ON THE COVER Natural Beauty: A modernist home melds clean lines with exotic stones and wood creating the feel of a warm embrace with natural light and sweeping vistas presented by Raju Chhabria and Neil Chhabria of Chhabria Real Estate Company.
It’s a perpetual challenge of architecture—to create a bona fide sculpture in space that’s brilliant in its everyday ease of use, with no compromises, and no errant side notes to disrupt the congruency that makes for truly successful design. Along these lines, architect Luis de Moraes has succeeded beautifully on one of the highest elevations of the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
Aiming to create a place where people want to stop by a few times a week, Brack Shop Tavern brings together high-quality cocktails with a convivially casual atmosphere, appealing to everyone from locals lingering over Sunday brunch to commuters grabbing after-work drinks.
If you swing by the Strand Brewing Co taproom one evening— they’ve moved to significantly bigger, 36,000-square-foot digs, and are open to the public from Tuesday (starting in March) through Sunday—you’ll find a place that aptly reflects the family-friendly, good-time spirit of the South Bay.
As anyone who’s ever been bicoastal—or has simply sampled authentic Jewish deli food—will tell you, such fare is in short supply outside the boroughs. Wexler’s Deli in Grand Central Market has been a haven for bagel-and-lox enthusiasts for years, and in a stroke of luck for Westside residents, the team expanded to Santa Monica last year.
In finding the home at 5721 Bonsall Drive, one also discovers optimum privacy. Visualize driving through the fenced and gated environment, up a long and winding driveway, and then arriving at this stunning home hidden on a sizeable 7.39-acre parcel.
ON THE COVER At One With Nature: An english country estate promises bucolic and tranquil surroundings meshed with the convenience of nearby amenities presented by Bill Chadwick and Brenda Hayward of Malibu Living Real Estate at Compass.
In December 2016, Southern California home prices reached their highest levels in more than nine years. Corelogic confirms December’s median home price of $470,000, up 1.1% from previous months.
DIGStv looks at the real estate impact of the NFL moving into LA with NFL Network’s Dan Hellie, and SportStar Relocation’s Ed Kaminsky.
Perched on the edge of the Pacific, the expansive home at 6 Ringbit Road West just might offer one of the best panoramic views in Rolling Hills. Sprawled across almost three acres, the modern ranch style home is 100 percent custom designed through a brilliant collaboration between owner Kelly Cook and celebrity architect Roger North.
