan's last renovation; sweet hundred-year-old Hedgerow-ish property; 1970s style on the back of the Riviera; Lower Riviera fixer; Eastside cutie; and more. 9

June 9, 2025

Meg Ryan Sells Picacho Lane House for $5.7 Million Off the Initial Asking Price

Last week's sales also include a romantic stone house by George Washington Smith; resort-style grounds in Park Highlands; Solvang spread; Montecito Shores condo off-market; Upper East fixer on a corner lot; and more.

August 31, 2021

$28 Million for Four Acres, Mountain Views, and an Outdoor Amphitheater

What else sold last week: Off-market flip of novelist Sue Grafton's Picacho Lane house; French Regency awash in pink on Eucalyptus Hill; the Mission Canyon midcentury with a stone bathroom; a sexy one-bedroom in San Marcos Pass; and many more.

April 13, 2020

Change in Plans for the Fess Parker Hotel Coming to Cabrillo

Plus: Upper San Ysidro Trail is closed for repairs; big house on Picacho Lane sells for $5.4 million; memento from the old Miramar resort; midcentury Palm Springs–style house in Birnam Wood available for rent.

March 6, 2020

Price War on Oak Creek Canyon Road

The week's other top price reductions: Shockingly low price for a 6,100-square-foot Picacho Lane estate (↓$500K); Sea Cliff house inches its way toward reality (↓$85K); Birnam Wood new-build ($325K); and three Olive Mill condos (↓$1.164 million in total).

February 14, 2020

A Cool Contemporary House on a Golf Course

The week's other top price reductions: Southern-style passion project on Picacho Lane; views-vs.-80s-design on the Riviera; 1928 Tudor on three prime Montecito acres; and the 1929 estate that always reminds me of the board game Clue.

November 18, 2019

This 1927 Montecito Estate Is Heading to Auction

There's a lot to like about the location, but the house—currently listed for $7 million—isn't in great shape, and anyone hoping to tear it down might face objections from the county. So this ought to be interesting....

October 11, 2019

Montecito “Dream Home” Drops Its Price by $986,000

Also newly reduced: Spanish house in Montecito that could use some lightening up; a multi-level Tuscan-style villa in Carpinteria; an oldie-but-goodie from 1930 in Hope Ranch; a Moroccan fantasia.