437 Short Trail

Sold for $800k — an east-meets-west c. 1927 canyon cottage in Topanga.

In my real estate career, with buyers, I’ve seen many different search timetables. Some find their home within weeks. Others after a year. This client and I looked for three summers before the perfect aerie emerged, fulfilling a long-held dream of migrating west.

Topanga was always her north star, which I completely understood - the magic of our canyon stretches shimmering tendrils far and wide. When we found this impossibly rare cottage - circa 1927, meeting her centennial next year, & held by the owner for over 40 years - we knew it was meant to be hers.

An all-wood structure perched in an ideal part of Topanga - Fernwood, our closest enclave to the Pacific (15 minutes from the sand!) - with groovy neighbors like Endless Color Pizza, & Hidden Treasures Vintage. The perfect entry point to this vibrant community. Through careful negotiations, we landed this gem for $300,000 under asking price and with excellent terms.

It’s moments like these I cherish as an agent - helping people I care for embark on mystical next chapters, in equally mystical dwellings. I can’t wait to see how my client will restore this space, keeping one of California’s precious wooden houses intact for years to come.

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