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Address: 220 West Yanonali Street Status: On the market Price: $2,400,000 220 West Yanonali Street is currently for sale in Santa Barbara, listed by Ray Benenate of Sotheby’s International Realty.

Reach Ray at 448-7988.

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to survey the overall scene, I keep finding myself distracted by dazzling details. The light fixtures are custom and unique. The flooring, kitchen cabinetry, and backsplash are all varying shades of hardwood and bamboo. But I tear myself away to explore the rest of the upstairs, which includes a bedroom, a bathroom, and two balconies, one of which is big enough to feel like an additional outdoor living room. It has a view over the neighboring rooftops, taking in the variety of mature trees lining the street.

I take the outdoor staircase down to see the master bedroom and bathroom, laundry room, and garage on the first floor. When I peek into the garage, I’m told that it is heated.

Yes, the garage floor has radiant heating. This is but one of the home’s many energy-saving features, thanks to its biggest claim to fame: LEED platinum certification.

The home boasts myriad green details such as solar panels, highly efficient lights, flooring, fixtures, and appliances; recycled materials including denim used as insulation; and an irrigation system using gutter runoff that is collected into an underground cistern.

The radiant heat flooring is part of a ductless heating system, which is both efficient and green.

This home is technically a condo, part of a five-unit complex called Yanonali Court, designed by Berkus Architects and built by Berkus Construction in 2008. This unit is known as “The Casa,” and it’s appropriate: With no common walls, it feels just like a free-standing home.

As I confessed already, for me it was love at first sight of this West Beach casa. All of its special amenities, certifications, and green features galore just sweetened the deal.

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knew it was going to happen sooner or later. I just didn’t expect it to happen in the middle of the afternoon on a sunny Thursday in November.

I fell in love again.

I’ve lived on the Riviera, the Mesa, and several neighborhoods in downtown Santa Barbara, but I’ve always had a yearning to live in West Beach. I love its variety of architectural styles: 1920s craftsman bungalows, red-tile-roofed Spanish haciendas, cute classic beach cottages, all within a compact nine square blocks. Chock-full of hotels and vacation rentals, West Beach is vibrant and tourist-friendly, with restaurants, the wharf, and the harbor nearby. It even warrants a page in the history books with palm-lined Burton Mound, the site of an ancient Chumash village. And, of course, it’s got the beach.

It’s even named after the beach.

However, since West Beach does have so many short-term residents, long-term living situations come about very rarely. Over the years, when I’ve been in the house-hunting market for either a rental or a purchase, opportunities in West Beach have been scarce.

So when I saw the open-house listing for 220 West Yanonali, I had to drive by. Once I drove by, I had to stop and go inside. And once I peeked inside, I was hooked.

The front door opens to a high-ceilinged entryway that invites one upstairs by way of a friendly curved staircase with a swirly wrought-iron railing. This railing was the first of the home’s many distinctive details that caught my eye. Upstairs, the open floor plan combining living room, dining room, and kitchen is at once expansive, comfortable, and beautiful. Stopping at the big kitchen island

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omewhere along the line, I’ve heard rules for house hunters whispered to me. For instance, you’re supposed to sound savvy, as if you know the pros and cons of, say, 240-volt service versus 120. And you’re not supposed to gush about any house you like. Instead, you’re supposed to say, “Hmm, roof looks dicey.”

So when we go house hunting, we try to sound all Curb Appeal but unfortunately tend to come across more Curb Your Enthusiasm. For example, the other day in our ongoing quest, we visited a nice place in San Roque, but something didn’t click. So Connie said, “Just lie on the bed for a second, and let’s imagine we live here.” We did, for exactly one second. Then there was a splintering sound, and the bed crashed to the floor. Turns out it was a staged bed, propped up on little plastic garbage bins. Oops.

“They’re called risers,” said Tamara Ruccione of Santa Barbara Staging Solutions after enjoying a hearty laugh.“You’re not the first to do that.” It wasn’t her bed, but she said stagers have to do things like that because of the daunting task of providing furnishings for dozens of homes at once. “Imagine if you’re staging 20 or 30 houses. That would be 60 or 70 beds. You’d need a warehouse just for that.”

