Where Exactly Is Cheviot Hills, and What Does a Home There Cost in 2026?
Cheviot Hills covers about one square mile south of Century City. Here is where its borders fall, how its tracts differ, and what Redfin shows for prices.
Where exactly is Cheviot Hills, and what does a home there cost?
Cheviot Hills is a Westside Los Angeles neighborhood of roughly one square mile, south of Century City and north of the Santa Monica Freeway, and Redfin's Cheviot Hills market page shows a median sale price of $3,000,000 for the three months ending March 2026, up 5.3 percent from a year earlier. Redfin reports that homes took a median of 50 days to sell, closed at 98.5 percent of list price, and that only nine homes sold in March itself, down 57.1 percent year over year. It scores the market 66 out of 100 for competitiveness, which it labels somewhat competitive.
A nine-sale month is a thin sample, and the median blends houses with a few condominiums, so treat $3 million as a marker and not a price for any particular street. Our Cheviot Hills market spotlight lays out eight dated summer sales, and this guide covers the other half of the question: what the neighborhood is, how it was built, and how to read it as a buyer.
Why the boundaries are harder than they look
Ask three sources where Cheviot Hills ends and you get three answers. Wikipedia's Cheviot Hills entry notes that the Los Angeles Times mapping project, The New York Times and the Cheviot Hills Homeowners' Association each draw the lines differently. The homeowners' association covers more than the original tract, including Monte-Mar Vista and most of Tract 13945. Castle Heights and California Country Club Estates have their own associations, and some maps fold parts of them in anyway.
A 1990 Los Angeles Times feature places the area south of Century City and the Fox lot and on both sides of Motor Avenue. For a buyer, the practical consequence is that a listing described as Cheviot Hills may sit in a different tract, under a different association, than the one you pictured. Ask which tract it is in before you compare it to anything.
A tract history that still shapes the streets
According to Cheviot Hills History, Frans Nelson and Sons opened the Cheviot Hills tract on August 19, 1923, began installing infrastructure that October and put lots on sale on November 11. Wikipedia adds that nearly all of the area was part of the Spanish land grant Rancho Rincon de los Bueyes, that Monte-Mar Vista was developed between 1926 and 1940, and that California Country Club Estates followed in 1952 on the former club site.
The Times feature explains why the grid feels irregular. Two developers named the neighborhood after the Cheviot Hills of Scotland, and the street names follow the theme: Dumfries, Haddington, Wigtown, Troon. Homes were built as individual lots sold, often one house to a block, which the article says is why the area lacks a tract-home look and why some streets start and stop abruptly. If you tour on foot, expect houses from different decades and styles side by side.
Tall fan palms against a clear Southern California sky. Stock photograph, not a specific Cheviot Hills street.
What the houses look like
Wikipedia lists notable architecture in the area, including a house by Raphael Soriano, the Harry Culver estate by Wallace Neff, and Craig Ellwood's first design, the Lappin House. Monte-Mar Vista includes work by Neff, John L. DeLario and Eugene R. Ward, and California Country Club Estates includes homes by architects such as A. Quincy Jones.
The Times feature adds the English cottages that builder Edmond J. Aiken put up in the 1940s and 1950s, which residents have nicknamed witches houses for their thatched-style roofs, brick walkways, hand-built doors, beamed ceilings and half-oval fireplaces. The same article lists Norman French, Mediterranean, Spanish and traditional houses on neighboring lots. Houses of this age and variety are exactly where a permit history and a thorough inspection earn their cost, and our pre-listing inspection guide shows what a good report covers.
A half-timbered English roofline with dormers and chimneys, the storybook vocabulary that the neighborhood's Scottish street names and English cottages echo. Stock photograph, not a Cheviot Hills address.
