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Newport beach house11/5/2022 ![]() Update: In 2015, a fan ( Marco) tipped me to this new real estate listing. The Live Local aerial maps, and they give a good view Is reportedly located in a gated community, the owners shouldn't have to To find that one location was driving me crazy. ![]() With a little more web-surfing, I found this other old realĮstate listing on the web, which gave the exact address (as 6205 Oceanīreeze Malibu, CA 90265). Verdes, the Malibu images are blurry and god-awful. The house using Google's aerial maps, but their aerial photos of the MalibuĪrea were of no use - compared to their similar aerial photos of Palos But that was as far as I could take it for a long while. And judging from the house numbers shown in Episodeġ (see the photo to the right), I knew the house number was probablyĦ201 or 6205 - most likely the latter (although that sign might have beenĮstablish that it was in Malibu by finding an old realĮstate listing on the web from when the real home was sold (back in The DVD commentary on the pilot episode that it was a real home, inĪ real cul-de-sac. How the heck did you figure out where it was? Of the final episode of the show ("The End Isn't Near, It's Here"),Īs the Cohen family took one last look at their earthquake-damaged home. Producers did return to the actual house in Malibu to film part To give the illusion that those sets are inside a Newport Beach mansion. (at the start of the show back in 2003), and that old footage is just recycled The house in Malibu was only photographed a few times Well-crafted ones, admittedly, and based on the actual properties,īut sets nonetheless. The interiors of the various rooms in the homes. House / ocean backdrop scene that you see each week, as well as Including the entire 'infinity pool' / pool House, reproducing key parts of the Malibu homes (such as the doorway), Those giant sound stages, the producers have built the "real" Cohen So they could use them later in different scenes without looking too repetitive.Ĭohen house scenes, the ones with Seth and Ryan and Sandy and Kirsten,Īren't shot in Malibu OR in Newport Beach. Multiple scenes of the house with different types of cars coming and going, The director commentary on the DVD, when they first started, they shot You see throughout the show - a place they shot once at the start and then It's more like those aerial establishing shots Except for the first two episodes, they didn't bring the cast there The house isn't an authentic filming location in the real sense of the (where it meets Sea View Drive) - so you'd be wasting your time trying Is a gate at the base of Ocean View Drive One of Malibu’s prestigious gated enclaves"), and sure enough, there ![]() Tells us that the home is located inside a gated community (".in Or do anything else that might disturb the residents.]Įven trying to go there to take a quick look at the house. Do not trespass on their property, knock on their door, And then, of course, both the pool and kitchenĪnd the Cohen's front door area were duplicated into sets inside Have to go several houses down to 6210 Ocean Breeze, where the producers This home, at 6205 Oceanīreeze, was only used for the exterior scenes of the front of the Under construction when this photo was taken.)Ĭohen house as we know it is a hybrid of sorts. Map link from Live Local (the Cohen house was apparently still Northwest of Malibu's Point Dume, a good 80 miles away from those CrystalĬove homes shown at the start of every episode.Įleven miles west another well-known OC location, Caleb Ocean Breeze Drive, in Malibu, CA, That's in the hills just Home - but not in Pelican Hill or Crystal Cove. Marissa first slept with Ryan in his pool Marissa, Summer, Luke, Julie, Jimmy, Caleb, Theresa, Lindsay and Trey haveįrequently visited (or stayed). It's where Seth, Ryan, Sandy and Kirsten live, and where characters like Homes in that development, even though they don't really film there.įirst episode of "The O.C.", and almost every episode thereafter. Right next to Marissaįrequent establishing (aerial) shots of those red-tiled Filming Locations: The Cohen HouseĬove / Pelican Hill area of lower Newport Beach. ![]()
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