In fact, Ruccione does have a warehouse or two, necessities for those in the staging game. In them are the many roomfuls of furnishings to make recently emptied homes looked lived-in again for the purpose of selling. What’s more, the stock has to be constantly updated to match trends.

All of this makes it a “very expensive” business to run, Ruccione said, listing things I’d never thought of, such as two moving crews, several assistants, seamstresses, art, accent pillows, those warehouses, etc. Most businesses buy furnishings, and they’re good for years. Not so for stagers. “In this business, you’re buying every week,” she said.

Ruccione got started in the business by struggling to sell her own empty house. Someone told her the emptiness would cost her many thousands of dollars, so she went to the expense of buying furniture and did all the staging staples (cleaned house, lit the fireplace, baked cookies, etc.) and sold the place in one weekend.

She was hooked. Using those first furnishings, she started staging for hire, adding more décor along the way and building a business. People sometimes ask for advice on getting into the field. “It’s a wonderful career,” she said. “But it takes a lot of sacrifice and time and money and years to make it happen.”

The biggest change of late is the public’s growing understanding of the need for good staging, Ruccione said. Owners are already spending a lot of money fixing cracks, painting, and what have you to get houses ready for sale.

Persuading them to spend more on furnishings used to be difficult. No more.

Now, thanks to HGTV and such, owners are completely onboard. And homes in Santa Barbara are selling fast. When she first started eight years ago, houses sometimes languished on the market for as much as a year. “Now we barely get installed, and they’re in escrow,” she said.

As for crashing beds, Ruccione has a solution. Instead of real mattresses, she sometimes uses the inflatable version. Yes, the unsuspecting like us might n send them to the ground, but at least they would go quietly.

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Fabled Gables G. Vince GioVannoni Gio annoni

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his one-story wood-frame cottage

1940: Manuel Sampson, a nephew of Peter

Rodriguez, inherited the residence, where he and his wife lived for approximately the next five decades. Early in his career, Sampson worked as a cowboy actor doing one-reelers for the Flying A Studios on West Mission Street.

1989: After Mrs. Sampson died, her caregiver, June Walsh, inherited the home and maintained the residence for nearly a decade.

erty in the spring of 1997, and it has undergone improvements with refined attention to detail during the renovation process.

Original Owner: Elizabeth Noble Estimated Year of Construction: 1887

Based on information from, among other sources, Survivors; Santa Barbara’s Last Victorians, a publication of the Santa Barbara Historical Museum.

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1997: The current owners acquired the prop-

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which encompassed the 1500 block of De la Vina Street and belonged to the City of Santa Barbara, was sold to George Maxwell.

1861: The block was acquired by real estate investor Charles Pierce.

1863: The block was purchased by J.E. Goux, a prominent merchant and landowner.

1869: Goux sold the block to H.G. Crane, a lawyer and justice of the peace.

1873: Crane sold the block to John E. Spencer of Morristown, New Jersey, who died the following year, and bequeathed the property to his sister, also a resident of Morristown. She maintained the property for another 13 years.

It is believed that she wintered in Santa Barbara and invested in many acres of wooded acreage in Montecito from 1870 to 1880.

1887: Elizabeth Noble purchased the land, where she designed and built a home on the site.

1897: Peter Rodriguez acquired the residence and lived on the property for the next 43 years.

He was the gardener for E.P. Ripley, president of the Santa Fe Railroad.

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is enhanced with several architectural details that are evident in both decorative sidings and porch elements. In most circumstances, Victorian homes built in the 1880s were often decorated with fishscale siding, in which wooden shingles are trimmed with a curvature detail on the bottom half and applied as a decorative veneer on the exterior sides of the home.

For this residence, the pattern deviates from the standardized fish-scale design and gravitates toward a hexagon pattern, as observed in and around the attic window.

Another unique feature to the property is decorative dual arches along the front porch, which are supported by turned posts with knobs. An additional feature is the railing or balustrade posts that are constructed in a flat, sawn baluster style versus circular, spindleladen design.

