Agoura Hills incorporated in 1982, but most of its tracts were laid out and built through the 1960s and 1970s when the area was unincorporated Los Angeles County, and the names on the record maps and in the MLS are the names the builders used at the time.

Oakview Gardens was built from 1987 to 1989 on the last flat ground along Canwood Street, in the city’s first decade, as a planned community of one plan on small lots with a greenbelt and guest parking. The developer is not confirmed in any source Gary Jacobs has been able to verify. The county records show about 175 parcels.

One plan: a 2,017-square-foot two-story three-bedroom. The top is $1,030,000 on Francisca Way in June 2024, and $1,000,000 on Diana Court in October 2023. The bottom is $910,500 on Mark Court in July 2022, and $904,000 on Francisca Way in November 2023. All seven sales are the same plan, three bedrooms on two levels.

No plan sheet for Oakview Gardens is in the Conejo Simi Moorpark Association of Realtors archive that this guide series draws on, so there is no drawing to reproduce. The sale record shows homes of 2,017 to 2,017 square feet, median 2,017, with three bedrooms in seven of the seven, and every recorded sale is two story.

Francisca Way and Isabella Court carry two sales each, and Mark Court, Diana Court and Leticia Court one each. The community is a set of courts off Francisca Way, with the greenbelt through the middle and the freeway along the north edge behind Canwood Street.

The first reason is the plan: a 2,000-square-foot three-bedroom from the late 1980s, which is a family house in a townhome community. The second is the predictability, one plan in a $100,000 band. The third is the location, off Canwood Street with the freeway and the Kanan Road shops minutes away.

Listings report the fee at $411–$508 a month, with $506 to $508 on the 2025 sales. The recorded sales report association fees from $411 to $508 a month, rising to $506 to $508 on the 2025 sales. Listings describe a greenbelt and guest parking in the amenities; whether the fee covers the exteriors and roofs of the attached buildings should be confirmed from the CC&Rs.

What the association covers and what the CC&Rs restrict is not confirmed in any source Gary Jacobs has been able to verify. Take the budget, the reserve study, the insurance certificate and the CC&Rs from the seller’s disclosure package, read the minutes for any special assessment or litigation, and confirm the current fee with the manager before removing a contingency.

Agoura Hills is in the Las Virgenes Unified district, and listings in Oakview Gardens give Yerba Buena Elementary, Lindero Canyon Middle School and Agoura High School. Confirm the exact address with the district locator.

The Kanan Road shops and the Whizin Market Square are a few minutes away, and Chumash Park a few blocks east. Agoura Hills runs on Kanan Road and the freeway: the shops and restaurants along Kanan Road and Agoura Road, the Whizin Market Square and the Twin Oaks center, Chumash Park and the city’s smaller parks, the Reyes Adobe Historical Site, and the Santa Monica Mountains trails at Cheseboro Canyon, Ladyface and Paramount Ranch a few minutes away. The Ventura Freeway runs through the middle of the city with interchanges at Kanan Road, Reyes Adobe Road, Chesebro Road and Liberty Canyon Road, and the drive to the Westside is the same forty minutes to ninety it is from anywhere in the Conejo Valley.

The Ventura Freeway is the spine of the Conejo Valley, and this tract is a few minutes from an on-ramp at Kanan Road, Reyes Adobe Road, Chesebro Road or Liberty Canyon Road. Errands are along Kanan Road and Agoura Road; the Westside is forty minutes on a good day and ninety on a bad one, and a buyer who commutes should time it at 7:30 in the morning before deciding.

The figures in this section were current when this guide was last reviewed. The sale record in the facts above and the listings below are drawn live from the MLS each time the page loads.

In the two years through October 2025, two homes sold through the MLS, for $925,000 and $945,000, about $469 per square foot. The longer record is seven sales since July 2022, from $904,000 to $1,030,000 with a median of $925,000. The top of the record is $1,030,000 on Francisca Way in June 2024 for a 2,017-square-foot three-bedroom; $1,000,000 on Diana Court in October 2023 for a 2,017-square-foot three-bedroom. The bottom is $910,500 on Mark Court in July 2022; $904,000 on Francisca Way in November 2023.

Seven sales in four years from $904,000 to $1,030,000 is one plan with a renovation premium of about $100,000. Gary Jacobs keeps the full sale-by-sale history and can say where a given house sits in it.

No lease is recorded in the MLS sources this guide draws on, so it does not quote a rent. The association’s leasing rules should be read before buying as an investment.

These homes date from 1987 to 1989, and the inspection carries the 1980s list: original furnaces and condensers at end of life, tile-roof underlayment nearing the end of its span, failed dual-pane seals, and for 1985 to 1989 the possibility of polybutylene supply lines, which a plumber should be asked about by name. In attached communities add the association questions: who owns the roof, the exterior walls and the plumbing inside them, when the buildings were last repiped or reroofed, and whether the reserves are funded for the next round. Ask the association for the roof and plumbing history in writing.

In attached communities the remodel that pays is inside the walls: the kitchen opened to the living room, the baths, the floors, the windows where the association allows, and a laundry brought into the unit. What does not pay is anything the association will not approve or that the next buyer cannot see from the listing photos. Check the rules before the plans.

The comparison is the other small-lot and townhome communities of Agoura Hills. Chateau Park Townhomes, 1981 to 1988, is 1,056- to 2,209-square-foot townhomes at a median of $800,000 with fees of $240 to $397 a month. Stonecrest Patio Homes, 1980, is 1,614- to 1,780-square-foot patio homes at a median of $740,450. Hillrise, 1968 to 1985, is detached houses of 1,541 to 3,030 square feet at a median of $1,041,249. Oakview Gardens is the newest of the group and the one plan at one price.

Start with the association package and what the fee covers on an attached building of this age. Then the freeway, which runs along the north edge; walk the house at rush hour. Then the stairs, since every plan is two levels.

Families first, for a three-bedroom under $1,000,000 in the district. First-time buyers second. Downsizers third, who accept the stairs for the lower upkeep.

For a buyer, read the plan off the square footage and the level, take the association package from the disclosures before the inspection, and brief the inspector for the 1980s. Pull the permit history of any addition, pool or converted garage from the county. Confirm the school assignment for the exact address.

For a seller, the comparable is the same plan, and the top of the record — $1,030,000 — is the renovated house on the better lot. Price to the record for the plan, say the association fee and the school assignment in the first lines of the listing, and let the condition argue for the top of the band.