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The Views Are Without Equal

The enormous 50 x 40 Oceanfront Patio may be the largest entertainment deck on Neptune Ave.  

Encinitas Oceanfront Home For Sale

Stunning, professionally designed kitchen and pantry featuring custom white birch cabinetry
with 22-guage Italian stainless steel hardware, party-sized solid granite island,
6-burner stainless-steel Viking cook top, GE Monogram Stainless-steel refrigerator,
Bosch Dishwasher and stainless steel Dacor oven.

Encinitas Beachfront House

Inspired architectural design by Steve Weber who conceived a totally new home within the existing footprint, a massive
renovation that took one and a half years to build in 1998 - 1999.  Steve is a bit artist, a bit sculptor and a bit genius - his creativity turned
310 Neptune into a work of art.   A dramatic entry and stair tower built around a unique lighted floating staircase with ocean views
and the glass block pocket windows above that capture and prism the dawn rays of sunrise can best be seen in the video. 

An enormous Master Bedroom Suite with fireplace, teak entertainment center, walkout sliders to a huge deck overlooking the ocean,
private office with red birch built-in cabinets, 2 walk-in closets, cedar dry sauna, exercise room, travertine walk-in shower,
his & hers sinks, solid travertine countertops with teak cabinets.

Views are nearly endless in all directions of wide sandy beaches and the Pacific Ocean.
At night the lights of LaJolla sparkle to the south, the Oceanside pier to the north.
At sunset, San Clemente and Santa Catalina Islands glow in the west, 60 miles away.

Every sunset is spectacular.  All are different. 

Relax.  Entertain.  Read a book.  Live.

5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 4,375 square feet and perhaps the biggest oceanfront deck on Neptune.   Video.

The Ocean is your back yard.  It's different every day.

We raised our 2 daughters on the beach at 310 Neptune. 
Then they went to college and now have fine careers (one in Chicago, one in La Jolla). 
We now own and operate (and live at) the Inn At Moonlight Beach.

Here you will find gentle breezes, the constant music of the surf, swaying palms,
lush bamboo and soothing stone waterfall-fountains.
Enjoy a walk on the beach or relax on the ocean deck overlooking your 7,256 mile back yard.
Your nearest neighbor to the west lives in tropical islands of Palau.

 


For Sale:  $5,995,000

310 Neptune is listed on the MLS:
For more information, please call your Realtor
or call (760) 908-3453 or email the owner:  thunefeld@gmail.com 

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A Magnificent View
(and a 7,256 mile backyard)

5 Bedroom, 5 Bathroom Luxury Cliff-Top Home

310 Neptune Ave, Encinitas, CA  92024

 

Like new 4,530 square foot luxury California Contemporary home situated directly above the ocean, perched on a stable sandstone bluff 80 feet above the beach.    

Views are nearly endless in all directions of wide sandy beaches and the Pacific Ocean.  At night the lights of LaJolla sparkle to the south, the Oceanside pier to the north.  At sunset, San Clemente and Santa Catalina Islands glow in the west, 60 miles away.    

Fall Asleep To The Sound Of The Surf...

Here you will find gentle breezes, the constant music of the surf, swaying palms, lush bamboo and soothing stone waterfall-fountains.  Enjoy a walk on the beach or relax on the ocean deck overlooking your 7,256 mile back yard.  Your nearest neighbor to the west lives in tropical islands of Palau. 

This One-Of-A-Kind Luxury Home Features:

