Situated on a west-facing view lot on Mt. Soledad lies this
1963 Palmer & Krisel-designed mid-century modern home built by the Drogin
Construction Company. Purchased in February of this year for $1,300,000, this
home has been renovated and reconfigured over the past six months into the
product we see today. Featuring five bedrooms and two bathrooms in 2,100 square
feet, a two-car garage and million-dollar Mission Bay views the new and improved asking price
of this home is $1,895,000.
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| The front yard is very - brown |
The entire front yard has been re-landscaped, with new
retaining walls and new plantings installed, along with a newly brown-stained
driveway, a new enclosed entry courtyard and new dark exterior paint on the
home. The selected colors read very weighty, and the front yard almost begs for a
green relief or softened edge to break up the heaviness created by the dark colors. One cool
feature gained was the opaque garage door, which compliments the garage clerestories
and adds a sleek modern touch to the home.
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| Kitchen and Dining Rooms |
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| Living Room and Kitchen |
The living, dining and kitchen have all been opened up to
one another, taking full advantage (at the sacrifice of privacy) of the sweeping
views offered by the large floor-to-ceiling windows wrapping around the east
and west sides of the home. The kitchen now features a large central island,
with black quartz counters, cherry cabinets and Viking appliances. The finishes
are all very traditional, heavy and chunky, which at times seem at odds with
the midcentury modern spirit of the home.
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| Master bathroom features basic big-box store finishes |
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| Master Bedroom |
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| Guest bath with basic finishes |
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| Front guest room |
The bathrooms have both been renovated with basic materials –
floor tiles utilized for the tub and shower surrounds, pre-built dark stained
vanities with granite counters and big-box store mirror frames, all surprising
finish choices in a nearly $2 million home. The master bedroom sits at the
rear of the home and offers a sliding glass door out to the backyard, and
retains its general original configuration as have the other bedrooms. New modern
closet doors have been added, matching the new modern interior doors.
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| Backyard features unobstructed views |
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| Back patio is large, comfortable and generously sized |
The backyard is wide-open and unobstructed, fully offering
up sweeping views of Mission Bay, Downtown and beyond. There’s a large covered
patio for enjoying the year-round mild San Diego climate, and it’s really the
views that sell this place. The renovation won’t appeal to all buyers as it
architecturally doesn’t embrace the style of the home; rather it forces another
style upon an existing one, which creates visual discontinuity at the points
where the two merge. But chances are you'll be too busy enjoying the view to notice much else.
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