Princess in Fantasyland👸👸-REAL ESTATE BLOG-

 

I’m super excited for our new Duplex Listing at 806 S Detroit! The offering is a Large Spanish Miracle Mile Duplex that is over 4300 sq with 3 beds + 2 baths in each unit, 2 side-by-side off street driveway spaces (1 for each unit) + a 3 car garage for storage + a hedged spacious backyard!   The downstairs unit has a remodeled kitchen with center island, all new appliances, double sink under a window, and an eat-in breakfast area.  Each unit has a living room, dining room, separate sun drenched office, laundry in unit, hardwood floors, recessed lights, large windows, and central HVAC. The area is great, so close to the new metro line!  We have a scheduled showing Monday at 5:30 pm and we’re happy for others to join!

 

I’m excited that our off market listing at 112 N Formosa is contingency free! I love that both buyers + sellers are excited about the sale! I’ve been immensely and consistently enjoying my interaction with the sellers; they’re uber smart, direct, blunt, and to the point (I love that.)  They’re organized and decisive in their thinking and very adept at communication.  I have a running theory that sellers end up attracting buyers that somehow feel super similar to them and in this case I believe my theory holds true; the buyers and their agent have been great.

 

I’m super excited that Nechama’s new listing at 243 S Formosa in the heart of Miracle Mile, a short walk to The Grove + Pan Pacific Park + so many local shops and restaurants, is attracting so much activity and interest!  The current owners remodeled the kitchen in 2023 and they also added built in closets to the bedrooms!  The house has 3 beds, 3.5 baths, living room + dining room + family room that opens to the huge park-like backyard with al fresco dining area, sprawling lawn, and backhouse that has high ceilings and so much natural light!  This house makes the perfect cozy home in move-right-in condition!!

 

I’m excited for our new buyer escrow in Carthay Square and I’m looking forward to our inspections on Tuesday afternoon!  When we bought our house in Oxnard, a moisture inspection during our investigation period showed moisture in the interior walls in several areas and the listing agent told me to ignore it as it was no issue.  Turns out the stucco wasn’t watertight and the house needed new stucco!  Even though our client’s property in escrow will be taken down to the studs after close,  so mold inside the house won’t change the scope of work, we added a moisture inspection to our Tuesday lineup to make sure the stucco and windows are watertight from the exterior!  Because this house only has heat and no AC, it’s super important to test for asbestos.  I’m excited to source + manage the lender to make sure our client has the lowest rate and closing costs.  And also to help source + vet the contractor.  Knowing this buyer as the nicest guy from selling his house, I’m super excited to represent him on the buy side!

 

I’m super excited for Devin’s new listing at 740 N Kings Road #320. The offering is a penthouse south-facing 1-bedroom, 1-bathroom condo on tree-lined Kings Road in the heart of West Hollywood! The kitchen has stainless steel appliances, concrete countertops, recessed lighting, washer/dryer combo, and generous cabinet space. There’s an open-concept living + dining area with a cozy gas fireplace & sliding glass doors that lead to a private patio. The spacious primary bedroom has a walk-in closet + direct access to the patio. There are hardwood floors & central AC. Community amenities include secure garage parking, fitness center, 2 spas, laundry facilities on each floor, and a rooftop sun deck with BBQ area & views. I’m excited for Devin that he just closed on 4771 Elmer #15, a sweet condo in Toluca Lake, representing the buyer.  I’m excited for Devin’s new lease listing at 1155 N La Cienega Blvd Unit 711, a super posh slick condo with views + amazing common area amenities like pool, spa, sauna, gym, party room, grassy lawn. Devin is our in house West Hollywood expert and the best!

 

We are having so much fun preparing 3 properties for sale!  We’re loving the Farrow and Ball colors and experimenting with them on walls!  We’re finding that the paints look completely different in different areas closer and farther from sunlight and at different times of day!  It’s super fun to experience houses transform and get their glow up!  Even doing this for almost 20 years, the excitement never fades and it’s a marvel each and every time!

 

Last week Eliyahu and Nechama, our 5 + 3 yr old grandkids, had Winter Break and I volunteered to take the 2 kids to Disneyland!  It was their first time and they were amazed.  By everything.  By afternoon, we had admired so many little girls walking around dressed as princesses, and Nechama wished to be a princess too.  So we eagerly went and picked out a princess dress and I handed it to Nechama in a bag. Nechama wanted to wear the dress in Disneyland.  When we were almost at the front of the line for The Jungle Cruise, I slipped the shimmering cocktail length dress right over Nechama clothes.  Moments later, the ride attendant addressed us, “This way princess”  and “Step around the center bench, Princess.”  Nechama beamed in that princess dress!  She sat bravely in her princess dress on Pirates of The Caribbean and so upright and proud on the parking tram back to the parking lot in the dark.  I knew Nechama would fall asleep in her car seat the minute we left the Disneyland parking lot so I suggested we take off the princess dress before our ride home.  Oh no.  That dress was staying on, and Nechama asked that I be extra careful not to snag the dress in her car seat straps when I buckled her in.  I think of that day and the 3 of us sitting in a Dumbo car, Eliyahu proudly at the lever and a giggling Nechama with a red lipstick kiss cheek on my lap asking Eliyahu to make Dumbo go “up, higher and higher” and I think it’s true that Disneyland might just be the happiest place on earth (at least for a Grandma and her Grandkids!)

 

Wishing everyone a gloriously sunny Southern California week ahead!

Xoxxoo,

Sheri