  • Inspired architectural design by Steve Weber.  Dramatic entry and stair tower built around a unique lighted floating staircase with ocean views. Glass block pocket windows above capture and prism the dawn rays of sunrise. 
  • An enormous Master Bedroom Suite with fireplace, teak entertainment center, walkout sliders to a huge deck overlooking the ocean, private office with red birch built-in cabinets, 2 walk-in closets, cedar dry  sauna, exercise room, travertine walk-in shower, his & hers sinks, solid travertine countertops with teak cabinets.
  • Stunning, professionally designed  kitchen and pantry featuring $30,000 of custom white birch cabinetry with 22-guage Italian stainless steel  hardware, party-sized solid granite island (awesome for entertaining), 6-burner stainless-steel Viking cook top, $6,000 GE Monogram Stainless-steel refrigerator, $2,000 Bosch Dishwasher and stainless steel Dacor oven. 
  • Entire house completely rebuilt from stud walls in 1999 including all plumbing, all heating, all electrical, all windows, all doors, all interior walls, all bathrooms, all bedrooms, all stucco.  Everything.  With the exception of some of the stud walls, this house is all brand new in 1999.  Ask to see photo album of construction. 
  • Large Family Room with walkout sliders to an east side spacious deck. 
  • Upstairs: 4 bedrooms (including master bedroom) and 3 bathrooms.
  • A private main-floor 5th bedroom suite complete with its own entry, kitchen and bath.
  • $30,000 of custom travertine and Canadian maple hard wood floors. 
  • 2 huge balcony decks and a 40 X 40 foot oceanfront patio - ideal for entertaining.   
  • Whole-house water filtration system with additional reverse-osmosis filtration in kitchen produces Evian quality drinking water. 
  • New roof in 1998 with solid copper drain spouts.  All drainage away from the bluff and to the street.
  • 2.5 Car garage with tons of shelving and workbench. 
  • Inside access from the garage into the living area.
  • 100% wired telephone, intercom, sound system. 
  • Stable sandstone bluff (has eroded less two inches in 13 years)
  • 120 feet from Stone Steps Beach. 
  • Delightful neighbors.
  • Kohler and Porcher bathroom fixtures.
  • Jacuzzi bathtub/steam shower.
  • Laundry room with Maytag Neptune washer and dryer.
  • Hunter Douglas Vertiglides throughout the home and Hunter ceiling fans
  • Two travertine gas fireplaces.
  • Top-of-the-line Milgard windows with lifetime guarantee. 
  • Timed drip irrigation with beautiful lighting and twin waterfall-fountains.
  • Nearly every room pre-wired for cable television, intercom, satellite television, internet and telephone.
  • Earthquake-proofed with iron supports anchored in concrete at both ends of house.  Ask to see photos of construction and engineering specs.  Stairway to the garage was installed in 1999 with structural engineers supervising seemingly more iron and concrete than the vaults of Fort Knox. 

The Most Stable Bluff In Encinitas

Nowhere in Encinitas, Cardiff, Solana Beach, Carlsbad, Oceanside ore LaJolla will you find a home with a more stable, deeper bluff (measured western edge of deck to western edge of bluff).  Our bluff is solid Torrey Sandstone.  Instead of dropping straight off in a vertical cliff like many properties in San Diego County,  the 310 Neptune  bluff is a gently sloping hill of solid sandstone, providing maximum protection to the back deck and ultimately, the house.  A geological engineer told us that when bluffs fail, they fail in 8-10 foot deep blocks.  The bluff face at 310 Neptune has eroded less than two inches in the 13 years and could fail three times before affecting the west edge of the deck.  Given the very worst erosion conditions, it would take more than 60 years of steady erosion to get anywhere near the existing deck, more than 150 years to possibly get to house.  

 

Your nearest neighbor to the west lives
7,256 miles away on the tropical island of Palau.

 



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Encinitas - The Town The Beach Boys Loved To Surf

  

Encinitas is Spanish for "hills of live oaks," describes the native vegetation found by the first Spanish expeditions in the mid 1700's. This tiny beach community is located on 6 miles of rugged cliffs along the Pacific Ocean in Northern San Diego County and is blessed with eleven public beaches. 

Today Encinitas is a 1960's California beach town locked in time. People dine at outdoor restaurants, walk around downtown barefoot, sit in their cars at Moonlight Beach watching the tourists and carry surfboards under their arms as they pedal their bikes to any one of ten beaches. Swami's Self Realization Fellowship temple and dozens of yoga studios add to the 1960s beach town feeling.

"Old Encinitas" is one of five distinct communities that were incorporated into the city of Encinitas in 1986. Just 25 minutes north of San Diego, downtown (or "old Encinitas") is located along Historic Coast Highway 101. Artsy cafes and fashionable shops line the historic highway and reflect the area's beachy and artsy flavor. Only in Encinitas will you find that some shops close early if the surf is good.

Encinitas has trendy restaurants, chic boutiques and art studios - great for walking around in the sunshine - and enjoying the laid back feel. How laid back is it? Business men and women, surfers, school kids and families congregate at every beach every evening to watch the sunset and celebrate the end of another day - a custom totally unique to this little community at the sea.

Swami Yogananda came to Encinitas in 1936 and his built temple on a bluff overlooking the ocean. His philosophy of love and introspection attracts scores of followers from all around the world even today. The beautiful grounds of the Self-Realization Fellowship are open to the public every day featuring a lush sanctuary with quiet meditation gardens and lovely koi meditation ponds.

Swami's Beach gained fame in 1963 with the release of the Beach Boy's "Surfin' USA." This famous beach draws the finest surfers in the world on a daily basis at the south end of "downtown" along the historic U. S. Highway 101.

