Noteworthy new listings….
The layout of 420 Santa Rosa Lane ($14 million) is magical. The main approach is via a walled motor court, behind which is a garage/guest house, where an archway leads to a lawn, off of which is another, lesser guest house. (Unlike with children, you’re allowed to assign rank to your houseguests.) Stairs lead up to the main house, which has a pool and swell ocean-and-islands view. The location is incredibly convenient, and walkable to Montecito Union School, although the smallness of the main house makes this less likely to work for a family with young kids. I love the place and wish I could afford to buy it and renovate it. The only two things that give me pause are the narrowness of the hallways and the driveway (shared by this house and two others) that runs by the primary bath.
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2135 Veloz Drive ($6.595 million) was built in 1958 and clearly added onto, and there are many moments—the clerestory windows, the roofline, the cable lighting—that feel like a revamp occurred in the late 1990s. It’s livable enough, with extra credit for the hot tub off the primary.
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