In June, the Hadley Home Team, joined the Fastest Growing Real Estate Brand,  Real Living Lifestyles real estate franchise. The people were not new, Stever Rodgers and many of the agents had come out of Prudential. Our new office was in the Carlsbad Village Faire shopping center, and only a block from the beach. What a cool center and great location to work. Our manager is Diane Hogencamp whom most of you probably know.

In December to all our surprise,  The Real Living  parent company, Brookfield Residential Property Services, purchased Prudential Real Estate and Prudential Relocation.  Brookfield now controls over 80,000 realtors.   That is why Real Living Lifestyles and Prudential California are now “Kissing Cousins.” 

If you would like more home info on San Diego North County homes or would like to see some homes in person, contact Gary Harmon.

See newer listings of Carlsbad homes for sale below:

Showing properties 1 - 10 of 500+. See more city of Carlsbad real estate.
(all data current as of 2/5/2012)

1. $1,649,900 : 5440 Carlsbad Blvd, Carlsbad
   
   3 beds, 3 full, 2 part baths

   Home size: 4,182 sq ft

   Lot size: 7,200 sq ft

   Year built: 1992

   Parking spots: 4

   Days on market: 3

   Walk Score®: 51
2. $1,199,900 : 7348 El Fuerte St, Carlsbad
   
   4 beds, 3 full baths

   Home size: 3,349 sq ft

   Lot size: 1.02 ac

   Year built: 1985

   Days on market: 3

   Walk Score®: 15
3. $892,900 : 612 Brookside Ct, Carlsbad
   
   4 beds, 3 full baths

   Home size: 3,029 sq ft

   Year built: 2003

   Parking spots: 4

   Days on market: 3

   Walk Score®: 45
4. $599,000 : 2614 La Golondrina St, Carlsbad
   
   3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 1,830 sq ft

   Lot size: 8,700 sq ft

   Year built: 1985

   Parking spots: 6

   Days on market: 3

   Walk Score®: 25
5. $371,900 : 803 Caminito Verde, Carlsbad
   
   2 beds, 2 full baths

   Home size: 1,135 sq ft

   Year built: 1977

   Parking spots: 2

   Days on market: 3

   Walk Score®: 37
6. $314,900 : 3135 Avenida Olmeda, Carlsbad
   
   3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 1,350 sq ft

   Year built: 1985

   Parking spots: 2

   Days on market: 3

   Walk Score®: 26
7. $235,000 : 2847 Andover Ave, Carlsbad
   
   3 beds, 2 full baths

   Home size: 1,362 sq ft

   Year built: 1986

   Parking spots: 2

   Days on market: 4

   Walk Score®: 37
8. $1,999,000 : 7121 Aviara Dr, Carlsbad
   
   4 beds, 4 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 4,954 sq ft

   Year built: 2001

   Days on market: 4

   Walk Score®: 34
9. $949,900 : 654 Laguna Dr, Carlsbad
   
   3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 2,450 sq ft

   Year built: 2005

   Parking spots: 2

   Days on market: 4

   Walk Score®: 83
10. $651,000 : 3534 Camino Cereza, Carlsbad
    
    4 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 3,345 sq ft

    Year built: 2005

    Parking spots: 5

    Days on market: 4

    Walk Score®: 11

Listing information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Read full disclaimer.

See Current Real Estate Listings of San Diego Homes for Sale.

More than you ever wanted to know

Airzona and Hawaii do not observe daylight savings time.