The town's most famous beach is Moonlight Beach, a perfect place to spend the day in the sun, have a picnic, play a pickup game of volleyball, try your hand at surfing, boogie-board or body-surf the waves, just "chill" with a good book, people watch or simply soak up rays. Moonlight Beach is popular with locals because it has fire-rings where families and friends enjoy big bonfires each evening in the summer.

 

 

New To San Diego? Here are some Fun San Diego Activities
from our website Inn At Moonlight Beach


1. Head to one of dozens of  our gorgeous San Diego beaches - all free!  Swim, body surf or boogie-board.  You can read a book or people watch.  Some folks collect seashells or just chill.  No adult beverages are allowed on San Diego beaches. You can be assured of a fun, peaceful day at the beach.

2. Visit the mysterious La Jolla Cove.  Watch magnificent sunsets on the ocean below the coast beach hotels.  La Jolla Cove is one of the most spectacular natural settings in the world. You will discover  tide pools for exploring at low tide.  Take a trip down into "the" Cave (via the Cave Store). Explore a manmade tunnel. Go down until you enter the breathtaking Sunny Jim Cave.  You can also enter the cave from the sea (via kayak) along with the other six ocean-carved caves. Sunny Jim Cave is the only sea cave in California that you can access from a stairway. Sunny Jim Cave is so cool that the Encyclopedia Americana calls it one of the "must" sights in Southern California.

3. Visit downtown San Diego's Seaport Village.  You will enjoy hours of free entertainment.  Enjoy a leisurely stroll. Do some  window-shopping.  Explore 50 diverse shops.  Eat at 17 unique eateries and outdoor entertainment.  Find everything under the sun. Enjoy a laid-back day of hanging out in the grass. Watch yachts and ships go by on picturesque San Diego Bay. Take in the sights.  Absorb the unique atmosphere from one of the many bay-view eateries.

4. Bike or jog in the sunshine along Mission Bay Park’s trails. Joggers, runners and walkers share more than 20 miles of scenic running paths.  Wind through sunlight and shade near the shoreline past the Hilton Hotel.  Workout courses are at stations along the route. Mission Bay Park is the largest man-made aquatic park in the United States.  Here you'll find tons of stuff to do including paths for walking and jogging.  There are playgrounds for children.  It is one of San Diego's most popular locations to picnic or ride a bike. You can fly a kite or sail a model yacht.   Fire rings make it easy  to cook, bar-be-que and stay warm.  Friends and family gather here to launch colorful kites into the bay breezes.  It's a great place for a beach chair and a book. 

5.  Visit quaint Old Town.  Witness the living legacy of San Diego history.  Wander through historic buildings. Explore a real blacksmith shop. Look inside Seeley Stables and the oldest schoolhouse in San Diego.  Many folks visit Old Town for shopping.  Shops carry beautiful  crafts and leather goods. You will love  the big platters of tacos and enchiladas. Wash  them down with a margarita. Poke around inside historic buildings and imagine life in early California.

6. Enjoy weekly concerts at 2 p.m. on Sundays at the historic Spreckels Organ Pavillion in Balboa Park.  The Spreckels donated the world's largest outdoor pipe organs  to the City of San Diego.  The date was 1914 for the Panama-California Exposition. Today organists play traditional favorites, waltzes and show tunes on enormous 32-foot pipes.

7.  Stroll through the trendy and historic San Diego Gaslamp Quarter and view the renovated turn-of-the-century Victorian architecture.  Historic buildings and hotels have been relocated to Gaslamp  from other parts of the San Diego; their nineteenth century architecture restored to its former glory. Restaurants, shops and clubs occupy former brothels and saloons.  The nightlife is throbbing and vibrant 365 days a year.

8. Look at the stars and planets from Balboa Park on the first Wednesday of every month. The San Diego Astronomy Association sets up many of their big telescopes so that you can see the moon, planets, nebulae and globular clusters - up close and persona.

9. Take a scenic drive to Mt. Laguna. Once there, hop out of your car for an invigorating hike and enjoy the fresh mountain air whispering through the pines. The mountain is the perfect playground for hiking, mountain biking, camping, family activities, star gazing or just relaxing. Spend a night in the clear air of the Laguna Mountain Lodge.

10. Walk back in time more than 130 years in Julian, a century-old gold mining town in the Cuyamaca Mountains. Julian's history begins with the 1870s gold rush. See where gold was discovered, shop in stores housed in historic buildings (some dating back to the 1870s). Sleep in a romantic B&B or historic hotel.  Hike and picnic amid oaks and pines. Ride down Main Street in a horse-drawn carriage. Pick up a free map at the Chamber of Commerce for a self-guided walking tour of the area’s historic sites. Enjoy a slice of homemade apple pie – a Julian specialty!

