September 20, 2019
Quote of the Day
Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
– G. K. Chesterton
This Day in History
September 20, 1881 – Chester Arthur becomes third president to serve in on year: Chester Arthur is inaugurated on September 20, 1881, becoming the third person to serve as president in that year.
The year 1881 began with Republican Rutherford B. Hayes in office. Hayes served out his first and only term and officially turned over the reins of government to James A. Garfield, who happened to be a close friend of his, in March 1881. Just four months into his term, on July 2, Garfield was shot by a crazed assassin named Charles Guiteau. Guiteau claimed to have killed Garfield because he refused to grant Guiteau a political appointment. Garfield sustained wounds to his back and abdomen and struggled to recover throughout the summer. Though it appeared he would pull through in early September, the autopsy report revealed that the internal bullet wound contributed to an aneurism that ultimately killed Garfield on September 19.
The next day, Vice President Chester Arthur was sworn in as president. Strangely, Garfield’s assassin wrote to the new president from jail, taking credit for vaulting Arthur into the White House. According to President Hayes, Arthur’s administration was best known for “liquor, snobbery and worse.” He served only one term from 1881 to 1885. This was the second time in American history that three men served as president in one year; a similar situation occurred in 1841, when Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison and John Tyler all held the office.
Ojai Weather
Sunny – High 81 / Low 54
Friday, September 20, 2019
10:00 p.m.
The open house list has been updated! We’ll be holding houses open at 1003 N. Drown Avenue (Saturday, 1:00 to 4:00), 1223 Fierro Drive (Sunday, 1:00 to 4:00), and 501 Vallerio Avenue (Sunday, 1:00 to 4:00).
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 414 Andrew Drive – reduced from $925,000 to $895,000.
- 3630 Thacher Road – sale pending.
- 11480 Sulphur Mountain Road – sold for $3,025,000 (originally listed for $3,599,000).
- 417 Andrew Drive – sold for $1,200,000 (originally listed for $1,150,000).
Have a fantastic weekend! The next update will be Monday morning.
11:55 a.m.
There are two new listings on the market:
- 1109 Goldenwest Avenue – $800,000.
- 3063 Matilija Canyon Road – $295,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 10808 Creek Road – back on the market (had been expired) and increased from $895,000 to $899,000.
- 11835 Mirror Lake Avenue – sale pending.
- 75 E. Short Street – this listing has been withdrawn from the market.
Here’s the list of things to do in Ojai!
Pic of the Day
Wednesday, Cheryl and I received a surprise on our doorstep. What is it? Why, it’s the equivalent of a bag of Lucky Charms, but only consisting of charms. I’m sure this has to do with a conversation we had with someone recently, perhaps within the last month or so, about my former Seinfeldian love of eating sugary kiddie cereal for breakfast (a habit I broke several years ago). In either case, we’ve been racking our brains trying to figure out who surreptitiously sent this gift. Clients? Friends? One of our own team members? WHO? Reveal yourselves, damn you!
Thursday, September 19, 2019
5:00 p.m.
There is a new listing on the market:
- 547 Pala Drive – $874,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 405 Prospect Street – reduced from $680,000 to $649,000.
- 137 Avenida De La Entrada – reduced from $665,000 to $655,000.
12:30 p.m.
There are two new listings on the market:
- 86 Arnaz Drive – $839,000.
- 214 Bryant Street – $2,500,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 3250 E. Ojai Avenue – back on the market (had been expired) and reduced from $4,950,000 to $3,850,000.
- 810 El Toro Road – back on the market (had been cancelled) and reduced from $2,500,000 to $2,199,000.
- 301 Park Road – reduced from $815,000 to $755,000.
- 433 Sunset Street – this Honorable Mention is now a pending sale.
- 267 Fairview Road – sale pending.
- 1075 Loma Drive #35 – sold for $57,500 (originally listed for $79,900).
Pic of the Day
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
11:15 a.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 12412 Linda Flora Drive – reduced from $575,000 to $565,000.
- 911 E. Aliso Street – sale pending.
- 295 Burnham Road – sale pending.
- 10808 Creek Road – this listing has expired.
Pic of the Day
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
6:25 p.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 11075 Sulphur Mountain Road – back on the market (had been a cancelled listing) and reduced from $2,499,000 to $2,395,000.
- 950 Woodland Avenue #63 – sale pending.
11:55 a.m.
There is a new listing on the market:
- 162 Olive Street – $649,000. (This was recently on the market in June for $669,000, but did not sell.)
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 7343 Rose Valley Road – reduced from $499,000 to $469,000.
- 1002 Drown Avenue – sale pending.
- 2490 Bonmark Drive – sale pending.
- 1122 Paseo Del Robles Court – this Honorable Mention is now a pending sale.
