There are several great homes for sale on Point Dume in Malibu but one really stands out as being a great buy. If someone asked me what the best buy in the Point is I’d have to say the home at 6805 Wildlife Road. With an asking price of $2,800,000 it has several major pluses. First, it’s about a 20 second walk to the beach along a private trail out of the backyard. Second, it’s big..really big with apprx. 6100 sq.ft. and has a rental unit that Pepperdine students love to rent. Lastly, it’s nice, clean, and was reduced from $3,800,000. There is no ocean view but you will hear the surf cracking on the shore at night! The house also carries deeded beach rights which means you will get a beach key!
From the MLS…”Malibu Point Dume 6,119 Sq. Ft. Private Security Gated Custom Mediterranean w/Guest Hse. Riviera II Beach Key on Celebrity, Premier Street. Entertaining Courtyd & Central Deck. Living Rm w/Fireplace, Bar, Skylites. Formal Dining Rm. Kitchen Seats 10+. Natural Oak Hardwd Floors in 7 Rms. High Ceilings/Light. Guest Suite on 1st Floor w/Family Rm or Office & 2nd Fireplace. 3 Car Garage, Rose Arbor, Custom Playhouse. Gardens Throughout IncludeArborist Maintained 24 Fruit/Nut Trees, 9 Flowering Trees, 424 Ficus Trees, Jasmine, Wisteria, 97 Roses, & More. ”
So what do you do if you want a fire show on the 4th of July but you want it right in your back yard? Hire a private barge to come out and shoot as many fireworks as your pocket book will allow!
Around July 1st, it’s time to start finding out who is having a firework show and where the best beach parties are going to be at. Broad Beach, Paradise Cove, and The Colony have always been good bets in the past. There’s also the PCH Traffic Party.
Three Private Firework displays have received permits so far.
You still have time to come out and enjoy a month in Malibu. There are several beach houses available for the month of August. Prices range form $20k-$100k but you’ll need to act fast because agents across the board are reporting that they are getting multiple calls for summer rentals. Call for a list of what is available. 310 699 8428
Carbon Beach, aka billionaires beach, has given us one more reason to believe it’s name. A new $57,000,000 listing came on the Malibu real estate market this week. This is not your average beach house! This Malibu home for sale is on a triple lot on Carbon beach and has almost 13,000 sq.ft. with 180 feet of frontage. The home is exceptionally done in a Cape Cod style and boasts Continue Reading »
A home seller in Malibu has come up with a very unique and creative way of bringing attention to the sale of his home….he’s throwing in his red Ferrari F40. The iconic Italian sports car has less than 800 miles on it and only 1315 production models ever rolled off the factory floor in Maranello, Italy. The car was originally offered at $400k, though some buyers were willing to pay a bit more to possess this stellar sports model…up to $1.6m! The F40 was the first ever legal production car to exceed 200 mph. A Japanese Ferrari dealer once filmed himself hitting 201 mph only to be arrested after he sold a videotape to an undercover policeman. Bail probably wasn’t a problem, he had already sold 10,000 of the videos. The only catch on securing the car is that the home for sale must be purchased before 6-30-2010.
Oh, and about the house! The home’s asking price is $4,399,333.00 and it has expansive ocean views on half an acre. There are 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, and close to 6000 sq.ft. of living space. There is a pool, room to park 13 cars, and is less than a minute walk from the beaches along Encinal Bluffs. The house across the street is asking $49m! Call for a showing of the car or house! 310 699 8428
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On Monday mornings we have our office meeting to discuss various aspects of the Malibu real estate market. One question we always throw around is, “What was the best thing on caravan?” About half the agents, including me, thought the new listing on Birdview was the nicest house for sale. The home has a distinctly Asian feel with the kiln-fired and blue glazed tile roof, an Indonesian/Bali feel with the tropical landscape, and a zen/Craftsman interior that smartly leaves the Japanese feel at the door. The shared feeling by many agents was “what a pleasant surprise” and “this house has a great feel.” The house, in fact, was so unique and special, that the $11m asking price seemed to be a side note. This is the type of home someone will walk into and just “want it” because of the emotional connection.
From the MLS “SEASIDE BLUFFTOP ESTATE- PRIVATE PATH LEADS TO SANDY SHORELINE- ROMANTIC AND PRIVATE SETTING- LUSH LANDSCAPING ENVELOPES YOU IN A TROPICAL PARADISE- INCREDIBLE OCEAN VIEWS SPAN THE PRISTINE COASTLINE- OPEN & FREE FLOWING FLOOR PLAN 6 BEDROOMS- MEDIA ROOM, OFFICE, GOURMET KITCHEN AND EXQUISITE MASTER BATH- SEPARATE GUEST HOUSE BY LAGOON POOL WITH ADDITIONAL BEDROOM, BATH AND GYM- SPACIOUS PATIOS WITH OCEAN VIEW DINING AND ENTERTAINING SPACE- NO NEED TO VACATION ON A TROPICAL ISLE, HERE, YOU HAVE YOUR OWN FANTASY RETREAT.”
