Homes in San Diego’s Palmer & Krisel-designed neighborhood
of Bay Park are oftentimes hard to come by, with only a few homes listed each
year. Built in 1962, this home features four bedrooms and two bathrooms in
1,656 square feet with a two-car garage on a 6,400 square-foot lot with an asking
price of $825,000.
Situated near the end of a cul-de-sac street, this
midcentury home features southern and western views of the surrounding
topography. The exterior of the home features a flat-roofed two-car garage,
which may have had a sunflap at one point extending across the western-facing
front which now appears to have been replaced with three separate fascia
boards. One of the other interesting details about this home is the cylindrical
shape of the upper portion of the chimney, a seldom-see design feature that is
found on other homes in the neighborhood as well as in an earlier Palmer &
Krisel-designed neighborhood in northern Garden Grove.
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| Views from property rooftop |
Very few interior images of the home are shown in the
listing, and the property is being marketed as a “Prime opportunity to add a
second story for stunning 180 degree views from Tecelote Canyon to the Pacific
Ocean” encouraging potential buyers to “Ask listing agent for remodel ideas!”
This definitely doesn’t bode well for this piece of modernist architecture, and we hope that potential buyers bypass this piece of advice.
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| Dining room at rear of home |
Interestingly, the floorplan is the same variant as the last
two consecutive properties we’ve featured in San Diego, with the open living
and dining rooms along the north side of the home, the kitchen and family room
at the rear of the home, and the four bedrooms along the south side of the
home. From what we can tell the original open-beamed ceilings are still in
place, and the original aluminum framed windows have been swapped out for white
vinyl replacements.
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| Kitchen at rear of home |
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| Bedroom |
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| Bedroom at front of home |
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| Bedroom |
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| Bathroom |
The kitchen appears to have remodeled at some point in the
1990s, and does not seem to embody the modernist design style of the home. The
cabinets are raised-panel with white appliances and Corian counters. The
bathrooms appear to have been updated in the 1980s and could use a refreshing. The
four bedrooms appear to be in their original configurations, with traditional raised-panel
doors added to the closets.
No photos of the backyard are shown, but Google maps tells
us that it’s heavily forested with a pair of mature trees and lots of shrubs. A
covered patio sits off of the dining room and kitchen along with a small metal
storage shed.
This home is great modernist restoration opportunity in a
prime central San Diego neighborhood, with lots of potential to be a fantastic
showplace.