11. Put on your hiking shoes and head to Torrey Pines State Park.   Walk gorgeous trails while watching daring hang-gliders sail the strong winds that sweep along the coastline cliffs. Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve remains one of the wildest stretches of land on our Southern California coast.  You won't find any homes for sale here but you'll see plenty of ocean!

12. Rollerblade, skateboard, bicycle or people-watch  the Mission Beach Boardwalk.  It's a 3-mile boardwalk along the ocean. It rivals Venice Beach in Los Angeles for eye-popping sight, sounds and events.

13. Visit Mission Trails Regional Park to explore the historical and recreational areas of San Diego. Stop at the Visitor’s Center and learn about the wonders of nature and the people who once lived on the land.  The park has 45 miles of natural hiking and biking trails.  The park is nestled between San Diego, Santee and La Mesa.  Mission Trails Regional Park covers almost 5,800 acres of mountains, lakes and valleys.  

14.  Climb Cowles Mountain in Mission Trails Regional Park for awesome  views of downtown San Diego.  At 1,592 feet, it is the highest point in the city of San Diego. The main trail to the summit is a popular hiking destination.  Hundreds of people a day walk up to a breath-taking 360 degree panorama of San Diego County. The hike to the top is 1.5 miles long and an elevation change of about 950 feet.

15. Kayak, scuba dive or snorkel in LaJolla Cove, home to some of the clearest waters on the California coast as well as miles of protected underwater preserves to explore. The La Jolla Underwater Park and Ecological Reserve consists of several habitats.  Here you will find rocky reefs, sandy flats, kelp beds, and two underwater canyons. A "look-but-don't-touch" ecological refuge, the reserve is an ecological haven

16. Stroll through Balboa Park, the nation's largest urban cultural park. See spectacular gardens (seven are free daily). Marvel at the gorgeous Spanish Colonial Revival hotel architecture. The park is home to 15 major museums. It also has renowned performing arts venues and the San Diego Zoo.  An always-changing calendar of exhibitions, plays, musicals and concerts ensures a fun time for all in a beautiful park-like setting. Some of the museums are free on Tuesdays. Del Mar Hotels can be expensive. 

17. The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in LaJolla has a phenomenal collection that includes more than 4,000 works created after 1950, representing all media and genres: painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, video, film, and installation. 

18. Explore the tidepools along the coast in Point Loma, La  Jolla and Swami's Surf Beach in Encinitas at low tide. Get up close and personal with flowery anemones, scampering shore crabs, elusive octopus, spongy deadman's fingers and many other cool sea creatures. Check the newspaper or use the tide calendar or tide tables if you are staying at Solana Beach Hotels.

19. Drive to the top of Mt. Soledad in La Jolla. Marvel at sweeping, 360-degree views of San Diego and its hotels.  Look over the gently curving La Jolla coastline and Mission Bay. Crowning La Jolla's highest point in solemn majesty is "The Cross" of Mt. Soledad. It is a lasting memorial to the dead of the World and Korean Wars.  A cross of California redwood was first placed on Mt. Soledad in 1913. From up top you can see some of the San Diego oceanfront real estate for sale. 

20. Visit the beautiful  Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.  Experience the natural beauty of the desert. A desert garden just outside the Visitor Center building provides extensive insight into the vegetation.  There are many plant species identified and explained on interpretative plaques. The desert garden also includes a pupfish pond. Pupfish evolved from conditions during the Ice Age.  They  have adapted to living in today's desert.  The 600,000-acre park is one of the largest in the country.  Each spring the desert explodes into a rainbow of colors as the wildflowers blossom.

21.  Carlsbad and Encinitas have world-class beaches.  For example, Carlsbad State Beach runs from Tamarack Avenue all the way along the beach to downtown Carlsbad.  There are a few Carlsbad oceanfront homes for sale  but there are plenty of sandy beach and a great sidewalk along the bluff tops for sunset viewing and people watching.  To the south you will find South Carlsbad State Beach (the locals call it South Ponto - a famous surf break). You will find a state campground on top of the bluff overlooking the ocean with stairs to the beach below. World class surf contests are held here.  You will find Encinitas oceanfront homes for sale just south of Ponto beach.

22.  The Carlsbad Flower Fields are wonderful (spectacular!) in the spring from March through May.  Here you can walk through 50 acres of beautifully colored  fields all framed by the blue Pacific Ocean. The flowers are located at 5704 Paseo de Norte Drive.