Ojai Open House!
Date: Sunday (7/9) Time: 1:00 – 4:00 Location: 10802 Oak Knoll Road in Ojai Stop by between 1:00 and 4:00 this Sunday to see this three-bedroom main house and two-bedroom guest house on approximately one acre just off Creek Road! Learn more about this Ojai horse property for sale on the property information page.
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Just off Creek Road and across from a lemon grove, Oak Knoll Hideaway is a one-acre horse property featuring two single-family homes separated by a spacious, flat area with room for horses or other hobbies.
The three-bedroom main house boasts a wood-burning stove and see-through fireplace, large closets, laundry room, wood-beam ceiling, granite counters, covered patio, two-car garage, a covered carport or workshop area, and mountain views. There is also a two-bedroom, one-bathroom guest house that could be used for short- or long-term guests or as a rental to bring in monthly income. The property is dotted with heritage oaks, features beautiful views of the surrounding mountains, and has RV parking at both houses. All of this is about five minutes from the shops, restaurants, and services offered in Oak View and fewer than 10 minutes to all that downtown Ojai has to offer, including a weekly farmers market, galleries, golf courses, spas, cafes, and boutiques. To see more photos and learn more about his Ojai horse property for sale with two houses, visit the property information page. To schedule a showing, contact Nora Davis today! Summer is here, which means the weather is warmer, the days are longer, and we are using our outdoor living areas even more than usual. Here are five quick tips to help you prepare for entertaining this season. 1. Increase shade. Shade sails, umbrellas, and canopies are portable, affordable ways to easily increase shade to keep your guests comfortable and make your outdoor entertaining spaces more usable throughout the year. You can position them to increase privacy if you live close to neighbors or set them up to provide protection from the sun without blocking your favorite view of the mountains. My friend just introduced me to welding umbrellas, which are wind- and fire-resistant, so if you are concerned about bringing textiles into your home’s defensible space, you might want to check those out. 2. Set up a drink station. If you entertain frequently, simplify your social gatherings by setting up a drink station on your patio. Depending on what you like to serve, this might be a bar cart with glasses, cocktail napkins, and a corkscrew, or it could be a table with a large tub to fill with ice and canned beverages. Having a drink station already established will make entertaining a bit easier and setup a bit quicker. 3. Prep your outdoor kitchen. Al fresco dinner parties and weekend grilling are mainstays of summer, so now is the time to make sure your outdoor kitchen is ready for this entertaining season. Clean the grill, stock your beverage refrigerator, make sure all your kitchen’s features are functioning properly, and make sure you have everything you need for successful entertaining, like beverage dispensers, recycling bins, serving trays, and fuel for your grill. 4. Add festive lighting. Longer days still eventually grow dark, so create welcoming spaces with warm, ambient lighting from string lights, fairy lights, LED candles, or solar-powered landscape lighting. 5. Prepare your fire features. If you do not currently have a fire pit or patio fireplace, now is the perfect time to consider installing one. If you do not have the time or budget to install a fire feature before your next social gathering, you can always get an inexpensive, portable fire pit that will do the trick until you can consider a more permanent option. For fire features that you already have, now is the time to clean them, perform any necessary maintenance, and make sure they are functioning safely and properly. AimeeJo Davis-Varela is a freelance writer specializing in real estate, sustainable home improvement, eco-friendly landscaping, green living and travel writing. She is also the owner of Mind Your Manors, which provides second home management services.
This ideally located commercial property features main street frontage just as locals and visitors are coming into the downtown village area of Ojai.