Of all the Victorian-era properties which survived the 1925 earthquake, this property could possibly have the longest chain of ownership stemming back to the 1850s. Here’s the timeline:

1859: The section of land known as “Block 63,”

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The kitchen has granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances and walk-in pantry. Totally fenced and a corner lot. A special home.

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SteaDFaSt carpinteria SeniOr

$10,750,000

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5464 carpinteria aVe

BOrreLLO antOinette trUSt

FrencH BarBara trUStee

$799,000

11/10/15

5529 caMeO rD

artner cHarLeS trUSt

FOrD MicHaeL a eU

$750,000

11/12/15

5521 canaLinO Dr

cOrBani canDace c trUStee

aMHerSt eXcHange cOrp

$2,000,000

11/12/15

4760 caLLe caMaraDa

FeFOS LLc

peninSULar reaLtY LLc

$4,700,000

11/10/15

5955 caLLe reaL

BUtLer JOe W ii trUStee

VeLa iSaBeL J ea

$850,000

11/10/15

5772 HOLLiSter aVe

cUnning DeVin M trUStee

MarBUrY aLBert Jr

$344,000

11/10/15

29 DearBOrn pL 9

BartLett StepHen a trUStee

crr inVeStOrS LLc

$6,940,000

11/10/15

6300 LinDMar

FarringtOn MarY JO

HerZOg aMY L

$339,500

11/10/15

7054 MarYMOUnt WaY

crancer cLYDe L

pippin anDreW B eU

$745,000

11/13/15

670 arDMOre Dr

KUSHnerOV VaLerie

BODenHaMer JereMY eU

$995,000

11/12/15

6544 caMinO VentUrOSO

MacKer JOHn a trUStee

Henrie MarK c eU

$929,000

11/12/15

6430 carOLDaLe Ln

crane patricK e trUStee

LOng carLa a trUSt

$970,000

11/10/15

7956 WincHeSter cir

WOODHeaD Darren

HULSeY garY M

$80,000

11/12/15

204 n c St

irOnS eDna L trUStee

aLLen JaY r trUStee

$345,000

11/12/15

1112 n F St

aDaM FaMiLY trUSt

Wine cOUntrY HOSpitaLitY inc

$425,000

11/13/15

1200 n H St

MeDina JaVier eU

HiLL aarOn g eU

$270,000

11/09/15

916 W cHerrY aVe

SMitH DaViD D trUStee

HarriS raYMOnD r eU

$250,000

11/10/15

1301 W prUne aVe

LUnDegarD DaViD L trUStee

111414 LLc

$13,037,000

11/12/15

27 BUtterFLY Ln

StUtZ OSKar trUStee

WinFOrD JaY a trUSt

$1,485,000

11/12/15

23 cHaSe Dr

StraUB carL c Jr eU

ScHULMan MicHaeL D

$1,100,000

11/10/15

649 VerDe Mar Dr a

KnOWLtOn cHriStOpHer eU

DOtY rOSWeLL F Jr

$2,900,000

11/12/15

1051 arBOLaDO rD

LearMOntH gLYn S eU

StranD tiMOtHY a eU

$1,015,000

11/09/15

2643 DOrKing pL

aarOnSOn JeFFreY eU

cLaaSSen MarY e eU

$1,850,000

11/13/15

714 MiSSiOn parK Dr

Vining Kent M trUStee

graY DarreLL J trUStee

$1,520,000

11/13/15

408 LaS rOBLeS Ln

ingaLLS W DaViD

FrieDMan eDWarD trUStee

$926,000

11/09/15

1929 BatH St

KOranDa Lee B trUSt

gaULtiere Brianne e eU

$600,000

11/13/15

323 W peDregOSa St

raMOS annaMarie

ScHOWe rOBert t trUStee

$970,000

11/12/15

424 DOnZe aVe

rOtH tHOMaS a

aLVareZ gaSpar eU

$1,650,000

11/13/15

818 e gUtierreZ St

LOng carLa a trUSt

eZeLL Sean

$1,800,000

11/10/15

453 ViSta De La pLaYa

