for island in the Bay

An island offering a secluded beach, promises of great fishing and stunning views of the San Francisco skyline is up for sale — and at a discounted price.

Red Rock Island, a 6-acre mass of rock tucked away in a northern part of San Francisco Bay, is now being offered for just under $5 million, Realtor Steven Higbee said. The property earlier this year was listed for $22 million.

The undeveloped island has been on and off the market for years. Higbee said he advised the owner that the best way to move it was by “whittling away at the price.”

Accessible only by boat or helicopter, and with no crowds of tourists swarming about like the better-known Alcatraz Island, the island offers a very secluded getaway. “You could go out there and have wild parties or retreat away from the wild parties,” Higbee said.

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The six-acre Red Rock Island, near the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, is the only privately-owned island in San Francisco Bay.  It had been listed at twenty-two-million. 

Realtor Steven Higbee says he knows what he would do with the island if it were his.
  
“Oh, I’d definitely have a house, a small harbor,” said Higbee. “There’s enough rock — I mean, the island is basically solid rock, so if you want to create a flatter area, you could build, you know a breakwater and stuff so you have your own small boat harbor there.”

The only person who ever lived on Red Rock Island built a home in the 1850s.

Article source: http://www.kqed.org/news/story/2012/07/09/101128/price_reduced_on_sf_bays_red_rock_island?category=bay+area