1690 E Valley Road, Montecito, CA 93108

Nearby schools

School ratings (A+ to F) from HJN community data.

Montecito Union Elementary School

KG-6 · Regular · Montecito Union Elementary School District

353 students · 12.1:1 student–teacher

A+ 0.8 mi

Crane Country Day School

KG-8 · Regular

249 students · 6.9:1 student–teacher

1.1 mi

Summerland Elementary School

KG-5 · Regular · Carpinteria Unified School District

51 students · 17.0:1 student–teacher

A+ 1.9 mi

Cold Spring Elementary School

KG-6 · Regular · Cold Spring Elementary School District

188 students · 13.7:1 student–teacher

A+ 2.2 mi

Cleveland Elementary School

KG-6 · Regular · Santa Barbara Unified School District

254 students · 14.1:1 student–teacher

C 2.9 mi

Sunrise Montessori School

PK-TKG · Montessori

5 students · 1.3:1 student–teacher

3.3 mi

Franklin Elementary School

KG-6 · Regular · Santa Barbara Unified School District

424 students · 17.0:1 student–teacher

A 3.4 mi

Santa Barbara Unified Early Childhood

Regular · Santa Barbara Unified School District

3.4 mi

Nearby places

Within 2 miles of this home: 26 restaurants and cafés, 2 grocery stores, 10 parks and green spaces, and 26 transit stops.

Place data from OpenStreetMap.

Food & drink

Plow & Angel
0.5 mi
Stonehouse
0.5 mi
Montecio Coffee Shop
San Ysidro Rd
0.6 mi
Sushi by Scratch Restaurants
Coast Village Road
1.7 mi
Coast & Olive
Coast Village Road
1.7 mi
Lion's Tale
Coast Village Road
1.7 mi
Los Arroyos
Mexican restaurant · Coast Village Road
1.7 mi
Lucky's
Coast Village Road
1.7 mi

Groceries

Pierre Lafond
0.6 mi
Montecito Village Grocery
0.7 mi

Parks & recreation

Lower Manning Park
0.7 mi
Manning Park
0.7 mi
Upper Manning Park
0.8 mi
Casa Dorinda Oak Woodland
1.2 mi
Romero Reservoir
1.5 mi
Butterfly Beach
1.7 mi
Ortega Reservoir
1.7 mi
Lookout Park
1.8 mi

Transit

East Valley & Glen Oaks
0.1 mi
East Valley & Knowlwood T.C
0.2 mi
East Valley & Live Oaks
0.3 mi
East Valley & Birnam Wood
0.5 mi
East Valley & San Ysidro
0.6 mi
San Ysidro & Santa Rosa
0.8 mi
East Valley & Lilac
0.8 mi
San Ysidro & Sinalona Drive
0.9 mi

Flock cameras and license-plate readers near 1690 E Valley Road, Montecito

This home
Flock Safety reader
Rings at ½ mile and 1 mile. Basemap © OpenMapTiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

1 license-plate reader mapped within ½ mile of this home, identified as a Flock Safety device. Nearest: 0.5 mi east.

Mapped devices by type and distance from this home
Device type	Within ½ mi	Within 1 mi
License-plate readers	1	3
of which Flock Safety	1	3

Community-reported via OpenStreetMap; may be incomplete. Data as of Nov 5, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

About these devices

License-plate readers (ALPR) are fixed cameras that photograph passing vehicles and read their plates. Records are typically shared with the agency or association that operates the camera.

Flock Safety is a company whose plate-reader cameras are used by police departments, cities, HOAs and businesses. Its devices are usually solar-powered and pole-mounted.

41Active

$8,500,000

4 bd · 5 ba · 4,810 sqft

1144 Dulzura Drive, Montecito, CA

Anderson Hurst Associates · Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties

Listing data & MLS disclosures

Santa Barbara Multiple Listing Service

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About this 4 bedroom 4 bath home

Privately tucked behind gates with mountain views, this newer-built modern farmhouse offers refined living just moments from Montecito's Upper Village. The property includes a 3BD/3.5BA main residence and a detached 1BD/1BA ADU with its own living room, kitchen, and laundry. Vaulted ceilings, a dramatic stone fireplace, and floor-to-ceiling glass doors create seamless indoor-outdoor living. The chef's kitchen features a large island, premium appliances, and designer finishes. All bedrooms are ensuite, including the luxurious primary with dual baths, steam shower, soaking tub, walk-in closets, and adjoining den. Mature landscaping, fruit trees, multiple patios, a fire pit, and a two-car garage complete this exceptional offering.

Listing agent
Crysta Metzger
Courtesy of Sotheby's International Realty
(805) 453-8700
Santa Barbara Multiple Listing Service · Listing 26-2716

Estimated value: $8,530,616

Range $7,542,401 – $9,518,831 · as of August 30, 2026

How this estimate has moved

ATTOM automated valuation model · 20 published estimates over 6.7 years · shaded band is the model's own published low-to-high range

$1,480,000 January 2020$8,530,616 August 2026

Highest reading $8,530,616 in August 2026; lowest $1,067,000 in June 2023. The vertical scale starts at the series' own low, not at zero — it is drawn to show movement, not absolute size.

Location

Nearby schools