With a quaint façade, covered front porch, and brick walkway leading to the main entrance, this is an ideal setting for a small business, wellness services, boutique, studio, or live-work space. There is street parking directly in front of the building, as well as a parking lot at the back where you will also find RV parking and a two-car garage. The building features an open office or meeting space, three separate offices, two bathrooms, and a kitchen with space for a table, coffee station, and other breakroom needs. A separate entrance and bathroom for the office at the back of the building makes it possible to use or rent this as two units. Recent repairs and upgrades include duct work in 2022 and water heater and sump pump in 2023. Owner financing available. Visit the property information page for this Ojai commercial property for sale for more photos or information. Call Nora today at (805) 207-6177 to schedule a showing. Approximately 7,264 square feet
Open workspace and lobby on first floor Offices, conference room, cubicles on second floor Furnishings optional Two wheelchair accessible bathrooms Utility and storage closets Four HVAC systems Triple Net Lease Dedicated parking spaces in large parking lot Convenient location for employees and clients Building has Spectrum fiber optics Building wired for Boyd Security system Well-lit entrances and parking lot Above-entrance and monument signage options Close to freeway, shops, restaurants, and services Weekly grounds maintenance Contact AimeeJo for more information or to schedule a viewing. (805) 258-3051 Recent temperatures should serve to remind us that the rainy season is coming to an end and the hot, dry days of summer are just around the corner. To help you keep your family, pets, and guests comfortable in the coming months, here are nine ways you can prepare your home and yard for increased heat. Change your HVAC filters. It is almost time to start using your air conditioner regularly, so it is a good time to change your HVAC filters in preparation for AC season. Increase shade. Provide shade for patios, play areas, dog runs, and other outdoor living areas to help keep your family and guests cool during the hotter months. This might mean finally building that roof to cover your patio, stringing up shade sails over gravel seating areas, or setting up umbrellas over your outdoor dining table. Set out extra water bowls. This is a good time to start getting in the habit of setting out extra water bowls for the animals that share your home and yard. That way, by the time the heat really arrives, this will be part of your normal routine. Invest in blackout curtains or shades. Blackout curtains are not for everyone, but if you would like to reduce the cost of cooling your home and take a step towards keeping it more comfortable for your family and pets, consider installing blackout curtains or shades to reduce the amount of heat from the sun that enters your home. Install drip irrigation for food plants and ornamentals. Controlled watering at soil level reduces water waste while helping plants better cope with the dry, hot weather the coming months will bring. Install an automatic irrigation system now to have it in place before summer. Reduce water-loving landscaping. Replace tropical plants and other landscaping features that require excessive irrigation with drought-tolerant native plants that will save water and help your yard look lush and beautiful even in the incessant summer heat. Add insulation. If it is in your budget, increase the insulation in your home. This will help keep your home comfortable throughout the year and reduce both cooling and heating costs. Add or replace weather stripping and caulk. Properly sealed doors and windows reduce air exchange, which means less hot air gets inside your home from the outside and less of the HVAC-cooled air inside your home escapes. You can improve the seal on your doors and windows by adding or replacing weather stripping and caulking. Add fans to your home-cooling regimen. While we cannot rely on fans to cool the air to a comfortable temperature, we can incorporate them into our cooling routine to help move HVAC-cooled air around the house and improve air circulation. This can reduce cooling costs and make your home more comfortable on hot days. If you plan to install ceiling fans, blackout shades, a drip system, or any other heat-preparation measures that might require a professional, remember to support the local economy by using local contractors and vendors. AimeeJo Davis-Varela is a freelance writer specializing in real estate, sustainable home improvement, eco-friendly landscaping, green living and travel writing. She is also the owner of Mind Your Manors, which provides second home management services.
Features include:
Three bedrooms, one bathroom Vintage range in kitchen Skylight in kitchen Brick fireplace Exposed-beam ceiling Ceiling fans Large windows Covered front porch Stamped concrete driveway Single-car garage with attached carport Patio with pergola Storage shed Gate to adjacent park Beautiful mountain views Walk or bike to boutiques, cafes, Soule Park golf course, and Ojai’s two weekly farmers markets from this fixer upper with great potential. Guests are greeted by a covered front porch leading into the living room with large windows. Just beyond this is the kitchen with a vintage range and skylight, as well as the family room with brick fireplace, ceiling fan, sliding door to the outdoor living area, mountain view, storage closet, and exposed-beam ceilings. The three bedrooms all have ceiling fans and mountain views and line the hallway where you will find both a linen closet and built-in storage cabinets. The large backyard offers a concrete patio with brick borders with a pergola-covered seating area, a storage shed set on concrete, an additional concrete patio for a fire pit or seating, a gate leading to the adjacent park and rec center, and mountain views. There is also a stamped concrete driveway leading to the single-car garage and attached carport. You can see more photos of this Ojai home for sale on the property information page. This one received multiple offers and went into escrow for over the asking price right away, but we would love to have the opportunity to find you another home that fits your needs and budget. Contact us today to get started! A couple of nights ago, I was letting my dog out and came face to face with a slug that was right about eye level on my sliding glass door. This reminded me just how much slugs like wet weather and got me thinking about how many times I have had to battle slugs in my garden in the past. Now that my drip system is finally up and running, I am looking forward to getting my spring garden going soon and, if you have similar plans, I think we all better be ready for more slugs than we are used to dealing with this year. All of this rainy weather after years of drought is going to bring out the snails and slugs in force, particularly with