[Pelham]

This is the Bui/Bender house that survived the 1993 Laguna Beach firestorm when every other house in the neighborhood burned to the ground:

How and why it survived can be found in this article:

https://www.finehomebuilding.com/1995/06/01/fire-resistant-details

[rktman]

I remember that. Guess other folks just didn’t want to spend that extra money.

[Tailback]

Interesting read, thanks for the link. My Aunt lives in Laguna Beach.

[Gasshog]

Cool pic, that is impressive. Beautiful home too, though I’d hate to have to clean it.

[I-ambush]

There goes the neighborhood.

[Big Red Badger]

For Later ,Thanks.

[RightField]

I wonder if, under the Law of Unintended Consequences, that homeowner has suffered any financial problems because he now owns the oldest house in the neighborhood. The reconstructed houses around him would have to conform to newer building codes, making his house less desirable on the market and possibly subject to increased insurance costs.

I say this as a former California resident all too familiar with the liberal lunacy out there. Got out in 2005 and have no intention of ever returning.

[Rebelbase]

I have never seen a more fitting illustration of the phrase, “There goes the neighborhood”.

[Verbosus]

That was interesting.
It seems like other high-dollar homes would be built that way.