August 23, 2019
Quote of the Day
Elders always lament change – and the young cannot wait for it.
– Malcolm Forbes
This Day in History
August 23, 1902 – Fannie Farmer opens cooking school: On this day in 1902, pioneering cookbook author Fannie Farmer, who changed the way Americans prepare food by advocating the use of standardized measurements in recipes, opens Miss Farmer’s School of Cookery in Boston. In addition to teaching women about cooking, Farmer later educated medical professionals about the importance of proper nutrition for the sick.
Farmer was born March 23, 1857, and raised near Boston, Massachusetts. Her family believed in education for women and Farmer attended Medford High School; however, as a teenager she suffered a paralytic stroke that turned her into a homebound invalid for a period of years. As a result, she was unable to complete high school or attend college and her illness left her with a permanent limp. When she was in her early 30s, Farmer attended the Boston Cooking School. Founded in 1879, the school promoted a scientific approach to food preparation and trained women to become cooking teachers at a time when their employment opportunities were limited. Farmer graduated from the program in 1889 and in 1891 became the school’s principal. In 1896, she published her first cookbook, The Boston Cooking School Cookbook, which included a wide range of straightforward recipes along with information on cooking and sanitation techniques, household management and nutrition. Farmer’s book became a bestseller and revolutionized American cooking through its use of precise measurements, a novel culinary concept at the time.
In 1902, Farmer left the Boston Cooking School and founded Miss Farmer’s School of Cookery. In addition to running her school, she traveled to speaking engagements around the U.S. and continued to write cookbooks. In 1904, she published Food and Cookery for the Sick and Convalescent, which provided food recommendations for specific diseases, nutritional information for children and information about the digestive system, among other topics. Farmer’s expertise in the areas of nutrition and illness led her to lecture at Harvard Medical School.
Farmer died January 15, 1915, at age 57. After Farmer’s death, Alice Bradley, who taught at Miss Farmer’s School of Cookery, took over the business and ran it until the mid-1940s. The Fannie Farmer Cookbook is still in print today.
Ojai Weather
Eventually sunny – High 82 / Low 59
Friday, August 23, 2019
4:20 p.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 1872 Country Place – back on the market (had been cancelled).
- 813 Santa Ana Blvd. – reduced from $850,000 to $825,000.
The open house list for this weekend has been updated! (There will be no update Saturday or Sunday). We’ll be holding 1003 N. Drown Avenue open on Saturday from 1:00 to 4:00 and 501 Vallerio Avenue on Sunday from 1:00 to 4:00.
Our usual “Things to do” list hasn’t yet been forward to us by our friends at Ojai Hub. Here’s a different version – courtesy of the The Ojai Valley News. Have a great weekend!
9:30 a.m.
There are two new listings on the market:
- 302 Bald Street – $610,000.
- 520 Buckboard Lane – $2,375,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 48 Don Antonio Way – sold for $124,000 (originally listed for $127,000).
- 1202 Loma Drive #57 – photos have been added to the listing.
- 804 S. La Luna Avenue – photos have been added to the listing.
Pic of the Day
Thursday, August 22, 2019
5:10 p.m.
There are two new listings on the market:
- 1113 Sunnyglenn Avenue – $747,000.
- 1202 Loma Drive #57 – $155,000. (No listing photos available as of this writing.)
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 10710 Encino Drive – reduced from $1,988,000 to $1,888,000.
- 1405 Meadowbrook Road – sale pending.
- 112 N. Fulton Street – sale pending.
- 426 El Conejo Drive – sold for $510,000 (originally listed for $549,000).
- 1620 S. Rice Road – sold for $509,900 (originally listed for $529,900).
10:15 a.m.
There is a new listing on the market:
- 80 Santa Ana Way – $847,750.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 1872 Country Place – this listing has been cancelled.
Pic of the Day
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
6:10 p.m.
There are two new listings on the market:
- 828-985 Fordyce Road – $5,495,000.
- 804 S. La Luna Avenue – $565,000. (No listing photos available as of this writing.)
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 1872 Country Place – back on the market (had been withdrawn) and reduced from $724,900 to $699,900.
- 2340 Burnham Road – back on the market (had been a pending sale).
- 50 Watkins Way – reduced from $745,000 to $744,000.
- 1192 Mariano Drive – sale pending.
- 10951 Encino Drive – sale pending.
- 10561 Encino Drive – this listing has been withdrawn from the market (the link still currently reads as “active”).
9:05 a.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 175 Alto Drive – reduced from $747,000 to $723,000.
- 44 Don Antonio Way – reduced from $132,000 to $125,000.
- Grand Avenue land parcel – reduced from $570,000 to $559,000.
- 85 Don Antonio Way – sale pending.