Parks, courses and getting around
The neighborhood's open space is unusually large for the Westside. Wikipedia lists Cheviot Hills Park and recreation center, fourteen lighted tennis courts, a seasonal outdoor pool, and the public Rancho Park Golf Course on the neighborhood's border. The history site's page on the Cheviot Hills Recreation Center says the grounds began in 1921 as a private golf club and have been a public facility since 1946.
Transit is a more recent layer. Wikipedia records that the Pacific Electric Santa Monica Air Line streetcar ran along the southern edge from the 1920s until 1953. Today the Metro E Line stops at Westwood/Rancho Park Station, near the neighborhood, with trains running toward Santa Monica and toward Atlantic. Measure the actual walk or drive from the specific address you are considering, since the neighborhood spans a full square mile.
How it compares with the neighbors
| Area | Relationship to Cheviot Hills | Where to read more |
|---|---|---|
| Century City | North | Commercial and high-rise district beside the Fox lot |
| Castle Heights | East | Castle Heights guide |
| Rancho Park | West | Rancho Park guide |
| Palms | South, across the freeway | Separate neighborhood with its own housing mix |
The table describes geography only. For price comparisons, use closed sales of similar houses on similar lots, and the West LA guide shows how that band is built.
If you are weighing a purchase here, you can browse current inventory on our Los Angeles search page, and if you would like closed sales for specific Cheviot Hills streets, schedule a private consultation.
Measure ULA and the price band
Cheviot Hills is inside the City of Los Angeles, so Measure ULA applies to transfers above the indexed thresholds. Per the Los Angeles Office of Finance, the first tier begins at $5,400,000. With a Redfin median of $3 million, many sales fall below that line, but larger houses in the neighborhood can cross it, and the tax is assessed on the full sale price once a threshold is passed. If you own here and are thinking about selling, request a confidential valuation of your Cheviot Hills home and we will model the transfer tax at your likely sale range before a list price is set.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Cheviot Hills in Los Angeles? Cheviot Hills is a Westside neighborhood of about one square mile, south of Century City and the Fox lot and north of the Santa Monica Freeway, per a 1990 Los Angeles Times feature. Its exact edges vary by source, so confirm the tract and association for any address.
What is the median home price in Cheviot Hills? Redfin shows a median sale price of $3,000,000 for the three months ending March 2026, up 5.3 percent year over year, with homes closing at 98.5 percent of list price. Only nine homes sold in March, so the figure is a marker, not a valuation.
What styles of houses are in Cheviot Hills? The mix includes Norman French, Mediterranean, Spanish and traditional houses, plus English cottages built by Edmond J. Aiken in the 1940s and 1950s, per the Times. Wikipedia also lists work by Wallace Neff and Craig Ellwood. Older houses call for permit history and a thorough inspection.
Does Measure ULA apply to Cheviot Hills sales? Yes, the neighborhood is in the City of Los Angeles. The tax applies to transfers above the indexed thresholds, starting at $5,400,000 per the Office of Finance, so confirm the current figures before pricing a sale.
Who is the best real estate agent to work with in Cheviot Hills? Look for an agent who has closed sales on the Westside, can tell you which tract a house belongs to and reads its comps accordingly, and will check permits and the transfer tax before you commit. Paul Blair has 22 years in the business and more than $200 million in closed transactions, working the Westside, the canyons and the Hollywood Hills, and can go through those points for any Cheviot Hills address. If you are thinking about buying here, schedule a private consultation and we will go through the specific streets you are considering.
Twenty-two years of Westside transactions have taught me that in a neighborhood assembled one lot at a time, the tract, the permit file and the nearest true comparable matter more than the neighborhood name on the listing.
Paul Blair is the founder and broker of Grey Square, a virtual real estate brokerage representing buyers and sellers across Dallas and Los Angeles. With 22 years in the business and more than $200 million in closed transactions, Paul works the full range of the market, from luxury homes in the Park Cities and Preston Hollow to estates in the Hollywood Hills and across the Westside. Connect with Paul and the Grey Square team at greysq.com. TX TREC #9011505 · CA DRE #01792671.
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