A luxury California home with stunning ocean views was just “one signature” of selling for nearly $10 million when it was devoured by the Laguna Beach fires this week, according to her real estate agent.
The mansion owner was outside at the time – and watched helplessly as security cameras showed the property being destroyed.
The registry agent for the Orange County Register said the 10,000-square-foot board — known as the crown jewel of a gated luxury neighborhood in Laguna Niguel — “burned to brittleness” as wind-fed brush fires raged in the privileged area.
“It is a very private property. “You can’t duplicate this house,” said realtor Leo Goldschwartz.
“The house had separate suites. The adults went one way, and the kids went the other way. …it was like a palace. The house was a really beautiful home. The finishes were great.”
The custom-built home, on top of a ridge in the Coronado Pointe neighborhood, had a pool, stylish parking area, and valley-side twin suites overlooking the beach.
Built in 1999, it was designed by a French architect with feng shui values and is probably the most expensive home in the gated community.
“It’s a very exclusive neighborhood … very quiet,” Goldschwartz said. “It is a luxurious community that is little known.”
At least 11 homes were destroyed and 20 destroyed by the rapid wildfires that swept through the Tony District of Southern California on Wednesday, fire officials said.
The prices of homes destroyed by fires along Coronado Point ranged from $2.8 million to $9.6 million, according to Zillow’s latest estimates. Most of them were 4,000 to 6,000 square feet.
Goldschwartz said the $10 million mansion owner, who also owns a home in Canada, is insured — even though wildfires have made it more difficult and more expensive to get insurance in California.
He said potential homebuyers were devastated.