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Waikoloa Beach Resort Residence, Estate of the Day

Today's home is another Hawaii estate being sold through Concierge Auctions. This home is a custom Hawaiian Island residence with 150 feet of secluded beach front in the exclusive Waikoloa Beach Resort at 69-1065 Kolea Kai Circle. The sale will take place on March 21. The home was originally listed for $11.5 million but there is no minimum bid required. The sale is being conducted in cooperation with listing agent Daryl Flem, RB of Century 21 All Islands.

The home sits on a 34,000-square-foot ocean front lot and the estate grants gated access to 150 feet of secluded Pacific Ocean beach front. The home itself offers 5,759 square feet under roof with many rooms combining the best of indoor and outdoor life. There are four bedrooms and four full and one half bathrooms. Outside a covered lanai, poolside cabana, extensive landscape lighting and tiki torches deliver the best that life in Hawaii has to offer.

Nearby amenities of the 1,350-acre Waikoloa Beach Resort include a Robert Trent Jones Jr. golf course and a links-style course designed by Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish, preserved cultural sites, world-class hotels such as the Hilton Waikoloa Village and the Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort and Spa, and the famed Kings Shops and Queens Marketplace.

The property is available daily for preview between 1 and 4 p.m. For more information visit www.HawaiiLuxuryAuction.com or call 800-211-1785.

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Verde Pacifica, Kapalua, Estate of the Day

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Today's home is a little slice of heaven in the quiet closed gate community of Pineapple Hill Estates, Kapalua Maui Hawaii. The three-bedroom home offers approximately 6,000 square feet of indoor/outdoor space. The swimming pool and spa look over the Bay Course of Kapalua out to the ocean and the islands of Molokai and Lanai. The home has sunset views as well as views of the North Channel between Maui and Molokai and Kapalua's famous towering Cook Pine trees. This home is built around a central open air atrium that all the rooms surround it. The great room area includes a gourmet kitchen, media area, bar area and a dining/living area. Pocket doors open up the entire house to the outside for a true indoor/outdoor feel. The home is being sold furnished with items from Roche Bobois, Ralph Lauren, Maitland Smith, Baltica solid bronze hardware and imports from Santorini/Mykonos, Turkey, and Spain.

The Ritz Carlton Kapalua is located nearby and the Kapalua Spa is also available to Pineapple Hill Estates owners. That facility includes a fitness center, spa treatments, steam and sauna, swimming pool and restaurant/bar. The closed gate community of Pineapple Hill also has its own private swimming pool, club house and tennis courts available to all home owners.

Previously listed for $8.1 million this home has been dropped to $4.695 million for a quick sale.

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Daniel Kae Kim Lists His Hawaii Home

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Is Daniel Dae Kim leaving Hawaii? Recent reports show that the actor, who stars on "Hawaii Five-O" and was also on "Lost," recently sold his share of the Honolulu franchise of the burger restaurant The Counter and has also put his Honolulu home on the market. The Real Estalker reports that Kim and his wife Mia bought the home six months ago for $2,211,250.

The home was built in 1948 and is a single-story residence near the beach in the upscale and quiet Honolulu neighborhood of Kahala. The property includes a landscaped yard and deep pool. The listing says that the home is partially renovated and that architect Peter Vincent designed the renovation improvements. It's not clear if the Kims ever lived in the five-bedroom home. The home has some nice features including a long skylight that runs the length of the dining room and a shaded and vine-covered lanai. This home is listed at $2.430 million.

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Concierge Auctions Estates Sale 2010 Results Wrap-Up

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We've covered a lot of Concierge Auctions homes as estate of the day properties. How did they fare? After ace real estate commenter "Spectacular Bid" let me know that the final price for Topridge, a property once listed for $9.8 million, was just $2.25 million, I was inspired to head to the Concierge Auctions website to see what I could find out about other homes we looked at. Not all of the final sale prices are listed but enough are to give a look at what real estate auctions mean for luxury home sales.

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Wyndham Opens New Hawaii Hotel

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Wyndham Hotels and Resorts has completed the first phase of its 322-unit Koloa Landing at Poipu Beach Wyndham Grand Resort, the brand's first new build project in Hawaii. The property on Poipu Beach on the south shore of Kauai, is the first property in Hawaii to fly the Wyndham Grand flag.

Phase one opens up 85 villas, pools, the fitness center and more. Construction started in 2008 and the project will include one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom luxury residences. The second phase of construction is expected to begin in May 2011.

