About Los Angeles' Cheviot Hills

Earthquake Tips Post #3

As you know, previously I have written a couple of post about' earthquake myths'. We just had one in the not too distant past, a week ago to be exact, a 7.2 Earthquake. This one was larger than the Northridge quake of 1994. It went relatively unnoticed in the major media outlets for a number of reasons.

One as you know the Media likes sensationalism, l for one am grateful that there was less than five people who died, hence it was not newsworthy. Diane (my other half) was on the East Coast and she told me, it did not even make it in the news, only as a one liner.

As you know Southern California is big on earthquake readiness and response services. Our teams have helped all over the world, Haiti being to most recent one. There is no substitute for keeping your family prepared.

The purpose of this post is for you to create a checklist for what to do, before, during and after an earthquake. The Haitian and Chilean earthquakes should be a wakeup call to all Californians; the "big one" is just a matter of "when". So the best solution is to use the Boy scouts Motto "always be prepared".

•· Develop a Family Plan

•· Set aside supplies

•· Check the supplies periodically

•· Have important numbers & addresses available

•· Let relatives know where you can be found

•· Have an evacuation plan for pets & family

•· Keep batteries and replace them regularly

•· Keep a supply on non-perishable food on had

•· Have water in containers ready to go

•· Have clothing and change of clothing packed

In conclusion, I suggest make believe you will be asked to go camping with no notice for five days. If you have everything for that ready, then you are ready for the "big one" This is not meant to scare anyone, rather it is meant to educate non native, i.e.: Southern California Transplants from other parts of the world, country who are not familiar with the earthquakes that occur here. This is for all who relocated to the Greater Los Angeles area. As an east coast transplant, I had to learn the hard way.

If you are a consumer who is considering buying or selling a home, investment real estate, vacation homes, or beach properties in Southern California, Los Angeles, Century City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Marina Del Rey, Venice or Malibu. Feel Free to give me a call at 310.486.1002 (USA) or email me at homes@endrebarath.com or visit one of my websites at http://www.endrebarath.com Your Pet Friendly Realtor. I contribute a portion of My commission to Local Animal Rescue Organizations.

I just discovered a new member's post on Active Rain. Eric LoVecchio of Keller Williams Los Feliz,CA. He compiled a fantastic "list of green links" if you need anything green related check it out please.

Here is the link: http://activerain.com/blogsview/1447364/some-very-cool-green-construction-renovation-links

Also while you at it give him a great welcome to the community, he looks like someone who will bring us good information. Should you need a vacant lot to build your Green Home, keep me in mind

If you are a consumer who is considering buying or selling a home, investment real estate, vacation homes, or beach properties in Southern California, Los Angeles, Century City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Marina Del Rey, Venice or Malibu. Feel Free to give me a call at 310.486.1002 (USA) or email me at homes@endrebarath.com or visit one of my websites at http://www.endrebarath.com Your Pet Friendly Realtor. I contribute a portion of My commission to Local Animal Rescue Organizations.

As a professional Los Angeles Home Stager, it is always a pleasure to work with clients who take your advice and roll with it! Such was the case with a recent listing in Cheviot Hills. The couple living in the home were retiring and moving to Palm Springs, so they wanted to sell their beautiful Spanish style home…quickly!

The agent, Randy Troup of Coldwell Banker Brentwood West, often hires me to do Staging Consultation reports for his sellers. I preview the property and spend a couple of hours giving the sellers detailed recommendations of low-cost things they can do to (using mostly what they already have in the home) to Stage their property for sale.

I met with this lovely couple and gave them quite a list! Their home was beautiful to begin with, but there were several things I recommended they do in order to enhance its appeal to buyers.

Click here to read the full article about my recommendations and how they helped these homeowners get 6 offers in 10 days!

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Annie Pinsker-Brown | Stage to Sell
Owner & Principal Designer
310-384-1084
www.stagetosell.biz

"We get you to SOLD so you can get on with your life!"

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Stage to Sell is the premier West Los Angeles Home Staging Company.

Owner & Principal Designer Annie Pinsker-Brown is an ASP Home Stager, a member of IAHSP (International Association of Home Staging Professionals), an affiliate member of the Beverly Hills/Greater Los Angeles Association of Realtors and a member of the Culver City and West LA Chambers of Commerce.

Annie has Staged LA homes for Bravo's hit show "Million Dollar Listing" and TLC's "Property Ladder." She has also been featured in recent articles on Home Staging in Los Angeles Magazine, The New York Times , Costco Connection and Frontiers Magazine .

If you would like to see more of our Home Staging work, visit our website . There is an extensive gallery of before & after photos , as well as a list of our Staged properties currently on the market.

We are sponsoring the Cheviot Hills region of Los Angeles! Come and check out our photos and community details.

Cheviot Hills is bordered on the west by Rancho Park, on the south by Interstate 10, on the north by Century City and Westwood, and on the east by Beverly Hills. The district's boundaries are, roughly, Manning Avenue on the west, the Santa Monica Freeway on the south, Pico Boulevard on the north, and Castle Heights Avenue on the east. Principal thoroughfares include Pico and National Boulevards and Manning and Motor Avenues.

Cheviot Hills is an affluent neighborhood of single family homes located on the Westside of Los Angeles, California. Its gently rolling hills are reminiscent of the Cheviot Hills area on the border between Scotland and England, which is how the area got its name.

Originally a part of the Spanish Rancho Rincon de los Bueyes land grant, Cheviot Hills remained a pastoral area well into the 20th century. In the early 1920s, the area was subdivided, but significant residential development did not occur until the late 1930s, Today, Cheviot Hills consists of a neighborhood of approximately 1400 single family homes, which tend to be more upscale in the northern part of the neighborhood, and smaller in the southern part of the neighborhood. Most of the homes were built in the 1940s and early 1950s. There are also some apartment buildings in the southern part of the neighborhood. The homes in the area are largely traditional in style.

Cheviot Hills is adjacent to Century City and the 20th Century Fox Film Studio. It is surrounded by two golf courses (Rancho Park and Hillcrest Country Club), a large public park as well as a private tennis and social club (Beverly Hills Country Club). It is in close proximity to the office towers of Century City where many of its residents work, two upscale shopping malls (Westfield Century City Mall and the Westside Pavillion) as well as the City of Beverly Hills. Cheviot Hills also offers easy freeway access to Downtown Los Angeles.

The hills that provide the district with its name offer excellent views of much of the Los Angeles Basin.

Historically, Cheviot Hills has long been popular among empty-nesters and the elderly (many of whom were original owners), and was considered less than desirable for families from the 1970s to the 1990s due to problems with crime and poverty in Palms, which shares its schools with Cheviot Hills. Recently, however, there has been a small influx of families with children. Many of the new families have performed substantial remodeling work on their homes.

Recently, there has been some controversy in Cheviot Hills over the construction of the LACMTA Expo Line. The Cheviot Hills Homeowners' Association opposes the construction of the Expo Line along the Exposition Right of Way,which runs through adjacent Rancho Park, Los Angeles, California rather than Cheviot Hills itself, and would prefer that the line go through Palms. A growing number of residents support the construction of the Expo Line in Rancho Park [1] and accuse those who oppose it as being racist. [2]. A rival homeowners' association in support of its construction is being set up right now.

One notable resident of Cheviot Hills is the famous American author Ray Bradbury.