Interesting Houses

Coronado Waterfront

by Jim the Realtor | Apr 20, 2018 | Interesting Houses, Jim's Take on the Market, View

This 7br/8ba, 9,380sf house sold for $8,850,000 in December, 2016. The gorgeous red 1959 Cadillac Sedan de Ville is priceless!

Carlsbad Seaport

by Jim the Realtor | Apr 19, 2018 | Carlsbad, Interesting Houses, Jim's Take on the Market

Reader AI wondered what happened to the homes for the middle class. The Seaport is a good example. In 1977, these 1,512sf to 1,946sf homes across the street from the La Costa Resort were priced reasonably: Today? A remodeled house with an extra 500sf addition just...

Ugliest Homes

by Jim the Realtor | Mar 17, 2018 | Interesting Houses, Jim's Take on the Market

Hat tip to daytrip for sending in this doozy: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5509565/Are-ugliest-homes-EVER.html

MCM in Palm Springs

by Jim the Realtor | Mar 2, 2018 | Interesting Houses, Jim's Take on the Market

The Desert Eichler. Original Eichler homes modernized for today's living in the greater Palm Springs area. This company did five of these, and sold them for $1.1 to $1.2 million:

Palm Springs Auction

by Jim the Realtor | Jan 30, 2018 | Interesting Houses, Jim's Take on the Market

One of Palm Springs’ most unique properties owned by one of the city's most recognized celebrity residents is heading for the auction block. The home of Suzanne Somers and her husband Alan Hamel will be auctioned off on Wednesday by Concierge Auctions, which sells...

Casa Del Lido

by Jim the Realtor | Jan 16, 2018 | Historic Homes, Interesting Houses, Jim's Take on the Market, La Jolla

This house sold for $8,500,000 in 2012:

Governor Brown’s Ranch

by Jim the Realtor | Jan 7, 2018 | Historic Homes, Interesting Houses, Jim's Take on the Market

Governor Brown is spending more time at his Williams-area ranch, of which he owns 28%. The 2,500-acre property is home to cattle and honeybees: The land was bought in 1877 by Brown’s great-grandfather Schuckman, a German immigrant who arrived in California during the...

Rustic Modern

by Jim the Realtor | Jan 5, 2018 | Interesting Houses, Jim's Take on the Market

In the central California coastal woodlands sits a rustic modern house surrounded by 100+ year old oak trees. In the master suite, the curved ceiling makes the room feel large and bright, while a built-in fireplace with a Cherokee flagstone hearth, keeps the room...