Category Archives: Teles News and Press Releases

International Listing of the Week – La Ramade Vieille

If you think you’ve seen everything that’s listed in Los Angeles, check out one of our international listings. This one is brought to you from Provence, France. The name of the property is La Ramade Vieille and it’s gorgeous!

La Ramade Vieille

La Ramade Vieille

Click here for more information about the International Division of Teles Properties.

 

We’re opening a new office next week!

Teles is opening a new office in Monrovia. We’re introducing the lounge concept that was a success at our Laguna Beach location to the San Gabriel Valley. The new office is in Old Town Monrovia at 517 S. Myrtle Avenue and the ribbon cutting and celebration is next week.

The company is proud to be able to show the Monrovia community the advantages of selling and buying a home with Teles agents. This new location will bring our total office count to seven offices. Go Teles!

Teles President Peter Hernandez gets July Cover of Top Agent Magazine

Look out for the Los Angeles edition of Top Agent Magazine for the month of July. Peter Hernandez is going to be on the cover!

Congratulations to Teles Properties President Peter Hernandez for being featured on the cover of the Los Angeles Edition of Top Agent Magazine next month. Teles Talk will post the link to the online article once its released. We can’t wait!

Another Teles Listing is featured in the Wall Street Journal

At Teles Talk, we’re starting the week by presenting you with yet another Wall Street Journal article featuring a Teles listing. This time it’s Eric Lavey’s La Paz getting attention from the international newspaper in it’s column, Private Properties. Click here to see the article and read about the desert property’s luxury features and listing history.

Congrats to Alisa Cunningham and Solo Scott!

Let’s kick off the weekend by celebrating the achievements of two of our Los Angeles area agents.

Alisa Cunningham, who’s taking the Burbank condo market by storm, just sold the highest paid price for a Burbank condo in 5 years. This year alone she’s sold the two highest priced condos in Burbank and 4 of the 5 highest in the past 18 months. Congrats Alisa!

Solo Scott just sold the largest single family home in Venice and details about the property was featured in a recent Wall Street Journal article. Click here to see a video of our COO, Sharran Srivatsaa, interview Solo about his impressive sale and the unique Venice market.

Until next week!

Is it Friday Yet? This Listing Video Makes You Wish it Was the Weekend Already

Check out this video of 71071 La Paz in Rancho Mirage, CA. This is excellent inspiration for weekend plans or relief from the midweek slump. I love the background track and the views of LA. Stay for the punch line at the end!

Agent Eric Lavey from the Beverly Hills office is co-listing this architectural property just outside the Palm Springs city limits. The property has over 9,000 square feet of living space and summer appropriate amentities include a private lake, a resort-style pool, a full outdoor kitchen and a private putting green area.

If you are looking for a property closer to home, Eric has another beautiful listing near the Sunset Strip that you can see here.

Teles Properties is a cutting edge boutique real estate company with offices in Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Laguna Beach, Montecito, Newport Beach and Pasadena. Bookmark this page to stay up to date with our amazing new listings, agent acheivements and company info.

Teles Announces Strategic Partnership with Concierge Service Kandela

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Have you ever wondered why the process of buying or selling a home is not considered in the top list of stressful things to do in life? That is because everyone has access to help in this arena – real estate experts like our agents who can help you through that process from beginning to end.

But what part of the real estate transaction does show up in the top stressors list consistently? The part when the transaction is done and now you have to move! When our agents do our jobs well, we more than likely will force people to move. This is why we realized that the best gift that we can give our clients is five star support to relieve the stress of moving.

We are excited to announce our strategic partnership with concierge service Kandela, to bring to you Teles Kandela, a service that can help our clients with every aspect of relocation and moving – all free to the client! This includes choosing and scheduling packers, shippers, movers, storage, phone, TV, internet,  home security, homeowners insurance, home automation, solar and much more.

Please visit teles.kandela.com or call 1-877-719-0087 and mention the Teles relationship to connect with a Kandela concierge for you or your clients. Once you make the call and the introduction, the concierge will take it from there and assist the client through every step of the moving process.

Please contact a member of the Teles Executive team if you have any specific on Teles Kandela.

Teles Announces the Expansion of its Beverly Hills Office

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Teles Properties is excited to announce the upcoming relocation of its Beverly Hills office to a beautiful new space in the heart of Beverly Hills at 9474 Wilshire Blvd. This is another milestone in the growth and success of Teles from its humble beginnings in 2007 across from the Peninsula Hotel to now becoming the fastest growing luxury boutique in Southern California just 5 years later.

Please follow us on Facebook as we track the progress of the custom build out of the office space, the joining of our new agents and staff members, and the planning of our grand opening at the end of the summer.

For more information on the Teles Properties Beverly Hills, please contact our Managing Director Stan Smith or a member of the Teles Executive Team.

Facebook users can get a more in-depth look into the progress by clicking here

Sharon Katouli helps client purchase amazing Laguna Beach home

Laguna Oceanfront ‘Immediately Spoke’ to Buyer

Gets One-Time Home of “King of Botox” for $7.1M
SHERRI CRUZ Sunday, March 3, 2013


31025 Coast Highway: three bedrooms, three baths, 3,572 square feet

The oceanfront Laguna Beach home of celebrity dermatologist Arnold “Arnie” Klein—known as the “King of Botox”—was sold to a local buyer for $7.1 million, down from $8.1 million in September.

Klein is known for his high-profile clients, including late pop singer Michael Jackson. He has been facing a variety of reported legal battles and filed for bankruptcy protection in 2011.

Greg Bingham, an agent with Coldwell Banker Residential’s Newport Beach office, represented Klein.

Sharon Katouli, an agent with Teles Properties Inc.’s Laguna Beach office, represented the buyer.

Katouli had been working with the buyer since August.

The buyer wanted a coastal property.

“It had to have an exceptional view,” Katouli said.

He also wanted private access to the beach.

“Those were his requirements,” she said. “There’s not a lot of those homes available.”

The buyer looked at about seven to 10 homes along the coast in Dana Point, Newport Beach and Laguna Beach.

He came across Klein’s home at 31025 Coast Highway in November.
“It just immediately spoke to him,” Katouli said. “This particular property is sensational.”

The 3,572-square-foot home has a 270-degree ocean view from all three levels. The home has three bedrooms and three baths.

“It was a bankruptcy, so it was one of the most complex transactions I have ever worked,” Katouli said.

The home had some back-and-forth bidding with one other bidder.

It was sort of like an auction.

“It goes back and forth until one gives up,” she said. “We had a clear and concise strategy going in there, and he executed it wholeheartedly.”

The home had been in escrow since November and recently closed.

It was complex and a relatively long transaction, but in the end, Katouli said her client was happy.

$4.8M Worth of Horse Sense

The home at 31742 Contijo Way in Coto de Caza sold in an all-cash transaction for $4.8 million, down from $5.7 million in September.

Tim Smith, of Coldwell Banker Previews International’s Newport Beach office, represented the seller.

Mike Ameel, owner of Coto de Caza Real Estate, represented the buyer, a couple from nearby Dove Canyon.

Ameel lives and works in Coto de Caza, which is perhaps best known as the setting for the launch of the reality TV series The Real Housewives of Orange County.

The couple didn’t look at very many homes, Ameel said.

They liked the Coto home right away.

The wife, who has kept horses stabled in the area, always wanted a home that could house them.