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Malibu Beach Front Property

Bob winds up on Malibu Beach on a forty by approximately one hundred and fifty foot lot in a house built in the mid 50�s. It maintains most of its 50s motif from tile to windows. Bob decides to undertake an ambitious "tear-down" in one of America's most exclusive neighborhoods.
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Malibu Beach Front Property

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" Well it's a very nice lot that seems to be I mean I didn't expect the garden out front here yes the beautiful brick patio -- hot. And -- the -- of India -- nice old this is Bougainville vine. Yeah but it certainly is overgrown. Yes it would Vila pretty if there were cut that -- takes up about ten feet of this little patio."

" Tell me what's the lots that's a lot with this about forty feet yeah and the debt was practically everything that they. Approximately."

" Approximately because it doesn't mean I tied it and that this everyday around the beach all day long and it moves every -- everyday you lose a little real -- you gain it back the next day exactly yeah. So how old as the house to house built. There's there's never been remodeled not really."

" New carpeting and paint -- allow us relatively bright yep. And -- the next bedroom -- the side."

" About ten by twelve with a nice window and -- closet. I didn't -- here's the master bedroom with little larger. Maybe fourteen. Aluminum windows. The sliders yes and sometimes -- flat but."

" That's scary and then the master bath with the dressing area."

" does this look 1950s with the pink laughs. There's an opening trial really lots of pink tile. And there's no tub that that is just a shower. News. Loose -- in this defendant denies access out to decide within the beach toilets here. End. Oh yeah it's beautiful down there. The course the neighboring houses only five feet away. -- and well where to next let's go -- kitchen nothing closet space -- that the addressing an excellent right."

" It let's fund had a massive house there's a second bath and that hasn't passed react to the beach very nice -- and a full bath. And we have."

" Kitchen. So good sized kitchens."

" It's okay it's a little tired right now is -- warned. You know that's just opens -- the stones."

" Oh wow four burners and wanted to get fixed this up I don't know that you can get parts credit report."

" And front pretty old and a little that is open to the dining room with a nice what happened here. I think it would in -- they just have this thing was to be recess lighting in a yellow porcelain kitchen sink. "

" The big being on it. In that happens when you skillet -- the edge -- Several current and that -- and then in the dining room and nice dining area wonderful views. Spectacular now. This looks like just a shed roof no insulation. And I think I fit in an outside patio. At one time that they've opened them and they just put slider doors in it to close it right in my case it. -- this fireplace time."

" Dances the stone fireplace that they've painted over it doesn't look like stone. Feels like and it's very strange that work. It does. Says I don't know how well it Bronson. There are plans. And permits. That them -- have worked out with this house architectural plan architect beautiful architectural plans for Spanish colonial. And it opens it up -- this whole fireplace and opens up the whole house it's just beautiful so that's more like one big room right that right now the living room space seems to be."

" What fourteen by twelve in here kind of approximately -- it looks like like there was a leak out there soon and there are several leaks that the whole house yet. So there's problems here but boy look at this here. Everything happens at each floor. This is terrific and it's gorgeous. Why that -- media buying really is over for a man -- separate external staircase that leads upstairs. And there's a whole apartment here all -- yeah it's -- wonderful separate apartment with a kitchen and bathroom looks to be about. Thirty by fourteen least this living area as the ceiling. No insulation -- hot."

" The kitchen is done separate unit -- stove --"

" That period that what is really looks like the fifties this gold veins are black glass. That it might pretty hot stuff."

" It is about and that cared less than closets."

" Some stores it. Oh look at this. Absolutely. Visit stuff you'll sink like downstairs and rather than usual lighting fixtures. And here drip in the shower. The water. If you -- that nothing. Okay."

" You know the architectural plans. And a -- model on this calls for. Opening up this whole master area make this a big masters there's an attic space is attic space that would go across the whole width of the property you and it still be a big bath and walk in closet and against -- in that back."

" Yeah ambitious. That raise the roof around here and I guess pickled roots the space here and and it out. Muscular leg maybe -- little."

" I have."

" So what do you think well I'm very confused -- And I mean it's been a very interesting real estate tour we've looked at through. Houses that have that California Spanish colonial feeling that I love so much and I would look at the third -- that doesn't have any kind of architectural -- to speak up. So I'm confused because it's such a great spot to be remodeling a house."

" But you know you see the plans I think just say that it for a colonial Spanish house. And I'd be happy to set up a meeting with you and the architect if you're likely to review the plans and elevations."

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