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Why I Moved to Agoura from the Westside

January 26th, 2010 by Sheri Karp
Categories: Agoura, Agoura Hills, Agoura Valley Ranch
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By: Sheri Karp

I grew up in the Beverly Hills/Westside area, graduating from Hamilton High School, Palms Jr. High and Canfield (and a bit of Castleheights) elementary school.  I was a west side girl!!!  Never did I think I would move “all the way out there” to Agoura.  Where the heck is Agoura?  When I was 13, like many of my peers, I went away to sleep away camp.  We decided on Hidden Trails, I don’t know why but I think my friends thought that camp must have the cutest boys.  Hidden Trails was located in Agoura, way, way, way far away.  I don’t think the 101 freeway went all the way through yet.  I remember getting car sick on the long, long ride out there going over the mountains. On the south side of the road, high in the hills you can see the water tank with a huge HT painted on it.  I had the best time of my life.  I always remembered Agoura being beautiful with the best weather.  It was summer and it was warm but beautiful. The evenings were really cool so we could sit around a camp fire. No smog, no fog, beautiful mountains, magnificent bright blue skies with such white clouds.  You can see the rolling mountains and we were just 15 minutes from Malibu.  We went on horseback (probably the last time I was on a horse!) into “town.”  We rode down the mountain into Whizins where there was a “diner” and we took a spoon as a souvenir.  I always felt bad about that.  What a beautiful area.

Years later, after going to college in Washington D.C. and after I was married and had 2 children, we were searching for a house.  The Westside was price prohibited for us.  I never thought I would leave my beloved Westside.  I was not a lover of the valley and I was feeling beaten up looking for a house. One Sunday morning, I decided to take a drive, off the 101 freeway I saw the sign for Agoura. It didn’t seem so far away this time. Driving a little further, I looked to the South side of the freeway and way up high, in the mountains was a huge water tank with an HT painted on it. It was awesome bringing back wonderful memories.  And of course the weather was beautiful that day. I got off the freeway and saw a sign for model homes.  I drove around and then went inside to see the homes.  I met some people in the model home office and they were talking about how phenomenal the Las Virgenes Schools were.  I was thinking, well it’s not private school like my children are in.  They said that they were finding the schools better than the private school.  The community looked so friendly.  People were out walking, riding their bikes, skating & skateboarding.  The children had freedom and it looked like “Leave it to Beaver” lived there. I bought a house!!!  Now I had to go home and tell my husband. I guess that was the beginning of my interest in real estate!  I loved Agoura.  We would tell everyone how happy we were. My children walked to school!!!!  They played out front!!  The birthday parties and play dates were just blocks away not miles away. What a life style.

Now yesterday my baby turned 30.  He is in real estate with me.   My children loved growing up here and now we are still selling the beauty and the wonderful things that Agoura has to offer to many, many families.  How lucky we are to have experienced Agoura.

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