Although not punctual in the modern sense, ancient civilizations adjusted daily schedules to the sun more flexibly than modern DST does, often dividing daylight into twelve hours regardless of day length, so that each daylight hour was longer during summer.[12] For example, Roman water clocks had different scales for different months of the year: at Rome’s latitude the third hour from sunrise, hora tertia, started by modern standards at 09:02 solar time and lasted 44 minutes at the winter solstice, but at the summer solstice it started at 06:58 and lasted 75 minutes.[13] After ancient times, equal-length civil hours eventually supplanted unequal, so civil time no longer varies by season. Unequal hours are still used in a few traditional settings, such as some Mount Athos monasteries[14] and all Jewish ceremonies.[15]

Benjamin Franklin satirically suggested firing cannons at sunrise to wake ParisiansDuring his time as an American envoy to France, Benjamin Franklin, author of the proverb, “Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”, anonymously published a letter suggesting that Parisians economize on candles by rising earlier to use morning sunlight.[16] This 1784 satire proposed taxing shutters, rationing candles, and waking the public by ringing church bells and firing cannons at sunrise.[17] Franklin did not propose DST; like ancient Rome, 18th-century Europe did not keep precise schedules. However, this soon changed as rail and communication networks came to require a standardization of time unknown in Franklin’s day.[18]

G.V. Hudson invented modern DST, proposing it first in 1895.Modern DST was first proposed by the New Zealand entomologist George Vernon Hudson, whose shift-work job gave him leisure time to collect insects, and made him aware of the value of after-hours daylight.[2] In 1895 he presented a paper to the Wellington Philosophical Society proposing a two-hour daylight-saving shift,[19] and after considerable interest was expressed in Christchurch, New Zealand he followed up in an 1898 paper.[20] Many publications incorrectly credit DST’s invention to the prominent English builder and outdoorsman William Willett,[21] who independently conceived DST in 1905 during a pre-breakfast ride, when he observed with dismay how many Londoners slept through a large part of a summer day.[22] An avid golfer, he also disliked cutting short his round at dusk.[23] His solution was to advance the clock during the summer months, a proposal he published two years later.[24] The proposal was taken up by the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) Robert Pearce, who introduced the first Daylight Saving Bill to the House of Commons on 12 February 1908.[25] A select committee was set up to examine the issue, but Pearce’s bill did not become law, and several other bills failed in the following years. Willett lobbied for the proposal in the UK until his death in 1915.

Starting on 30 April 1916, Germany and its World War I allies were the first to use DST (ger.: Sommerzeit) as a way to conserve coal during wartime. Britain, most of its allies, and many European neutrals soon followed suit. Russia and a few other countries waited until the next year and the United States adopted it in 1918. Since then, the world has seen many enactments, adjustments, and repeals.

Now is a good time to buy San Diego Real Estate

Anytime is a good time to buy San Diego North County homes. Contact Gary Harmon, your top North County Realtor, to see homes today. Gary services all of the San Diego North County real estate areas including Carlsbad homes, Oceanside homes for sale, Encinitas homes, Vista, San Marcos, and Escondido real estate.

Carlsbad Housing Statistics

90-day stats for Single Family properties in CARLSBAD, CA as of October 7, 2011
Median List Price:	$701,092	Average List Price:	$893,492
Total Inventory:	556	Price per Square Foot:	$269
Average Home Size:	2,704	Median Lot Size:	9,014
Average # Beds:	3.83	Average # Baths:	3.46
Homes Absorbed:	41	Newly Listed:	35
Days on Market:	135	Average Age:	18

Click here to find out more detailed Carlsbad market statistics.

You can also get up to date market statistics for all the San Diego housing markets that I serve.  Click the links below:

• Oceanside housing market statistics
• San Marcos housing market statistics
• Encinitas housing market statistics
• Vista housing market statistics
• Escondido housing market statistics

To get a professional free opinion of what any San Diego North County home is worth, contact Gary Harmon, your Real Living Lifestyles Realtor, for a free CMA on that home.

Look below to see what is currently available for sale in the Carlsbad housing market.

