MLS 24-463411 · Santa Monica Mountains · APNs 4472-025-011, -022, -023
5.05 acres · three parcels · off Decker Canyon
0 Foose RoadMalibu, California 90265
Three adjoining parcels on the slope west of Foose Road, a private road above Decker Canyon, with the Pacific over the ridge line. Raw land, sold together and as it stands. This page puts the whole file in front of you, including the questions a buyer will want answered before building. Every figure names its source.
Offered at · all three parcels$499,000
- 5.05 ACassessor · 219,934 SF
- 3 parcels3.03 + 1.01 + 1.01 AC
- $98,812per acre at asking
- Private roadaccess to be confirmed
- Vacantno assessed improvements
- LA Countyunincorporated · coastal zone
The land
Five acres in three legal pieces, on the ridge between Decker Canyon and the sea.
The offering is three contiguous parcels in Section 20 of Township 1 South, Range 19 West, west of Foose Road and east of Decker Canyon Road (Highway 23). The largest, APN 4472-025-011, is a 3.03-acre rectangle, 330 feet wide by 396 feet deep. Below it sit two 1.01-acre parcels side by side: APN 022 directly beneath it and APN 023 to the east. Together they form an inverted L of 5.05 acres by the Assessor’s count, or about 5.0 acres by the title legal descriptions. The land is vacant, and the Assessor carries no improvement value on any of the three.
The parcels sit on chaparral-covered slopes crossed by dirt tracks, with homes on lots of one to two acres and larger vacant parcels along Foose Road. From the higher ground the listing photographs look south over the ridge to the Pacific, and north up Decker Canyon to the peaks of the Santa Monica Mountains. Each parcel has a Certificate of Compliance on record, which is why the file treats them as three lots rather than one. What that allows a buyer to build is a separate question, taken up below.
Aerial photographs 19 November 2024 · areas from the Los Angeles County Assessor, July 2023 · 13 photographs in the file below
Title and access
Owned in fee, with lot certificates on record and access still to be proven.
Equity Title issued a preliminary report for each parcel in November 2024. Each shows fee title, 2024–25 taxes paid through the first installment and no loans of record. All three note a 2022 quitclaim into the sellers’ family trust, so the sale will be made by the trustees. All three also carry the item a buyer should read first: the land “does not appear to have access of record to any public street, road or highway.”
- APN 011 · 3.03 AC
- Conditional certificateCertificate of Compliance No. 6558, recorded 1985
- APN 022 · 1.01 AC
- Conditional certificateRecorded 1985; date and signer not shown by title
- APN 023 · 1.01 AC
- Certificate of ComplianceNo. CC2033, recorded 1979
- Road easement
- APN 023 onlyParcel 2, road purposes, 1992 instruments
- Taxes, 2024–25
- $3,910 combinedon a 2004 and 2008 base; resets on sale
- Vesting
- Family trusttrust certification required by title
- Access of record
Foose Road is a private road. Title shows an insured road easement (Parcel 2) only for APN 023. For APNs 011 and 022 it insures no access of record, and it carves out the same point on 023 as a general exception. Ask title, before removing contingencies, to confirm legal access for each parcel and to quote an access endorsement.
- Recorded easements
A 1923 easement for public road and highway covers the area, and title marks its location as indeterminate. APN 022 carries a 1963 ingress and egress easement with no width given. APN 023 carries a 1953 public-utility easement and a 1991 easement for road, utilities, pipes and drainage, which the plat draws across the parcel.
- Conditional certificates
The certificates for APNs 011 and 022 are conditional, so their conditions have to be met before a development permit issues. The conditions are in the recorded documents, not in the preliminary reports. Pull and read them early.
Source: Equity Title preliminary reports 3910124-07535, -07537 and -07538, Schedule B, November 2024
The file
Every document on hand, organized the way a buyer reads it.
Each entry says, in plain language, why it matters. The title reports and Assessor profiles carry the sellers’ personal details, so they go to a buyer’s agent on request instead of being posted. Everything still outstanding is named in the next section.
Start with the read-me19 documents, served from this site. No sign-in, no permission requestSite MediaAerial photographs of the parcels and their surroundings, November 2024.13
Title & AccessWhat is owned, the lot certificates and the recorded easements.3
Maps & RecordsWhere the parcels lie, and the County rules that govern them.2
19 documents on this site · 6 on request · file names carry each document’s own date and source
Not yet settled
What a buyer should confirm, stated before they have to ask.
- How many homes
Earlier marketing said three residences could be built, one per parcel. The certificates make each parcel a recognized lot, but that does not settle how many homes are allowed. Access, habitat category, water, wastewater and fire access are decided lot by lot, and two of the certificates are conditional. Treat three homes as a question for LA County Regional Planning, not a feature of the sale.
- Zoning and coastal permits
The parcels are in unincorporated Los Angeles County, inside the Santa Monica Mountains coastal zone. The Assessor still carries a legacy zoning code (LCA101). The County’s Santa Monica Mountains Local Coastal Program governs new development, and a new home needs a Coastal Development Permit. The file includes the County’s text for the rural coastal zones for reference. Confirm the zone and land-use designation that actually apply.
- Habitat
The Local Coastal Program maps sensitive habitat in three categories (H1, H2 and H3). The category decides where a home can go and how large the development area can be. The 2023 parcel map shows a mapped water feature crossing the southern part of APN 023. No biological survey is on file. Budget for one early.
- Water
No will-serve letter or well record is on file. Ask the water purveyor whether it can serve each parcel (Los Angeles County Waterworks District 29 serves much of the Malibu area). If it cannot, plan for a well. Fire flow is often the binding constraint on a building permit in these hills, so ask about that too.
- Wastewater
There is no public sewer here. A new home needs an onsite wastewater treatment system designed to County standards. No percolation test or septic design is on file.
- Geology and fire
There is no soils, geotechnical or engineering-geology report for these parcels. The surrounding hills are brush-covered and steep in places. Expect fire-hazard, brush-clearance and fire-department access requirements, and budget for a geologist’s feasibility review before removing contingencies.
- Lot area
The Assessor gives 5.05 acres, the legal descriptions compute to about 5.0, and a 2023 parcel map shows 5.08. No survey is on file. A boundary survey will settle it and locate the easements.
- Still to come
Current preliminary title reports, a natural hazard disclosure report and the sellers’ vacant land questionnaire. They will be added here as they arrive. Ask for status.