SarKOWSKY MarK eU

St geOrge eDWarD

$1,260,000

11/13/15

618 caStiLLO St

rOgerS VernOn trUStee

BUDinger SUSan M trUStee

$1,250,000

11/10/15

24 W gUtierreZ St

ScOLeS WaYne D

SteVenS DOnaLD ea

$418,000

11/13/15

1026 1/2 BatH St

craWFOrD geraLDine M eState

BrOWn patricK M eU

$1,000,000

11/13/15

120 MeSa Ln

cLaYtOn eVerett M iii trUStee

aSHLanD arOn W

$1,295,000

11/12/15

2413 caLLe anDaLUcia

FULLer LaUren B ea

BraDFOrD JeFFeerY L ea

$857,000

11/12/15

1906 giLLeSpie St

KUeHn KLaUS K a trUStee

tantri LLc

$1,831,000

11/13/15

208 OceanO aVe

iMHOFF HarrY r eU

eLLenBerger DaViD J eU

$1,800,000

11/12/15

1401 SHOreLine Dr

eSpOSitO Vincent ea

KUSHnerOV VaLerie

$790,000

11/12/15

293 caLLe eSperanZa

tUrnBULL paUL a ea

gOULD eLiZaBetH ea

$872,000

11/10/15

585 LOrraine aVe

cHapMan geOrge a trUStee

LOncKi ScOtt eU

$1,550,000

11/13/15

Via trepaDOra

gOLeta

MOntecitO Santa BarBara

Santa Maria

reYnOLDS traViS J eU

paZ JOSe D eU

$474,000

11/13/15

4551 HUMMeL Dr

DietricH JeraLD a trUStee

tHOMaSOn geraLD L eU

$452,500

11/10/15

4888 caMeO Dr

gaYDa tiMOtHY g ea

SMitH rUtH a ea

$540,000

11/12/15

335 W cLarK aVe

SnYDer garY J trUStee

HaYeS rOBerrt g eU

$328,000

11/12/15

4565 FOXenWOOD Ln

crOUccH JOanne trUStee

rOJO MattHeW D ea

$323,000

11/12/15

3717 ZiOn pL

FOXLeY FaMiLY trUSt

MUSUMeci tracie

$390,000

11/13/15

400 HarSin Ln

gUtierreZ JOSie g

MOtO Maria ea

$340,000

11/13/15

138 rOSS Ln

BieLY MicHaeL e trUStee

FaULKner MarK eU

$255,000

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420 parKVieW nOrtH

OUiMet ranDY L eU

JacOBS Dean

$401,000

11/10/15

1224 WOODMere rD

OrOpeZa ULYSSeS a eU

SeXtOn LeOna r

$350,000

11/12/15

4196 BreeZY gLen Dr

cHOi iSaBeLa M

rice aarOn J ea

$320,000

11/10/15

4162 HarMOnY Ln

cOrrente tUSSY

cOLMan triS eU

$337,000

11/13/15

280 MOOn Dance Dr

Mann 2006 FaMiLY trUSt

Mariani rOBert p

$243,000

11/13/15

1918 eLMWOOD Dr

OgLeeSBY SOnJa M trUSt

FLOreS ricarDO eU

$565,000

11/13/15

4326 SnOWHiLL ct

gaMBriL ricK eU

KinirY Brian J eU

$1,800,000

11/10/15

525 S BLOSSer rD

KreiSS, tiMOtHY e

HOFFMan paMeLa J

$405,000

11/09/15

1823 S MODeLLO aVe

cpH HarVeSt gLen LLc

MeDina JaVier Z

$400,500

11/10/15

903 W eLaine aVe

cpH HarVeSt gLen LLc

DOMingO reXOr a eU

$386,000

11/13/15

929 W eLaine aVe

cpH HarVeSt gLen LLc

paDiLLa MicHaeL a eU

$371,000

11/10/15

935 W eLaine aVe

cpH HarVeSt gLen LLc

Vea ernie eU

$407,500

11/13/15

1846 S OLYMpia Dr

cpH HarVeSt gLen LLc

MenDOZa anDreW eU

$394,000

11/09/15

839 SW eLaine aVe

aLegre JOSepH M ea

MicHeL YeSenia

$305,000

11/13/15

1018 n cOLLege Dr

gOMeZ DaViD W eU

BeLtran MarcO a eU

$305,000

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While this information is public record, The Santa Barbara Independent cannot guarantee the accuracy nor the completeness of this list.