Showing properties 1 - 25 of 343. See more city of Carlsbad real estate.
(all data current as of 2/5/2012)

1. $500,000 : 3523 Calle Hidalgo, Carlsbad
   
   3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 2,013 sq ft

   Year built: 2000

   Parking spots: 4

   Days on market: 34

   Walk Score®: 25
2. $500,000 : 4960 PARK Dr, Carlsbad
   
   5 beds, 2 full baths

   Home size: 2,383 sq ft

   Lot size: 16,700 sq ft

   Year built: 1976

   Parking spots: 4

   Days on market: 122

   Walk Score®: 34
3. $509,000 : 3309 Rancho Famosa, Carlsbad
   
   4 beds, 3 full baths

   Home size: 2,855 sq ft

   Year built: 2002

   Parking spots: 5

   Days on market: 52

   Walk Score®: 45
4. $509,000 : 925 Alyssum St, Carlsbad
   
   3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 1,617 sq ft

   Lot size: 4,053 sq ft

   Year built: 1985

   Days on market: 72

   Walk Score®: 34
5. $509,900 : 3969 Foothill Ave, Carlsbad
   
   4 beds, 3 full baths

   Home size: 2,585 sq ft

   Year built: 2001

   Parking spots: 5

   Days on market: 102

   Walk Score®: 43
6. $514,999 : 927 Marguerite Ln, Carlsbad
   
   4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 2,104 sq ft

   Lot size: 4,598 sq ft

   Year built: 1986

   Days on market: 94

   Walk Score®: 42
7. $515,000 : 3481 Lakewood St, Carlsbad
   
   3 beds, 2 full baths

   Home size: 1,592 sq ft

   Year built: 1984

   Parking spots: 4

   Days on market: 32

   Walk Score®: 26
8. $515,000 : 5096 Ciardi Ct, Carlsbad
   
   4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 2,222 sq ft

   Year built: 2000

   Parking spots: 5

   Days on market: 265

   Walk Score®: 18
9. $519,000 : 1708 Bluebird Ln, Carlsbad
   
   3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 1,720 sq ft

   Year built: 2000

   Parking spots: 2

   Days on market: 368

   Walk Score®: 69
10. $519,000 : 4607 Park Dr A, Carlsbad
    
    2 beds, 2 full baths

    Home size: 1,489 sq ft

    Year built: 1983

    Parking spots: 2

    Days on market: 18

    Walk Score®: 18
11. $519,000 : 313 Tamarack Ave, Carlsbad
    
    3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 1,531 sq ft

    Year built: 2000

    Parking spots: 3

    Days on market: 167

    Walk Score®: 46
12. $520,000 : 3598 Granite Ct, Carlsbad
    
    5 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 2,622 sq ft

    Year built: 2004

    Days on market: 79

    Walk Score®: 51
13. $524,900 : 3441 Ravine Dr, Carlsbad
    
    3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 2,170 sq ft

    Lot size: 8,731 sq ft

    Year built: 2005

    Days on market: 21

    Walk Score®: 11
14. $524,900 : 2727 Llama Ct, Carlsbad
    
    4 beds, 2 full baths

    Home size: 3,084 sq ft

    Lot size: 10,550 sq ft

    Year built: 1978

    Parking spots: 4

    Days on market: 52

    Walk Score®: 23
15. $525,000 : 7047 Via Candrejo, Carlsbad
    
    4 beds, 3 full baths

    Home size: 2,432 sq ft

    Lot size: 5,879 sq ft

    Year built: 1996

    Days on market: 90

    Walk Score®: 29
16. $525,888 : 6782 Via Casa Del Sol, Carlsbad
    
    4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 2,200 sq ft

    Lot size: 2,825 sq ft

    Year built: 1999

    Parking spots: 2

    Days on market: 27

    Walk Score®: 31
17. $529,000 : 3557 Rock Ridge Rd, Carlsbad
    
    4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 2,603 sq ft

    Lot size: 4,303 sq ft

    Year built: 2004

    Days on market: 149

    Walk Score®: 40
18. $529,900 : 6205 VILLAGE GREEN Dr, Carlsbad
    
    3 beds, 3 full baths

    Home size: 2,476 sq ft

    Year built: 2005

    Days on market: 12

    Walk Score®: 57
19. $529,900 : 6610 Daylily Dr, Carlsbad
    
    4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 2,287 sq ft

    Year built: 2000

    Parking spots: 4

    Days on market: 151

    Walk Score®: 23
20. $534,900 : 7072 Zubaron Ln, Carlsbad
    
    4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 2,057 sq ft

    Year built: 1990

    Days on market: 16

    Walk Score®: 28
21. $534,950 : 7414 Carlina St, Carlsbad
    
    4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 2,172 sq ft

    Lot size: 7,200 sq ft

    Year built: 1979

    Days on market: 138

    Walk Score®: 32
22. $534,990 : 3454 Filoli Cir 7, Carlsbad
    
