Oceanfront Homes for Sale in Encinitas
The Neptune Avenue Area in Leucadia
The Neptune Avenue area of Encinitas (in Leucadia) is the place to be for an oceanfront home.
Neptune Avenue, about 2 miles long, extends from about 2 blocks north of Encinitas’ Moonlight Beach to Grandview Beach, adjacent to the gated Seabluff community.
Fabulous ocean views can be yours from high atop the bluff along this pricey stretch of real estate.
The homes can be deceptive driving along Neptune itself, many appearing much more modest that they really are, and you often cannot even see the magnificent ocean views these homes offer from atop the bluff.
Take a short drive down Neptune Avenue with me!
Indeed, you can’t even tell the ocean is there in many places, as you will see in the Neptune Avenue video below.
As of this writing these Encinitas oceanfront homes range in price from about $2 million to $5.349 million, and with 984 SF to 4530 SF ($1467/SF), although some homes have sold for more in the recent past. Home styles are rather eclectic – beach cottages, traditional, contemporary and styles that defy description.
The Encinitas homes on the opposite side of Neptune will, in some cases, offer views and tend to be priced more modestly than direct ocean frontage.
At of this writing there are 9 oceanfront homes for sale in Encinitas along Neptune Avenue, with 3 others that are condos or twin-homes (priced from $1.49 M to $1.875 M).
Homes sales on Neptune for detached single family homes have averaged $2.339 million in the last year, with $3.55 million on average for the ocean front homes.
January 2016 update - Neptune Avenue sales (there were 8) for 2015 for detached single family homes ranged from $1.42M to $5,479,850 (average sales price was $3.26M). Attached homes (twin homes, condos) averaged $1.4M, ranging from $1.289M to $1.475M.
March 2017 update - in the last 6 months there have been 5 sales on Neptune, 2 of these on the ocean (3 across the street), priced at $3,612,500 and $11,100,000. There are 2 new custom homes on the ocean on Neptune for sale, priced individually at $9,495,000 and $13,500,000 or together (they are adjacent to each other) at $22,995,000.
A number of the Encinitas oceanfront homes along Neptune offer private stairs to the beach, or may be a short distance to the public beach access points at Stonesteps, Beacon’s or Grandview beaches. You will find sea walls and other retaining systems at some homes but not all, and it is very difficult, and perhaps impossible, to get approval to construct new walls.
I also understand you cannot gain approval to install stairs if they don’t already exist, and some homeowners have lost the use of their stairs due to bluff erosion issues.
There are a good number of rentals in the area, given the views and the beaches, and many homes are vacation homes for their owners.
The Leucadia area of Encinitas (to the north, bordering Carlsbad) offers shopping, restaurants (check out my favorite, Le Papagayo), galleries, surf shops and other services you typically find in a small beach community.
You can take a tour of the Leucadia Lifestyle in the slide show below.
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