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1800 PCH Redondo Beach – Small Town Community Charm
Unique Community at 1800 S PCH in Redondo Beach
By Keith Kyle
One of the more unique communities in Redondo Beach and the South Bay is located at 1800 S Pacific Coast Highway. It is a relatively new complex with more updated finishes and layouts but what makes it unique is the setting above and what’s below. The community sits above retail and restaurant areas with a huge subterranean parking garage below. The parking is split between guest use and resident use (with the resident parking behind a gate).
The main level consists of individual detached homes (technically townhomes) arranged among colorful gardens, brick walkways, gazebos and more. Designed to offer the true community feel of the beach communities of the 40’s and 50’s, each home has a unique look but all share a similar Cape Code styling to give the community a sense of uniformity, while offering a level of individuality not found in most planned unit developments.
The complex has 98 homes ranging from 3 bed/3 bath with 1,497 square feet to 4
bed/3 bath homes with 1,836 square feet and many options in between. Other than the slightly odd parking situation, which feels more like a condo than townhomes, this is one of my favorite complexes in the South Bay. Residents seem to love the neighborhood feel and location not to far from the ocean and walkable to Riviera Village. As part of Redondo Beach, the residences also attend Redondo Unified School District and offers fantastic and highly ranked schools K-12.
Recent prices have ranged from the high $1,200,000s to around $1,450,000
709 Esplanade – One Wacky (and Ideally Located) Oceanfront House
**Please note that this is an older post and this beachfront home sold in 2015 and then again in 2023. Believe it or not it’s back on the market 2 months after selling last. Now listed at $11,900,000. Take a look at 709 Esplanade Redondo Beach CA 90277.
7/20/24 – By Keith Kyle
The South Bay is definitely not a “seen one, seen them all” real estate market. Homes are often as unique as the owners that built them. 709 Esplanade is definitely one of those homes. When we first saw this home we were fairly shocked to see a price tag of $9,900,000. Despite being a very large home at a seller stated 9200 feet, it’s a home needing an abundance of work to appeal to most buyers. It’s been listed, cancelled and relisted a few times with the current offering at a somewhat more reasonable $6,995,000. They’re also banking on taking a pretty wacky house and adding a pretty wacky situation as it’s listed with one of TV personalities from the West Side. The house itself was clearly custom designed and decorated with the most eye catching feature being seemingly 9000 feet of pink marble floors. Pink hued fountains, frogs, mermaids, multi colored mosiacs and dark and heavy accests and more are found throughout the home. Since originally listed the home has been cleared out which helps quite a bit, but we still feel this price is on the higher end given the work that needs to be done. That said, the size and the beach front location is almost as unique as the home itself and some buyer may feel that the good outweighs the unique.