The Karans said the dunes blocked their ocean views and lowered their property's value.
Now for sale, the property is set on a promontory, with unparalleled city and ocean views.
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The 3-acre property has 371 feet of waterfront on the pond as well as ocean views.
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Ocean views don't mean much if you can't enforce a contract or fire incompetent employees.
Some Vermentino vineyards, like those of Abbatucci in Corsica, even have great ocean views.
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Spectacular and awe inspiring ocean views abound from every room in the home.
This Southern California city has all the Pacific Coast perks: coastal living, sparkling weather, temperate climate, ocean views and golden sandy beaches.
The newly constructed beachfront hotel has three sleek, glass-encased towers that deliver ocean views from each of the 27 floors.
Driving south, Table Mountain recedes in the rear-view mirror and congested streets give way to a cliff-hugging road and endless ocean views.
The problem: getting the projects financed, past regulators and past people eager to preserve pristine ocean views and worried about marine ecology.
The most common argument is that the dunes will obscure ocean views and reduce property values for which some homeowners want to be compensated.
It runs along the ocean, as most links do, but more so, with constant ocean views from holes set high amidst towering dunes.
Walking along a quiet stretch of white-sand beach, I've come to appreciate this remote retreat of old-school fishermen, miles of mangroves and spectacular ocean views.
Many of the homes at risk in Montecito, which has long been a hillside hideaway for the rich and famous, are multi-million dollar mansions with ocean views.
Mr. Headington combined three of the units to create the 8, 262-square-foot penthouse, which has a circular all-glass living area, ocean views and wine as well as Champagne tasting rooms.
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Disney's Dream and Fantasy ships have "virtual portholes" for windowless staterooms offering live views of the sea, and all of Quantum's interior cabins will also have "virtual balconies" consisting of LED screens with projected ocean views.
Beyond the pool and the ocean views, there is a bunker, a trauma hospital and something akin to Mad Max's version of an auto body shop, where specialized gear heads will fix "the ballistic glass on your armored vehicle, " as Mr. Stock puts it.
Resort pioneer James Baillie opened Southern Ocean Lodge four years ago offering dramatic but low impact on the environment architecture and equally dramatic views of the surrounding cliffs and waves crashing ashore. (Riding those waves while I was there assorted dolphins.) All rooms face those ocean views, which become almost mesmerizing in winter, with storms rolling in as you sit by the living room fireplace staring out.
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But since the early 20th century, a slew of previously untouched shipwrecks have been discovered, uncovering veritable underwater time capsules and breathtaking views of ocean-floor wreckage.
The tracks run south from Cape Town through the rugged Cape Peninsula, with fantastic views of the ocean and small trackside villages.
With a historic Dutch-built fort as its backdrop and views of the ocean it is frequently described as one of the most beautiful grounds in the world.
On a hot, blue-sky afternoon last month, the three were touring Mukul's spa, which occupies six buildings, some with sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean below.
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In a Trincomalee town hall with views of the glittering Indian Ocean, more than 80 families sleep on a concrete floor amid battered cardboard boxes of possessions.
The main house has 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, all with views that stretch to the Pacific Ocean.
Together the units boast eight bedrooms, 11 bathrooms and 360-degree views of Miami, the bay and the ocean.
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Most of National Road 5 runs along the white sand coastline, providing spectacular views of palm tree forests and the Indian Ocean.
The Sunset Water Villa is named appropriately it sits at the end of a strip of villas with unobstructed views of the sun as it sinks over the ocean.
The most expensive ZIP codes are, for the most part, the kinds of places you would expect them to be--at the ocean's edge, in lush valleys, on hillsides with magnificent views.
In the evenings, chamois (a goat-antelope species native to mountains in Europe) click across the surrounding rocks, and if the weather is clear you get the most unusual of mountain views, peering down onto ships far below on the Atlantic Ocean.
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