A Horse Lover’s Villa in Old Brentwood
With its riding trails and streets like country lanes, the low-key Brentwood neighborhood of Sullivan Canyon has attracted horse-riding homeowners and Hollywood luminaries for years. The homes, just off busy Sunset Boulevard, boast corrals and split-rail fences more typical of a rural community than the city.
This home, which also has equestrian facilities, was newly built in 2000 when it was bought by Charlie Horky, a businessman in California and southern Nevada who never moved in; he bought a ranch in Nevada instead.
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About this house: This is one of the few new homes on Old Ranch Road, where many of the houses were built in the ‘40s and ‘50s.
The area could be called “Cliff May Country” because May, father of the California ranch-style house, designed most of the rambling, one-story homes here.
This two-story villa is on more than an acre with mature olive trees, and is reached by way of a long driveway.
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Asking price: $5,795,000
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Size: Five bedrooms and 51/2 baths in 6,400 square feet, plus a 1,400-square-foot guest house.
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Features: The home has an office/den with a fireplace and distressed oak floors, a family room, pool, spa and outdoor barbecue area. The two-story guest house has a tack room and stable hand’s quarters on the lower level and guest accommodations on the top. Other equestrian facilities include four covered horse stalls and an open barn with a wash rack and a breezeway.
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Where: Sullivan Canyon in Brentwood at 1801 Old Ranch Road. Open today, 2 to 5 p.m.
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Listing agent: Kathryn (Katie) Bentzen at Pritchett-Rapf & Associates, Malibu; (310) 456-8839.
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To be considered as a candidate for Home of the Week, please send color interior and exterior photos (copies only, please; we cannot return the pictures) and a brief description of the house, including what makes the property unusual, to Ruth Ryon, Real Estate Section, Los Angeles Times, 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012; or e-mail homeoftheweek@latimes.com.
