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Thursday, September 24, 2015

Moorpark Country Club Estates and Moorpark Highlands Luxury Home Specialist #ChrisBJohnsonRealtor


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 Chris B Johnson, REALTOR® , Local real estate conditions are changing and your Market Insider provides valuable, up-to-date information about the communities important to you. View critical information about what is happening now, so you can be a "Market Insider"! Market Area: 93021 Listing Pri... Chris B Johnson, REALTOR® , Local real estate conditions are changing and your Market Insider provides valuable, up-to-date information about the communities important to you. View critical information about what is happening now, so you can be a "Market Insider"! Market Area: 93021 Listing Pri...
09/24/2015

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By Chris B Johnson Realtor,  Short Sale Options, Moorpark Short Sale , Thousand Oaks Short Sale,Simi Valley Short Sale,  Ventura County Short Sale, Ventura County Real Estate Market UpdatesBy Chris B Johnson Realtor®California Sales ARE Stuck in DoldrumsDown 13.1 Percent from JulyMedian Price Fal...
09/23/2015

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Chris B Johnson, REALTOR®, SFR®         More On Moorpark Real EstateMore on Ventura County Real Estate        There Is No Housing BubbleMoorpark Homes 4 Sale     Simi Valley Homes 4 Sale    Thousand Oaks Homes 4 Sale  Is Qualifying for a Mortgage Getting Easier?  Wednesday September 23rd, 2015  F...
09/23/2015

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Chris B Johnson, REALTOR®                         Your Moorpark Neighborhood SpecialistsMortgage Pre Approval                                Time To Buy #ChrisBJohnsonRealtor The Cost of Waiting to Buy a Home  Wednesday September 16th, 2015  For Buyers, Interest Rates, Pricing   The National Asso...
09/22/2015

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Chris B Johnson, REALTOR®, SFR®         More On Moorpark Real EstateMore on Ventura County Real Estate        There Is No Housing BubbleMoorpark Homes 4 Sale     Simi Valley Homes 4 Sale    Thousand Oaks Homes 4 Sale  And if Congress calls a tax a “fee,” it’s still a tax. Congress is trying to ta...
09/21/2015

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Chris B Johnson, REALTOR®, SFR®      FannieMae Home Ready Loans        Your Equity Is On The Rise!It’s hard to believe how far the U.S. housing market has come since the 2009 crash. In just a few short years, the market has made a complete U-turn. Home prices have skyrocketed, returning to near p...
09/19/2015

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Chris B Johnson, REALTOR®     First Time Buyers        FannieMae Home Ready Loans          Mortgage Pre Approval                                Time To Buy #ChrisBJohnsonRealtor          Weekly Mortgage Rate Update The most highly anticipated Fed meeting in years contained good news for mortgage ...
09/18/2015

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Chris B Johnson, REALTOR®      CAR Real Estate Market Update 2015       Mortgage Pre Approval                        There Is No Housing Bubble        Time To Buy #ChrisBJohnsonRealtor“I’m concerned that this recovery, if you want to call it that, has occurred without housing. It used to be that ...
09/18/2015

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Chris B Johnson, REALTOR®     Mortgage Pre Approval      First Time BuyersMoorpark Homes 4 Sale     Simi Valley Homes 4 Sale    Thousand Oaks Homes 4 Sale  What home feature do buyers desire the most? ....A laundry room.Yes, a laundry room!They consider it the home feature most desirable, accordi...
09/17/2015

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Chris B Johnson, REALTOR®, SFR®         More On Moorpark Real EstateMore on Ventura County Real Estate        There Is No Housing Bubble     If you have an advertising agreement with Zillow, you may want to review the conditions of the contract as Zillow appears to be in trouble, according to ind...
09/16/2015
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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Moorpark Country Club Estates and Moorpark Highlands Luxury Home Specialist #ChrisBJohnsonRealtor

Chris B Johnson, REALTOR®     Your Moorpark Neighborhood Specialists
Moorpark Homes 4 Sale     Simi Valley Homes 4 Sale    Thousand Oaks Homes 4 Sale  
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Located in Austin, Texas, this contemporary single family residence was designed in 2015 by BF Homes.
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Monday, September 14, 2015