- 1075 Loma Drive #48 – sale pending.
Pic of the Day
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
4:10 p.m.
- No other changes for today.
10:05 a.m.
There is a new listing on the market:
- 1202 Loma Drive #51 – $110,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 204 N. Olive Street – reduced from $599,000 to $549,000.
Pic of the Day
Monday, August 19, 2019
6:00 p.m.
There is a new listing on the market:
- 267 Fairview Road – $1,980,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 445 Mahoney Avenue – back on the market (had been a pending sale) and reduced from $325,000 to $318,000.
- 1110 Sunset Place – reduced from $799,000 to $775,000.
11:50 a.m.
There is a new listing on the market:
- 125 Oak Drive – $569,900.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 1202 Loma Drive #132 – reduced from $225,000 to $210,000.
- 1694 S. Rice Road – sold for $752,000 (originally listed for $840,000).
Pic of the Day
Saturday, August 17, 2019
12:45 p.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 2144 Los Encinos Road – increased from $629,000 to $649,000.
- 702 Mercer Avenue – sale pending.
- 145 N. Arnaz Street – sold for $970,000 (originally listed for $995,000).
- 251 Valley View Drive – this listing has expired.
- 200 N. Poli Street – this listing has been withdrawn. (The Ventura MLS link will show this as “unavailable.”)
The open house list has been updated! We’ll be holding open houses today at 501 Vallerio Avenue and 1003 N. Drown Avenue from 1:00 to 4:00. On Sunday we’ll be holding 501 Vallerio Avenue open from 1:00 to 4:00 as well.
Pic of the Day
Friday, August 16, 2019
3:25 p.m.
There is a new listing on the market:
- 2144 Los Encinos Road – $629,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 301 Park Road – photos have been added to the listing.
Have yourselves a great weekend! I’ll see you here tomorrow morning with the updated open house list.
8:50 a.m.
There is a new listing on the market:
- 1006 El Camino Corto – $1,199,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 11195 N. Ventura Avenue #7 – sale pending.
Here’s the list of things to do in Ojai!
Pic of the Day
Thursday, August 15, 2019
10:05 p.m.
There is a new listing on the market:
- 501 Vallerio Avenue – $880,000. This is our newest listing, which we teased about yesterday and must be seen to be appreciated! You can catch a sneak preview tomorrow morning (Friday) from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
Shockingly, that’s all we have for the rest of today. Typically, Thursday evening will see a flood of activity and new listings. Have a nice night!
10:40 a.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- Ojai Avenue land parcel – reduced from $619,000 to $519,000.
- 8726 Nye Road – sale pending.
- 12252 Ojai Santa Paula Road – sold for $826,000 (originally listed for $899,000).
- 11075 Sulphur Mountain Road – this listing has been cancelled.
Pic of the Day
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
5:35 p.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 215 N. Encinal Avenue – sale pending.
- 12772 Treeranch Road – sale pending.
10:55 a.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 1273 S. Rice Road #17 – this listing has been withdrawn from the market.
- 1975 Maricopa Highway #1 – photos have been added to the listing.
On Monday I took photos of a new listing we have coming up this week; it’s a custom 3 bedroom/2 bathroom, 1,893 sq. ft. home on .34 acres in the Ojai Terrace area of Ojai, typically referred to as “The neighborhood behind Von’s.” This is a gorgeous home with a huge family room for entertaining. This, in turn, leads out to an expansive yard that lends itself as the perfect wedding setting. In fact, a wedding was held here last year!. Look for it to come on the market Thursday afternoon/evening.
~ Ray
Pic of the Day
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
7:40 p.m.
There are three new listings on the market:
- 137 Avenida De La Entrada – $665,000.
- 301 Park Road – $815,000. (No listing photos available as of this writing.)
- 950 Woodland Avenue #63 – $160,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 168 Don Antonio Way – back on the market (had been a pending sale).
- 870 Oakwood Street – sale pending. Congrats to our clients/buyers who had their offer accepted on this home!
- 445 Mahoney Avenue – sale pending.
- 1075 Loma Drive #35 – sale pending.
- 1273 S. Rice Road #78 – sale pending.
- 418 W. El Roblar Drive – sold for $460,000 (originally listed for $469,000).
10:35 a.m.
There is a new listing on the market:
- 1975 Maricopa Highway #1 – $185,000. (No listing photos available as of this writing.)
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 995 S. La Luna Avenue – sale pending.
- 950 Woodland Avenue #28 – sold for $186,000 (originally listed for $248,500).
Pic of the Day
Monday, August 12, 2019
6:05 p.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 11835 Mirror Lake Avenue – reduced from $599,500 to $589,000.
- 211 Fox Street – sold for $575,000 (originally listed for $723,000).
