Ernie Carswell presents

Introducing a once-in-a-lifetime legacy estate in Hancock Park, owned by one of the most prolific design couples in the area, interior designer Brian Little, and lifelong partner, Timothy Enright. Like good couture, the best properties in the world are timeless. And, great architecture is transportive. Graveled courtyard with manicured topiaries set below the towering Mediterranean exterior harkens to summers spent in Provence or Umbria. With nearly 200ft of frontage along the Wilshire Country Club Golf Course, this estate affords the most dramatic fairway views found in all the region. The upper levels boast 4 sumptuous bedroom suites with privacy in mind, including 2 Primary Suites with arched privacy balconies, and a serene tower office with a rooftop deck. Guests will be surprised and pleased with the Gate House - a stunning, fully equipped one-bedroom apartment with a private yard and plunge pool. Symmetry and proportion rule the grounds - each element, each sightline has been accounted for with precise design; the sparkling pool is perfectly framed by palms and flanked by a sunny lounge area. Near the Kitchen is the heated, 400+sf outdoor Living Room with an expansive dining area. Affording immense privacy, the 29,000sf lot is fully walled, gated, and secured. A remarkable residential compound to call home in the heart of Los Angeles.

Address: 145 N Rossmore Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90004

Price: $14,850,000

Photo credit: Noel Kleinman

For more information, please contact Ernie Carswell at 310-345-7500 or ernie@carswellandassociates.com.

Ernie Carswell is the exclusive real estate company representing the Sunset Strip/West Hollywood real estate market as a member of the Haute Residence Real Estate Network. View all of his listings here.

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Cristal Clarke

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Cristal Clarke

This great achievement is based on her 59 transactions totaling over $260 million in sales. Clarke is the top individual agent based on sales volume out of over 60,000Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices agents around the world.

"In 2020 I had the honor of successfully representing 59 wonderful clients — 37 sellers & 22 buyers — as they embarked on their next chapter in real estate," says Clarke. "Throughout the year, and despite the challenges it brought, one thing stood out to me above all: the sense of community and compassion and togetherness that we are all so fortunate to experience here. That resonated with people from all across the country as they transition from urban living to community-based living took flight. I am reminded how grateful I am to be a part of something so incredible and feel blessed every day to call our community home. Cheers to the new adventures for both my buyers and sellers!"

Haute Residence congratulates Cristal Clarke for her outstanding achievement in 2020.

For more information, please contact Cristal Clarke at (805) 886-9378 or cristal@montecito-estate.com

Cristal Clarke is the exclusive agent representing the Montecito, CA real estate market as a member of the Haute Residence Real Estate Network. View all of her listings here.

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Cristal Clarke presents

A Taste of European Modernism in Birnam Wood with a nod to the European Modernist designs of Le Corbusier and his contemporaries, noted Santa Barbara architect Jack Warner created this beautiful Birnam Wood home showcasing cool white walls, expanses of glass and a versatile open floorplan; all perfectly suited to Montecito’s revered indoor/outdoor lifestyle.

Beyond the dramatic portico, polished marble floors, high ceilings, and gallery walls grace the foyer and lobby. Walls of glass doors flank the living room and open to a veranda and sparkling pool. Bedroom suites, including the spacious primary suite with its lavish bath and adjacent exercise room, open to either a veranda or patio. The gourmet kitchen is designed for the most discerning home chef or caterer. Luxuries abound here, minutes from Montecito’s first-class amenities.

Address: 1987 Birnam Wood Drive, Montecito, CA 93108

Price: $6,750,000

Photo credit: Jim Bartsch & Eric Foote

For more information, please contact Cristal Clarke at (805) 886-9378 or cristal@montecito-estate.com

Cristal Clarke is the exclusive agent representing the Montecito, CA real estate market as a member of the Haute Residence Real Estate Network. View all of her listings here.

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Cindy Shearin presents

One can truly live a life they don’t need a vacation from in this resort-style estate in Lunada Bay.  Everything you need to host the ultimate summer soiree from your backyard; stunning ocean and sunset views, sparkling pool, sprawling grassy lawn, wholly enclosed with privacy fence, and a separate guest house. Couple that with plenty of room for visiting family and friends, and one has found the perfect vacation-lifestyle home.