- 445 Mahoney Avenue – sold for $315,000 (originally listed for $425,000).
Pic of the Day
Monday, September 16, 2019
3:20 p.m.
- No other changes for today.
11:35 a.m.
There is a new listing on the market:
- 172 Mountain View Street – $570,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 911 E. Aliso Street – back on the market (had been a pending sale).
- 110 E. Summer Street – reduced from $629,000 to $599,000.
- 1113 Sunnyglenn Avenue – sale pending.
- 405 Prospect Street – photos have been added to the listing.
Pic of the Day
Saturday, September 14, 2019
11:45 a.m.
No changes for today, but the open house list has been updated! We’ll be holding open houses for 59 W. Calle El Prado (today from 1:00 to 4:00, 501 Vallerio Avenue (Sunday from 1:00 to 4:00), and 1223 Fierro Drive (Sunday from 1:00 to 4:00).
Pic of the Day
Friday, September 13, 2019
9:10 p.m.
There is a new listing on the market:
- 405 Prospect Street – $680,000. (No listing photos available as of this writing.)
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 96 Valley Ridge Drive – reduced from $685,000 to $675,000.
- 93 Don Antonio Way – sale pending.
- 8726 Nye Road – sold for $535,000 (originally listed for $539,000).
Have a great weekend; we’ll see you tomorrow with the updated open house list.
11:00 a.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 98 Kunkle Street – back on the market (had been a pending sale).
Here’s the list of things to do in Ojai!
Pic of the Day
Thursday, September 12, 2019
8:20 p.m.
There is a new listing on the market:
- 295 Burnham Road – $599,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 1370 Cuyama Road – back on the market.
- 703 Tico Road – this listing has been cancelled.
- 950 Woodland Avenue #81 – photos have been added to the listing.
10:50 a.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 11835 Mirror Lake Avenue – reduced from $589,000 to $559,000.
- 950 Woodland Avenue #63 – reduced from $160,000 to $150,000.
- 731 Fairview Road – reduced from $629,000 to $615,000.
- 804 S. La Luna Avenue – sale pending.
- 1204 N. Montgomery Street – sale pending.
- 627 E. Villanova Road – sale pending.
- 1994 E. Ojai Avenue – sold for $799,500 (originally listed for $799,500).
Pic of the Day
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
11:50 a.m.
There are two new listings on the market:
- 682 Spring Street – $565,000.
- 950 Woodland Avenue #81 – $189,000. (No listing photos available as of this writing.)
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 78 Don Antonio Way – reduced from $119,900 to $110,900.
- 1202 Loma Drive #51 – reduced from $110,000 to $102,000.
- 619 W. El Roblar Drive – reduced from $1,695,000 to $1,595,000.
- 1075 Loma Drive #20 – sale pending.
- 1075 Loma Drive #5 – this listing has expired. (The Ventura MLS link will show this as “unavailable.”)
Pic of the Day
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
5:00 p.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 12717 Koegnistein Road – reduced from $950,000 to $920,000.
- 716 Country Club Road – sale pending.
Pic of the Day
Monday, September 9, 2019
5:25 p.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 1473 Baldwin Road – back on the market (had been expired).
- 804 S. La Luna Avenue – increased from $565,000 to $569,000.
- 1885 Maricopa Highway #19 – sale pending.
- 212 N. Carrillo Road #H – sold for $469,500 (originally listed for $479,000).
Tomorrow’s first update may not occur until later in the afternoon, just FYI. Enjoy the evening!
12:15 p.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 154 S. Padre Juan Avenue – back on the market (had been a pending sale).
- 813 Santa Ana Blvd. – reduced from $805,000 to $799,000.
- 1477 Foothill Road – sale pending.
- 911 E. Aliso Street – sale pending.
- 2491 Bonmark Drive – sold for $700,000 (originally listed for $749,999).
- 1103 N. Montgomery Street – sold for $1,200,000 (originally listed for $1,395,000).
- 1473 Baldwin Road – this listing has expired. (The Ventura MLS link will this this as “unavailable.”)
We hope you had a good weekend; we had friends over for football yesterday and watched the Rams win. Cheryl made a dish called “Tomato Tarte Tatin” with tomatoes from our garden. It’s a sweet dish, which for me, totally confused my brain and taste buds because of the underlying tomato flavor. But it was a winner – there was virtually none left afterwards!
Pic of the Day
Saturday, September 7, 2019
1:00 p.m.
There is a new listing on the market:
- 1203 N. Signal Street – $4,000,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 110 Don Carlos Way – sale pending.
- 1273 S. Rice Road #99 – sold for $185,000 (originally listed for $189,000).
