Surfrider Hotel Founders' $6.6M Santa Monica Home
The architects who transformed a weathered Malibu surf motel, once a haunt for Neil Young and The Doors, into the celebrated Surfrider Hotel are now listing their personal residence. Casa Princeton is a 1936 Spanish-style home in Santa Monica, fully gated and hedged, restored by Matthew and Emma Goodwin with the same exacting, unhurried sensibility they brought to their hospitality work. The 2,340-square-foot main house sits on a 7,868-square-foot lot and features three bedrooms, three bathrooms, plaster walls finished by hand, cast bronze hardware, original oak floors, coved ceilings, and an original Spanish fireplace. A chef's kitchen is anchored by an AGA Elise range alongside Miele and Thermador appliances and Italian marble sinks, while the primary suite opens via French doors to a terracotta terrace and heated saltwater pool. A separate guesthouse, La Casa de la Piscina, channels Andalusian farmhouse character with terracotta floors and rough-hewn timber beams, and award-winning landscape architect P. Keningale shaped the grounds around olive trees, bougainvillea, and Madagascan jasmine. It's the kind of house that takes years to create.
