Hermosa Strand home sets record, sells for $12.6 million
Cyclists pedal past the glassy front of a record home. Photo A glass-fronted, four-level house on the Hermosa Strand, complete with an indoor waterfall and a rooftop swimming pool and putting green, has sold for $12.6 million, setting a new record for the highest home sale in the history of the beach cities, according to the Multiple Listing Service real estate database. Real estate broker Raju Chhabria was out of the country, but confirmed in a brief email that the all-cash sale was finalized after a five-day escrow. The buyers’ agent, Tad Thormodsgaard of Palm Realty Boutique in Manhattan Beach, said his clients wish to remain anonymous. He said through a publicist that the house was purchased as a primary residence. The sale of the home, which sprawls across a wide lot on the 2800 block of The Strand, beats out a record set just a couple months ago when a Strand house in Manhattan Beach sold for $10.9 million. Before that, the record was $10.7 million for a Strand home that sold in 2007. The new record home, designed by architect Louie Tomaro and built last year by Don Doukoullos, features three fireplaces, a large balcony, an elevator, a dance floor, a wine cellar, and a…
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