The Spanish facade and front garden at 728 25th Street, Santa Monica

728 25th Street Sold for $8.5M by John Hathorn and Charles Pence

A three-story Spanish home in Santa Monica's North of Montana neighborhood has sold through Pence Hathorn Silver at Compass.

$8,525,000 · Closed October 20, 2026 · single-family Spanish-style home, three stories · 5 bed plus lower-level media room/6th suite · 6 full + 1 half baths · approx. 5,612 sq ft · lot approx. 8,696 sq ft · renovated from the ground up in 2007 · three fireplaces, Viking and Sub-Zero kitchen, office with full bath, media room with projector and kitchenette, primary suite with west-facing deck, arbor dining patio with barbecue kitchen, solar panels, two Tesla Powerwalls, attached two-car garage, carport with two EV chargers · North of Montana, Franklin Elementary School District

John Hathorn and Charles Pence of Pence Hathorn Silver at Compass have sold 728 25th Street, a Spanish-style home in Santa Monica's North of Montana neighborhood, for $8.525 million. The sale closed in October.

The house was renovated from the ground up in 2007. Light wide-plank hardwood floors, custom built-ins and decorative tile run through the main level, which holds a formal living room with a fireplace, an oversized dining room, an office with a full bath and backyard access, and a kitchen and family great room. The kitchen has its own fireplace, a center island, a Sub-Zero refrigerator and a six-burner Viking range with a pot filler.

All five bedrooms are upstairs, where the primary suite has a fireplace, a walk-in closet and a west-facing deck. The lower level is a media room with a built-in projector and screen, a full bath and a kitchenette, and it can serve as a sixth bedroom suite. The hedge-lined backyard has a lawn, mature fruit trees and an arbor-covered dining patio with a built-in barbecue kitchen.

In all, the home has five bedrooms, six full and one half baths and 5,612 square feet on a lot of 8,696 square feet, with solar panels and two Tesla Powerwalls. With this sale, Hathorn and Pence have placed a turnkey home in the Franklin Elementary School District, moments from Montana Avenue and the Brentwood Country Mart.

Closed sale. $2M+ in live markets only. Listing agents named as published. Source: MLS sold record (CLAW MLS 26989809) via Pence Hathorn Silver. Photos: Pence Hathorn Silver / Compass. Luxury Price Drops is not a brokerage.

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