11Ridgeline House$16,750,000
Catalogue No. 14 · Autumn 2026
Four of twelve. The rest by appointment.
A private property office on the Santa Barbara coast. Every house is a numbered lot with a printed guide, and every viewing is conducted by a partner.
07Casa Miramonte$8,450,000
09The Gable House$4,150,000
02Sunset Terrace$3,850,000
$412M sold since 2009 · 38 days median · 102.4% of guide
The office
Twelve instructions a year, so that each one is known.
Founded in 2009 on one refusal: never more houses than two partners can personally know. Every entry is measured, photographed over two days and written by the partner who walked it.
About the officeWhat we do
Four things, two people.
Selling a house
A catalogue entry, a defended guide, and eleven days with registered buyers first.
Read morePrivate acquisition
We approach owners who have not decided to sell, for one named buyer at a time.
Read moreValuation
Written line by line from completed sales within a mile. Valid for ninety days.
Read moreEstate advisory
For families and trustees: what to sell, in what order, and what to keep.
Read more
Also in the catalogue
Four more lots
Neighbourhoods
Fourteen miles of coast, six places to live.
By private treaty
Five houses are sold without ever being advertised.
Register once
With proof of funds and what you are looking for. 143 buyers are registered this season.
Receive entries by post
Eleven days before any public launch, and private houses that never launch at all.
View with a partner
By appointment, accompanied, and never in a group. We do not share the list with anyone.
Selling with us
A catalogue entry, not a listing.
A listing
- Square footage copied from the last brochure
- Twenty wide-angle photographs in one visit
- Description written from the photographs
- A price chosen to win the instruction
- Launched everywhere on the same morning
The usual result: a reduction in week six, and a sale to whoever is still looking.
A catalogue entry
- Measured by a licensed surveyor, floor by floor
- Photographed twice, at first light and at dusk
- 120 words, signed by the partner who walked it
- A guide defended line by line before it is printed
- Eleven days with registered buyers before the public
Results · twelve months to August 2026
Results
- 11 of 12
houses sold. The twelfth was withdrawn by its owner, and we say so.
- 38 days
median from public launch to a signed contract.
- 102.4%
of the printed guide achieved, across every completed sale.
“They turned down the first two offers on our behalf, in writing, with reasons. The third came in $500,000 over the guide.”
The partners
Whoever values it, sells it.
Founding partner · CalDRE 01987452
Claire Havilon
Nine years at a two-hundred-listing firm before founding this one. Sells Montecito, Hope Ranch and the Riviera.
Partner · CalDRE 02041187
Rafael Montoya
Trained as a surveyor, which is why our square footage survives a contract. Sells Toro Canyon, Summerland and Upper East.
Questions
The three we hear most
- Q. 01Why only twelve houses a year?
- Because two partners can know twelve houses properly and not thirteen. Every viewing is conducted by one of us.
- Q. 02What does it cost to sell with you?
- A single fee of 2.5% of the achieved price, due on completion. Photography, survey and catalogue are included.
- Q. 03Do you publish the guide price?
- Always, except for private listings. We would rather defend a number than hide one.