Welcome to the Cape winelands … in celebrity-strewn California suburb
A Cape Dutch house‚ rolling mountain views‚ top-drawer neighbours … it could so easily be the Cape winelands. But this 85-year-old home is in California's exclusive Santa Barbara county‚ neighbours include Oprah Winfrey‚ Julia Louis-Dreyfuss‚ Rob Lowe and Jeff Bridges - and the price tag is an eye-watering R265-million.The three-acre estate has been put on the market by "Legally Blonde” author Amanda Brown and her husband Justin Chang‚ who runs Los Angeles property firm Colony Capital. Designed by architect Ambrose Cramer and built in 1931‚ the house has a backdrop of the Santa Ynez Mountains and panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean.Elaborately rounded gables‚ sets of shuttered sash windows and a whitewashed facade are characteristic of the style popularised in the Western Cape during the early 17th century.Within more than 1 000 sq m of indoor space are a media/game room‚ six bedrooms and nine bathrooms. Curved and beamed cathedral ceilings lend a light and airy feel to the kitchen and adjoining breakfast room.Outdoors‚ manicured grounds are filled with lawns‚ formal landscaping and a large reflecting pool. – TMG Digital ..
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