21500 Carbon Mesa Road

Above the highway on Carbon Mesa, where the ocean is the whole southern wall.

Carbon Mesa is the shelf of land above Carbon Beach — close enough to walk down to the sand, high enough that the highway is a sound you stop hearing after a week.

The house was built in 2014 on an acre and a half and sits sideways on the lot so that every principal room faces water. Five bedrooms, a detached studio, and a pool set at the edge of the pad with nothing between it and the horizon.

Fire-hardened exterior, a 500-gallon reserve tank and a generator that carries the whole house. In Malibu these are not upgrades; they are the difference between insurable and not.

Features

• Acre and a half above Carbon Beach
• Every room faces the ocean
• Detached studio
• Edge-set pool and spa
• Whole-house generator
• Water reserve tank
• Fire-hardened exterior
• Six-car gated motor court
• Walk to Carbon Beach
• Built 2014

The neighborhood

Carbon Mesa Road climbs off the highway just east of the pier — Nobu below, Carbon Beach access at the bottom of the hill, and twenty minutes into Santa Monica when the traffic behaves.

Square footage and lot size are taken from public record and the owner's plans. Buyers should verify all figures independently.