Unreal estate
Luxury and opulence are obviously the prime factors underpinning what we do here at Unreal. Whether that means ultramodern sleekness in a living space rivaling the size of a large grocery store, a penthouse unit …
Sometimes, mistakes are made. Such was the case when I went searching for this week’s Unreal candidate. We’ve been looking at our standard enormous, obscenely-priced listings for the past couple of entries, so it felt …
Let’s talk about what makes real estate unreal, and therefore worthy of consideration by our esteemed selection committee (members: me) for inclusion in our annals. For years, it was all about the dollar signs. Show …
Del Mar — it’s where the turf meets the surf, where horses are somewhat regularly sacrificed as a consequence of people being entertained by watching them run in circles on said turf, and where, ever …
When it comes to European-style residential construction, there isn’t much history of it here on the West Coast. Travel across the country and you’ll find houses built 300 years ago that are still standing; hop …
Obsessive football fans might recall a defensive tackle named Bill Goldberg who bounced around the NFL in the early 1990s, with a stint for the Sacramento Gold Miners (a Canadian Football League team undertaking an …
San Diego locals probably don’t think much about “city living.” Sure, there are no fewer than 19 locales within the county’s borders that bear the “City Of” moniker, but we’re not New York, Chicago, or …
Anyone who’s been paying attention will be quick to tell you that times are getting tough in the real estate market. Interest rates have more than doubled since the beginning of the year, putting a …
“Designed by the architectural firm of Richard Requa & Henry Jackson and built by Walter Trepte between 1929 and 1932, the ‘Bohannan Estate’ is one of Mission Hills’ most prominent estates.” Or so promises the …
Sometimes, the houses become a blur. Over the years at Unreal Estate, we’ve had the chance to look at some interesting, unique properties, such as the hospital-turned-into-condos last week, a Queen Anne in Carlsbad once …
In 1922, noted newspaper mogul and philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps, then 85 years old, spent some time recuperating from a broken hip at the La Jolla Sanitarium, a small, 10-bed hospital she’d paid to build …
(Editor’s note: The listing was removed after this piece was submitted, but we are presenting the story anyway, in part because, given the house’s history on the market, it seems likely that it will be …
Even though it’s situated on a third-acre lot in the heart of Olde Del Mar (the southern part of town, below Del Mar Heights and the racetrack), our Zillow listing remarks for this week’s Unreal …
Anyone who’s tried to buy or refinance a house lately will tell you that these are the toughest of times for such an endeavor. Interest rates have nearly doubled since the beginning of the year, …
The opening Zillow remarks for this week’s home inform us that “the 3500 block of Seventh Avenue is one of San Diego’s best-kept secrets.” If you look at a map, it’s hard to argue with …
“Perched on 74 feet of ocean frontage, Crescent House is as sculptural as it is architectural,” opens the Zillow pitch for our stop this week at 532 Neptune Avenue in Encinitas. It’s a 2003-built blufftop …