Koloa Landing at Poipu Beach Wyndham Grand Resort is a master-planned community with shoreline access to local beaches. Once it is finished the resort will have a central pool with water slide, sand bottom area, cascading waterfalls and swim-through grotto, lagoon-style pools, several hot tubs, fitness center, day spa, poolside bar and grill, covered parking and semiprivate elevators to each front door. The villas themselves have top-of-the-line appliances, granite countertops, central air and indoor and outdoor living spaces and floor-to-ceiling glass doors leading to spacious lanais. Prices range from the low $900,000's to $3.5 million for the penthouses. Rates for stays at the hotel start around $150 a night.

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Real Estate Auction Planned On Kauai

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Didn't I just mention a major auction of Hawaii real estate last week. Why yes I did but here comes another one. Kennedy Wilson is auctioning off six luxury residences at Wainani at Poipu on Kauai on December 28. The residences have low starting bids of just $450,000.

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Major Real Estate Auction Planned For Hawaii

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A major auction was announced recently for 11 premier condominium homes and three oceanview homesites located on the Hawaiian island of Lana'i, owned by Castle & Cooke, David H. Murdock's real estate company (who also happens to be the owner of Dole Food Co., Inc.). Lana'i is home to many high-end developments and these properties are located across four private ones. The sale will be held on January 16 at a Southern California location and opening bids will range from $435,000 to $845,000, which are up to 68 percent below previous asking prices.

Accelerated Marketing Partners (AMP) will conduct the auction for the homes which represent more than $20.5 million worth of real estate. The residences and homesites being offered at the January 16 sale are located within private Lana'i developments in Oceanside Manele and Upcountry Ko'ele. Each area offers attractions, ranging from scuba diving and whale watching, to horseback riding, a world-class sporting clay venue and archery. All homes are available for immediate occupancy.

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Kukio, Estate of the Day

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Asian-inspired architecture and a beautiful setting combine for one beautiful Hawaiian property. Today's home is located behind the gates of Kukio, the only private golf and beach club on the Kohala Coast on the Big Island of Hawaii. The home offers panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean, Mauna Kea, Mount Hualalai, the Kohala Mountains on the Big Island and Haleakala on the Island of Maui. The home features beautifully decorated floral doors leading to a home that incorporates indoor and outdoor space seamlessly.

The home is approximately 9,000 square feet with a private master suite wing that has its own den. There are also two guest suites, a media room and a separate art studio. The grounds were landscaped to with water features and Japanese garden features meant to inspire calm reflection. This home is listed at $13,988,000.

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The Obamas "Winter White House" Sold

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Although the President has been spending time on Martha's Vineyard recently he prefers another island in the winter. While Barack Obama loves his Hawaiian vacations, he might need a new place to stay this winter. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports that the home on Kailua Beach where the Obama family stayed in December 2008 and 2009 has been sold. The home was bought by a Maryland company managed by a nephew of Hawaii real estate baron Harry Weinberg. The five-bedroom home was built in 2006 and was listed for $7.95 million. The listing agent Joel Cavasso, who is with Century 21 Kailua Beach Realty told the Star-Advertiser that the property sold for around $6.9 million. The buyers have never met the President and sales documents list the buyer as Paradise Point Estates LLC. Cassavo said that although the house has been sold the new owners are hoping that the President will still come visit.

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Kuki'o Golf and Beach Club, Estate of the Day

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Bank-owned and beautiful pretty much describes the latest Hawaiian property being auctioned off by Concierge Auctions. This home on 1.6 acres in Kuki'o , home to the Kuki'o Golf and Beach Club, will be sold on September 3. The bank-owned property has never been offered for sale before and there is no minimum bid. The sale is being conducted in cooperation with Kuki'o Properties.

Kailua-Kona, which means "leeward" in Hawaiian, is on the sunny west coast of Hawaii's Big Island. Until the late 1900s Kailua-Kona was primarily a fishing village and is still a more secluded retreat with warm trade winds and over 300 days of sunshine a year.

72-3203 Punaloa Place is a 5,795-square-foot residence that is being sold fully furnished. The four-bedroom home has perfect of the Pacific Ocean, and each bedroom suite has a private bath with an outdoor shower garden enclosed by lava rock walls. The master suite has sliding patio doors leading to a lanai with ocean views, his and her closets, and a spacious bathroom with dual sinks, glass enclosed shower and a limestone-lined soaking tub. The kitchen features a wraparound bi-level island designed to create a "gathering place." Outside there is a midnight blue vanishing edge pool and spa, inlaid limestone deck, and a 200 square foot "Pai Pai" – a thatched bamboo trellis, and an outdoor stainless barbecue grill.