Moorpark Country Club Estates and Moorpark Highlands Luxury Home Specialist #ChrisBJohnsonRealtor


Chris B Johnson, REALTOR®                         Your Moorpark Neighborhood Specialists
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Moorpark Country Club Estates and Moorpark Highlands Luxury Home Specialist #ChrisBJohnsonRealtor

Chris B Johnson, REALTOR®                         Your Moorpark Neighborhood Specialists

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Gerard Barbutt looked at this house for about two minutes before thinking, “I should put in an offer.” He says, “I was impressed with its economy of scale, and I wanted to live there. So I wrote a letter to the owner telling her that I loved the house and that I would respect its integrity.” The letter worked, and in 1999 he bought the house from the original owner, Shirley Todd. 

The story of how the home came to be adds to its charm. In the 1950s, Todd asked architect Henry Hill if he could build her a house for $11,000. Hill was up for the challenge, and all together, the house, the lot and the landscaping came in at just under $11,000 when it was built in 1956. The original drawings and some photos of the house, which appeared in a Sunset magazine story in 1959, plus photos of how it looks today, create a timeline showing the architectural inspiration, the original home and its modern-day style.
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Who lives here: Gerard Garbutt 
Location: Kensington, California
Size: 630 square feet (58 square meters); 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom
Year built: 1956

Photographs from a 1959 Sunset magazine article about the home show how it looked soon after it was built. Click the image to enlarge it.

Magazine article copyright 1959 Sunset
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The timeless design and landscaping feel just as fresh today as they did in 1956. The previous owner did not have a car, so there was no need for a driveway or garage. Instead, the front landscaping consists of varieties of manzanitas, inspired by the environment on the upper slopes of Mount Tamalpais and the High Sierra.
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One of the original conceptual drawings of the house from 1955 clearly shows the inspiration that Frank Lloyd Wright’s aesthetic played in architect Hill’s design.
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“I took out the 12-foot-long bookshelf shown,” the new homeowner says of the low bookshelf seen under the windows in the magazine article photographs. “Luckily, there was a stash of original cork tiles to fill in this new space.” 

A table now sits where the bookshelves were located, providing the perfect spot to enjoy the spectacular view of the neighborhood, the San Francisco Bay and Berkeley. “It was foggy when I first walked into the house, so I couldn’t see the view,” he says, “but I could imagine what it looked like.”
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An original architectural drawing depicts the design concept for the living space.
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The Roman tile fireplace was the centerpiece of the house when it was built and remains a focal point today. The home’s new owner also kept the color of the beams in the house, which are stained violet. “At first I thought this was a bit gaudy but quickly grew to love it,” he says. When the stain needed to be updated, he used a coat of Benjamin Moore’s Aura acrylic paint matched to the original. “The original oil stains are banned now,” he says, “but the paint did an amazing job.”

Stressless Diplomat chair and ottoman: Ekornes
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The gold leaf on the wall above the fireplace is original.
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The compact kitchen has not changed much from how it looked in 1959. Even the cork floors, which were one of the architect’s signature touches, are intact, though the homeowner did replace some of the appliances. He says, “I sold the original stainless Art Deco electric oven to a judge in Los Angeles. It looked almost new.”
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A chair sits in front of a second door to the outside. “The design of the house is so sculptural, I didn’t think any additional art was needed,” he says. The walls are finished with American Clay earth plaster.
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The bedroom is five steps above the living room. The Golden Gate Bridge is visible from the bed.
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The house underwent a seismic retrofit in 2009. That’s when these small windows were added above the desk. To keep with the style of the house when contemplating the change, the owner asked himself, “What would Henry [Hill] do?”
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The bathroom window opens up to a Japanese-inspired tsubo (small, enclosed) garden. Sheets of antique metallic wallpaper line the front of the cabinet under the mirror.
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Hill was an avid gardener, and gardens were integral to his designs. The original landscape plan, which can also be seen in the Sunset article, was designed by Garret Eckbo. Today the look is similar, and the space is filled with native and drought-resistant plants. “The gravel patio and walkways were easy to build, and they are self-leveling,” the homeowner says.
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A collection of plants sits on a small bench by the side of the house.
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Gerard Garbutt and his friend Mindy Mull enjoy breakfast together with a view of Berkeley and the San Francisco Bay.

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