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Today’s market is different than we have ever seen before due to the pandemic we are all facing. However, the luxury real estate market is still strong and continues to grow. I prefer to focus on my client’s values and the lifestyle when it comes to purchasing an exclusive estate. We all value, knowledge, aesthetics, power, wealth, empathy, sensuality, and commitment. As a professional real estate advisor, I find what is most important to each of my clients and balance it with the luxury of the lifestyle they want to obtain. Lake Sherwood is that perfect balance and not to mention the most elite and private neighborhood in the Southern California suburbs, home to “The Great One” – the Gretzky residence, golf Pro Dustin Johnson and many more. This is where I focus my business on.
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Residents living in Sherwood or other similar communities share and cherish these same values. As a current resident, I understand the lifestyle my clients desire and the importance of the safety and luxury of living in this community. Our community offers lake activities like boating, kayaking, and more with ensured safety. There are two clubs with Olympic sized pools, one of a kind golf courses designed by Jack Nicklaus, tennis memberships with lessons from a Pro, and social memberships that include spa services and so much more! Each one of these features and activities appeals to the core values of my clients and that is why they trust me to find them their dream home and make it a stress-free process.
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In this new mindset of ‘keeping your distance’ from others gives clients a different perspective on ‘space.’ Because of the new restrictions of the world we live in today, space and convenience are extremely important. Sherwood is a unique place to reside because you have everything in your community at your fingertips. When you enter through the large cast-iron gates of Sherwood Country Club, you get the sense you are about to enter a special place. As you make your way up the hilly, winding road past elegant French-style country homes with majestic views of the Santa Monica Mountains and the Hidden Valley below, you realize you might never want to leave. Jack Nicklaus stated, "This was one of the more magnificent pieces of land I've had the opportunity on which to design a golf course. It is rare to see a piece of property that is so private, with so much natural beauty. There isn’t another golf course in the world that has a more beautiful tree complex than Sherwood."
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Sherwood has a famous history and has been featured in many picture films. The mountains you see behind several of today's fairways are the same peaks you see in the famous opening helicopter scene from the series M*A*S*H and those fairways were once the rugged landscape for many a backdrop in the Dukes of Hazard. But two of the most famous Hollywood epics shot on the premises were the 1923 version of Robin Hood, starring Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Enid Bennett, and the 1938 version of The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. In fact, on the Sherwood property you'll still find the Robin Hood Cabin, a home built for the 1923 movie and where Fairbanks supposedly lived during the filming. The motion-picture industry discovered the area’s beauty in the 1920's and 1930's, when the site of what is now Sherwood Country Club became a popular filming location. Scenes from the feature films Tarzan and Birth of a Nation were filmed here, and the local valley was the location for countless westerns. In more recent film history, the Clubhouse itself has been featured in a number of television shows, such as The Mentalist, commercials, and feature films, including the popular Bridesmaids.
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Along with Sherwood’s aesthetically pleasing lush grounds and exclusivity to the movie industry, Sherwood is no stranger to hosting the top golf players in the world. Starting with the world No. 1 at the time, Greg Norman, who hosted his Shark Shootout from 1989-1998, followed by Tiger Woods' World Challenge from 2000-2013. If most golf fans across the country don't remember the Showdown at Sherwood, where David Duval and Tiger Woods faced off in a nationally televised prime-time event, they nevertheless would have seen the course on television because of the World Challenge. Its winners over the past 14 years looks like the modern-day Who's Who of Golf, including Luke Donald, Padraig Harrington, Davis Love lll, Graeme McDowell, Vijay Singh, Zach Johnson, and Tiger Woods (five-time champion).
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All in all, if you have a buyer looking for an elite lifestyle with the ensured safety of themselves, friends, and family and the luxury of a convenient and elite lifestyle, Lake Sherwood is their destination. Given this extra time to analyze modern living, myself and clients included have rearranged or changed the values that are most important to them. Safety, space, and sensuality matter. Lake Sherwood will not only meet but overcome clients' expectations creating a stronger community for all.
