1824 Oak Ave, Carlsbad, CA 92008

Carlsbad's Castle: This custom home designed and built by an architect for his own family boasts 4000 square feet of combined living space, English Castle architecture, and panoramic views. Romantic details make this a storybook place to live. A gated bridge leads to the cobblestone front porch. Inside, the custom details abound. Floor to ceiling windows in the entry, dining room, and living room frame beautiful views and invite the outside in. A wood burning fireplace warms the large living room and a new HVAC system was added in 2018. French doors lead to private balconies off the living room and the family room. The kitchen is built into a large turret and is topped with a high ceiling and crystal chandelier. The dining room, with views of the surrounding neighborhood and the extensive private grounds of the castle with its full size basketball court, also features a turreted ceiling with a chandelier to accent it. The entire main floor is a perfect gray hardwood to emphasize the castle architecture. A curving staircase to the children's wing is topped by a spectacular three story ceiling and an enormous chandelier. The banister on this staircase is a slide to the bottom floor. There are four bedrooms, two marble bathrooms, an office with built in bookcases, and a large laundry room on the bottom floor. From the main floor, a private staircase leads upstairs to the romantic master suite that includes an enormous skylight, a fireplace, a sitting room with floor to ceiling windows looking to a distant ocean view and a built in bookcase. The dressing room with makeup mirrors and large cosmetic cabinets, a walk in closet, a sauna, an oversize shower and separate tub, and a turret ceiling with a crystal chandelier complete this floor. A door leads to a large master balcony with a spiral staircase that leads up to still another balcony with an ocean view. There is also a huge basement on the bottom floor for storage or play, a large covered porch with views of the grounds, and a courtyard leading to the detached guest house/apartment with a kitchen with stainless appliances, travertine floors and counters, a travertine bath, sitting room, and oversize bedroom. There is extensive stone trim accenting the doorways and covering the exterior of the bottom floor of this castle. The huge yard features a basketball court, numerous fruit trees, a small forest, a courtyard with a fountain, and abundant flowers. The details in the design and execution of this dream castle are examples of creative genius at work and are the reasons this house was featured in a builder's magazine.