Calabasas | $2.999 million
An updated ranch-style house built in 1977, on 1.4 acres
This five-bedroom, three-bathroom home sits on a large lot in the hills of Calabasas, within a 10-minute drive of the Commons at Calabasas, an outdoor shopping and dining center, and of hiking and horseback riding trails in Topanga Canyon. Calabasas High School is a five-minute drive and middle and elementary schools are nearby. Kaiser Permanente’s Woodland Hills Medical Center takes less than 15 minutes by car; the campus of Pepperdine University and the beaches of Malibu take 20; and downtown Los Angeles takes 40.
Size: 2,856 square feet
Price per square foot: $1,050
Indoors: A long driveway leads from the street to this home’s main entrance. The door opens to a foyer with hardwood floors that continue into the living room, where diamond-pane windows face the front yard. An open space at the back of this room could be used as a dining or sitting area, and has a gas fireplace with a floor-to-ceiling brick surround. Next to the fireplace is a home bar with backlit open shelves and sliding-glass doors facing the patio outside.
Beyond the living room is the kitchen where the stainless steel appliances, including a gas range, are by Wolf and Sub-Zero. The center island has a butcher block counter.
A hallway from the foyer leads to the en suite primary bedroom, where sliding-glass doors open to an outdoor swing. The bathroom has a soaking tub and a walk-in shower. Next door is a bedroom turned into a combined closet and dressing room, with a custom-designed storage system that includes a center island. There are three other bedrooms on this side of the house, two large enough for king-size beds. Also off this hallway is a bathroom with a combined tub and shower. The other bedroom is at the opposite end of the house, set up as a home gym. Another full bathroom, this one with a walk-in shower, is next door.
Outdoor space: Behind the house is a paved patio partially covered by a wood pergola, with a grill on one side and space for a dining table. This patio faces a row of mature hedges, and around the corner is an in-ground pool. Walking paths lined with fruit-trees wind around the property, also home to a chicken coop and a small creek. The attached garage holds two cars.
Taxes: $37,488 (estimated)
Contact: Charlie Edgar, Sotheby’s International Realty — Beverly Hills Brokerage, 805-881-2944