A Laguna Beach mansion built on an oceanfront lot that once served as a refuge for the real-life family behind “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” has relisted at $42.5 million.
In April 2022, it sought $40 million.
The price increase follows changes to the five-bedroom, 8,718-square-foot residence with eight bathrooms. According to The Atlman Brothers at Douglas Elliman Realty, more than $1.3 million in improvements went into the property.
Listing agents Josh and Matt Altman in an Instagram story likened the bright white stucco house on this three-quarter-acre lot to the cliffside dwellings on the Greek island of Santorini.
Glass walls and windows bathe the largely white interior in natural light, offering unobstructed ocean views from almost every room.
The house opens on an open-concept floor plan. A fireplace warms the living area of the great room. The eat-in gourmet kitchen boasts a center island and a breakfast area that leads to an oceanfront patio, complete with a built-in barbecue and pizza oven.
Up the spiral staircase lies the primary suite with fireplaces in the bedroom and bathroom, which includes a walk-in shower and separate tub.
There’s a movie theater, wine cellar, wet bar and game room.
The house backs up to a waterfall pool, hot tub and stream. And the landscaping has been revamped to feature mostly succulents for a Mediterranean style.
A private staircase descends to Victoria Beach.
Homeowner Tony Ciabattoni, who spoke to Southern California News Group in 2022 when the property was first listed, said it was here where Ozzie Nelson wrote “Ozzie and Harriet” scripts and Ricky and David Nelson passed the time playing beach volleyball.
The Nelson family mostly enjoyed on the weekends what was then a three-bedroom, single-story cottage built in the mid-1950s. After Ozzie Nelson died in 1975 at 69, Harriet Nelson permanently relocated to the beach house. She died there in 1994 at 85.
David Nelson and the adult children of his late brother, the former teen idol Ricky Nelson — who died in a plane crash at 45 in 1985 — sold the property to Ciabattoni and his wife, Jane, in 1997 for $1.85 million.
The couple razed the original cottage and replaced it with the Mediterranean estate designed by architect Brion Jeannette and completed in 1999.