The back of the house at dusk, with the hot tub, deck and lawn

Encinitas, California

Our family’s beach house
in Leucadia.

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Two blocks to Stonesteps Beach. Three bedrooms, a hot tub, and e-bikes in the shed.

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You had me at
Vitamin Sea.

Our beach house sits two blocks from Stonesteps, in the quieter Leucadia end of Encinitas. Stonesteps is a four-minute walk. Moonlight is twelve. Pannikin and downtown are both on foot.

It’s set up so you can travel light. E-bikes, a hot tub, fire table, espresso machine, outdoor shower, and Sonos throughout. We keep beach gear, baby and kid gear, robes, and a pantry that’s mostly organic, so you don’t have to pack any of it.

3

Bedrooms

3.5

Bathrooms

7

Guests

2,074

Square Feet

The great room, looking across the sofa to the kitchen island

The whole back wall opens.

The great room opens through an 18′ La Cantina door onto the back deck, so the inside and the outside become one room. The kitchen is set up for cooking with a crew, the table seats eight, and the fire table and grill are where everyone ends up around six.

Rinse off the sand in the outdoor shower, take the RAD e-bikes for a spin around Leucadia, and come home to the hot tub when the evening turns cool.

Explore the House

What’s already here.

The hot tub set into the back deck

Hot Tub

Seats six to seven, set in the back deck.

Two RAD e-bikes parked by the side gate

E-Bikes

Two RAD e-bikes in the shed out back, helmets included.

The gas fire table on the back deck

Fire Table

Gas fire pit on the back deck, with outdoor TV.

The coffee bar with espresso, drip and pour-over

Coffee Bar

Espresso, drip, and pour-over. Organic regular and decaf beans.

The crib set up in the bedroom

Baby + Kid Gear

Crib, BOB stroller, high chair, baby gates, toys.

Beach Kit

Wagon, chairs, shade tent, boards, sand toys, life jackets.

The house iPad showing the digital guidebook

Smart Home

Sonos audio, iPad controls, smart lock.

The spice drawer, stocked and labeled

Stocked Pantry

Oils, spices, coffee, tea, and the basics.

Everything was so thoughtfully curated — impeccable taste and design. It felt like a 5-star resort from the linens to the toiletries. We walked to the beach every day and used all of the gear at the house. We didn’t need a thing.
Kelli, August 2023

Leucadia, on foot.

Coffee, surf, and dinner are all within a short walk. The bigger California adventures are an easy drive away.

Stonesteps Beach

Stonesteps Beach

0.2 mi · 4 min walk

Pannikin Coffee

Pannikin Coffee

0.1 mi · 2 min walk

Moonlight Beach

Moonlight Beach

0.6 mi · 12 min walk

Amber, the host, at the beach house

Hi! I’m Amber.

This is our family’s beach house. We spent years planning the remodel as our own home, took it down to the studs in 2022, and I picked out pretty much everything that went back into it.

Then Covid hit, and we finally chased a long-time dream of a small farm with room for homeschooling and working from home. We live on a five-acre homestead now, not far from here, which is how this ended up being a house we share instead of one we live in.

Because we built it for ourselves, you can show up with a carry-on and still have what you need. There’s a crib and a BOB stroller, beach chairs and a shade tent, and a pantry with the oils and spices already in it.

I’m around before and during your stay. Text me anytime.

Amber

The hot tub and lounge chairs on the back deck

Come stay.

Stonesteps Beach, four minutes on foot. Cardiff tidepools, ten by car.

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