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Various Authors 10:30 a.m., Jan. 16
Unreal estate
San Diego priciest pads up for sale.
Point Loma’s largest Italian Renaissance mansion
Portion of Point Loma Nazarine once known as Lomaland on the peninsula
Rosecroft is a historically-designated estate occupying nearly two-and-a-half acres atop Point Loma. Built in 1912 by architect Emmor Brooke Weaver, who oversaw the design of dozens of local residences between 1904 and 1945, the Italian ...
The “permanent vacation” feel
This house is made to be shown off
The newly-constructed estate at 7430 Hillside Drive in La Jolla includes five separate elevator-accessed levels of living area totaling nearly 6300 square feet of living space carved out of the side of Mount Soledad. “A ...
Studs-out remodel in Coronado
With an eye toward retaining the home’s historic character
This week we visit a “forgotten historic Coronado home” that’s been “brought back to life!” The 2400-square-foot craftsman at 1302 8th Street in Coronado was originally constructed in 1901 but has undergone extensive renovation since ...
A “striking contemporary classic”
Once home to founder of online music store MP3tunes
This week we present you with an opportunity to “reside in one of the largest homes on the breathtaking Del Mar beach.” “Take pleasure in the ultimate seaside lifestyle,” invite listing materials for the residence ...
The epitome of California canyon living
Architect also designed San Diego Zoo structures and enclosures
“Hidden behind beautiful hedges,” this 1924 Bankers Hill estate at 3372 Front Street “is truly unique in downtown San Diego and the epitome of California canyon living.” So promise the listing materials. The residence, which ...
Marine Lair
Oceanfront hideout is home to “SD’s 29-year-old wunderkind”
Occupying a prime oceanfront plot in La Jolla’s esteemed Barber Tract is a mansion the owner has dubbed “Marine Lair,” a home the listing promises is “built entirely different than any other home in San ...
Bankers Hill Mansion exemplifies both Roaring Twenties exuberance and refined European design
Explore the neo-classical symmetry and grandeur of Andrea Palladio’s 16th-century architecture
From its perch atop Bankers Hill, the mansion at 435 West Thorn Street sits as an example of both Roaring Twenties exuberance and refined European design. “This one of a kind 1926 Italian Palladian home ...
La Jolla luxury high rise
With a view “encompassing the La Jolla hills, the village, and the famous cove”
Let’s have a peek at “the only luxury high rise in the village of La Jolla,” 939 Coast. Eponymously named for its oceanfront location along Coast Boulevard, the building is currently comprised of 153 units ...
Mission Hills' premier entertaining house during the Roaring 20s
Home received an “outstanding house front” award from the American Institute of Architects’ San Diego chapter
Mission Hills' premier entertaining house during the Roaring 20’s
One of the first mansions in Rancho Santa Fe Covenant
“Old California meets modern luxury!”
“Old California meets modern luxury!” So reads the tagline for the estate home at 16161 Puerta Del Sol, one of the first mansions constructed in what would become the coveted Rancho Santa Fe Covenant, now ...
A dusting of snow at Ahvsan Ranch
A 376-acre “private oasis nestled high atop Palomar Mountain"
Shots of a sun-drenched pool deck are essentially a requisite box to check when developing marketing materials for a San Diego-area mansion, but how many elite local homesteads can be accurately portrayed with a dusting ...
La Jolla’s oldest structures
The neighborhood is named for Phillip Barber, a wealthy New York heir
This week we look at “a unique opportunity to own a collection of three meticulously restored, award-winning historic homes” in La Jolla’s Barber Tract, adjacent to Windansea Beach. Home to some of La Jolla’s oldest ...
A home built by city-designated master builders
The Quayle brothers also built part of Balboa Park
The historic mansion at 2440 C Street in Golden Hill was not built to cater to San Diego’s latest crop of nouveau riche. Remote-controlled, gated driveways? Nope, but a custom wrought iron gate still leads ...
Views from every room (and deck)
The California Dream as seen from Del Mar
The estate home at 110 15th Street in Del Mar is described as a “one-of-a-kind compound,” its one-third acre lot nestled into a hillside just across the street from the waterfront Seagrove Park. A “modern ...