The open house list has been updated! Our team is holding a bevy of our listings open; 1223 Fierro Drive – open Saturday and Sunday from 1:00 to 4:00; 59 W. Calle El Prado – open Saturday and Sunday from 12:00 to 4:00; 1003 N. Drown Avenue – open Saturday from 1:00 to 4:00; and 75 E. Short Street – open Sunday from 1:00 to 4:00.
Pic of the Day
Friday, September 6, 2019
5:05 p.m.
The Ojai Market Data update has been completed. Click to check out how the Ojai valley real estate market fared for the month of August!
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 249 Mahoney Avenue – back on the market (had been expired) and reduced from $545,000 to $525,000.
- 3630 Thacher Road – reduced from $1,095,000 to $995,000.
- 11504 Oakcrest Avenue – reduced from $800,000 to $775,000.
- 1370 Cuyama Road – sale pending.
- 112 N. Fulton Street – sale pending.
- 927 Santa Ana Blvd. – sale pending.
- 1507 Loma Drive – sold for $650,000 (originally listed for $650,000).
See you tomorrow with the updated open house list; enjoy the weekend!
10:30 a.m.
There is a new listing on the market:
- 144 Wormwood Street – $1,250,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 1203 Rains Court – sale pending.
- 697 Good Hope Street – sold for $510,000 (originally listed for $499,900).
- 249 Mahoney Avenue – this listing has expired.
Here’s the list of things to do in Ojai!
Pic of the Day
With master Jacques away on an oceanic expedition, Buddy
Cousteau stayed at home to play in his make-believe “submarine.”
Thursday, September 5, 2019
6:50 p.m.
There are two new listings on the market:
- 1204 N. Montgomery Street – $1,495,000.
- 1223 Fierro Drive – $689,000. This is our own listing; you can catch a sneak preview of this turn-key home tomorrow from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon!
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 99 Taormina Lane – reduced from $539,000 to $529,000.
- 1036 N. Ventura Avenue – reduced from $519,000 to $514,900.
- 110 E. Summer Street – reduced from $649,000 to $629,000.
- 410 Church Road #53 – sale pending.
- 1183 Bonmark Drive – sold for $640,000 (originally listed for $679,000).
10:25 a.m.
There are two new listings on the market:
- 108 E. Summer Street – $679,000.
- 10808 Creek Road – $895,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 403 Montana Circle – sale pending.
- 438 Avenida De La Vereda – sold for $712,500 (originally listed for $739,000).
While this does not apply to Ojai real estate specifically, we want to congratulate our client/buyer who closed on their first-ever home at 2338 Kipana Avenue (in Ventura) yesterday!
Pic of the Day
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
4:15 p.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 267 Fairview Road – reduced from $1,980,000 to $1,775,000.
12:10 p.m.
There is a new listing on the market:
- 110 E. Summer Street – $649,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 1254 Cruzero Street – sale pending.
Pic of the Day
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
5:30 p.m.
There is another new listing on the market:
- 915 Daly Road – $685,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 804 S. La Luna Avenue – back on the market (had been a pending sale).
- 2340 Burnham Road – sale pending.
10:40 a.m.
There are two new listings on the market:
- 1203 Rains Court – $1,100,000.
- 2144-2150 Baldwin Road – $5,000,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 291 Larmier Avenue – increased from $499,000 to $519,000.
- 12599 Koenigstein Road – reduced from $1,799,000 to $1,649,000.
- 3000 E. Ojai Avenue – reduced from $1,890,000 to $1,750,000.
- 433 Sunset Street – this Honorable Mention has been reduced from $759,000 to $749,000.
- 813 Santa Ana Blvd. – reduced from $825,000 to $805,000.
- 96 Valley Ridge Drive – reduced from $694,900 to $685,000.
- 98 Kunkle Street – sale pending and reduced from $1,150,000 to $1,095,000.
- 130 Don Felipe Way – sale pending.
- 154 S. Padre Juan Avenue – sale pending.
- 206 Drown Avenue – sold for $625,000 (originally listed for $680,000).
- 293 McAndrew Road – sold for $1,201,000 (originally listed for $1,150,000).
- 702 Mercer Avenue – sold for $740,000 (originally listed for $789,000).
- 43 Don Antonio Way – sold for $268,500 (originally listed for $272,000).
- 1075 Loma Drive #48 – sold for $50,000 (originally listed for $69,000).
- 1701 McNell Road – this listing has expired.
We hope you enjoyed the weekend! We got some R&R in, saw the Jon Anderson concert on Friday night (so great to hear an iconic voice in person), and had a lovely dinner last night at Soule Park Bar & Grill. I know I’ve mentioned this before, but sitting out on the back patio as the sun sets? I challenge you to find a better setting – and the food is pretty darn good, to boot. I don’t understand why this place isn’t busier. I’d like to keep it our little secret, but I’d also like to see the restaurant succeed. Seriously, you need to check it out!
Pic of the Day
