A Laguna Beach home that offered 24-hour crisis intervention, shelter and support for thousands of children, ages 12 to 17, is on the market for $3.995 million.
Built in 1941, the 1,906-square-foot cottage with sage-green clapboard siding, white trim and a portico sits on a corner lot. It has four bedrooms, four bathrooms and a finished basement.
Records show the seller is Waymakers, an Irvine-based nonprofit organization that operated its Laguna Beach Youth Shelter from the property since its founding in 1979. In August, after 46 years, Waymakers announced plans to relocate its Laguna Beach beds, staff and youth services to Tustin, where it has two existing sites.
“Our commitment to this community—and youth across Orange County—remains as strong as ever as we continue to provide shelter services in Tustin and Huntington Beach,” Carol Carlson, director of shelter programs, said in the release announcing the move.
The local nonprofit leaves behind a home whose abundance of windows floods the interior with natural light. Various flooring types, including wood, vinyl, carpet and tile, run throughout.
A corner fieldstone fireplace with a white mantle anchors the living room.
The galley-style kitchen opens to the dining area.
There is one bedroom on the main floor and three upstairs.
In the additional 960-square-foot basement, two rooms can double as bedrooms or offices.
Outside, the back patio features a basketball hoop with a painted shooter’s square and a gazebo.
The front yard features lawn.
A low hedge frames the property, which offers glimpses of the ocean.
The house is within easy walking distance to Main Beach and the downtown shops, restaurants and art galleries.
Amy Calvert and Tim Smith of Coldwell Banker Realty share the listing.
According to Waymakers, statewide funding reforms that now prioritize housing-linked behavioral health programs for adults prompted the decision to sell.
Youth shelters must now operate within a narrower funding landscape but operate it will.
“Our mission has always been about creating safe places for youth to find stability and hope,” Waymakers’ CEO Ronnetta Johnson said in the release, “and that will remain the same.”