SAN DIEGO — A historic home that has been in Pacific Beach for 114 years is now up for sale. The asking price starts at $1 million. That doesn't include the extensive repairs the home needs inside and outside.
Some call it a Pacific Beach icon and and others an eyesore.
"Everyone in PB knows this house,” said prospective home buyer Sean Harris.
The home situated on the corner of Grand Avenue and Jewell Street is a 1750-square foot, barn-style roofed, American, colonial-designed home.
"The attraction with this home is that it was one of the first homes built in Pacific Beach,” said realtor Rachel Wilkins of Zandra Ulloa Realty Group.
It was built in 1906 at a time when there were only 125 residents in PB. The home has three bedrooms and one bath. Its owners have owned it for 80 years.
"Unfortunately the past tenants didn't take care of it very well,” Wilkins said.
The realtors didn't want News 8 to get pictures inside because each room is filled with heaps of debris.
"The interior of the property has seen better days. The walls - some of them are exposed, and the utilities - some of them haven't been turned on in quite a few years,” said realtor Zandra Ulloa.
The home is a historic designated property, so its new owners can't change a thing without first getting approval (other than minor repairs).
"The great thing is that the unit on the back property is able to be torn down and built up with an accessory dwelling unit or multi-unit altogether,” Ulloa said.
The home includes a one-bed, one-bath granny flat and a green garage that impressed some at the open house.
“Inside, it has a lot that needs to be done, but it's beautiful. It has a lot of potential [and] a lot of gorgeous flooring and stairs,” said Sean Harris touring the home with his girlfriend, Bree.
The home has many stories. The property used to house a lemon grove.
Wilkins said, “people think that it's haunted, but I haven't seen a ghost yet.”
Harris said he doesn’t see the dilapidated home’s disrepair as a dealbreaker.
“Everything is expensive, especially when the asking price is so high, and you have to put in so much to fix it up just to make it liveable, but every time we walk by, it's what draws our eye,” Harris said.
For more info on the home, Wilkins can be reached at www.sdhomeowners.com