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Villa Matilija, Estate of the Day

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Today's home in Los Gatos Hills in Northern California typifies the new wealthy Californian model. The huge 16,000 square foot home is new, modern and pseudo-Mediterranean in style but don't toss the McMansion sobriquet at this one yet. The home actually has quite a bit of style. It's money, no doubt about that, but the clean lines and open living spaces have a casual homey feel. It's a home that doesn't need to impress with a lot of fancy faux. The most impressive space might just be the master bedroom in which the bed faces curving windows and a fireplace so you can stay toasty warm while enjoying the view. There's no bedside television, who needs TV with a view like this. When you tire of the view you can retire to the spa-inspired bathroom with its curvilinear wall of mosaic glass tiles that hold two open showers with clerestory windows and embrace a circular whirlpool tub.The home has a large gym, downstairs media room and a gourmet kitchen with a blue kitchen island. The home includes a pool and spa and a guest house. It is listed at $16 million.

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Inside Steve Wozniak's House

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Apple's co-founder Steve Wozniak has one of the most unique houses in an exclusive area of Los Gatos in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 7,100-sq foot house has 6 bedrooms and 7.5 baths and seems relatively normal when viewed from the outside, although the interior is beyond unique, having recently been completely overhauled by developer Larry Willard and architects Avi Agasi and Amnon Levy. The house is gorgeously appointed, with spa-like bathrooms, huge decks and a built in espresso machine and wet bar. On top of its more standard features, it also boasts a children's discovery complex, an arcade, a cave (designed to look real by experts from the California Academy of Sciences ) and a pet hotel. Almost all of the materials used in the house are organic, as opposed to man-made, with curving lines throughout and lots of skylights to maximize the amount of movement in the house. The asking price is $10 million.

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Monte Sereno Estate, Estate of the Day

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This lovely home is located in Monte Sereno, a small Northern California community between Saratoga and the Los Gatos. The beautiful villa has six bedrooms spread out over 10,000 square feet of space. It has an impressive 6,000-bottle wine cellar, library, media room, music room, gym with a steam room and sauna and a pool area with a columned pool house that is truly breathtaking. This is said to be one of the finest estates in the Silicon Valley area and it is easy to see why. Take the virtual tour to get the full measure of this stunning home. It is listed at $19 million. Interior shots and a few views of that inviting pool after the jump.

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