# Glen Campbell's Home in Agoura Hills has a recording studio. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2018, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbells-home-in-agoura-hills-has-a-recording-studio/810875 "2018-03-20T11:07:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbells-home-in-agoura-hills-has-a-recording-studio/810875/1 "2018-03-20T11:07:45Z")
My dream home is for sale. 😉 Gorgeous on the outside and that recording studio has me drooling. It was designed and built by Arthur Kelm, the vice president, general manager and chief engineer of Capitol Records. Glen’s music for the documentary I’ll be Me was recorded there. Anyone interested in buying me a house? 😉 I’m willing to relocate. LOL > **[Glen Campbell's Family Is Selling SoCal Home Featuring a Sweet Recording Studio](https://pagesix.com/2018/03/09/glen-campbell-family-selling-home-year-after-his-death/)** > > Glen Campbell's family members are selling their Agoura Hills, CA, home for $960,000. It includes the famous Agoura Borealis Recording Studio. > **[Glen Campbell home in Agoura Hills features a high-end recording studio](https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-glen-campbell-20180319-story.html)** > > An Agoura Hills home that was owned by late country singing star Glen Campbell is for sale at $920,000. > [@](#): > > “It was built with a lot of love and brought us a lot of joy,” said Campbell’s wife, Kim. > > She told us while their family was living in Arizona over a decade ago, two of Campbell’s sons moved to Los Angeles to work in the music industry. To bypass the expense and hassle of renting apartments, rehearsal facilities and recording studios, the family bought a place in 2006 where the music and living situation would be resolved in one fell swoop. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbells-home-in-agoura-hills-has-a-recording-studio/810875/2 "2018-03-20T22:21:01Z")
The two different articles show two different listing prices: $960,000 and $920,000. Good luck on your purchase! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbells-home-in-agoura-hills-has-a-recording-studio/810875/3 "2018-03-20T22:39:38Z")
A home studio is cheapish and easy to build. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbells-home-in-agoura-hills-has-a-recording-studio/810875/4 "2018-03-20T23:15:24Z")
Watch out for Katy Perry. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbells-home-in-agoura-hills-has-a-recording-studio/810875/5 "2018-03-20T23:22:14Z")
New planning rules say you’ll have to shift it 45 degrees south-west, though. Alignment for the county. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbells-home-in-agoura-hills-has-a-recording-studio/810875/6 "2018-03-20T23:24:48Z")
A cool million, after fees? I’ll shake out my couch cushions. Don’t call me. I’ll call you. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbells-home-in-agoura-hills-has-a-recording-studio/810875/7 "2018-03-20T23:25:58Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > A home studio is cheapish and easy to build. Turn-key is easier. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbells-home-in-agoura-hills-has-a-recording-studio/810875/8 "2018-03-21T00:33:08Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > New planning rules say you’ll have to shift it 45 degrees south-west, though. Alignment for the county. You…are on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbells-home-in-agoura-hills-has-a-recording-studio/810875/9 "2018-03-21T01:21:14Z")
Holy crap. That place is very cheap. $960K would buy a 1500 sq ft house around me, no recording studio included. Lots of big name musicians have studios - Dylan for one. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbells-home-in-agoura-hills-has-a-recording-studio/810875/10 "2018-03-21T01:28:13Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > New planning rules say you’ll have to shift it 45 degrees south-west, though. Alignment for the county. > [@silenus](#): > > You…are on the list. _adds four skulls and three daggers for emphasis_ ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbells-home-in-agoura-hills-has-a-recording-studio/810875/11 "2018-03-21T02:09:59Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Holy crap. That place is very cheap. $960K would buy a 1500 sq ft house around me, no recording studio included. > > Lots of big name musicians have studios - Dylan for one. I was surprised at the price too. 1500 sq feet and a 15 min drive from Malibu? I would assume 2 million without the studio. Totally a WAG. Makes me wonder if there’s a catch. Maybe some structural problems. I’ve been studying two books on building a home studio. Filling the wall cavities with Roxul Safe ‘n’ Sound & Building the acoustic panels, is just the start. Acoustics is a special application of physics. There’s a lot to learn. Glen’s studio was designed by a pro at Capital Records. I bet the acoustics can match any professional studio. Glen could afford pro recording gear. My dream is a rehearsal studio. Soundproof so the neighbors won’t get upset. Maybe a basic recording setup. So band practice could be recorded and reviewed later. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbells-home-in-agoura-hills-has-a-recording-studio/810875/12 "2018-03-21T04:06:11Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Soundproof so the neighbors won’t get upset. FOD the neighbors. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbells-home-in-agoura-hills-has-a-recording-studio/810875/13 "2018-03-21T04:22:36Z")