12:20 p.m.
There is a new listing on the market:
- 85 Don Antonio Way – $129,900.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- N. Ventura Avenue land parcel – back on the market (had been a pending sale).
- 1036 N. Ventura Avenue – reduced from $529,000 to $519,000.
- 11020 Rodeo Drive – reduced from $1,995,000 to $1,915,000.
- 96 Valley Ridge Drive – reduced from $699,900 to $694,900.
- 813 Santa Ana Blvd. – reduced from $860,000 to $850,000.
- 398 Skyhigh Drive – sale pending.
- 205 S. Blanche Street – sale pending.
- 4106 Thacher Road – sale pending.
- 210 N. Fulton Street – sale pending.
- 520 Del Oro Drive – sold for $1,720,000 (originally listed for $1,895,000).
- 212 Goldenwest Avenue – sold for $491,000 (originally listed for $495,000).
Pic of the Day
Friday, August 9, 2019
3:10 p.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 813 Santa Ana Blvd. – reduced from $885,000 to $860,000.
- 1507 Loma Drive – sale pending.
- 2340 Burnham Road – sale pending.
We’ve updated the open house list a day early, as there will be no update on Saturday or Sunday.
We’re excited to announce the addition of new team member, Alex Grush. Alex has been an Ojaian for almost 30 years and we feel he’ll be a great asset to the team. Welcome aboard, Alex!
Enjoy the rest of your Friday and here’s hoping you have a wonderful weekend!
10:25 a.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 260 E. El Roblar Drive – sale pending.
- 308 Shady Lane – sold for $810,000 (originally listed for $949,000).
Here’s the list of things to do in Ojai!
Pic of the Day
Thursday, August 8, 2019
5:40 p.m.
Well, I have to apologize. I got a little ahead of myself, a little too excited…about the new layout I blabbed about this morning. Turns out, it’s not as simple as I thought. Oh, it was fine for the two entries under the category “changes to the all listings page” at 10:50 a.m. this morning. However, once I started dealing with the possibility of several entries (see yesterday’s 7:35 p.m. update for an example), everything went haywire during the testing phase. As I’ve said before, I am no webmaster – I don’t know HTML or CSS and am at the mercy of trial and error and whatever plugins WordPress can give me. So, I’m sorry to say that we’re back to the old layout for a while until I can figure it out. Onward and upward…
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 36 Kunkle Street – reduced from $1,025,000 to $997,000.
- 215 Burnham Road – reduced from $875,000 to $864,970.
- 1183 Bonmark Drive – sale pending.
~ Ray
10:50 a.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
1002 Drown Avenue – reduced from $929,000 to $899,000 |
510 E. Ojai Avenue – reduced from $1,500,000 to $1,325,000 |
In an effort to make the site more user-friendly, you might have noticed that we’re trying out a new format with photos and links instead of text/links only. Our hope is that this will make the site much easier on the eyes. This format will be followed on the Newest Listings page/tab as well.
Pic of the Day
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
7:35 p.m.
There is a new listing on the market:
- 927 Santa Ana Blvd. – $539,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 316 N. La Luna Avenue – back on the market (had been cancelled).
- 1254 Cruzero Street – reduced from $830,000 to $799,900.
- 99 Taormina Lane – reduced from $550,000 to $539,000.
- 848 S. Rice Road – reduced from $999,000 to $950,000.
- 120 Watkins Way – sale pending.
- 917 Bryant Place – sold for $590,000 (originally listed for $599,000).
- 405 N. Montgomery Street – sold for $1,525,000 (originally listed for $1,525,000).
- 165 Grande Vista Street – sold for $575,000 (originally listed for $575,000).
- 128 Apricot Street – sold for $540,000 (originally listed for $599,000).
- 8 Don Antonio Way – sold for $119,000 (originally listed for $155,000).
- 1202 Loma Drive #15 – sold for $180,000 (originally listed for $209,900).
- 1273 S. Rice Road #3 – sold for $40,000 (originally listed for $59,000).
- 82 Don Antonio Way – this listing has been withdrawn from the market.
- 12768 Blue Heron Circle – this listing has been withdrawn from the market.
Beautiful sunset tonight…did you see it?
9:00 a.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 605 E. Oak Street – back on the market (had been expired).
- 110 Don Carlos Way – reduced from $119,000 to $105,000.
Pic of the Day
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
5:45 p.m.
There are two new listings on the market:
- 112 N. Fulton Street – $559,000.
- 173 S. Padre Juan Avenue – $598,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 445 Mahoney Avenue – reduced from $345,000 to $325,000.
- 697 Good Hope Street – sale pending.
- 316 N. La Luna Avenue – this listing has been cancelled.
9:25 a.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 438 Avenida De La Vereda – sale pending.
