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Maybe the best house in the world!

Courtyard pool, in case you get tired of “one of the best swimming beaches in the world!”
Courtyard pool, in case you get tired of “one of the best swimming beaches in the world!”

Current Owner: Genevieve (Jenny) Craig

Bedrooms: 5

Baths: 6.5

Price: $39,500,000

This week we visit an 8925-square-foot mansion sitting on a nearly three-quarter-acre lot on a small spit of sand lying just across the San Dieguito River mouth from the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. Featuring 81 feet of direct ocean frontage, the residence, listing materials boast, is “one of the most exclusive properties in San Diego and quite possibly the world!”

The interior features five en-suite bedrooms, six-and-a-half total baths, three kitchens, large media room, separate guest quarters, and a four-car garage, plus additional gated off-street parking for 20 or more cars. In keeping with Southern California’s outdoor lifestyle, many of the home’s amenities and entertainment venues are found on the exterior. A “spectacular courtyard swimming pool” with diving board and spa are flanked on all sides by the main residence and a covered garden walkway. An “oversized patio on the sand” actually sits above the beach (most of California’s coastline was reserved for public access following the passage of Proposition 20 in 1972, and the subsequent California Coastal Act of 1976) but takes advantage of the home’s oceanfront locale, offering seating for two dozen or more people that can be served from a “professional chef’s kitchen.”

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Patio sits above the sand, natch

Listing materials also attempt to qualify Del Mar as the prime beach among a host of desirable local options: “Del Mar’s soft sand beaches, warm coastal waters, relatively mild currents and ‘rock less reef’ ocean floor establishes The Del Mar Beach as one of the best swimming beaches in the world!”

The estate, located at 2936 Ocean Front, was originally constructed in 1980 and hasn’t been offered on the market since 1986, when public records show it sold for $2 million.

The buyers were Sidney and Genevieve Craig. Genevieve (better known as “Jenny”) and her husband started marketing a nutrition, fitness, and weight-loss program in Australia in 1983, bringing it to the United States in 1985 where “Jenny Craig” became a household name. The couple were involved in a host of charities both locally and nationally, and the Jenny Craig Pavilion at the University of San Diego, a 5100-seat arena sometimes jokingly called “the Slim Gym,” was built with $7 million of a $10 million gift.

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2936 Ocean Front | Del Mar, 92014

2936 Ocean Front | Del Mar, 92014

Mr. Craig passed in 2008. Tax rolls show a mailing address for Mrs. Craig in Los Angeles, though the Del Mar property is still listed as owner-occupied.

After remaining off-market for 28 years, the home on Ocean Front was listed for sale in late July of 2014 with an asking price of $39,500,000. That price remains unchanged to date. Another nearby property featured in Unreal Estate just before the Craig home went on the market at 2016 Ocean Front is still available, with the asking price of $17.5 million unchanged after nearly ten months on the market.

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Courtyard pool, in case you get tired of “one of the best swimming beaches in the world!”
Courtyard pool, in case you get tired of “one of the best swimming beaches in the world!”

Current Owner: Genevieve (Jenny) Craig

Bedrooms: 5

Baths: 6.5

Price: $39,500,000

This week we visit an 8925-square-foot mansion sitting on a nearly three-quarter-acre lot on a small spit of sand lying just across the San Dieguito River mouth from the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. Featuring 81 feet of direct ocean frontage, the residence, listing materials boast, is “one of the most exclusive properties in San Diego and quite possibly the world!”

The interior features five en-suite bedrooms, six-and-a-half total baths, three kitchens, large media room, separate guest quarters, and a four-car garage, plus additional gated off-street parking for 20 or more cars. In keeping with Southern California’s outdoor lifestyle, many of the home’s amenities and entertainment venues are found on the exterior. A “spectacular courtyard swimming pool” with diving board and spa are flanked on all sides by the main residence and a covered garden walkway. An “oversized patio on the sand” actually sits above the beach (most of California’s coastline was reserved for public access following the passage of Proposition 20 in 1972, and the subsequent California Coastal Act of 1976) but takes advantage of the home’s oceanfront locale, offering seating for two dozen or more people that can be served from a “professional chef’s kitchen.”

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Patio sits above the sand, natch

Listing materials also attempt to qualify Del Mar as the prime beach among a host of desirable local options: “Del Mar’s soft sand beaches, warm coastal waters, relatively mild currents and ‘rock less reef’ ocean floor establishes The Del Mar Beach as one of the best swimming beaches in the world!”

The estate, located at 2936 Ocean Front, was originally constructed in 1980 and hasn’t been offered on the market since 1986, when public records show it sold for $2 million.

The buyers were Sidney and Genevieve Craig. Genevieve (better known as “Jenny”) and her husband started marketing a nutrition, fitness, and weight-loss program in Australia in 1983, bringing it to the United States in 1985 where “Jenny Craig” became a household name. The couple were involved in a host of charities both locally and nationally, and the Jenny Craig Pavilion at the University of San Diego, a 5100-seat arena sometimes jokingly called “the Slim Gym,” was built with $7 million of a $10 million gift.

Map

2936 Ocean Front | Del Mar, 92014

2936 Ocean Front | Del Mar, 92014

Mr. Craig passed in 2008. Tax rolls show a mailing address for Mrs. Craig in Los Angeles, though the Del Mar property is still listed as owner-occupied.

After remaining off-market for 28 years, the home on Ocean Front was listed for sale in late July of 2014 with an asking price of $39,500,000. That price remains unchanged to date. Another nearby property featured in Unreal Estate just before the Craig home went on the market at 2016 Ocean Front is still available, with the asking price of $17.5 million unchanged after nearly ten months on the market.

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