While Malibu is known worldwide for its beautiful beaches and stunning coastal mansions, few outsiders realize that it’s also a quiet beachfront village where neighbors often walk to their favorite restaurants and markets. This little-known fact—and, of course, the unmatched ocean views—is what drew a Los Angeles family to a cave-like house on a beachfront lot in Malibu. The house needed a major gut-and-remodel, but the owners had enough real estate knowledge to know that they had just purchased a gem.