Hermosa Beach Home on The Strand Tops LA Signed Contracts

Former Cincinnati Reds slugger Joey Votto’s looking to leave behind his Hermosa Beach pad, which topped L.A. County’s signed contracts last week.

The coastal modern-inspired home at 1932 The Strand is listed for $14.5 million and sits in the No. 1 spot among signed contracts in the Eklund Weekly Luxury Report Los Angeles.

Douglas Elliman’s Eklund Gomes team produces the weekly roundup, which counts properties listed at $4 million or more in the Multiple Listing Service.

Votto bought the property, which was originally listed for $13.2 million, in late 2024. Property and state records show a limited liability company tied to Votto paid $10.5 million for the new build.

The property has four bedrooms and five bathrooms. It’s over 3,800 square feet and has three levels, all facing the ocean. Amenities include three areas for entertaining, automated lighting and window shades, four fireplaces, an 120-bottle wine wall and an elevator servicing all three floors, according to the listing.

Strand Hill Properties’ Kevin Pratt and Brigitte Pratt are the listing agents.

The Hermosa Beach home was one of four South Bay properties to go into contract last week.

The city of Los Angeles, not surprisingly, held the lion’s share of signed contracts in Eklund Gomes’ report, with seven properties finding buyers. Those homes were located in neighborhoods such as Bel-Air, Hollywood Hills and Hancock Park.

Bel-Air had the next largest home to go into contract last week based on listing price, with 11000 Scenario Lane.

The four-bed, four-bath home is over 4,300 square feet and has views of the Stone Canyon Reservoir, 63-foot pool and sits on an over 1-acre lot. The main house alone has four beds and two-and-a-half baths. There’s also a two-story building named The Cube that’s meant to serve as a work area and guest space, according to the listing.

Sotheby’s International Realty’s Ernie Carswell and Douglas Elliman’s Melissa Alt have the listing.

Records through PropertyShark indicate the seller is a trust tied to the late Irwin E. Russell, a prominent entertainment lawyer.

Eklund Gomes managing director Marcy Roth said in a prepared statement on the latest roundup that the activity reflects a “good start to the summer season.”

Buyers and sellers last week went into contract on 20 properties as asking dollar volume on those deals rose 27 percent from the prior reporting period to $135.5 million.

Seventeen homes went into contract in the previous week amounting to $106.8 million in asking dollar volume.

Even still, contracts and closings aren’t keeping pace with the inventory growth as 82 listings were added to the market last week. That brings total inventory to 1,590 homes, or nearly double what Eklund Gomes reported at the start of the year.