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how was

Area highlights The Neighbors

Families of all shapes and sizes, retired couple, young professionals, and renters.

Market

Lifestyle

Gardening in your front yard, barbecues in the back, and attending the various festivals at Earl Warren, Oak Park, and MacKenzie Park.

You’ll Love

Being home base for your friends when the annual Old Spanish Days Fiesta comes to MacKenzie Park and the ethnic fests come to Oak Park and being able to walk to late-night sushi, gourmet Mexican, or French bistro casual.

Perfect For

Young families, retired couples, and professionals who want suburban peace amid the city.

Around the Area

The quaint Samarkand neighborhood, which rises above Mission Creek and Oak Park and extends to the Santa Barbara Municipal Golf Course, is named for a white-walled, carefully manicured

Michael Redmon is the director of research at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum.

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Single-family homes, often with second units, some duplexes and triplexes, and condos on the fringes.

property that was originally home to The Samarkand Persian Hotel, which opened in 1920 but had to close by 1937.

Today, the sprawling complex is a home for senior citizens, and the community around it is known as a great place to live away from the hassles of the city and yet within blocks of everything one needs. Most of the properties are singlefamily homes, but there’s a smattering of condo units, apartment complexes, and duplexes, as well, not to mention a number of rental properties divided up into multiple units with separate entries. Just down the hill is the stretch of De la Vina that locals call The Wishbone for where it connects with State Street, and this commercial corridor is home to a surprising array of restaurants, stores, coffee shops, bars, and other offerings.

The Samarkand is bound on most sides by parks, from Oak Park (where ethnic festivals, barbecues, birthday parties, and horseshoes happen all year long) to MacKenzie Park (where Old Spanish Days Fiesta comes in August and lawn bowling can be enjoyed whenever it’s sunny) to the Santa Barbara Municipal Golf Course (which is also home to a driving range and great café called Mulligan’s) to Earl Warren Showgrounds (home to concerts, rodeos, and fairs of all sorts).

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included the Harbor Restaurant, the Yacht Club, and a second restaurant.

The era of Saunders’ ownership was a stormy one. Charges flew that sewage from the wharf was polluting the beach and surrounding waters, but Saunders balked at the cost of fixing the problem.

Yet in 1948 the city gave a new 25-year operations lease to Saunders. Wrangling over repairs continued, with city and state authorities demanding progress.

Saunders did commission some work, but he continued to complain about costs.

In 1955, Saunders relinquished control of the wharf, and a new group purchased the franchise. One of the major partners was George Castagnola, whose fishing operation called the wharf home.

The new franchise holders realized that major repairs could no longer be delayed. The first new pilings arrived in the spring of 1955, and by 1972 the group had spent some $1 million in upgrades.

Recreation continued to play a growing role. Moby Dick’s Cof Coffee Shop opened, and the Castagnola group bought the Harbor Restaurant and poured more than $200,000 into improvements. Fishing operations moved from the wharf to the harbor’s Navy Pier in 1961. The oil industry arrived on the wharf; the first offshore oil rigs began operations in 1958.

The 1969 oil spill and the 1973 fire which consumed the Harbor Restaurant together began yet another era in the wharf’s history. After an eight-year closure, the wharf reopened in 1981 under the auspices of the City of Santa Barbara, its commercial purpose relegated to history. The wharf now became one of the most popular tourist destinations in the city and remains so today.

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Named after a resort-turned-senior-living-home that sits at the peak of this hilltop neighborhood, the Samarkand is like a mini-suburbia of mostly single-family homes bordered by Oak Park, Mackenzie Park, the Santa Barbara Golf Course, and Earl Warren Showgrounds. It’s quiet and quaint yet right in the middle of the action, with multiple stores and restaurants located just a few minutes away.

he years following World War II saw an evolution in the use of Stearns Wharf. Previously, the wharf had served as the city’s primary commercial shipping center as well as the headquarters of the area fishing industry. In the postwar years, recreation and tourism would play an ever more important role.

