Purchasing a bare lot in an inspired (and beautiful) location such as this one in Honolulu, HI, is the easy part. Building on that same lot is where difficulty kicks in.
“It was quite an undertaking,” listing agent Dawn Soderquist Okano says.
A rock-hard coral bed made it challenging to break ground back in the early ’60s, but the results are spectacular. This six-bedroom Mid-Century Modern home, now on the market for $3.6 million, is located in the lively Diamond Head neighborhood. The property offers scenic 180-degree views and is just six blocks from the beach.
“To start the house, they quarried the coral rock and used that coral rock to build the rock walls that surround the home,” Okano adds.
The rocky detail is just one of the quirky facts of this 1963 gem that’s just come on the market for the first time. The family has decided to sell it, after three generations lived in the house.
The current owner’s father, who built the residence, “was a developer and a businessman,” Okano says. The original owner even enlisted his brother, local architectHoward Wong, to design the place.
While the home has been beautifully preserved, it hasn’t been updated, leaving the new owner a chance to do a custom remodel.But there are plenty of timeless details that won’t need to be touched (in our opinion), including the terrazzo flooring and counters, locally sourced Ohia wood exterior cladding, and Italian Bimini lights out front—plus walls and walls of windows.
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“It was quite an undertaking,” listing agent Dawn Soderquist Okano says.
A rock-hard coral bed made it challenging to break ground back in the early ’60s, but the results are spectacular. This six-bedroom Mid-Century Modern home, now on the market for $3.6 million, is located in the lively Diamond Head neighborhood. The property offers scenic 180-degree views and is just six blocks from the beach.
“To start the house, they quarried the coral rock and used that coral rock to build the rock walls that surround the home,” Okano adds.
The rocky detail is just one of the quirky facts of this 1963 gem that’s just come on the market for the first time. The family has decided to sell it, after three generations lived in the house.
The current owner’s father, who built the residence, “was a developer and a businessman,” Okano says. The original owner even enlisted his brother, local architectHoward Wong, to design the place.
While the home has been beautifully preserved, it hasn’t been updated, leaving the new owner a chance to do a custom remodel.But there are plenty of timeless details that won’t need to be touched (in our opinion), including the terrazzo flooring and counters, locally sourced Ohia wood exterior cladding, and Italian Bimini lights out front—plus walls and walls of windows.
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