Home of the Week: Colonial on the Long Beach waterfront

A custom-built ship’s den with floor-to-ceiling wood and a 550-gallon saltwater aquarium along one wall sit at the heart of this renovated Colonial in the Naples area of Long Beach. The gated property has views of Alamitos Bay and 400 feet of waterfront.

Location: 11 N. Sea Isle Drive, Long Beach 90803

Asking price: $9.95 million

Year built: 1930

House size: Seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, 6,754 square feet

Lot size: 0.85-acre

Features: Pool house with kitchen and bathroom, swimming pool, 73-foot dock, 600-bottle climate-controlled wine cellar, additional 450-gallon family room aquarium

About the area: In the first half of the year, 62 single-family homes sold in the 90803 ZIP Code at a median price of $717,000, according to DataQuick. That was a 10.1% decrease from the median during the first half of 2010.

Listing agents: Debi Garcia-Benson, (562) 307-3432, Coldwell Banker Coastal Alliance, and Dave Stockton, (562) 889-2113, Re/Max North Orange County

To submit a candidate for Home of the Week, send high-resolution color photos on a CD, written permission from the photographer to publish the images and a description of the house to Lauren Beale, Business, Los Angeles Times, 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. Send questions to [email protected]. To see more photos of this and previously featured homes, go to latimes.com/realestate.