No. 02 · Montecito — Hot Springs corridor
The Olive Terrace
First showing — by appointment
The reel
Eight frames, advancing as you scroll. The full film is shared after a confirmed viewing request.
The estate
Forty-one producing olive trees terrace down to a loggia of arched stone and linen. The motor court and gatehouse arrive from a private lane shared by three families, and no more.
Built in 1931 for a Chicago grain family and restored over three years beginning in 2016, The Olive Terrace keeps its original sandstone walls, hand-hewn beams, and iron casement windows. The restoration replaced every system behind them, from radiant floors to a whole-house water filtration plant.
The house opens onto a long arched loggia hung with linen, where the family has eaten most evenings since the restoration. Below it, forty-one producing olive trees step down the hillside in dry-stacked terraces; the grove yields roughly ninety liters of oil a year, pressed in Santa Ynez.
Arrival is through a gatehouse on a private lane shared by three families. The motor court is gravel, enclosed by clipped myrtle, with a four-car garage and a studio above it that currently serves as a library.
Disclosure & discretion
Floor plans, plats, and disclosure packages are released after a confirmed viewing request. NDA available on request.
About the neighborhood: Montecito
Private viewings
See The Olive Terrace at dusk.
Viewings are scheduled one household at a time, typically in the evening when the terraces do their best work.