Point Dume Bluffs

So this is an excerpt from Areté Estate's agent Katie Bentzen's book "Buy the Beach," which details a lot about Malibu real estate and areas.  This week we will be focusing on the Pointe Dume Bluffs:
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Point Dume Bluffs dramatically juts into Pacific.  Within this beachfront section there is Pointe Dume and Little Dume.  I'll explain the features of both in the paragraphs that follow.  Many homes on Pointe Dume Bluffs have direct access to the beach through private or shared entrances.  In addition, Cliffside, Grayfox, Zumirez, and Birdview Drives dead end at private gated paths that lead to the beaches below.  Birdview is one of the main streets that runs along the bluff.  Throughout Point Dume, residents treasure their beaches and maintain the beauty of the pathways themselves.  Several years ago, along some streets on the Pointe, the beach rights were sold to the state; the beach below is now a public beach and is called Westward Beach.  The parcels of land can be an acre or more, and many of the larger homes have pools, tennis courts, and beautiful gardens.  Properties here are usually gated.  There are no sidewalks, so you'll often see residents taking their dogs for walks along the roads, riding horses and bikes, and enjoying magnificent sunsets.

The most striking feature of Big Dume is the whale watching point.  The military flattened the top of this hill years ago, and today it's an ideal place to catch views of the California Coast.

Little Dume has many cul-de-sac streets.  At the end of the streets are private beaches.  Many of the homes were built in the 1960's.  Therefore you may still see ranch-style homes, which were popular to build at the time.  Today, some of those homes still exist, but many have been torn down and rebuilt.  It is rare to find a vacant parcel of land here, but a few are still available.
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Areas of Malibu!

An area in Malibu that is good to know about is Point Dume.

Point Dume is an area in Malibu populated by, surprisingly enough, trailer homes.  But it’s not like a normal mobile home park. The mobile homes look like ranch properties and are affordable ways to live in the famous Malibu area.  The almost 300 homes on 99 acres located here are guarded by a gate located on Heathercliff Rd.  The Point Dume Club maintains ties to Malibu royalty, as it is still owned and operated by the Miller family-who are related to Frederick Rindge.  Most of the homes in the area provide views of Zuma beach and the ocean.

Photo Friday!

Photo Friday: Map of Malibu

For this week's photo Friday, I present to you a map of Malibu and its surrounding areas!  I know we have GPS now, but I'm still of the school of thought that believes that it is good to study a map of an area and get to know it.

Malibu History

A little bit of Malibu history for your Thursday..!

Originally settled by the Chumash Indians, Malibu was called “Humaliwo,” which translates to “where the surf sounds loudly.”  The modern day name Malibu derives from this, with the “hu” prefix no longer being pronounced.  From the late 19^th century until 1938, Malibu was owned by a wealthy family, the Rindges. Frederick Rindge originally bought the property at a now laughable $10 an acre.  Malibu is one of the most affluent places in the world, but it is also prone to natural disaster such as fire and earthquakes. There are many residential areas in Malibu, all with their own distinctive names and histories, along with many beaches in varying degrees of “trendiness” or “exclusivity.” Every week starting this week we will be showcasing a different area in Malibu on Thursdays, starting with the Los Angeles County Line next week.

Sources:

1. Humaliwo: An Ethnographic Overview of the Chumash in Malibu. http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=24435.

2. MALIBU HISTORY: THE RINDGE FAMILY. http://www.malibucomplete.com/mc_history_rindge.php.