    4 beds, 3 full baths

    Home size: 2,411 sq ft

    Lot size: 4,915 sq ft

    Year built: 2012

    Days on market: 21

    Walk Score®: 26
23. $534,999 : 7328 SITIO CASTANO, Carlsbad
    
    3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 1,913 sq ft

    Year built: 2010

    Days on market: 124
24. $535,000 : 7009 Surfbird Cir, Carlsbad
    
    3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 1,845 sq ft

    Year built: 1998

    Days on market: 31

    Walk Score®: 32
25. $538,000 : 7134 Pintail Dr, Carlsbad
    
    3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 1,947 sq ft

    Year built: 1998

    Days on market: 158

    Walk Score®: 57

Listing information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Read full disclaimer.

Check the outside of your Carlsbad Property

Look for any damage caused by summers’ weather. Check for those sagging or loose gutters. Over time, leaves, dirt and debris may have accumulated in your gutters. Check your gutters for clogging and damage and schedule an appointment for cleaning. Check the condition of your stucco, clean or patch if necessary. Check the eaves and patio cover for dry rot. Promptly schedule repairs for those home maintenance  items you can’t do yourself.

Walk around your yard as if you were a first-time visitor. What impression does your Carlsbad real estate make? Loosen the soil around perennials, plant annuals or a vegetable garden. Prune shrubs and trees. Fertilize you lawn and remove weeds from the flowerbeds

How long has it been since your really look at your irrigation system.   Test your automatic sprinkler system. Reset your timer. Replace old washers or sprinkler heads.

Don’t forget the backyard! Is it time to condition your deck? Be sure to hammer in any loose nails, or replace them with galvanized deck screws. Replace any broken boards or rails. Consider renting a power washer to clean dirt and mildew from the wood, and then apply an all-weather sealer or stain. This will get your North County property ready for winter. 

Repair any broken fence boards and paint or seal them as needed. Wash windows and screens.

Take a Tour Inside Your Carlsbad Home

Start making a list of things to do in each room. Then go to work. Dust walls and ceilings to remove cobwebs and wash any grimy areas. Wash window curtains or remove drapes for dry cleaning. Deep clean rugs and carpets. Dust and polish wood or laminate floors. Make sure tile grout is clean.

Clean fan blades using mild soapy water. Check the central air-conditioning unit for debris and obstructions; vacuum the main condenser coil on top of the unit.

Make sure all exhaust fans and vents are clean and clear. Don’t forget to remove the lint buildup from the clothes dryer vent. Take strainers off the ends of all the lavatory faucets and clean them.

One often-overlooked area is the fireplace. Be sure to sweep ashes carefully into a dustpan. Have the flue professionally cleaned every few years. Look around for clutter. Are there items you don’t use any longer? If you are planning on moving, what items will you not need? Consider having a garage sale and then either donate or trash the remaining items.

And lastly, don’t forget to replace batteries in smoke detectors and change air filters. A good time to change them is when you change your clock for standard times.

Although performing these fall chores may be dreaded task, they go a long way in maintaining and even enhancing the attractiveness and quality Carlsbad your home. With more buyers out and about, you must be sure your Carlsbad property is ready for its next new owner!

If you are considering placing your Carlsbad home for sale, call Gary Harmon, you top Carlsbad Realtor.

Showing properties 1 - 25 of 500+. See more city of Carlsbad real estate.
(all data current as of 2/5/2012)

Check the outside of your Carlsbad Property

Look for any damage caused by spring and winter’s weather. Check for those sagging or loose gutters. Over the fall and winter, leaves, dirt and debris may have accumulated in your gutters. Check your gutters for clogging and damage and schedule an appointment for cleaning. Check the condition of your stucco, clean or patch if necessary. Check the eaves and patio cover for dry rot. Promptly schedule repairs for those items you can’t do yourself.

