Laguna Beach, CA. offers some of the most spectacular Ocean View properties in all of southern California. The city slopes slightly in from the beach, and then ascends into hills and local mountain tops, thus providing many home-sites with majestic ocean and coastline views. The beaches in Laguna are some of the most scenic in southern California due to the many white sandy beach coves, rock jetty's, crashing waves and steep cliffs. Due to the hilly terrain and some landslides over the years, the Laguna Beach building codes makes home construction very challenging and expensive. Permit costs, construction costs and land costs all add up to some of the most expensive real estate in the Nation. Relatively more affordable detached homes priced less then $2 Million that offer sweeping ocean views can be acquired in Arch Beach Heights, Summit Ridge, Top of the World, Temple Hills and even in Upper Victoria Beach areas to name a few. These homes range in price from $1,250,000 for a 4 bedroom, 2 bath (actually 2 cottages on one lot), on a 4,770 square foot lot on Top of the World Drive. The ocean views from this property are marginal but do exist. A smaller home in Temple Hills with unobstructed whitewater view of Main Beach currently has an asking price of $1,799,000 . The home has 2 bedrooms. 1.5 baths, 2 car garage with 1,392 square feet of living area and many fine upgrades.... and a killer ocean view. These homes range in age from 1929 to 1997 and everything in between. Some of the older and smaller homes with nice ocean views are basically priced for their land value.
The median priced ocean view home in Laguna Beach is priced at $3.2 million for a nominal 4 bedroom, 4.5 bath, 4,500 square foot home with distant panoramic ocean views. Ocean View homes will range in price from $550 per square foot up to $10,000 per square foot. On average, one can expect to pay about $1,200 to $1,400 per square foot for a typical panoramic ocean view home.
For those with very deep pockets, beachfront estates with up-close sweeping ocean views range in price from $15 to $40 Million dollars. There are currently 7 such properties on the market for sale in Laguna Beach. A 5 bedroom, 5.5 bath, 7,220 square foot home located on the sand has a current asking price of $15.9 Million. This estate is located in the prestigious gated community of of Lagunita, and was built in 1983. A second oceanfront property for sale in Lagunita offers panoramic coastline and Catalina island views, with 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths and 4,300 square feet of living area with a price tag of $17 Million.
In the desired community of Emerald Bay there is a 5 bedroom, 5 bath, 2,774 square foot estate currently for sale for $18 Million. This prestigious property is situated directly over Irvine Cove Beach and has a separate Care Take Quarters and was built in 1989. In the Victoria Beach area of Laguna Village, there is a 6 bedroom, 7.5 bath, 10,000 square foot palatial estate for sale for $24,950,000 boasting of breathtaking ocean and coastline views on an Acre of beach front land. This home was designed by the renowned architect Ed Lohrbach and offers world-class luxury amenities.
Currently, there are 2 properties for sale in the South Laguna Bluffs community in South Laguna Beach. These properties are both located on Circle Dr and are situated on the OC's trophy beach. One estate with 3 bedrooms, 3 baths and 2,500 square of living area is being offered for $31.9 Million and the other 4 bedroom, 4 bath, 4,000 square foot property is currently offered for sale for $33 Million. Currently, the most expensive ocean view property in Laguna Beach is a 18,000 square foot home situated on 11 Acres offering unobstructed sweeping Ocean views with an asking price of $39 Million.
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