For the first two and a half years of the war, the wharf was closed to the public and was under the control of the U.S. Navy and then the Coast Guard.

The movements of the area fishing fleet were curtailed due to concerns over sabotage and fifth columnists. Initially, boats could not stay out overnight; by 1943, boats were allowed out five nights.

Stearns Wharf was reopened to the public in the spring of 1944. In October 1945, a syndicate that included film actor James Cagney bought the wharf franchise for some $200,000. The group intended to emphasize tourism and recreation over commercial activity.

There were problems. The wharf had not been maintained, and the pilings and deck were in disrepair. The new owners were shocked to learn that to bring the wharf back into shape would cost more than the purchase price and would require more than 10 million board feet of lumber. This price tag plus squabbling within the group caused another sale of the wharf in the spring of 1947.

The purchaser was area furniture dealer Leo Saunders. By this time, less than half of the wharf was being used commercially, although three fishing companies still used it as headquarters.

The days of the wharf as a primary commercial shipping center were virtually at an end. Tenants of the wharf now

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OPEN HOUSES Carpinteria

The Mesa

4902 Sandyland Road #241, 1BD/1BA, Sun 11-2, $599,000, Sotheby’s, Carolyn Wood Friedman 805-886-3838

2112 Cliff Drive, 4BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $1,375,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Linda & Jeff Havlik 805451-8020

3375 Foothill Road #933, 2BD/2BA, Sat 1-3 Sun 1-3, $850,000, Village Properties, Susie Maybery 805 684-3415

1642 Shoreline Drive, 3BD/3BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $1,995,000, Sotheby’s, Gene Archambault 805455-1190

Downtown Santa Barbara

Mission Canyon

1116 North Nopal Street, 3BD/1BA, Sun 1-4, $649,900, Berkshire Hathaway, The Santa Barbara Group, Joe Parker 805-8865735

18 West Victoria Street #208, 1BD/2BA, BY APPT, $1,180,500, Village Properties, Tim Walsh 805259-8808 18 West Victoria Street #204, 1BD/2BA, BY APPT, $1,465,000, Village Properties, Tim Walsh 805259-8808 2109 Chapala Street, 3BD/2.5BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 1-3, $1,495,000, Village Properties, Toni Mochi 805-636-9170 Deb Archambault 805-455-2966 531 Chapala Street #A, 1BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,995,000, Berkshire Hathaway, JoAnn Mermis 805-895-5650 18 West Victoria Street #308, 2BD/3BA, BY APPT $2,600,000, Village Properties, Tim Walsh 805259-8808

876 Windsor Way, 3BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $1,075,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jason S. Ebin 805-3643070

967 Cheltenham Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,125,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Bob Ratliffe 805448-6642 2985 Glen Albyn Drive, 4BD/3BA, Sun 2-4, $1,195,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Ricardo Munoz 805-895-8725 1836 Hillcrest Road, 4BD/3BA, Sun 2-4, $1,599,000, Village Properties, June Laula 805-689-7036

Montecito 1220 Coast Village Road Unit 110, 3BD/2BA, Sat 1-4, $1,069,000, Sotheby’s, Toni Sutherland 805-618-1886

1526 East Valley Road, 2BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $1,485,000, Village Properties, Mitch Morehart 805-689-7233

Goleta

2320 Sycamore Canyon Road, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $1,795,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Joyce Enright 805-570-1360

216 Moreton Bay Lane Unit 5, 2BD/1.5BA, By Appt., $432,000, Sotheby’s, Mike Pearl 805-637-6888 Gail Pearl 805-637-9595

462 Toro Canyon Road, 4BD/3BA, Sat 2-4, $2,395,000, Berkshire Hathaway, JoAnn Mermis 805-895-5650

218 Entrance Road 5, 2BD/2.5BA, Sun 2-4, $505,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jan Banister 805-455-1194