Listed with Chris Cortazzo and Bobette Halverson
Update! Just saw this house hours ago and it has a 4th bedroom. It’s a great place and has a lot of potential to be built out.
A new listing on Point Dume hit the Malibu real estate market yesterday. The remodeled ranch home is located at 6847 Wildlife and is close enough to the beach that you should be able to walk to the water in under 2 minutes and hear the waves at night. The property is on nearly an acre of land with the home being around 1900 sq.ft. having three bedrooms. The current house is nice enough to live in and kept as is, but the property will likely find a buyer who will build something much larger. The home for sale is listed at $3,450,000 and my bet is that it will sell fast! Call to see it before it’s too late. 310 699 8428
Seeing that there were over 1000 page views on the blog today I’m going to break a story that I was trying to hold off on. I’ve got a new listing in Malibu, maybe, one of the nicest homes ever to be offered on the market. I’m working on the website now but will show a pic below. Here’s the news…The listing was given to myself and David Findley of Partners Trust because we absolutely understand, no, live, breathe, eat, and preach the real estate marketing revolution that is taking place online. We have 20-30 “new school” ideas, web marketing methods, and social media tools that separate us from the Realtorsaurus types mentioned here. One tool is Twitter. Not going to reveal too much here but if you want to watch what we will be doing, I’m going to invite you right now to follow the listing @villacascata. Watch, learn, and understand how Twitter is more than just a few words about what kind of coffee you are drinking.
The Los Angeles Times has mentioned the Malibu Real Estate Blog in the online addition and will be in print this weekend. The article is about how the high-end market has shifted and why sellers need to rethink the way their homes are priced. I look at the positive side of this article in that buyers can pick up some great deals that a few years ago were out of reach.
I was referenced in a section about “chasing the market”. The article says it’s when a seller continually lowers the price of a home until a buyer is found. It is that but more. Chasing the market is when a seller has the price a little to high while the market is falling and when they lower the price it’s always a bit to late. The cycle repeats. Often, offers they said no to, end up being more than to what they lowered the price to. I have seen this happen numerous times in this market when the tides started to turn. Check out the link here.
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There’s a skit on SNL/Hulu that we watch called “What Up With Dat”. It’s silly and doesn’t make a ton of sense but the catch phrase get’s so stuck in your head you to will be saying it to your spouse like I do. My wife will say, “The dog just jumped on the bed with dirty feet!” and I’ll reply, Continue Reading »
Check out this brilliant, funny, and painfully honest sales approach to mobile homes. This is not how we roll in Malibu but I’d sure like to see this guy move some units in the Point Dume Club or Paradise Cove!
There are two homes now on Point Dume that are heading in to a price range that most people would say is a good price. Both of these Malibu homes for sale have beach keys to Little Dume beach. These are deeded beach rights which make the homes more valuable than the ones that don’t have the rights. The first one has been nicely remodeled and has a guest house studio in back on expansive lawns no ocean view. It is listed at $2.575m. The second home needs a remodel but has good ocean views and is for sale at $2.495m. Email Me for more information about Malibu Real Estate. Call for showings 310 6998428. If you are “tech”, sign up for the RSS feed!
The Carbon Mesa home for sale mentioned a week ago on this blog had offers on it right away and is listed as ” Backup” status on the MLS. The Malibu home for sale was once listed as high as $2,950,000 and hit the market at $1,141,000. Had you been signed up for my Listing Book program you would have had an early morning email the day it came on the market. Email Me if you like to be this program. In the email tell me what your price range is and what you are looking for.
Heading out on caravan right now. I’ll be posting thoughts on some of the Malibu homes for sale that I see. There are a few beach homes on Las Tunas and Carbon Beach that should be interesting. The blue box to the right is the live feed where you can follow me on Twitter.
Just got my both my regular flu shot and the H1N1 Swine flu shot from Dr. Drew in Malibu. Didn’t feel a thing! The new needles are so small I was still waiting for the shot when he said “Your Done!” I can also report that there was no side affects and after the shot I just went on about my daily business.
Dr. Drew is our family doctor located on Point Dume in the offices located on the corner of PCH and Portshead. If you’d like a doctor who is easily accessible, is a local community member, and often can get you in his office faster than it would take to drive in to town, then give him a call. His office number is 310 457 3777 and here’s a link to his website www.malibumed.com Call sooner than later, he only has a certain amount of vaccines alloted to him.
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