Enjoying gorgeous sunsets and ocean views are a part of daily life from this home in the prestigious Lunada Bay area of Palos Verdes Estates.  The light-filled estate is designed in a timeless-transitional genre with a nod to soft-modern, making it suitable to any taste.  Recently, the home underwent a full remodel and displays ocean views from almost every room, clean design lines, and all the modern finishings today’s home buyer desires.  Updated details include Carrera marble countertops, wide-plank French Oak floors, crisp white Shaker-style cabinets, French Encaustic tiles, and two massive outdoor decks for indoor/outdoor living, a must in Southern California.

The main house contains four bedrooms and six baths at just over 3700 ft.².   Three of the bedrooms are en-suite with private balconies and newly remodeled baths in Carrera marble, Calacatta Neolith, or Quartz, respectively.  Throughout the home, one will find updated lighting and oodles of natural light.  Built for the Southern California lifestyle, the home is constructed with an open floor plan including a large family room adjacent to the kitchen and flex-space upstairs, perfect for a game room or movie room.  The open modern galley kitchen includes ample storage space, a large kitchen island, updated pendant light fixtures, and a separate food prep area topped with Carrera marble.

Outside, the expansive backyard is fully secured by a privacy fence for safety and seclusion. Here, the large pool and spa are trimmed by a grassy lawn, full outdoor kitchen, and a large patio for lounging and dining. Meanwhile, two large decks on the main house overlook the backyard and pool area to capture spectacular sunset views each evening.  A bonus to this property is the guest/pool house with a 3/4 bath and kitchenette attached to the two-car garage.  This flex-space is perfect for a home office, homework space for distance-learning, or a game room large enough for a full-size pool table and poker table for hosting games nights.

Lunada Bay is one of the most highly desired areas of Palos Verdes Estates for its beauty with towering cliffs and ocean views.   Thorley Road, in particular, is a flat road, perfect for kids riding bikes and skateboarding.  Likewise, it is also walking distance to the shops at Lunada Bay, the elementary school, and high school, an added convenience that is rare on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

2129 Thorley is a vacation lifestyle home with every convenience for the modern family, and a perfect place for basking outdoors in the fantastic climate all summer long.

Address: 2129 Thorley Rd, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274

Price: $3,699,000

For more information, please contact Cindy Shearin at 310-200-8318 or cindy@theshearingroup.com

Cindy Shearin is the exclusive agent representing the Manhattan Beach/Redondo Beach, California real estate market as a member of the Haute Residence Real Estate Network. View all of her listings here

Photo Credit: Linda Cotter

Photo Credit: Linda Cotter

Photo Credit: Linda Cotter

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Cindy Shearin presents

Fun-filled events are held year-round in Palos Verdes, but during the holiday season, the hill is teeming with festivities; holiday pageants, The Parade of Lights, tree lighting ceremonies, luncheons, and candlelight services. The city plazas and neighborhoods are a winter wonderland of lights and holiday decor in the season's spirit.

Celebrate the holidays in your timeless-lifestyle estate in Lunada Bay. This home has it all; stunning ocean and sunset views, sparkling pool, grassy yard & guest house—the perfect place to call home with plenty of room for visiting family and friends. Gathering around the cozy fireplace or creating a holiday feast in the roomy kitchen makes entertaining easy. Meanwhile, the kids can watch a holiday flick in the movie room or decorate cookies outside on the lawn in this picture-perfect estate.

Enjoying gorgeous sunsets and ocean views are a part of daily life from this home in the prestigious Lunada Bay area of Palos Verdes Estates. The light-filled estate is designed in a timeless-transitional genre with a nod to soft-modern, making it suitable to any taste. Recently, the home underwent a full remodel and displays ocean views from almost every room, clean design lines, and all the modern finishings today’s homebuyer desires. Updated details include Carrera marble countertops, wide-plank French Oak floors, crisp white Shaker-style cabinets, French Encaustic tiles, and two massive outdoor decks for indoor/outdoor living, a must in Southern California.

The main house contains four bedrooms and six baths at just over 3700 square feet. Three of the bedrooms are en-suite with private balconies and newly remodeled baths in Carrera marble, Calacatta Neolith, or Quartz, respectively. Throughout the home, one will find updated lighting and oodles of natural light. Built for the Southern California lifestyle, the home is constructed with an open floor plan including a large family room adjacent to the kitchen and flex-space upstairs, perfect for a game room or movie room. The open modern galley kitchen includes ample storage space, a large kitchen island, updated pendant light fixtures, and a separate food prep area topped with Carrera marble.