Walk around your yard as if you were a first-time visitor. What impression does your Carlsbad real estate make? Loosen the soil around perennials, plant annuals or a vegetable garden. Prune shrubs and trees. Fertilize you lawn and remove weeds from the flowerbeds.

Don’t forget the backyard! Is it time to condition your deck? Be sure to hammer in any loose nails, or replace them with galvanized deck screws. Replace any broken boards or rails. Consider renting a power washer to clean dirt and mildew from the wood, and then apply an all-weather sealer or stain. Repair any broken fence boards and paint or seal them as needed.

Wash windows and screens.

Check your sprinklers on a regular basis.  Replace heads that are starting to stop up.  Adjust spay of heads as necessary.  Reset your timer. As it gets hotter, more time is needed to keep your lawn for burning.  

Take a Tour Inside Your Carlsbad Home

Start making a list of things to do in each room. Then go to work. Dust walls and ceilings to remove cobwebs and wash any grimy areas. Wash window curtains or remove drapes for dry cleaning. Deep clean rugs and carpets. Dust and polish wood or laminate floors. Make sure tile grout is clean.

One often-overlooked area is the fireplace. Be sure to sweep ashes carefully into a dustpan. Have the flue professionally cleaned every few years. Look around for clutter. Are there items you don’t use any longer? If you are planning on moving, what items will you not need? Consider having a garage sale and then either donate or trash the remaining items.

Make sure all exhaust fans and vents are clean and clear. Don’t forget to remove the lint buildup from the clothes dryer vent. Take strainers off the ends of all the lavatory faucets and clean them.

Clean fan blades using mild soapy water. Check the central air-conditioning unit for debris and obstructions; vacuum the main condenser coil on top of the unit. 

And lastly, don’t forget to replace batteries in smoke detectors and change air filters. A good time to change them is when you change your clock for daylight savings.

Although performing these summer chores may be dreaded task, they go a long way in maintaining and even enhancing the attractiveness and quality Carlsbad your home. With more buyers out and about, you must be sure your Carlsbad property is ready for its next new owner!

If you are considering placing your Carlsbad home for sale, contact Gary Harmon, you top Carlsbad Realtor.

Showing properties 1 - 5 of 416. See more city of Carlsbad real estate.
(all data current as of 2/5/2012)

In 1882 John A. Frazier chose to settle on a farm in the Carlsbad real estate area and named it Frazier’s Station.  Carlsbad Mineral Water was discovered when he drilled a well for his farm near the beach.  He had dug a well for his water supply, but discovered that the  water cured a stomach ailment from which he had suffered for years.   Intrigued, he sent samples of the water to two independent testing laboratories in New York and Chicago.  The results showed his water was chemically very similar to the water from the famous Sprudel Well Number 9, Karlsbad, Bohemia (now Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic).  To celebrate this fact, the name of the area was changed from Frazier’s Station to Carlsbad, California.

One of San Diego North County’s real estate booms was happening at the time, and Capt. Frazier platted his farm for the new city called Carlsbad, California.  He also started bottling his water and selling it across the nation as (The American) Carlsbad Mineral Water.  He built a huge Victorian hotel beside his original well, and people came from all over the world and included at least two U.S. presidents enjoy the mineral water for drinking and for bathing, just as they would in the European Carlsbad.  Just down the street to the south of the well was one of the famous “Twin Inns”  which is now the Ocean House, another giant piece of Carlsbad Real Estate history.

The real estate boom of the 1880s crashed, but Carlsbad’s mineral water continued to be popular until the Great Depression, when the well was abandoned because the owners lacked the funds for maintenance.

