The ocean views from the most expensive mansion to ever sell in Encinitas, CA.
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A $23.5 million modern mansion overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Southern California is set to officially hit the market on May 14, and in doing so become the most expensive home ever up for sale in the town of Encinitas, California — a coastal community about 26 miles north of San Diego.
The home’s eight-figure asking price is more than double what it sold for less than six years ago.
“Coupled with the high demand for luxury housing that we have seen over the last few years in San Diego and such a rare offering, we believe it is priced where it should be,” said Kelly Howard of Compass, one of the co-listing agents on the property.
The bluff-top home at 532 Neptune Ave. is called Crescent House, named for one of its luxury amenities: a crescent-moon-shaped infinity pool that surrounds a round concrete terrace.
A crescent-moon shaped infinity pool wraps around a circular terrace.
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The home already broke the local price record when it traded hands in 2016 for $11.1 million after just 28 days on the market. That sale remains the highest ever achieved in Encinitas history, according to Multiple Listing Service records provided by Howard, who also represented the listing for that record-breaking sale.
“We are confident this house will break its own record,” he said.
If the glass, concrete and titanium structure reminds you of fictional billionaire Tony Stark’s oceanfront mansion in Marvel’s “Iron Man” films, that may be because it’s the work of architect Wallace Cunningham.
Razor House
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Cunningham also designed the ultra-modern Razor House, located less than 20 miles to the south, in La Jolla. The cutting-edge design is believed by some to be one of the real-life inspirations for Stark’s fictional Malibu home, which was created by an illustrator and brought to life with computer-generated imagery.
“Nothing comes close to the Crescent House, except maybe the Razor House,” said Howard.
Both of the homes designed by the award-winning architect feature dramatic curves, striking edges and massive panes of glass that deliver jaw-dropping views of the Pacific Ocean.
The facade of the Razor House blends glass and concrete to deliver sharp lines and dramatic curves.
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A view of the mansion perched atop a bluff overlooking the ocean.
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Crescent House, meanwhile, has been featured in Architectural Digest magazine in 2005 and on the Season 3 premiere episode of HBO’s “Westworld.”
The mansion spans more than 6,300 square feet, across two levels, with four bedrooms, four full baths and two half baths according to the listing. Just about every room leverages its perspective of sky and ocean with floor-to-ceiling windows.
Primary bedroom
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A stunning staircase twists up to the second level, designed by the architect to look like the skeleton of a giant dinosaur with vertebrae and ribs made…
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