Marisol Malibu Showcase Home For $17 million, Estate of The Day

by Ann Brenoff (RSS feed)
Jan 21st 2011 at 1:01PM

Marisol Malibu is the largest major residential development project to rock Malibu in more than a decade. Tucked away near the end of Malibu's 27-mile stretch of coastline near the Ventura County line, the 80-acre development's main showcase home was just listed at $17 million. Also being sold are 16 additional ocean bluff home sites, starting at $4 million.

Malibu hasn't seen this level of pristine land since May Rindge locked up her gates and tried to block the railroad and county road from coming through her home. The Rindges bought the 13,300 acres of Rancho Malibu for $10 an acre in 1892 and while developer Richard Morris is certainly looking to fetch a little more, you can totally see what the Rindges saw way back when. It's just a breath-taking location, and as they say, nobody is manufacturing any more oceanfront land, are they?

Marisol Malibu features a 10,000-square-foot single-story main home. It has a 60-foot-wide great room with 14-foot tall ceilings, a fully equipped wet bar and two master bedroom suites both with oak ceilings and views of the surfers below. There are two other bedrooms with mountain views. The home has a state-of-the-art home theater, an open chef's kitchen, refrigerated wine cellar, gym and landscaped grounds with an infinity-edge lap pool and three patios. There is an outdoor dining pavilion and an ironwood deck on the 4,000 square foot bluff "beach." The home has a water wall of rock quarried from the site and set in a a fern and oak garden. The driveway is made of hand-hewn cobblestones of native rocks. There is parking for 10 cars. All the electronics are centrally controlled b a Creston smart system and 10 security cameras patrol the property.

Including the showcase property, Marisol has 13 oceanfront one-acre estate sites and three two-acre flat sites for estates to be built elevated above the oceanfront sites. There is also a 57-acre hillside retreat that overlooks the whole project and 10 miles of rugged coastline. The lots range from $4 million to $9 million.

Jack Pritchett of Pritchett-Rapf & Associates of Malibu, and Chris Cortazzo of Coldwell Banker Malibu, share the listing.

Gallery: Marisol Malibu

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bmcgees Jan 24th 2011 12:30PM

Beautiful home with beautiful views, would love to own it !!!

bluebeamerm3 Jan 24th 2011 12:34PM

Beautiful home for mature adults... just looking at the fire place warms me up. Its location is supurb, But I don't know about 17 mil from what I can see. But nice!

alegracancianni Jan 24th 2011 12:40PM

I could LIVE in that bathroom *gasp* it's glorious...

Matt Jan 24th 2011 12:41PM

Who cares about a peek inside? I'd rather pinch a loaf on the middle of the living room floor.

jamooreem Jan 24th 2011 12:43PM

The lines are crisp and defined but a great deal of wasted space and very cold, sterile. Not a warm home and not extremely inviting.

deadeye1974 Jan 24th 2011 12:59PM

WHY would ANYONE want a house that large????? Besides, It would cost more to maintain it than I make in a year or two,three, four!!!!!!

cyndi Jan 24th 2011 1:00PM

Its a Shame most of these houses look like offices, not homes! They are beautiful but so cold looking,not welcoming, or warm.
I would rather have a house that was warm and inviting!

nyratc Jan 24th 2011 1:03PM

This is an awesome home. I have owned many homes and built one also. It is very difficult to have everything you want, but I have to say they didn't miss a thing. Yes, it is a large home, but the way it is layed out it is very functional and very warm. Everyone involved in this project has done a wonderful job!!

Scott Jan 24th 2011 1:43PM

Thank you very much! For further info, check out the website at www.MariSolMalibu.com -Best, Scott

Pks29733steel Jan 24th 2011 1:19PM

17million, LOL!! Probably next year it will decrease in value. I agree with other posters... it's to 'stark' looking, it looks more like a office lobby than a home. You would think if they are selling high end homes they would be able to find a decent interior decorator to 'merchandise' thier models!!

YellowRose3218 Jan 24th 2011 1:11PM

The home is beautiful, the furniture is horrible.

hattie54 Jan 24th 2011 1:21PM

I've been inside a few mansions like this when my area has open houses thru the years.The biggest one we saw was 15,000 sq feet!!!!

nhbuddy4u2 Jan 24th 2011 1:54PM

Here are the wasteful excessess of the have's vs the havenot's. I have seen better estates for much less. Why pay millions for a home when so much is wrong in this world. Look at all the people who have had their homes stolen from them with greedy banks and mortgage companies, the corruption in this country that people complain about, but never address, the homelessness and unemployed in a country as rich as ours, where 99 per cent of the wealth is owned by 1 per cent! The masses of people are slaves to the elite and that is why you will never own such a place. The majority of those who can, usually are in bed with the corrupt, the unethical and those who have no morals and scrupples where money is their god and king. One day CA. will break off into the ocean and as beach front property goes, it is subject to storms, Sunamiis and beach erosion... so good luck to the sucker who buys it, because insurance will not cover any of that! Look at all the misfortunate people who have lost homes due to fire, floods, mudslides and unemployment. This country is in deep trouble and real estate is not coming back with no jobs and no industry, so 17 million is a bad investment and there are many such white elephant properties around this country that even the rich do not want as upkeep can be an easy 30 per cent of the purchase price per year.

SandhillsRider Jan 24th 2011 8:10PM

Everything in California is overpriced. If I had that kind of money I would have a cabin on a couple thousand acres of old growth forest and a tractor to plant food plots to feed my heard of whitetail deer. That would be "living the dream".

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