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3 side-by-side homes in Corona del Mar’s China Cove list for combined $56.3M

April 5, 2023

A view of China Cove, with China House, left, and the Kerckhoff Marine Laboratory, right, in China Cove, Newport Beach, CA. In the distance is Balboa Island. The image is part of the collection at Sherman Library & Gardens in Corona del Mar that is available through a digital online catalogue. (Photo courtesy Sherman Library)

An aerial view of the China Cove beach house, pictured front and center, on the market for $23.995 million. (Photo by Bowman Group Media)

The image depicts an artist’s rendering of how the property listed at $23.995 million could appear after enhancements and reimagining. (Rendering by Three D Media)

The image depicts an artist’s rendering of how the $23.995 million property could appear after enhancements and reimagining. (Rendering by Three D Media)

An approved rendering of McClean Design’s contemporary redo of the Mediterranean-style home listed at $16.8 million. (Courtesy of Billy Long of Balboa Real Estate)

French doors connect the great room to the waterfront terrace at this Cape Cod-style home listed for $15.5 million. (Photo by Josh Peterman)

A view of the kitchen in the Cape Cod home listed at $15.5 million. (Photo by Josh Peterman)

A wood-paneled library in the Cape Cod house that’s listed at $15.5 million. (Photo by Josh Peterman)

The dining room of the $15.5 million Cape Cod. (Photo by Josh Peterman)

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A unique coincidence.

That’s how the listing for a 3,378-square-foot Mediterranean-style house on the waterfront of China Cove in Corona del Mar for $16.8 million reads as one of three side-by-side properties on the market.

Located in the 2700 block of Shell Street, these active listings are individually priced from $15.5 million to shy of $24 million and offer “a rare and maybe the only chance to buy” all three for a combined $56.3 million, the same listing suggests.

Two of the properties stand on the former site of China House, a pagoda-style landmark built by department store magnate William Lindsay in 1929 that gave China Cove its name. In 1987, China House was demolished.

While these homes vary in square footage, architectural style and lot size, they offer a front row to harbor happenings like the annual Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade.

Here they are in a nutshell:

An aerial view of the $23.995 million home in Corona del Mar’s China Cove. (Photo by Bowman Group Media)

$23.995 million

Size: 5,276 square feet, five bedrooms, six bathrooms

Home: This property is marketed as a “unicorn” where “you may build two significant homes or one epic estate.”

It has been in the same family for 60 years and was later expanded. In the 1970s, the owners scooped up the neighboring house when it came up for sale. They combined the two homes dating to 1956 into one with skylights running down the middle. A glass section built into the living room floor, meanwhile, offers a view of the shore below where the now-adult children of the owner used to play.

Other highlights include wraparound patios, a rock mound breakwater built in the early ’80s after storms took out the dock and direct access to the sand. Water surrounds the property.

Listing agents: Adrienne Brandes and Jim Weisenbach of Surterre Properties

A view of the living area in the Mediterranean-style home on the market for $16.8 million. (Photo by Noel Kleinman)

$16.8 million

Size: 3,378 square feet, four bedrooms, four bathrooms

Home: When China House was demolished, this Mediterranean-style house rose up in two stories of French limestone, Italian marble and wrought iron.

Its open floorplan holds a gourmet kitchen, breakfast room and a living area that extends onto an expansive terrace with panoramic bayfront views. There’s a terrace off the waterfront primary suite, which connects to a bathroom with a large tub.

Although the home dating to 1989 is in good condition, it comes with a remodel option of approved plans for a contemporary beach house design by McClean Design. Established by Paul McClean, the Orange-based architecture firm is famously known for the design of the $141 million megamansion The One Bel Air.

Listing agents: Billy Long and Niousha Nasootifard of Balboa Real Estate and Bronwyn Jones of The Oppenheim Group

The Cape Cod-style home on the market for $15.5 million is one of three consecutive active listings. (Photo by Josh Peterman)

$15.5 million

Size: 4,040 square foot, four bedrooms, five bathrooms

Home: China House was demolished to make way for two luxury homes, including this Cape Cod designed by architect Brion Jeanette and built by Tony Valentine Construction in 1990.

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“A lot of planning, care and detail went into building this coastal waterfront home, which has stood the test of time and still looks and feels new,” the listing reads.

French doors connect the waterfront stone terrace to the great room and kitchen, which features a center island with counter seating. There are built-ins in the wood-paneled library, a dining room with built-ins and a curved staircase to the second floor where a large bay window graces the primary suite. A subterranean garage rounds out the offering.

Listing agent: Tara McNabb of Compass

Orange County Register

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