a growing population being supported by all of the plant growth brought on by the rain. Since these tiny marauders generally work at night, it can be difficult to determine what is devastating your garden, but if you are finding large, irregular holes in your plants’ foliage, these nocturnal trespassers are likely the culprit. It may be tempting to head to a local nursery for commercial pesticides or to concoct home remedies that will quickly decimate your slug population, but these are not always the best options. There are many natural alternatives that offer non-lethal, non-toxic ways to protect your food plants and ornamentals from slugs without harming other wildlife or introducing unnecessary compounds into your garden. Before you resort to commercial pesticides, try these non-lethal measures to keep slugs from invading your yard. 1. Plant alliums and herbs: Onions, garlic and other members of the allium family are natural deterrents for slugs and snails, so planting them around the border of your garden will help protect other food plants. Keep in mind that alliums are toxic to dogs and cats, so if you have pets that get in your garden, this might not be the right option for you. Alternatively, you can plant herbs that ward off slugs, such as mint, thyme, sage, lavender, and rosemary. 2. Spray your plants: If planting onions and garlic is not an option, you can spray a mixture of garlic and water directly on your plants and the surrounding area. You will need to repeat this home remedy regularly. 3. Remove manually: If you are okay with touching slugs, removing them manually is an effective method of management. Make sure to move them at least 20 feet away from your garden to keep them from coming back. I get grossed out pretty easily, so this method is difficult for me, but one way to make it easier is to place citrus peels upside down in your garden at night. Return in the morning to collect the peels and use them to scoop up the slugs that have taken shelter underneath. 4. Wrap your garden beds in copper: Purchase rolls of copper tape from a local garden center or online. Line the outer edge of your garden beds and flowerpots with the self-adhesive tape to create a barrier to block entry. The combination of copper and slug slime creates an electrical shock that will quickly deter slugs without killing them. 5. Remove habitat: Slugs like to spend their days protected from the sun and dry air under rocks, flowerpots, firewood, weeds, and even children’s toys left near the garden. To help reduce slugs in your garden, remove these options to encourage slugs to find shelter elsewhere. 6. Water in the morning: It is easier for slugs to slither around when the soil is wet, so watering in the evening allows these nocturnal pests to more easily get to your plants. If you water your garden in the morning, the soil has time to dry out before nightfall, making it more difficult for slugs to infiltrate your garden. 7. Create a barrier: Slugs have soft bodies that make traversing sharp materials painful. This allows for easily keeping slugs out of the garden with barriers made from gravel, wood chips, broken eggshells, or other jagged ground covers. 8. Plant sacrificial plants: Like most animals, slugs and snails prefer to eat certain plants. For example, they would much rather dine on lettuce than ornamental plants, so if you have slugs eating your ornamentals, plant some lettuce in your beds and borders to distract the slugs and keep them away from your desired plants. If you are having issues with slugs eating your food plants, plant French marigolds a few feet away from your garden to attract slugs and distract them from ever getting to your food plants. 9. Introduce predators: This is a lethal method, so you need to be okay with killing slugs. If you are, bringing in chickens or making your garden appealing to birds and other predators is a natural, effective way to reduce the slug population. The problem with bringing in predators is that you usually have to balance the pros and cons to determine if this is your best option. For example, bringing in chickens is going to remove slugs from your garden, but chickens also like to eat vegetables, so they may be just as detrimental to your food plants. As with most natural pest control methods, you will likely experience the most success by employing a combination of these methods in your garden. If you need help building garden beds or installing a drip system, be sure to support the local economy by hiring local contractors. AimeeJo Davis-Varela is a freelance writer specializing in real estate, sustainable home improvement, eco-friendly landscaping, green living and travel writing. She is also the owner of Mind Your Manors, which provides second home management services.
You will not want to miss this Ojai estate sale taking place Saturday (March 18) and Sunday (March 19) from 8:00am to 2:00pm.
This is the first in a series of sales that will include furnishings, art, and household items once used to furnish the houses at Matilija Canyon Ranch, including the historic Dent House, which was moved there in the 1980s. When Matilija Canyon Ranch was sold, the furnishings were moved into storage, and now will be sold through a series of estate sales, since there are far too many items for just one sale. Here is some of what you will find at this sale: Antiques Antique Furniture Art Jewelry Linens & Vintage Linens China Kitchenware Outdoor Pottery Outdoor Furniture Books Bronze Statue Antique Lamps Rustic Ranch Style Decor White Wicker Furniture Cameras and Equipment Rugs Pottery Antique Lanterns Smart TVs Beds & Bedding Couches And more!!!! Hope to see you there! Visit the sale's Web page for lots of photos and more information, including the address: Estate Sale Information and Photos Enjoy mountain views and the ocean breeze from this two-bedroom bungalow just minutes from the beach and steps from shops, restaurants, art galleries, event spaces, and a community park.
The close proximity to the freeway allows for a convenient commute, while the nearby bike trail offers leisurely rides to the shops and beaches of Ventura or the boutiques and hiking trails of Ojai. This over-sized lot has plenty of room for a second house to increase rental income or provide space for expanded family. Plans for a second home are available to the buyer. If a second house is not needed, there is plenty of space for a large vegetable garden, play area, dog run, other hobbies, or outdoor entertaining. There is also gated RV parking, a shed for extra storage, gravel driveway, and low-maintenance landscaping. Inside, enjoy natural light through large windows, easy-care LVT flooring, remodeled kitchen, newer paint, and a large laundry room. This Ventura home for sale went into escrow for over the asking price the first day it was on the market, so give us a call if you missed out on this one but are interested in finding something similar. |
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