A Choppy Property With a Haunted Bedroom Is Transformed Into a Cliffside California Haven
Photo by Leslie Williamson
When the current owner bought her house in Stinson Beach, about an hour from San Francisco, she knew she was in for it. “There had been deferred maintenance all around,” she says. It had two kitchens, one in the main property and one in the adjoining apartment, and both clearly hadn’t been touched in decades.
A lower-level bedroom was illuminated by a pair of fluorescent lights best suited for a garage, making it seem like it was “clearly haunted,” the homeowner says. Burnt red siding was peeling from years of sun exposure, and plants were overgrown in dusty pockets of forgotten land. But she bought the place for its setting. There are only so many spots on the coast of California where you can still feel removed from it all. “It’s only 30 minutes from civilization, but the area still retains its friendly, rural personality,” the owner says.
