Catalogue No. 14 · Autumn 2026
$412M sold since 2009 · 38 days median · 102.4% of guide
Houses of consequence, quietly sold.
A private property office on the Santa Barbara coast. Twelve houses a year, each measured, photographed and written up by a partner, and shown first to buyers we already know.
The office
Twelve instructions a year. Not because demand is thin, because attention is.
Havilon was founded in 2009 on one refusal: we would never hold more houses than two partners could personally know. Every entry in the catalogue is measured by a surveyor, photographed over two days and written by the partner who walked it.
That is slower than a portal and it is meant to be. A buyer who reads one of our entries arrives already knowing the house, and a vendor deals with the same person from the first valuation to the day of completion.
Claire HavilonFounding partner
About the office
Est. 2009 · Montecito
Catalogue No. 14
Currently offered
By private treaty
Five houses you will not find on this page.
Some owners will sell, but will not advertise. Their houses are described in full, shown by appointment, and never photographed for the portals. Registered buyers see them eleven days before anyone else.
143 buyers are registered this season. We never share the list.
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P-01
A Spanish Colonial of 1928, seven bedrooms on 3.1 acres
Riven Rock · Guide on application
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P-02
A single-storey modernist of 1971 with a private beach path
Hope Ranch · Guide on application
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P-03
A hillside villa with a channel view from every room
The Riviera · Guide on application
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Two further houses, described only by introduction
What we do
Four things, done by the same two people.
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Selling a house
A catalogue entry, a defended guide, and eleven days with registered buyers before the public launch.
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Private acquisition
We approach owners who have not decided to sell, on behalf of one named buyer at a time.
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Valuation
Written, line by line, from completed sales within a mile. Valid for ninety days.
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Estate advisory
For families and trustees: what to sell, in what order, and what to keep.
Havilon · Catalogue No. 14Lot 07
Casa Miramonte
A long stone house of 1962 on the upper lane, drawn around a courtyard of three olive trees. The sitting room faces south through full-height glass; the channel is visible from the second step of the pool.
- Provenance
- Built 1962. Three owners, the last since 1998.
- Measured
- 6,840 sq ft, surveyed August 2026.
- Land
- 1.4 acres, thirty-eight mature oaks.
- Guide
- $8,450,000
Selling with us
Every house gets a catalogue entry, not a listing.
Photographed across two days
Once at first light, once at dusk. No wide-angle lens, no sky replaced.
Written by the partner who walked it
One hundred and twenty words, signed. If a road can be heard from the terrace, the entry says so.
Measured, never estimated
A licensed surveyor draws every floor. The figure in the entry is the figure in the contract.
A guide we are prepared to defend
Set from completed sales within a mile, shown to you line by line before it is printed.
Neighbourhoods
Six neighbourhoods, fourteen miles of coast.
- Montecito$1,640per sq ft
- Hope Ranch$1,210per sq ft
- The Riviera$1,060per sq ft
- Upper East$980per sq ft
- Summerland$1,120per sq ft
- Toro Canyon$1,390per sq ft
Median price per square foot of completed sales above $3 million, twelve months to August 2026.
Read the neighbourhood guides
Results
Sold, and what it sold for.
- 14.02Park Lane HouseMontecitoGuide$6,200,000Achieved$6,550,000Days19
- 14.06The OrchardSummerlandGuide$3,950,000Achieved$4,010,000Days31
- 14.01Mission Ridge VillaThe RivieraGuide$4,800,000Achieved$4,725,000Days52
- 13.11Las PalmasHope RanchGuide$9,400,000Achieved$9,900,000Days27
Every completed instruction since 2009 is printed in the market report, including the two that sold under guide this year.
Read the market reportA vendor writes
“They turned down the first two offers on our behalf, in writing, with reasons. The third came in $500,000 over the guide.”
The vendors of Lot 02
More lettersThe partners
Two partners. No juniors, no hand-offs.
The person who values your house is the person who writes its entry, conducts every viewing and sits beside you at completion. Four colleagues measure, photograph, print and complete behind them. That is why the catalogue stops at twelve.
Meet the office
Claire Havilon
Founding partner · CalDRE 01987452
Rafael Montoya
Partner · CalDRE 02041187
Valuation
What would yours fetch this season?
A partner visits, measures and writes to you within five working days. There is no charge, and nobody else sees the figure.
- Set from completed sales within a mile
- Shown to you line by line
- Valid for ninety days, in writing
Questions
Asked at almost every first meeting.
Anything else, a partner will answer on the private line.
All questionsWhy only twelve houses a year?
Because two partners can know twelve houses properly and not thirteen. Every viewing is conducted by one of us, and every entry is written by the partner who walked the house.
What does it cost to sell with you?
A single fee of 2.5% of the achieved price, due on completion. Photography, the measured survey and the printed catalogue are included; there is no marketing charge and no withdrawal fee.
Do you publish the guide price?
Always, except for private listings. A house with no figure beside it collects enquiries and loses buyers, and we would rather defend a number than hide one.
How does the private list work?
Buyers register once, with proof of funds. They receive each new entry eleven days before the public launch, and private-treaty houses that never launch at all. 143 buyers are registered this season.
Can I arrange a viewing at short notice?
Usually within forty-eight hours, Monday to Saturday. Viewings are accompanied and last about an hour; we ask for a telephone call first so the right partner attends.
From the office
Notes on selling well
Why we print the guide price, and what “on application” usually hides
A house with no figure beside it collects enquiries and loses buyers. Here is what happened to the three we tested.