> [@](#): > > 1500 sq feet and a 15 min drive from Malibu? 1,938 feet as I read the articles (which really isn’t all that big a house, but Malibu!) ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbells-home-in-agoura-hills-has-a-recording-studio/810875/14 "2018-03-21T05:47:44Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > A home studio is cheapish and easy to build. Not well. A proper home studio where you can track drums requires a considerable amount of noise control - double walls, a “floating” floor, very high air volume HVAC, isolated power. Yes, you can do it on the cheap, but if you’re doing it in a residential area, a business area or anywhere other than way out in the country, you’re going to have to keep the noise of recording from disturbing the neighbors and vise-versa. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbells-home-in-agoura-hills-has-a-recording-studio/810875/15 "2018-03-21T12:43:31Z")
Yeah, anyone local able to fill the rest of us in on why this isn’t a great price for SoCal? Is it all location/location/location, and that 15 min from Malibu is actually 15 minutes further from LA and everything else? ---
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> [@Voyager](#): > > Holy crap. That place is very cheap. $960K would buy a 1500 sq ft house around me, no recording studio included [Khan] It is very…_expensive_… in space. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbells-home-in-agoura-hills-has-a-recording-studio/810875/17 "2018-03-21T14:57:53Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Yeah, anyone local able to fill the rest of us in on why this isn’t a great price for SoCal? Is it all location/location/location, and that 15 min from Malibu is actually 15 minutes further from LA and everything else? Here’s several listings in Agoura Hills. Similar price, but no recording studio. > **[Agoura Hills, CA Real Estate & Homes for Sale | realtor.com®](https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Agoura-Hills_CA)** > > View 96 homes for sale in Agoura Hills, CA at a median listing home price of $972,500. See pricing and listing details of Agoura Hills real estate for sale. That neighborhood has a early 1960’s feel. My childhood home was in a neighborhood like that. I love that style of architecture. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbells-home-in-agoura-hills-has-a-recording-studio/810875/18 "2018-03-21T15:11:06Z")
3967 United Road Agoura Hills, CA 91301 Street view confirms the house. I think it was a upper middle class neighborhood in the 1960’s. 1694 miles away from me. 😉 3967 United Rd, Agoura Hills, CA 91301 [https://goo.gl/maps/REQGqAaKgK32](https://goo.gl/maps/REQGqAaKgK32) ---
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> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Is it all location/location/location, and that 15 min from Malibu is actually 15 minutes further from LA and everything else? No two places in LA are only 15 minutes apart. I can’t speak to this specific street or neighborhood, but it’s a good 45 minutes to an hour from anywhere in LA proper on a reasonably good day. And I wouldn’t call it 15 minutes from Malibu either. ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbells-home-in-agoura-hills-has-a-recording-studio/810875/20 "2018-03-27T23:51:35Z")
I can speak to this general neighborhood. First off, that place ain’t IN L.A.; it’s in Agoura Hills, which is a northwestern suburb of L.A. County. The fun part around here is that Highway 101 runs north and south from Orange County past San Francisco, but in this stretch of coastline it’s actually running east and west. So if you go off the 101 southbound and make a right turn so you’re heading perpendicular to the highway, you’re heading south.😕 Agoura Road and Liberty Canyon? I used to work near Agoura & Kanan Road, the next ramp off THE 101 northbound.\* Liberty Canyon feeds into Las Virgenes which not only buzzes by the best% Hindu Temple I’ve seen in Southern California, but it’s the straightest of very few roads going from Highway 101 through the Santa Monica Mountain range and out to the Pacific Highway. TLDR? Yeah, it is only about 15 minutes to the ocean - even with moderate traffic@ - and Las Virgenes dumps out in the middle of the Malibu coastline. If you just need a place to record what you’ve rehearsed, there’s a fully-equipped house for rent in Simi Valley. I believe the rent was something like $7K/month. However, the ads I was reading were pretty clear that the owner had no intention of selling; he just rented the place to different musicians/bands for a couple months at a time. It seems that Lake Sherwood, Oak Park, Westlake Village, and Thousand Oaks are as popular as Agoura Hills for the sports stars and other rich entertainers who don’t want to live within the City of Los Angeles but don’t want to go as far as Montecito (Santa Barbara). You might find several homes with music studios built into them around here. –G! - Sorry, there’s a thread around here that complains about people using “the” number for highways. I’m just doing that to trigger someone’s itch. 😃 % Okay, so I’ve only seen two…:o @ …or even with heavy traffic if you’re, young, invincible, and riding a motorcycle… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbells-home-in-agoura-hills-has-a-recording-studio/810875.md?page=2)