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The iconic Laguna Beach “rock house” has plenty of unique features, but no revolving door.

If it did, it would have been spinning around with buyers and sellers lately.

The unconventional home just sold for $7.2 million, from a $7.995 million asking price when it was listed in August. It previously sold for $6.5 million just a year ago, on Nov. 4, 2016.

That’s quite a turnaround compared with its listing history. Before 2016, the home spent several years on and off the market. A $15 million price tag in 2014 was chopped to $9.99 million in 2015 and then dropped to $8.5 million before the November 2016 sale.

The 3,000-square-foot, steel-and-glass “rock house” was built into a boulder on the sand. It was designed a couple of decades ago by Orange County architect Brion Jeannette. The home made international headlines.

This time around, the listing agents were Leo Goldschwartz and Scott Lytle of McMonigle Group Corp. (Goldschwartz is an agent on the show “Real Estate Wars” on Bravo TV, so the unusual home could get a cameo if there’s a season 2.) The buyer’s agent was John Stanaland of HOM Sotheby’s International Realty.

The seller was an investor from Oklahoma. No word yet on who the new buyer is.

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EXCERPT: “A newly built, 13,891-square-foot home in Pelican Crest has sold for $21 million, touted as a record sale for Newport Coast’s Pelican communities.

The ocean-view house, occupant-certified in January, was a collaboration of architect Richard Krantz, interior designer Errol de Jager of DeJager design, and Pelican Developers, according to the off-market listing.

Set on a cul de sac in the guard-gated enclave, the three-level house at 29 Avalon Vista has six en-suite bedrooms and 10 bathrooms.

The home is also tucked behind its own set of gates.

Amenties include a commercial-grade elevator, formal, two-story library and a separate office with a fireplace. The daylighted lower level has exercise areas and a game lounge, as well as a home theater and expansive wine cellar. Outdoors are an additional 4,000 square feet of loggia spaces and a heated swimming pool. The property includes staff quarters and a 3,000-square-foot, finished garage.

John McMonigle of The McMonigle Group was the listing agent; Alan Chen of IRN Realty represented the buyer.

McMonigle said the private sale has set a record in the Pelican neighborhoods, which include Pelican Crest, Pelican Hill and Pelican Ridge.” Read the whole article here.