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com SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNAL May 5, 2014

Put this on your
bucket list: Drive
down Rosecrans
in Point Loma, go
west on Talbot and
south on Gage.
Look toward the
bay on any of the
streets off Gage
and get ready for
the best view in
San Diego County,
if not the world.
The view from here is heart-stopping
and different from any other along the
entire California coastline. The upward
slope of the peninsula of Point Loma
is steep on the ocean side and the
bay side. The view from Sunset Cliffs
over the ocean, while other-worldly,
is similar to other views up and down
the California coast. The view of the
bay, meanwhile, is incomparable. The
hill is so steep that all the houses below
you fall away as if you were alone in a
nest at the top of the tallest tree, gazing
down at boats in slips, boats sailing
along in the bay, two yacht clubs, North
Island, downtown San Diego and the
hills of Mexico off in the distance.
Trust me; its a bucket-list moment.
The homes in Point Loma are no
different. At every turn is another
incredible house, some built at the turn
of the century, some built when the
peninsula became home to military
brass during the war, and others are
modern marvels of architecture and
engineering.
The home featured here is in the
La Playa area of Point Loma, tucked
A Vision of Paradise Can Be Seen in the Views of Point Loma
down on the corner of Owen and
San Antonio right on the bay. Its a
magnifcent Spanish-style masterpiece
built by Richard Requa in 1930. Its
on a quarter-acre lot with no direct
neighbors and panoramic views of the
bay and boats.
I spoke to the current owner,
who has owned the home for 10
years, and her love of the place is
evident in every sentence. She has
meticulously renovated the home to
modern standards, while maintaining
the character of the past. You enter
the property through a charming
wooden gate that is attached to tall
adobe-style walls that provide total
privacy along the street side. The hand-
carved, wooden front door opens to a
whimsical, light-flled, inviting space.
I asked the owner what her favorite
room was, and with some indecision
she said, The master bathroom. She
found antique elevator doors on a trip
to Paris and incorporated them into
the new master bath as the shower
surround. The soaking tub overlooks
the bay, and no one could see in unless
they were fying by in a hot air balloon.
The views from the cozy patios, decks
and lawn along the bayside are one of
a kind. She will miss it, but she is on to
another adventure.
Meanwhile, as I drove away, my
heart stopped again. On the corner
of Owen and San Elijo streets is
an 8,085-square-foot, stark white,
Colonial Revival mansion set on a
grassy, sloping 2.25-acre lot. Ive been
around Point Loma a lot and have
never noticed this house before. Turns
out it was hidden by an overgrown
landscape for most of its 86 years.
According to my Point Loma-resident
friend Teresa Amos Smullen, a young
couple bought it in December of 2012
for $5.3 million. Public records show
it was built in 1928 for the Treadwell
family. The Treadwells sold it to the
Fleet family, who sold it to the Ledford
family, who lived there for 31 years.
The new family is young and is
renovating and improving every nook
and cranny. The beat goes on.
Email information on luxury real
estate to Stephanie R. Glidden at
sglidden@sdbj.com.
LUXURY
REAL ESTATE
Stephanie R. Glidden
Photos couresty of Victoria Engel
A 3,674-square-foot, four-bedroom, four-bath house at 545 San Antonio St. in the La Playa
district of Point Loma is on the market for $4 million to $4.6 million.
The custom wooden gate opens to a winding
brick path that leads to the front door.
Antique Parisian elevator doors surround the
shower in the master bathroom suite.
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