352 East Mountain Drive, 3BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $3,199,000, Sotheby’s, Toni Sutherland 805-6181886

331 Santa Rosalina Way, 3BD/2BA, Sat 1-4, $799,000, Village Properties, Chris Salvetti 805705-4040

1424 East Valley Road, 3BD/3BA, Sat 1-4, $3,200,000, Reeves & Associates, Jeff Reeves 805689-2058

7608 Newport Drive, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $969,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Madhu Khemani 805252-0625

2355 East Valley Road, 5BD/9BA, Sun 1-4, $4,500,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Joe Stubbins 805-729-0778

Hope Ranch

975 Mariposa Lane, 4BD/4BA,

BY APPT, Sun 2-4 PM, $4,995,000, Village Properties, Natalie Grubb 805-895-6226

4178 Creciente Drive, 4BR/3BA, Sun 1-4, $3,995,000, Stones Real Estate, Team Eric and Mary 805-6826090

1709 Overlook Lane, 5BD/4.5BA, Sun 1-4, $5,250,000, Sotheby’s, Frank Abatemarco 805-450-7477

Saturday 11/28 & Sunday 11/29 923 Buena Vista Drive, 6BD/6.5BA, Sun By Appt., $5,495,000, Sotheby’s, Frank Abatemarco 805-450-7477

3744 Greggory Way Unit 4, 3BD/3BA, Sat 2-4, $885,000, Sotheby’s, Linda Brown “Brownie” 805-666-9090

2225 Featherhill Road, 6BD/6.5BA, Sun 1-3, $6,995,000, Sotheby’s, Lauren Stewart 805-6186007

3823 Sunset Road, 4BD/3BA, Sun 12-2, $1,395,000, Village Properties, Louise Mckaig 805-2852008

1522 East Mountain Drive, 5BD/3.5BA, Sun 1-3, $7,495,000, Sotheby’s, Wade Hansen 805-6899682

3132 Calle Mariposa, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 1:30-4, $1,649,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Robert Johnson 805-705-1606

Noleta 754 El Rodeo Road, 4BD/2.5BA, Sun 2:30-4:30, $1,349,000, Village Properties, Louise Mckaig 805-2852008

Riviera 30 North Santa Ynez Street #D, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $795,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Mary Whitney 805-689-0915

841-861 East Alamar Avenue, 1BA, Sun By Appt., $1,995,000, Sotheby’s, Robert Heckes 805-6370047 5117

Summerland 2210 Calle Culebra, 3BD/3BA, Sun 12-3, $1,850,000, Sotheby’s, Jason Siemens 805-455-1165

Upper East Santa Barbara

403 Alameda Padre Serra, 3BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $1,195,000, Village Properties, Gary Welterlen 805-895-4744

2621 State Street Unit 3, 2BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $649,000, Sotheby’s, Robert Heckes 805-6370047

49 Cedar Lane, 3BD/2BA, Sat 1-3 Sun 1-4, $1,250,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jessica Stovall 805-6989416 James St. James 949-547-1860

34 East Pedregosa Street, 3BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $1,350,000, Berkshire Hathaway, John Comin 805-689-3078

139 Loma Media Road, 2BD/2.5BA, Sat 11-4 Sun 11-4, $1,385,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Isaiah J. Polstra 805-722-5085

2414 Santa Barbara Street, 3BD/3BA, Sat 2-4, $2,295,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jan Banister 805-455-1194

3 Las Alturas Road, 4BD/2.5BA, Sat 1-3 Sun 1-3, $1,599,000, Village Properties, John Bahura 805680-5175 1746 Prospect Avenue, 2BD/3.5BA, Sat 1:30-4 Sun 1:304, $1,995,000, Village Properties, Priscilla Bedolla 805-680-7146 1010 Roble Lane, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 2-4, $2,249,000, Sotheby’s, Linda Brown “Brownie” 805-6669090

Samarkand 440 Stanley Drive, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,447,000, Santa Barbara Brokers, Troy G Hoidal 805 6896808

