20 Harbor Island
Presenting 20 Harbor Island
A landmark Newport Beach Harbor Island home situated on two of the harbor's most extraordinary view lots, available for sale for the first time in over 70 years. Favored for its timeless classic style, impressive private dockage, magnificent stately grounds, and beautifully manicured specimen trees, this gracious residence, built circa 1937, presides over Newport Harbor's central turning basin and anchorage — the hub of the harbor's yachting activity. The offering comprises two independent lots (numbers 20 and 21), each fifty feet wide; their combined one hundred feet of frontage, found on the most desirable island in Newport Harbor, represents the last opportunity of its kind. Surrounded by Southern California's most impressive waterside residences, the property can be restored, expanded, or wholly reimagined to build the waterfront home of your dreams. The existing private dock can accommodate several boats to 78 feet, and reconfiguration could allow for a yacht to 100 feet. Six bedrooms and five baths across approximately 3,600 square feet sit on a 17,726 square foot site with a two-car garage. Lot 21 can be purchased separately for $29,500,000.
Two Lots, 100 Feet of Frontage
Lots 20 and 21, each fifty feet wide, combine for one hundred feet of bayfront on the most private guard-gated island in Newport Harbor — offered together for the first time in more than 70 years.
Front Row on the Turning Basin
The circa-1937 residence presides over the harbor's central turning basin and anchorage, the hub of Newport's yachting activity, with 17,726 square feet of stately, specimen-planted grounds.
Private Dockage to 100 Feet
The existing private dock accommodates several boats to 78 feet, and reconfiguration could allow for a yacht to 100 feet — a rare deep-water asset even among Newport's finest waterfronts.
Inside the Residence
How We Position This Home to the Market
Land Value First, House Second
At this level buyers are acquiring frontage, orientation, and dock rights. The campaign leads with the two-lot assemblage and the turning-basin view; the 1937 residence is presented as an option, not a constraint.
Restore, Expand, or Reimagine
We present three clear paths — sensitive restoration of a landmark, expansion across both parcels, or a wholly new estate — so each buyer can immediately see their own outcome instead of doing that work themselves.
Flexible Structure: 20 and 21
Lot 21 can be purchased separately at $29,500,000. Marketing both the assemblage and the single-lot path widens the qualified buyer pool without discounting the whole.
Seventy Years of Provenance
First availability in over seven decades is the headline. Scarcity, tenure, and address are the pricing argument, and they support a disciplined, unhurried negotiation.
Harbor Island & Newport Beach
Harbor Island
A guard-gated private island of roughly three dozen estates, the most exclusive address in Newport Harbor.
Newport Harbor
The turning basin, anchorage, and year-round yachting and regatta activity sit directly off the seawall.
Balboa & Fashion Island
Minutes to Balboa Island's ferry and shops, Fashion Island, Newport Center, and the Balboa Bay Club.
Newport-Mesa Schools
Served by Newport-Mesa Unified, with the region's leading private and preparatory schools nearby.
Who We Reach for This Property
Trophy Waterfront Buyers
Ultra-high-net-worth purchasers acquiring a legacy Newport Harbor address rather than a floor plan.
Yacht Owners
Owners of large vessels who require deep-water dockage and direct turning-basin access.
Estate Developers
Builders and design-driven buyers assembling a rare 100-foot bayfront canvas for a new custom estate.
National & International Capital
Coastal California collectors from the Bay Area, New York, and abroad seeking irreplaceable waterfront.
A Strategy Built for 20 Harbor Island
Professional Photography & Media
Architectural photography, twilight exteriors, aerial drone coverage, and a guided video walkthrough shot specifically for how buyers shop Newport Beach today.
Digital Pre-Launch
A private, shareable presentation page like this one goes out to my buyer database and to the agents most active in the neighborhood before the listing hits the open market.
First Team & Portal Syndication
Featured placement on FirstTeam.com plus full syndication to Zillow, Realtor.com, Redfin, Homes.com, and CRMLS with paid placement against high-intent local searches.
Targeted Buyer Outreach
Aerial and on-water cinematography of the dock and turning basin, a private off-market brief to luxury and yacht-brokerage networks, targeted outreach to the agents who transact Harbor Island and Bayshores, and confidential placement with national and international ultra-luxury buyer channels.
Gregg Perrah
Gregg Perrah is a Southern California REALTOR® with First Team Real Estate, serving Newport Beach and the Orange County coast and the surrounding coastal and inland communities. Gregg pairs hyper-local market knowledge with concierge-level marketing and a philosophy he has built his career on — People Before Things.
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