- 133 Sunset Street – sale pending.
- 1042 Moreno Drive – sold for $570,000 (originally listed for $599,900).
- 415 S. Pueblo Avenue – sold for $615,000 (originally listed for $629,000).
- 4330 Grand Avenue – sold for $415,000 (originally listed for $485,000).
Pic of the Day
Monday, August 5, 2019
3:50 p.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 510 E. Ojai Avenue – back on the market (had been a pending sale).
10:30 a.m.
There is a new listing on the market:
- 12605 Highwinds Road – $2,649,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 249 Mahoney Avenue – reduced from $554,000 to $545,000.
- 1115 Creekside Way #B – sale pending.
- 603 Palomar Road – sale pending.
- 250 Apricot Street – sale pending.
- 267 Burnham Road – sale pending. Congrats to our client/buyer and to teammate Paul Johnsen for putting this deal together!
- 3250 E. Ojai Road – this listing has expired.
Pic of the Day
Saturday, August 3, 2019
2:10 p.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 438 Avenida De La Vereda – back on the market (had been a pending sale).
- 2340 Burnham Road – back on the market (had been a pending sale).
- 1115 Creekside Way #B – reduced from $395,000 to $389,000.
- 288 N. La Luna Avenue – sale pending.
- 200 N. Poli Street – sale pending.
- 110 Park Road – sold for $630,000 (originally listed for $695,000).
- 10692 Encino Drive – sold for $1,325,000 (originally listed for $1,325,000).
- 205 Palomar Road – sold for $1,280,000 (originally listed for $1,399,000). Although the Ojai MLS link shows this as still pending (as of this writing), this is in fact closed as described.
- 1872 Country Place – this listing has been withdrawn from the market.
Finally for today, I’d like to give a shout out to Ben Kohn at “From Sinks to Sewers.” We had an issue with our master bathroom toilet that went on for about two years: After flushing, it would make gurgling sounds from other sources in the master bathroom, namely the bathtub, bidet, and once in a while – the sinks. We had two plumbers come out to inspect the problem. The first plumber explained that the piping was inferior and that we’d have to rip out all the pipes in the walls and re-plumb the system. I didn’t buy that, as the “inferior” piping seemed to work just fine through the first 28 years of the house’s existence. The second plumber earnestly snaked the toilet and bidet; while that seemed to work initially – the fix only lasted about a month. Then we had a handyman climb on our roof (a difficult task considering the height and pitch of the roof) and proceed to clear out the vent pipe. Again, this worked for about a month, then the gurgling started once again.
I met Ben while he was performing a sewer lateral line inspection at one of our listings. I was impressed with how thorough and honest he was and asked if he might be willing to take a look at our issue. Ben arrived at our house and spent seven hours diagnosing and running a camera through the pipes – until, voila, he found the issue! Roots had penetrated the area where the cleanout valve pipe had cracked, right near the outside of our house (which was only about 20 feet of piping from the troublesome toilet). Enough time has passed and no further gurgling has occurred to where I believe the issue has finally been resolved. Ben was the only plumber who took the time to properly diagnose the issue, and considering the time he spent at our house, his bill for services was totally reasonable. We highly recommend Ben and have added him to our Trusted Professionals page!
12:35 p.m.
The open house list has been updated! We’ll be holding two of our listings open on Sunday from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. – 1442 S. Rice Road and 1003 N. Drown Avenue. I wanted to get the open house list to you as soon as possible; I’ll have a second update with possible new listings or changes in the market for you shortly…
Pic of the Day
Friday, August 2, 2019
1:10 p.m.
- No other changes for today; see you tomorrow with the updated open house list. Enjoy the weekend (catch Michael McDonald at Libbey bowl Saturday night)!
9:05 a.m.
There are two new listings on the market:
- 133 Sunset Street – $710,000.
- 1192 Mariano Drive – $595,000.
Here’s the list of things to do in Ojai!
Pic of the Day
Thursday, August 1, 2019
5:00 p.m.
The Ojai Market Data update has been completed. Click here to check it out!
Changes to the All Listings page:
- N. Ventura Avenue land parcel – sale pending.
- 108 Drown Avenue – sale pending.
2:00 p.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 2661 Ladera Road – back on the market (had been expired).
- 4320 Thacher Road – back on the market (had been a pending sale).
- 1176 N. Ventura Avenue – sale pending.
- 2226 Sumac Drive – sold for $726,000 (originally listed for $749,000).
I’ll be running the numbers for July for the Ojai Market Data update as you read this; check back here in about an hour or so to see what happened in Ojai real estate last month!
9:15 a.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 8726 Nye Road – back on the market (had been a pending sale).
- 2661 Ladera Road – this listing has expired.
Pic of the Day
