Through oak canopies winding down a long private driveway, tucked behind gates on nearly three acres perched above Santa Maria Creek, 3100 Santa Maria Road unfolds as a private compound where land, light, and elevation come together to create a fully immersive canyon living experience. The property offers a profound sense of seclusion, opening into a setting where the outside world falls away and the landscape becomes the focus. Rooted in Topanga's early homestead tradition, the land carries a quiet sense of history while offering a lifestyle that feels both timeless and adaptable. The residence is warm and grounded, with vaulted, beamed ceilings, natural materials, and soft, light-filled interiors that reflect a modern mountain sensibility. Clean lines blend with organic textures and a palette drawn from the surrounding landscape, creating spaces that feel calm, refined, and effortlessly livable. The layout offers exceptional flexibility, with multiple bedroom suites and gathering spaces that can function as a single cohesive home or be experienced as distinct living areas. An attached studio space adds further versatility- ideal for creative work, wellness, or a private office integrated seamlessly into the flow of the home. What truly sets the property apart is the land itself: expansive, usable, and designed to be experienced. Multiple flat pads and open clearings create a sense of movement and possibility, allowing the property to unfold gradually as you walk it. Vegetable gardens, a fruit orchard, and wide pasture-like areas are woven throughout, offering both beauty and function, while shaded spaces beneath a canopy of mature trees provide natural gathering points for rest, dining, and connection. The scale and layout of the grounds naturally support a range of uses, from quiet personal retreat to more intentional gatherings, creative pursuits, or wellness-oriented living. A network of paths and stairways leads through the grounds and beyond into nearby State Park trails, while ascending vantage points culminate in a ridge-top vista with sweeping canyon views, an elevated perspective that captures the scale, quiet, and openness of the surrounding landscape. Every element of the property invites exploration, from cultivated gardens to open land to panoramic viewpoints, creating an experience that is both private and expansive. With convenient access to Mulholland Highway, Topanga amenities just minutes away, and Malibu and the coast within a short drive, the location balances true privacy with everyday accessibility. This is a property that offers more than a home, it offers space to move, to create, to gather, and to live fully within the land, in one of Southern California's most unique canyon communities. Open Houses: Saturday 3/21 from 11:00-2:00PM and Sunday 3/22 from 2:00PM-5:00PM and by appointment.
Single-familyProperty Type
1966Year Built
2.89 acresLot Size
$701Price/Sq.Ft.
25 spacesParking
Listed by Melissa Oliver•DRE #00894644• Coldwell Banker Realty
•310-403-4455 (agent)
•melissa@oliverferra.com (agent)
Listed by Paul Ferra•DRE #01227825• Coldwell Banker Realty
Est. $8,066 per month, based on comparable rentals
Redfin agents who toured
Nice charming Topanga house with lots of potential. This nearly three acres lot has so much to offer. Everything from nature to hiking to magnificent views. The structure itself is also very charming.
9 years ago• May not reflect the current state of the home
As if suffused with a deep and compelling magic, this inspiring Topanga estate stirs the imagination and soothes the soul. At the end of a private rd, amongst multimillion dollar homes and unspoilt state parkland, the property offers 2.8 acres of land with a 3 Bd, 2 Bth home (per Seller). The home is situated at the center, on a large usable pad currently used as a sculpture garden, meditation/dining areas and vegetable garden. Room for stables, arena, pool or tennis crt. Built in 1966 as a 1,381 sq.ft. home, the house benefits from additions which bring the sq.ft. to 2,863 (per Appraiser) and includes a large studio. Below, a woodland area can be left in its natural state or cultivated as desired. Above, a stairway leads to a dramatic lookout with panoramic views of the breathtaking Santa Monica Mountains. Outside of Coastal Commission. Buyer to verify ALL info,including but not limited to lot/tract codes,permits,building restrictions, bed/bath counts,schools and all sq.footage
TheMLS #17-247038
Aug 11, 2017
Sold
$1,450,000
$508/sq ft
Jul 3, 2017
Delisted
—
Jul 3, 2017
Listed
$1,500,000
$525/sq ft
+34
As if suffused with a deep and compelling magic, this inspiring Topanga estate stirs the imagination and soothes the soul. At the end of a private rd, amongst multimillion dollar homes and unspoilt state parkland, the property offers 2.8 acres of land with a 3 Bd, 2 Bth home (per Seller). The home is situated at the center, on a large usable pad currently used as a sculpture garden, meditation/dining areas and vegetable garden. Room for stables, arena, pool or tennis crt. Built in 1966 as a 1,381 sq. ft. home, the house benefits from additions which bring the sq. ft. to 2,863 (per Appraiser) and includes a large studio. Below, a woodland area can be left in its natural state or cultivated as desired. Above, a stairway leads to a dramatic lookout with panoramic views of the breathtaking Santa Monica Mountains. Outside of Coastal Commission. Buyer to verify ALL info, including but not limited to lot/tract codes, permits, building restrictions, bed/bath counts, schools and all sq. footage
Directions: PCH north on Topanga apx. 7 miles, right on Santa Maria.
Public facts
Beds: 4
Baths: 2.0
Sq. Ft.: 2,855
Stories: —
Lot Size: 2.89 acres
Style: Single Family Residential
Year Built: 1966
Year Renovated: 1969
County: Los Angeles County
APN: 4434002015
Home facts updated by county records on Aug 28, 2026
Other
Documents & Disclosures
Disclosures: As Is
Around this home
Schools
Topanga Elementary Charter
Charter K-5 • Assigned • 3.3mi
10/10
Woodland Hills Charter Academy
Public 6-8 • Assigned • 2.7mi
4/10
Taft Charter High
Charter 9-12 • Assigned • 2.5mi
9/10
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