Outside, the expansive backyard is fully secured by a privacy fence for safety and seclusion. Here, the large pool and spa are trimmed by a grassy lawn, a full outdoor kitchen, and a large patio for lounging and dining. Meanwhile, two large decks on the main house overlook the backyard and pool area to capture spectacular sunset views each evening. A bonus to this property is the guest/pool house with a 3/4 bath and kitchenette attached to the two-car garage. This flex-space is perfect for a home office, homework space for distance-learning, or a game room large enough for a full-size pool table and poker table for hosting games nights.

Lunada Bay is one of the most highly desired areas of Palos Verdes Estates for its beauty with towering cliffs and ocean views. Thorley Road, in particular, is a flat road, perfect for kids riding bikes and skateboarding. Likewise, it is also walking distance to the shops at Lunada Bay, the elementary school, and high school, an added convenience that is rare on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

2129 Thorley is a vacation lifestyle home with every convenience for the modern family, and a perfect place to call home for the holidays.

Address: 2129 Thorley Rd, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274

Price: $3,699,000

For more information, please contact Cindy Shearin at 310-200-8318 or cindy@theshearingroup.com

Cindy Shearin is the exclusive agent representing the Manhattan Beach/Redondo Beach, California real estate market as a member of the Haute Residence Real Estate Network. View all of her listings here

Photo Credit: Linda Cotter

Photo Credit: Linda Cotter

Photo Credit: Linda Cotter

Photo Credit: Linda Cotter

Photo Credit: Linda Cotter

Photo Credit: Linda Cotter

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Photo Credit: Linda Cotter

Haute Residence: What is your take on what to expect for the Manhattan Beach area real estate in 2021?

Cindy Shearin: The Shearin Group has proudly served the South Bay for more than 30 years. We are grateful to represent such a fantastic community year after year. The beauty of the beach cities and the proximity to LAX Airport, downtown Los Angeles and the city's conveniences keep our marketplace healthy.   

With the new year upon us, we expect a continuing robust market in the South Bay. Luckily, real estate has been hot for both the buyer and the seller during the 2020 pandemic. This has been primarily due to our area's desirability in which to live, low inventory, and minimal new construction. The low amount of new construction is merely due to the lack of buildable lots throughout the beach cities. We continue to see multiple offers and cash offers for homes and the few buildable lots that come to market. Buyers are moving around throughout the coastal communities, from other cities in the greater Los Angeles area, and some movement from buyers from other cities and states that desire to be in our immediate area.

Photo Credit: Linda Cotter

Currently, The Shearin Group is building one of a few spec homes coming to market in Manhattan Beach in late 2021.  We continue to remain in the top tier of real estate groups with a pulse on the market and the "coming soon" inventory. 

We are grateful for our thriving community. Thank you, South Bay clients and friends, for the opportunity to serve you. We'd like to wish everyone a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2021.

For more information, please contact Cindy Shearin at 310-200-8318 or cindy@theshearingroup.com

Cindy Shearin is the exclusive agent representing the Manhattan Beach/Redondo Beach, California real estate market as a member of the Haute Residence Real Estate Network. View all of her listings here

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Haute Residence: How did the real estate market look at the beginning of 2020?

Cindy Shearin: The real estate market in the South Bay typically fluctuates very little. Pre-pandemic, we had low inventory, market prices were steady, and the US economy looked very promising.  There was a temporary pause in the market for about 60 days starting in late February.  This pause was simply due to the unknown with COVID-19. Though very brief, movement in the marketplace picked back up quickly in mid-April.

Photo Credit: Linda Cotter

HR: What, if any, changes did the pandemic have on prices? On inventory?

CS: The pandemic has had little-to-no effect on the South Bay market, especially in Manhattan Beach. We continue to have low inventory, plus there are fewer spec or custom homes being constructed due to the short supply of lots in which to build on. In fact, the Shearin Group has one of the few spec homes under construction right now in Manhattan Beach, but we’ll share more on that with Haute Residence when we get closer to completion.  

Interestingly, our numbers are up on properties sold, and even price points are up despite COVID-19. The South Bay is one of the premier areas to live in LA, and we see many Angelinos buying second homes as beach houses during this time. Buyers are looking for a place to retreat to for a lengthy amount of time but still work remotely from their own home. An excellent solution for this is reflected in an oceanfront property we represent in Hermosa Beach property called the Beach House, LA’s only condotel along the coast in So Cal. The Beach House has been very hot lately as a second home location being a great income property when not in use. Other benefits of owning at the Beach House are being right on The Strand, steps to the sand, daily housekeeping service when wanted, turn-key, and walkable to everything this great beach town has to offer.

Photo Credit: Linda Cotter

HR: Professionally, what have you learned in 2020 about yourself?

