Sunland-Tujunga home and condo appraisals for estates, trusts, and taxes
River-rock cottages and canyon streets between the Verdugo and San Gabriel Mountains
Sunland-Tujunga occupies the western end of the Crescenta Valley between the Verdugo Mountains and the San Gabriel Mountains, with Mount Gleason Avenue marking the traditional line between Sunland to the west and Tujunga to the east. Sunland joined Los Angeles in 1926 and Tujunga followed in 1932, and estate and trust assignments here often involve older owner-built homes, sloping lots and parcels near the wildland edge.
- Location
- Sunland-Tujunga is a community within the City of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles County
- ZIP codes
- 91040, 91042
- Properties
- Single-family homes and condominiums
- Fees
- $449 Standard Desktop, $299 Basic Desktop
- Delivery
- 3+ business days
Homes in Sunland-Tujunga
Tujunga traces its roots to the Little Landers, an early-20th-century utopian colony organized around small farm plots. Owner-builders arrived in numbers after the First World War, and many set their houses on foundations of boulders collected nearby. Boulder and river-rock construction survives on some of those older houses, which share the area with homes from the postwar decades. Hillside and canyon streets, including the small Riverwood enclave, hold homes on sloping lots with mountain views, while Foothill Boulevard, the main commercial corridor, is governed by its own specific plan.
What moves value in Sunland-Tujunga
Buyers are drawn by mountain settings, canyon privacy and the 210 freeway, which links the area to Glendale, Pasadena and the east Valley. Views, usable land, the condition of older owner-built construction and distance from busy Foothill Boulevard all separate sales, and nearby Shadow Hills, a long-established horse-keeping community, adds an equestrian dimension to the local market.
Neighborhoods and tracts
- Sunland
- Tujunga
- La Tuna Canyon
- Riverwood
- Haines Canyon
- Foothill Boulevard corridor
Local reference points: Bolton Hall, the river-rock community hall built in 1913, the McGroarty Arts Center at Rancho Chupa Rosa, Sunland Park, Howard Finn Park, Verdugo Mountain Park and the Big Tujunga Wash anchor the community.
Appraisal considerations in Sunland-Tujunga
The 2009 Station Fire burned in the mountains near Sunland-Tujunga, and the 2017 La Tuna Fire reached into the area from the Verdugo Mountains, so Fire Hazard Severity Zone status and brush-clearance duties matter for many hillside comparisons. Owner-built additions and older stone construction often lack complete permit records, which calls for careful reconciliation of recorded area, and parcels with horse-keeping rights call for a check of the stable-to-dwelling separations the city enforces.
How do you value an older Tujunga home with river-rock construction and unpermitted additions?
We start with the living area recorded by the assessor, then compare it with the photos and any permit history you can locate. Permitted space is valued with comparable sales, while unpermitted additions typically receive limited contributory value, and the report explains how the stonework, condition and site were rated.
Reports we prepare for Sunland-Tujunga properties
Each is a certified desktop appraisal of a single-family home or condominium, as of a current or past date.
- Date-of-Death Appraisals
- Step-Up in Basis Appraisals
- Trust Administration Appraisals
- Estate Settlement & Estate Tax Appraisals
- Gift Tax Appraisals
- Prop 19 Parent-Child Transfer Appraisals
- Divorce & Date-of-Separation Appraisals
- Family Sale & Co-Owner Buyout Appraisals
- Retrospective Appraisals
Reviewed November 2026.
Need a value for a Sunland-Tujunga property?
Send the address and the date the value is needed for. We confirm the property and the fee within one business day; the report is delivered in 3+ business days.