The well was lost until it was rediscovered in 1955 by Kay and “Chris” Christiansen. The Christiansens wanted to restore the well and revive the mineral-water business, but for various reasons they could not do so.  In 1991, Kay met Ludvik Grigoris, who became interested in helping her with her dream. Ludvik had been born in Karlovy Vary, when it was in Czechoslovakia and under Communist rule.

From 1993 to 1995, Ludvik and his wife Veronica worked at restoring and redrilling the well. By this time, Ludvik had been instrumental in forging a sister-city relationship between his birthplace of Karlovy Vary and Carlsbad, Calif. In late 1995, the mayor and city council of Carlsbad, along with an fficial delegation from Karlovy Vary, officiated at the formal re-opening of the Carlsbad Mineral Water Spa. In June 1996, Carlsbad Alkaline Water™ finally, ­after an absence of 60 years, ­once again became available to the public.

I am going to bring me a gallon bottle and two quarters and give it a try.  Drink up, to Carlsbad real estate history.

See Carlsbad real estate and other San Diego North County real estate, contact Gary Harmon, for your best move!

The end of line is downtown San Diego and the historic Sante Fe Train Depot. The depot was originally built in 1887 and replaced in 1915 in the Spanish Revival style of architecture. Like many buildings in San Diego, it was rebuilt to prepare for the Panama Pacific Exposition. It, too, was in a precarious situation in 1971 when the depot was faced with the ugly prospect of demolition. Preservationists, citizens and anyone with a one-track mind to save the old depot, delivered the message that any idea of destroying the building was an idea careening down the wrong track. Attempts to destroy this San Diego treasure were thwarted and the building rolled right into the National Historic Register in 1972. Touchdown for those who worked hard to save it. Sante Fe is at Kettner and Broadway in downtown San Diego.

If you want to engineer a fun day trip, hop on Amtrak or even the Coaster train and ride the rails up to Carlsbad or Oceanside from the historic Santa Fe Depot in downtown San Diego. You won’t be able to see Encinitas from the train, but you’ll see Santa Fe, Del Mar, and Carlsbad stations.

Trains and train stations conjure up all sorts of nostalgic and romantic images. Train stations have been places to both welcome home loved ones or to say goodbye. Train stations dot the landscape of towns and cities that we often never venture out to explore, but somehow, passing through them, we get a sense that we’ve been somewhere. Trains take us to more than train stations. Visit one of the train stations and consider taking a train ride. We can’t afford to lose the magic of train travel. All aboard!

To get Carlsbad real estate information, contact Gary Harmon, your Carlsbad Realtor.

My Real Living Lifestyles real estate office is located in Carlsbad Village Faire at the corner of Carlsbad Village Drive and Carlsbad Boulebard, suite 223.    Looking out of my desk window, I look directly at the Ocean House.  Since it is such an intresting building, I decided to do a little research on its history and the following is what I found.  See article under photo. 

This beautiful building at the corner of what was Elm and old 101 is the anchor of all Carlsbad landmarks.  This beautiful old Victorian mansion that I gaze at out of my office window towards is now the home to offices and the Ocean House resturant.  It has a celebrated past and for decades was the hub of the entire Carlsbad real estate area activity. 

In 1883 John A. Frazier chose to settle in the Carlsbad home area, named it Frazier’s Station.  The German immigrant was not interested in being the city’s founding father, but rather saw the Carlsbad real estate area as an investment opportunity.  He dug a well for his water supply. Analysis of the deep (over 400 feet) well water showed it to be nearly identical to the water from the famous Sprudel Well Number 9, Karlsbad, Bohemia (now Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic).  To celebrate this fact, the name of the area was changed from Frazier’s Station to Carlsbad, California.

Promotion of the Carlsbad real estate area was begun by the California Southern Railway (Santa Fe), and by the Carlsbad Land and Water Company. A large hotel was erected near the well, and railway waiting rooms across the country featured posters of the new Carlsbad Spa and its miraculous waters.

