By appearances, the "Gateway to Manhattan Beach" at
4419 Highland will soon join the active listings in MB again.
Several readers have noted the appearance of a for-sale sign at the property, at the corner of 45th/Highland.
(That pic on the right is old; different agent now.) Agents may be entering the MLS data now.
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By appearances, the "Gateway to Manhattan Beach" at
4419 Highland will soon join the active listings in MB again.
Several readers have noted the appearance of a for-sale sign at the property, at the corner of 45th/Highland.
(That pic on the right is old; different agent now.) Agents may be entering the MLS data now.
MBC posted a little appreciation for the property in "
Goodbye to an Old Friend" in late September 2008, as the property rented out. (Maybe more of an appreciation for the endless copy that the property had provided; plenty of links in that story.) For the 500 days or so before renting out, the brand-new SFR had been for sale, with no takers.
Why no takers? The reasons were legion:
- Location. Wow, what a location. Beach-close. Chevron-close. Traffic-close.
- Weird trapezoidal lot, with correspondingly odd trapezoidal layout.
- Frightening rooms facing oncoming traffic.
- Actual traffic accidents that have knocked out the fire hydrant at the corner at least twice since the home was completed – and that's just the cases we have pictures of (see here and here). Some of the stapled-on stone impacted by the water had recently come un-stapled.
The original ambition for this misguided speckie was to fetch
$1.695m in June 2007.
When last we saw it active in Fall 2008, The Gateway was at
$1.265m.
Any bets on where they'll start this time?
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