Santa Ynez Valley 5 Six Flags Circle, 2BD/1BA, Sat 10:30-12, $335,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Karin Aitken 805-2521205

96 Six Flags Circle, 3BR/2BA, Sun 1-4, $525,000, Ranch & Country RE, Randy Stone 805-2526087 3640 Willow Street, 3BD/3BA, Sat 2-4, $734,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Rhoda Johnson 805-7058707 197 Manzanita Drive, 5BR 4BA, Sat 1-3, $775,000, Ranch & Country RE, Randy Stone 805-252-6087

San Roque 616 Calle De Los Amigos, 3BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $815,000, Sotheby’s, Krista Vickers 805-4535117

3756 Greggory Way 1, 3BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $875,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Michelle Madril 805-453-0927

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Santa Barbara Native

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to my family, my friends, and my clients for your support over the past 11 years. Being born in Santa Barbara has been a blessing and my husband and I are thankful to be raising our family here too.

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Some people worry about the irregular nature of construction employment.

There is some truth to this: Construction jobs took a big hit during the recent recession, the biggest since the depression of the 1930s. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, however, projects the annual employment rate in construction to grow by 2.6 percent between 2012 and 2020, a creation of 1.6 million jobs over this eight-year period. This expansion is the most of any sector of the economy, except for the health-care sector, which is projected to grow slightly more.

According to the Bureau’s statistics, 290,000 construction jobs were added in 2014 and a similar number will be added this year.

These days, fewer young people are

by Dennis Allen choosing a career in construction as parents and school officials promote high-tech careers. Consequently, the construction workforce is getting progressively older. Many of the job openings will be to replace retiring tradespeople. There is already an acute shortage of competent, skilled, motivated workers.

There exists a myth that those who work in a blue-collar industry like construction don’t earn much money. Many, probably most, construction workers in this region earn between $50,000-$120,000 per year, an income often accompanied by a good benefits package, as well. This is frequently higher than what some of the high-tech fields pay, such as computer systems analysts. And the skill gap between these sectors is narrowing. Today, having computer skills, an analytical aptitude, and a problemsolving bent, together with the traditional manual-trade skills, helps one gain a good position in construction and advance up the career ladder rapidly.

It used to be that companies hired from project to project, but now the norm is for companies to hire for the long-term. Increasingly, the term “profession” is being associated with work in construction. And because of the tangible nature of the work, there still exists a strong element of pride in the craftsmanship that workers bring to projects.

A recent survey of 30,000 employees among 12 distinct industries reported that construction workers are the happiest. Good relationships with peers and colleagues turned out to be a big part of trade-worker satisfaction. Santa Barbara offers the added advantage of working outside year-round and most of the time in great weather.

Hammer the nail true, saw the line straight, watch the pieces come together, and enjoy good camaraderie, all the while getting exercise outdoors in the sunshine. What is there not to like?

With a shrinking middle class in America, school officials and parents need to reevaluate the advantages of working in construction and start getting the message out that this is a cool track to the middle class.

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residential Hot Water Recirculating Pump can keep water from being wasted while you wait for the tap to run hot. Using the bathroom faucet connections, these pumps circulate water back to the water heater until it reaches the right temperature (usually 120 degrees). Then the thermostat turns off the pump, and you —Steven Lefler have nothing but hot water and no waste.

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ecently I wrote about women in construction and the many high-paying career opportunities that are now available in this field. The positive aspects of construction employment that I listed— listed seeing tangible results, interesting, varied and challenging work, and good pay— pay apply to men, as well.

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Happy Thanksgiving, from Nate, Elizabeth, Wyatt and Crosby Wagner

ELIZABETH WAGNER 805.895.1467 » elizabeth@villagesite.com elizabethwagner.com » CalBRE #01440591

Dennis Allen is chair of Allen Construction, an employee-owned company committed to building and operating sustainably. He also serves as chair of the Dean’s Council at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at UCSB and as a boardmember of the Community Environmental Council.

All information provided is deemed reliable, but has not been verified and we do not guarantee it. We recommend that buyers make their own inquiries.

Eliz