In 1887, the president of the Carlsbad Land company, Gerhard Schutte, erected a large Carlsbad home nearby, and his business partner, D. D. Wadsworth, built a mirror image of the president’s house on the same block 200 feet to the north. The two Carlsbad homes, visible for miles across the coastal plain, became landmarks in the Carlsbad real estate area.  The Wadsworth house was torn down in 1950.  The 1890′s saw droughts and recession and many of the Carlsbad Land and Mineral Water Co. principals moved south to San Diego.

About the turn of the century the land boom was over. The original Carlsbad Hotel, a giant five-story wooden structure with a rooftop gazebo located further inland, had burned to the ground. Within a few years the Carlsbad Land and Water Company was reorganized. 

The Carlsbad homes were leased for commercial purposes, and were now renting rooms and serving meals.  They later became owned and operated by Mesdames Whiting and Reedy, who established many traditions such as the Blue Willow China, buffet and Sunday brunch family-style service, and the name “Twin Inns.” The Carlsbad area was still being promoted, but now by the South Coast Land Company as the Avocado Capitol of the World!

In 1918 Baron Long closed his famous Ship Cafe on the canal in Venice, California. His specialty chef, Eddie Kentner, drove south seeking a likely place to relocate. Attracted to the Twin Inns, he acquired the business on November 5, 1919.  He and his wife, Neva, took over the matching houses.  Travel between Los Angeles and San Diego North County by automobile was arduous in the 1920s.  The Twin Inns soon became a favorite stopping place for travelers, enhanced, perhaps, by Mr. Kentner’s willingness to prepare meals at all hours of the night for “victims” of the automobile technology of the ’20s. Prohibition drove many fun-seekers south, attracted to Baron Long’s newest venture, which he built south of the border, the Caliente Race Track and Gambling Spa in Tijuana.

The increased traffic made it necessary to enlarge the Twin Inns. The Rotunda Salon was added in 1922. In 1936 the lobby and front rooms were remodeled to provide more space. By 1950 the combination of increased business and local street widening projects had made parking a major problem. The old Wadsworth House was razed to provide parking in what is now the north lot. In February 1961, Art and D.D. Morgan, son-in-law Eddie Kentner, Sr., took over the management of the family restaurant. They were succeeded in November 1969, by Bonnie and Eddie Kentner, Jr. In April 1984 the Kentner family sold the historic Twin Inns building and all its land. The new owners changed the name from the Twin Inns to Neimans upon completion of an extensive restoration in 1985, which included a stage and live entertainment.

The new and present owner acquired Neimans in 2004. Another extensive renovation was completed in November with a decor uplift to Southern California tropical and beach influenced. The elegant old Victorian mansion is now called Ocean House, and is ready to offer a second hundred years of fine dining and service to San Diego’s North County.  There have always been rumors that the Twin Inns (Ocean House) was a haunted mansion with aits trap-door tower and secret room.  I think I will keep my window locked.

To see Carlsbad homes or other San Diego North County real estate, contact Gary Harmon, your Real Living Lifestyles Realtor.

• Make sure your escrow has been properly opened on you Carlsbad property.

Check that the escrow office has received your good faith deposit on your Carlsbad home.

Help you schedule a physical inspection on the Carlsbad real estate you are purchasing.

Help you review the Carlsbad home physical inspection and help you make up a repair request list.

If requested in the contract, make sure the pest control inspection is done on the Carlsbad house.

Review all documents with you and make sure that they have the proper signatures and initials.

Make sure the Carlsbad home seller provides you all disclosures necessary in a timely manner.

Review all disclosures with you before you sign.

Visit with your Carlsbad home mortgage lender to insure the loan is progressing.

Make sure you remove all contingencies in the timeframes of the contract.

Help solve any problems that may arrise during the escrow period on the Carlsbad houseby providing you with options as necessary.

Conduct a final walkthrough with you within the last five days of the escrow period to make sure all items requested, if any, under the physical inspection have been completed.

Make arrangements to get you the key upon closing.

Answer any questions or provide any other information that you may need.

Haven’t found the home you like, contact Gary Harmon for  “Your Best Move.”    Like to look at great San Diego homes,  see Current Real Estate Listings of San Diego Homes for Sale.