The Last Unrepeatable Bluff Estate Above the Pacific
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Perched sixty-five feet above the Pacific on Encinitas' coveted Neptune Avenue, this four-story coastal estate represents a singular convergence of regulatory history, engineering ambition, and architectural vision more than a quarter-century in the making. Walls of glass and steel frame unobstructed panoramas stretching from La Jolla to Dana Point, while an 800-pound pivot door, a commercial-grade elevator, and a rainforest teak primary deck cantilevered above the water announce a residence built without compromise. Secured under a 2008 coastal permit that predates the transformative 2012 sea level rise regulations, this estate occupies a category entirely its own — a bluff-top legacy that, by the deliberate architecture of California law, can never be replicated anywhere along the state's coastline.
Featured by Thomas A Jacobs
