{"id":3423,"date":"2023-09-26T02:09:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T02:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/26\/anchor-down-rare-floating-home-in-santa-barbara-surfaces-for-4-9m\/"},"modified":"2023-09-26T02:09:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T02:09:40","slug":"anchor-down-rare-floating-home-in-santa-barbara-surfaces-for-4-9m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/26\/anchor-down-rare-floating-home-in-santa-barbara-surfaces-for-4-9m\/","title":{"rendered":"Anchor Down: Rare Floating Home in Santa Barbara Surfaces for $4.9M"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many spectacular Santa Barbara, CA<\/a>, homes have water views, but only a handful actually sit on the water.<\/p>\n

Meet The Thomas Jefferson<\/a>, which has proudly floated in Santa Barbara Harbor since 1971.\u00a0The one-of-a-kind, buoyant beauty is listed for $4.9 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s grandfathered in and was an incredibly delicate process to get it where it is,\u201d says Bryony Atkinson<\/strong>, one of three listing agents, along with Patti Ruben<\/strong> and Alan Melkonyan<\/strong>. \u201cWe\u2019ve heard from people that even though we have some insanely good photos, it is even more beautiful in person.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Thomas Jefferson<\/p>\n

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Aerial view<\/p>\n

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Exterior<\/p>\n

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The current owners bought it a few years ago and completely updated the 1,290-square-foot space.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey took it down to the studs and rebuilt it off site,\u201d Atkinson says. Then they \u201cbrought it back and put it back on its floating foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Interior<\/p>\n

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Kitchen<\/p>\n

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The result is a remodeled residence with two bedrooms, one bathroom, and fine craftsmanship.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany homes do not have this kind of storage that is thoughtfully placed in a way that a person wants. \u2026 It\u2019s kind of amazing,\u201d Ruben says.<\/p>\n

The home has all of the mechanicals it would on land, along with a waste tank that requires pumping. Residents can park their cars in the marina and walk down the dock to the home.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy first thought when I saw it was amazement,\u201d Melkonyan recalls. \u201cAs soon as I stepped in, I remembered my high school teacher saying \u2018Measure twice, cut once.\u2019 That slogan lives throughout this house. You can see that in every single line of the house. It is remarkable craftsmanship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bathroom<\/p>\n

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Open space<\/p>\n

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Outdoor space<\/p>\n

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As for the name? Well, that came with the house.<\/p>\n

The owner \u201cconsidered changing it many times and has a lengthy list of fun ideas but wanted to pay homage to the original,\u201d Ruben says.<\/p>\n

The layout has a rooftop deck with seating that offers front-row views of \u00a0the ocean, mountains, and neighboring bevy of yachts.<\/p>\n

Ruben says the home has attracted attention from a range of would-be buyers. She notes that there are both potential full-time residents and vacationers looking at the place.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think what all of those buyers are going to share is that they don\u2019t live in the past,\u201d Melkonyan says. They don\u2019t live in the future. They live in the present\u2014that\u2019s going to be the buyer, someone that\u2019s constantly in the present, because that\u2019s all you\u2019re able to feel when you\u2019re there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rooftop<\/p>\n

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Water view<\/p>\n

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Patti Ruben and Alan Melkonyan are with Sotheby\u2019s International Realty. Bryony Atkinson is with Maisonre.<\/p>\n

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Kurt Jordan Photo for Sotheby\u2019s International Realty for this one: Many spectacular Santa Barbara, CA, homes have water views, but only a handful actually sit on the water. Meet The Thomas Jefferson, which has proudly floated in Santa Barbara Harbor since 1971.\u00a0The one-of-a-kind, buoyant beauty is listed for $4.9 million. \u201cIt\u2019s grandfathered in and was…Read More→<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}