Westlake Village Real Estate Blog

32070 Canterhill Pl., Westlake Village, is one of the most beautiful homes to ever come on the market in Westlake Village! On a recent broker tour, the listing agent commented that the owners spent a million dollars on remodeling it in 2003, and it shows. No stone appears unturned in this Oscar Schuster-built traditional. All baths and the kitchen have been stuningingly remodeled with gorgeous materials. Among its many features: wood floors and wrought iron staircase. The home is over 5,000 square feet on a lot of more than 35,000 square feet, and offers a pool, spa, barbeque, patio, lawn and a dramatic mountain view. Listed at $2,195,000 by Stacy Richardson, Dilbeck Realtors.

5838 Cape Horn Dr., Agoura Hills, on the Lake Lindero Golf Course offers serene grassy views. It has 4 bedrooms and a remodeled kitchen, as well as recently installed A/C, central heating, newer carpet and paint, newer lighting, roof and roller garage door. On a recent broker caravan, bouquets of fresh flowers greeted visitors, creating a welcoming atmosphere in this light and bright home. A nice buy at $494,000. Listed by Jennifer Auten-Ramsyer, Prudential California Realty.

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North Ranch Center

Earlier this month the 462 property owners within the North Ranch Property Owners’  Association received a packet via mail  containing the proposed new CC&Rs and By-Laws. Within the week another smaller package arrived in the mailbox via hand delivery, this one asking for a vote to disapprove the proposed CC&Rs and By-Laws.

The letter accompanying the first package explained that the current CC&Rs, being more than 30 years old, predate California state statutes governing all homeowner associations.  New documents, the letter explained,  are  needed for the association to comply with state law. Furthermore, the current documents are sometimes ambiguous and not “user-friendly,” the cover letter stated.

The bone of contention prompting the second letter focuses on the storage of recreational vehicles.  The proposed new documents would allow for such storage provided RVs are not visible.  The 14 property owners who issued the vote-to-disapprove  letter argue that commercial storage is available for recreational vehicles and therefore no RVs should be allowed within the neighborhood.

Another issued posed by the concerned 14, which includes two current Board members, is the power Board members would gain in the new documents to create new rules without a vote of the property owners. In addition, the proposed By-Laws state there shall be one vote per lot, and that for election of Board members, owners may cast one vote for each open position but may not cumulate their votes for any one candidate.

In a letter to all property owners dated March 16, 2010, attorney Glen Kulik, whose law firm participated heavily in the development of the new documents, issued a rebuttal. In a nutshell, he indicated homeowners can disapprove just the items they dislike without disapproving the entire document, that banning RVs would be held illegal if challenged, and that other concerns would violate California Civil Code.

While this may be turgid stuff, if you are a North Ranch property owner, be sure to review the proposed package and subsequent letters, and then cast your vote – yeah or nay, no later than May 1.

If you are hoping for the CliffsNotes on the significant changes, you won’t find them.  There are too many changes to itemize them, according to North Ranch Center staff. For other questions, call the North Ranch Center at 805.373.3725 between 1:00 and 5:00 PM Monday through Friday.