Stretching out over the oceanfront in Dana Point’s luxury gated Strand community is a comfortable modern residence making its market debut.
The newly constructed home at 45 Strand Beach Drive hovering over the sand is about two and a half years in the making by architect C.J. Light and builder Andrew Williams– thanks to careful, strategic planning that goes into providing amenities such as a circular, seamless glass elevator that services all levels with giant pistons anchoring it safely far into the ground below the three-level home. Architectural and interior design consultant Kirsten Hermstad Williams and designer Carol McMahon also lent their expertise in completing the soft contemporary beach home.
Aside from the elevator and the unobstructed, in-your-face views throughout that only an oceanfront estate can deliver, this listing also offers five bedrooms, eight bathrooms, 9,500 square feet of living space on a 10,000-square-foot lot, an infinity pool and spa, beach access and sleek, yet soft materials throughout.
At $22.5 million, it is the Strand’s second-priciest MLS-listed home for sale behind another oceanfront home down the street priced at $23.5 million and Dana Point/Monarch Beach’s third-priciest listing. The median home sales price for this area is $460,000, which is down 28.1 percent over this time last year, according to market analyst MDA DataQuick.
“The spectacular interior features and materials compliment the amazing modern design that captures the views of the breaking waves from all three levels of this breathtaking oceanfront home,” said listing agent Bob Chapman in an email.
A glass bridge leads into the residence, showcasing a mosaic tiled fountain on the lower level. The home’s ocean-view main level features a fire and black ice fireplace in the living room and a gourmet kitchen with white, Concetto stone ice quartz slab countertops that illuminate at the press of a button. Upstairs can be found a library, office, bedrooms and a master suite that includes a spacious bathroom with an infinity-edge tub that fills from a water feature in the ceiling.
On the lower level, amenities continue: an entertainer’s lounge with a home theater, an artistic wall for contemporary wine storage and showcasing behind a sunken wet bar, massive mounted flat screen TVs and glass walls that slide away and open to the ocean. Outside, the saline pool and spa in black Zimbabwe granite look out over the crashing surf.
Tying all rooms together are Alderwood doors, radiant floor heating and Limestone and Rift Oak wood flooring in varying finishes.
This property is listed for sale with Bob Chapman and Kindy Slagle of HOM Sotheby’s International Realty.
Contact the writer: khart@ocregister.com or 949-454-7391