The auction will be held on Friday, September 3 at 11 a.m. For more information visit www.KukioLuxuryAuction.com.

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Pueo Point, Estate of the Day

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Concierge Auctions is back in Hawaii for another on-site auction. On August 23, the firm will auction off Pueo Point, an ocean bluff residence and adjacent lot located on the North Shore of Kauai. The sale is being conducted in cooperation with Neal Norman of Koa Properties.

Located on Anini Vista Drive, Pueo Point is perched on a bluff overlooking Anini Beach, which has the longest reef of all the Hawaiian Islands. The properties have landscaped gardens and trails leading to the tranquil and secluded beach below. The residence includes three bedrooms, an office, gourmet kitchen, maple hardwood floors, custom teak cabinetry and floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors. Every room offers ocean, garden or sunset views and the exterior of the home features a saltwater pool and spa, private shower, protected dining area, limestone lanais and ipe decks. "The home and grounds are a work of art and a labor of love," stated Michele Hughes of The Michele Hughes Company, developer and owner of the seven-acre property.

The property is being sold in two sections, one for the main residence on 1.32 acres, and one for the adjacent 1.67-acre lot. Together the two parcels have a 2/3 undivided interest in an additional four acres of manicured common area. The residence was once offered at $9.8 million, the suggested opening bid is $3.8 million. The lot was appraised for $3.7 million and the suggested opening bid is $1.5 million.

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Waiki'i Ranch, Estate of the Day

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Today's home is an interesting case of a style of architecture in a different place. We usually see massive log cabins in Wyoming or Montana but Waiki'i Ranch is in Kamuela, Hawaii. The 53-acre working ranch includes a four-bedroom main house, a one-bedroom guest cottage and a seven stall stable. There is also a riding arena and a tractor barn. The main house is constructed of massive cedar logs, hand selected from the forests of Canada. Not a single nail was used in the joining of the logs. The house was constructed initially in Canada then deconstructed and recreated in Hawaii log by log with precise joinery, chiseled by hand for a perfect fit. The ranch has 360 degree views of the ocean all the way down the Gold Coast north and south with views of Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa, Hualalai and the mountains of North Kohala but inside you'd think you were tucked into a Big Sky hideaway . This property is listed at $18.5 million.

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Michael Crichton's Hawaii, Estate of the Day

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We've spent a lot of time talking about the belongings of the late author Michael Crichton lately. His art collection achieved records and his real estate is selling well too. One home in Hawaii sold in December for $10.1 million and, as the Wall Street Journal's Private Properties column reports, a second Kauai home is on the market for $12 million through Bali Hai Realty. The home is a classic 1926 plantation style estate on Kauai's Hanalei Bay, surrounded by mountains and adjacent to the beach.

The nearly 1.2 acre estate includes citrus trees and spans over three parcels, one of which is vacant. There is a two-bedroom guest cottage as well as the two-bedroom, 3,000-square-foot main house. The main house has a casual feel with low whitewashed wood ceilings, long verandas facing the ocean and a country kitchen. Other buildings include a yoga studio and a detached three-car garage.

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Richard Chamberlain in Maui, Estate of the Day

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Today's oceanfront home on the island of Maui belongs to actor Richard Chamberlain. The star of 1980s minseries programs like "Shogun" and "The Thorn Birds" is a longtime Hawaii resident. According to the Wall Street Journal's Private Properties, Chamberlain spent around four years building this six-bedroom home which was completed in 2005. The home is on a gated half-acre in Wailea with more than 100 feet of beach frontage. It has a spa and screening room, a two-bedroom carriage house and a main living area which opens out to the patio. There are two master suites, a formal dining room, atrium, library, media room and chefs kitchen. The decor combines luxe minimalism with a subtle Asian theme. This home is listed at $19 million.

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Puako Beach, Estate of the Day

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Today's estate is a world away from Hawaii's newer builds. This Puako Beach oceanfront home has never been on the market before. You can't get much closer to the water than this one which offers up close views of the ocean, turtles, whales and amazing sunsets. The home has large master suites downstairs each with enclosed outdoor showers, there are two bedroom view suites with private lanais upstairs, and sleeping loft offers more space for guests. It has been used as a vacation rental for years and was recently refurbished and upgraded with expansive decks. It is located 30 minutes north of Kailua-Kona airport and only 20 minutes from the provincial town of Waimea but seems like a world away from anywhere. It is listed at $4.65 million.

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