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Another Pricey San Francisco Home, Estate of the Day

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The San Francisco real estate market is full of pricey properties and the former estate of the late superstar lawyer Melvin Belli is one of the biggest. The Wall Street Journal's Private Properties column reports that the home now belongs to a businesswoman who bought the home in 1992 for around $6.5 million. She's looking for a big return on her investment, the home is now listed at $39.5 million.

The home does occupy an enviable spot in Pacific Heights and does have great lines. It was created by San Francisco architect, Frederick H. Meyer for Stetson G. Hindes, a prominent engineer whose firm constructed the drydock at Pearl Harbor and other major projects. The home makes the best use of the views, providing them with a formal framework that is far from California casual. The home has six bedrooms and there is both a large main kitchen with a butler's pantry and catering room as well as a second kitchen on the lower floor. The master suite has two seating areas and views of the bay and the home's exquisite landscaping below. This property also includes an elevator, 3,000+ bottle wine cellar and garage parking for 4 cars.

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Pacific Heights Firehouse, Estate of the Day

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Today's home is a bit of a San Francisco charmer stuffed with an art collector's unique collection. The Wall Street Journal's Private Properties column reports that this converted 1893 firehouse in Pacific Height was once owned by former California governor Jerry Brown. It is currently owned by entrepreneur John Traina who bought it from ad man Hal Riney. Traina was also married to author Danielle Steel and they raised seven children together.

Like any firehouse, this home has wide open spaces and a couple of cool fire poles. The first floor's great room connects with an upper living room that includes a pediment-topped custom bookcase which was built for the governor. The custom kitchen has stainless steel counters. The main residence has two bedrooms and an office and a guest cottage in the backyard offers another bedroom. The main home also includes an elevator and wine cellar. Traina's eclectic collection distracts a bit from the overall look of the home but if you can look past the stuffed zebra and the rhino, there's a really neat house here. It is listed at $4.4 million. More pictures are available at the property website.

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Pacific Heights, Estate of the Day

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This stately home in the Pacific Heights area of San Francisco hit the market earlier this month. The Neo-Classic mansion sits high on a hill and was designed by Houghton Sawyer in 1912 for sugar baron Adolph Spreckels and his wife Alma, as their first residence. The five-bedroom mansion has Bay views and has been retrofitted for seismic integrity. The pictures reveal that in many areas the original wood work and beautiful moldings have been retained. As faithful readers know, I love a good library and this one is a beauty with a fireplace and plenty of shelves. The kitchen seems less than inspired, it looks like it belongs in some other home, certainly not a home worth this much money. And, while I'm finding fault, I can't understand why someone would take a home like this and then install little round ceiling lights. I like light as much as the next person but in a home with good bones like this, modern round lights set flush into the ceiling are an abomination. This home is listed at $25 million. Zillow's zestimate is screamingly off here, they've got it at close to $4 million.

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Pacific Heights, Estate of the Day

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On the outside, this handsome brick manor home in the Pacific Heights area of San Francisco looks much as it must have when it was designed by architect Albert Sutton in 1902 (although according to this article it did have an addition in 1937), Inside however, it seems to have left the past far behind. This due to a series of major interior revisions. The five-bedroom home has lovely views of the Golden Gate Bridge and the bay. The spaces are large and impressive. The master suite is sunsplashed and delightful, the gourmet kitchen is all one could wish for and the music room/library is up to date. Flawless. And yet, and yet, it just seems too pulled together. An older home often has eccentricities that show its age and yet make it all the richer and more beloved to its owners. You could see this home as the best of the old and the new or as a lady whose has had a bit too much work done and looks a bit altered. This home is listed at $11 million. After the jump, charming or charmectomy?

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