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‘Floating’ Glass House in Laguna Beach Sails Onto the Market for .9M

There are hundreds of homes along the California coast with water views, but precious few give you the impression you’re sailing the Pacific on a luxury ocean liner.

Such is the case with the famed “floating” glass house, in Laguna Beach, CA, which is currently on the market for $11,888,000.

Who needs a cruise when you can wake up to a view like this every day? Although the floating glass house isn’t actually on the beach, its position on a hillside with floor-to-ceiling windows on every level make you feel like you’re in the middle of the ocean.

But this is even better, because when you want to frolic in the sand and surf, you don’t have to wait until you get into port. You just mosey down your private access to Thousand Steps Beach.

“It’s pretty spectacular,” says Seth Nelson, who is co-listing the home with Sean Stanfield of Stanfield Real Estate HOM Sotheby’s International. “Almost every room in the house has a view.”

Nelson notes that the architect, Paul McClean, is famous for taking every advantage of striking California views. Even the kitchen and some of the bathrooms have a view.

“You can look at yourself in the mirror and the ocean beyond,” he says with a laugh.

There’s also a media lounge with a view, and when you need to block the sun to watch a movie, automated blackout drapes surround you with the push of a button.

There’s a button or app for almost everything in the four-bedroom, five-bath, 5,300-square-foot home. And should you want to turn on the lights or music, adjust the temperature, or adjust the curtains and you don’t have your device handy, Alexa will do the honors. The home is voice-automated as well.

“The owner is in the tech industry,” explains Nelson. He and his wife are based in New York and are reducing their footprint on the West Coast, with plans to do more traveling.

One of the home’s more fascinating features is that, from the street, it appears modest. The main part of the house is situated below the street, beyond the neighboring houses on a cliff. You pull into the street-level garage, then descend to a gallery and stroll through it to reach the main house.

And if you’re driving an auto worth showing off, you simply park your car on the auto lift, which will descend to the gallery and display the auto with surrounding artwork.

The dining room has a unique smoked-onyx mirrored wall, which reflects the ocean view. There’s also an LED-lit wine tower. Nelson notes that the color of the LED accent lights throughout the house can be modified depending on the mood.

The home was listed for $14.9 million just a few short weeks ago. Now, with $3 million sliced from that price, those interested in the home will have to act fast.

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