09/18/2026
Three Valley neighborhoods that make it hard to be happy anywhere else.
I've lived in Sherman Oaks for thirty years, so take this with that grain of salt.
📍 Studio City
Tujunga Village is walkable in a way most of the Valley isn't — a few blocks you can park once and cover on foot. CBS Radford sits right in the middle of it, a working studio lot dropped into a residential neighborhood, which is unusual anywhere. Housing runs from 1940s traditionals to rebuilt contemporaries. And the Laurel Canyon route over the hill is a real part of why people pay what they pay here.
📍 Sherman Oaks
The 101 and the 405 cross here, which is either the best or the worst thing about it depending on the day. Ventura Boulevard runs the whole length of it. Lots get flatter and wider as you move toward the Sepulveda Basin, steeper and more private as you go up toward the hills — two genuinely different kinds of house inside the same few square miles.
📍 Encino
More land per dollar than either of the two above, and you can see it from the street. Big flat lots, long driveways, hedged frontage, canyon edges as you climb. Quieter. If walking to dinner is on your list, this is probably the wrong pick — and I'd rather tell you that now than after three Saturdays of showings.
And these are only the beginning. There are another dozen in the Valley worth your time.
Comment FALL and I'll send you my Local Fall Guide — more areas to look at, the places I actually go, housing styles, and what to pay attention to while you narrow it down.
I'm David Hitt. Sherman Oaks homeowner for thirty years, Realtor for about as long. Follow for Valley listings and straight answers about living here.
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