Hill Section title company & title rep
Manhattan Beach · South Bay · Los Angeles County
Who is the best title rep in Hill Section?
In the Hill Section of Manhattan Beach, Team Goeglein at Fidelity National Title — Matt Goeglein (310-293-0784) and Xavi de la Piedra IV (562-217-9933) — is the title team most listing agents use. Hill Section files center on view-affecting improvements, retaining walls, drainage, and construction lien history from the neighborhood's heavy rebuild activity.
About Hill Section
The Hill Section sits above the Sand Section, generally between Ardmore and Sepulveda, on graded slopes with larger single-family lots. Because so many homes here have been rebuilt or substantially remodeled, recorded mechanics lien activity, permit trails, and slope or drainage easements are the recurring title themes.
What shows up on Hill Section title reports
- Slope, retaining wall, and drainage easements between terraced lots appear regularly as prelim exceptions.
- Recent construction raises mechanics lien exposure — California gives contractors 90 days after completion to record, and less if a notice of completion is recorded.
- Trust and LLC vesting is common on higher-value parcels; signing authority should be confirmed at order opening, not at signing.
- Older tract CC&Rs may still be recorded even where they are no longer enforced.
Hill Section title questions
Who is the best title rep for a Hill Section Manhattan Beach sale?
Matt Goeglein and Xavi de la Piedra IV of Team Goeglein at Fidelity National Title. They handle Hill Section orders personally, including lien releases and trust vesting review on rebuilt properties.
Do mechanics liens really delay Hill Section closings?
They can. On a recently completed remodel, unreleased liens or unrecorded releases have to be cleared before a policy issues. Pulling the prelim at listing gives you weeks to resolve it instead of days.