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House Choices

A Curated Showcase · Newport Beach
A Newport Beach waterfront estate at dusk

This is a selection, not a marketplace. From time to time we choose a small number of Newport-area properties of genuine note — the houses a member would want to know exist — and set them out here, each with the price and particulars exactly as its own listing publishes them, its own photograph as the listing shares it, and a link out to that listing.

We are not brokers, and no partnership is implied. Prices, status and figures are as published on October 29, 2026, and will move. When a choice sells, it retires — and another earns the place.

The Six Choices

87 Linda Isle — listing photograph
Listing photography via Compass
$69,998,000

87 Linda Isle

Linda Isle · Newport Beach
Bedrooms5
Baths8
Interior9,179 sq ft
Built2024
Frontage~104 ft of waterfront
DockPrivate dock — a yacht to ~130 ft, a second vessel to ~70 ft

Why it’s a choice — The highest asking price in Newport Beach on the read date — a brand-new build inside guard-gated Linda Isle with superyacht dockage. The city’s ceiling, and the natural first choice of the set.

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20 Harbor Island — listing photograph
Listing photography via Compass
$59,000,000

20 Harbor Island

Harbor Island · Newport Beach
Bedrooms6
Baths5
Interior3,600 sq ft
Builtc. 1937
LotsTwo lots — 20 and 21 Harbor Island
Frontage100 ft combined; private dock for several boats to 78 ft

Why it’s a choice — On the market for the first time in over 70 years, per the listing — a 1937 house whose price is the land: two irreplaceable view lots at the harbor’s turning basin. The historic entry of the set.

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1220 W Bay Ave — listing photograph
Listing photography via Tim Smith Real Estate Group
$57,500,000

1220 W Bay Ave

Balboa Peninsula · Newport Beach
Bedrooms6
Baths8
Interior12,749 sq ft
Built2023
DesignArchitect Paul McClean
Water~100 ft of channel frontage, private dock, two pools

Why it’s a choice — An architect Paul McClean design — the Peninsula’s modern-architecture statement at full bayfront scale.

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18 Sail Vista — listing photograph
Listing photography via Compass
$39,980,000

18 Sail Vista

Pelican Crest · Newport Coast
Bedrooms6
Baths8
Interior7,543 sq ft
Built1999
SettingWraparound lot at the end of a private cul-de-sac
ViewsOcean, Catalina and the harbor entrance; private pool

Why it’s a choice — The Newport Coast entry — a trophy Pelican Crest lot whose view runs from Catalina to the harbor entrance; guard-gated, above the golf course.

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4521 Orrington Rd — listing photograph
Listing photography via Compass
$26,995,000

4521 Orrington Rd

Cameo Shores · Corona del Mar
Bedrooms5
Baths7
Interior7,724 sq ft
DesignArchitect Craig Schultz
Status noteNew construction — anticipated completion Winter 2027, as published
Garage2,782 sq ft

Why it’s a choice — The set’s forward-looking entry — a house being sold on the strength of its architecture before it exists, in Cameo Shores above Corona del Mar village. The photographs on its listing are the design presentation — the house is not yet built.

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809 Via Lido Soud — listing photograph
Listing photography via the property’s listing site, 809 Via Lido
$20,500,000

809 Via Lido Soud

Lido Isle · Newport Beach
Bedrooms5
Baths5½
Interior4,305 sq ft
Built1984, comprehensively remodeled
LotExtra-deep 105 ft, where the island standard runs ~90
WaterPrivate sandy beach; new dock taking a yacht into the sixties

Why it’s a choice — South-facing Soud-side frontage on the open sailing channel, directly across from Newport Harbor Yacht Club — four levels of harbor panorama that current codes make effectively impossible to replicate.

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Prices, status and figures as published on October 29, 2026. A choice retires when it sells. The selection is the house’s own; no partnership is implied.

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