Location, Location, Location: Bandon, Oregon
January 1, 2003
Bandon-by-the-sea is on the verge of serious celebrity. It shares similar topographical and aesthetic elements with two other charming seaside villages, La Jolla and Carmel, which today have more million-dollar homes than Périgord has truffles. But Bandon is becoming a major player as the only coastal village in southern Oregon with million-dollar-plus properties that have large lots, private beach access, unimpeded ocean views and privacy. ; function voidFunc() { } voidFunc(); "The Lodge where top golfers stay.")
Bandon’s dazzling coastal scenery and its luxury homes have been a secret for a simple reason—its location. Most people completely miss the Bandon coast when they drive the main highway, US 101, because it nudges the buildings adjacent to the harbor but then races inland to the north and east, steering away from the Bandon Beach Loop road to the west and south. (Click image to enlarge)
For those who have driven through the village and find—either by accident or design—the Beach Loop road, rewards abound: rugged cliffs, sand dunes, wide beaches punctuated by rock pinnacles called sea stacks. The village is still home to artists, dairy and cranberry farmers, and cheese makers—the Bandon Cheese Factory is a functional, locally famous landmark.
CEOs from Portland, Seattle, San Francisco and the San Diego area have found elegant, secluded second and vacation beachfront homes. They are discovering Bandon in part because they can still buy ocean-view property at a reasonable price and in part because of its proximity to the Bandon Dunes golf club (voted one of the Best Golf Courses in Robb Report’s Best of the Best, June 2002).; function voidFunc() { } voidFunc(); "Bandon Dunes")
Five miles north of Bandon-by-the-Sea, Bandon Dunes (888.345.6008, www.bandondunesgolf.com) and Pacific Dunes have been instrumental in bringing to the area world-class golfers, who sing the praises of playing on a true Scottish-style course (treeless, windswept, no golf carts allowed). Golfweek recently named Pacific Dunes the number 2 course in America, and Bandon Dunes number 4. Golf Digest named Bandon Dunes the number 5 golf resort in the country. Because of Bandon Dunes, many golfers have come to play the course, stay at the Lodge and become acquainted, then enchanted, with Bandon. (Click image to enlarge)
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