CS: It has undoubtedly been a unique year of self-discovery for us all.  We quickly learned how to maintain our top efficiency by working remotely.  We also had to adapt to safety changes in real estate by developing new methods for working with clients in person and online and just being flexible to each individual's comfort level. 

I feel fortunate with how easily we all adjusted and maintained healthy attitudes as well as healthy bodies.  We have great hope for the new year, and we'd like to wish everyone a healthy, happy 2021.

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Cindy Shearin presents

A timeless-lifestyle estate in Lunda Bay that has it all; stunning ocean and sunset views, sparkling pool, grassy yard & pool house, plus much more.

Enjoying gorgeous sunsets and ocean views are a part of daily life from this home in the prestigious Lunada Bay area of Palos Verdes Estates.  The light-filled estate is designed in a timeless-transitional genre with a nod to soft-modern, making it suitable to any taste.  Recently, the home underwent a full remodel and displays ocean views from almost every room, clean design lines, and all the modern finishings today’s homebuyer desires.  Updated details include Carrera marble countertops, wide-plank French Oak floors, crisp white Shaker-style cabinets, French Encaustic tiles, and two massive outdoor decks for indoor/outdoor living, a must in Southern California.

The main house contains four bedrooms and six baths at just over 3700 sq. ft. Three of the bedrooms are en-suite with private balconies and newly remodeled baths in Carrera marble, Calacatta Neolith, or Quartz, respectively.  Throughout the home, one will find updated lighting and oodles of natural light. Built for the Southern California lifestyle, the home is constructed with an open floor plan including a large family room adjacent to the kitchen and flex-space upstairs, perfect for a game room or movie room.  The open modern galley kitchen includes ample storage space, a large kitchen island, updated pendant light fixtures, and a separate food prep area topped with Carrera marble.

Outside, the expansive backyard is fully secured by a privacy fence for safety and seclusion. Here, the large pool and spa are trimmed by a grassy lawn, full outdoor kitchen, and a large patio for lounging and dining. Meanwhile, two large decks on the main house overlook the backyard and pool area to capture spectacular sunset views each evening. A bonus to this property is the guest/pool house with a 3/4 bath and kitchenette attached to the two-car garage.  This flex-space is perfect for a home office, homework space for distance-learning, or a game room large enough for a full-size pool table and poker table for hosting games nights.

Lunada Bay is one of the most highly desired areas of Palos Verdes Estates for its beauty with towering cliffs and ocean views.   Thorley Road, in particular, is a flat road, perfect for kids riding bikes and skateboarding.  Likewise, it is also walking distance to the shops at Lunada Bay, the elementary school, and high school, an added convenience that is rare on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

2129 Thorley is a vacation lifestyle home with every convenience for the modern family.

Address: 2129 Thorley Rd, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 9027

Price: $3,699,000

For more information, please contact Cindy Shearin at 310-200-8318 or cindy@theshearingroup.com

Cindy Shearin is the exclusive agent representing the Manhattan Beach/Redondo Beach, California real estate market as a member of the Haute Residence Real Estate Network. View all of her listings here

Photo Credit: Linda Cotter

Photo Credit: Linda Cotter

Photo Credit: Linda Cotter

Photo Credit: Linda Cotter

Photo Credit: Linda Cotter

Photo Credit: Linda Cotter

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Though many residences may qualify as significant in any American city, this property is extraordinary. With the Webb and Norton houses just around the corner, the Robertson House completes one of the finest trios of late 1920s residences in San Antonio. The garden home was designed by the New York architect William McKnight Bowman, who took his inspiration from the great villas of Veneto. His design was featured in the 1930 issue of The Architectural Forum, setting a high standard for future homes in San Antonio. Following the true tradition of the Italian villa, the second floor hosts the grandest room, a capacious drawing room which bisects the upper level, fronted on the exterior by the arcaded loggia overlooking the sweeping lawn. The gable of the loggia is projected by three symmetrical urns placed atop. Details and quality throughout the five bedroom estate are exquisite. Each bedroom is on the second floor with the exception of the guest suite on the main level. Additional guest accommodations includes the detached, fully outfitted casita. The large, sparkling pool with hand-painted tile is surrounded by patios and a pool house. This remarkable property is truly one of a kind.

Address: 303 Devine Road, San Antonio, Texas 78212

Price: Available upon request

Phyllis Browning Company is the exclusive brokerage representing the San Antonio, TX real estate market as a member of the Haute Residence Real Estate Network. View all of their listings here.

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