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Las Ventanas
Montecito, California
$7,495,000

Residence

Style: Mediterranean
Price: $7,495,000
Architects: Donald Swan
APN: 155-120-034
Year Built: 2004
Bedrooms/Baths: 4/4 Full & 2 Half
Acreage: Approximately 9.29

In addition to the four bedroom, six bath main home, there is a charming guest house that also offers panoramic coastal views all set on 9 acres of privacy accessed by two driveways each with electric entry gates, an infinity pool and spa, a 65 fruit tree orchard and plenty of open land to build further facilities for whatever you feel will complete your dream estate.


Entry: 17’ x 13’ – Entering through the glass and wrought-iron door into the 16’ high beamed ceiling Entryway with wrought-iron chandelier, one views the rear garden from the arch-top display window on the opposing wall. The Entry has terra cotta floors, a cloak closet and Powder Room with marble vanity. A stairway with chandelier descends to the Wine Cellar, Garage and Exercise Room; a stenciled archway is at the entrance of the hallway to the main living areas of the home, and five steps up is the Master Suite.

MASTER SUITE
Bedroom: 23’ x 23’ – Three sets of French doors offer access to a tiled balcony with panoramic ocean and mountain views that wraps around the southern and western sides of the Master Bedroom. A large display window and side windows afford more expansive viewing area. The raised-hearth gas fireplace is remote-controlled. The ceiling is vaulted and beamed.

Dressing Area/Bath:: Through arch-topped doors is a 462 square foot Dressing Area and Bath equipped with a hydrojet tub, surrounded by marble and set beneath windows that have views of the mountains and the ocean. The large steam shower made of Jerusalem stone has a seating area and an ocean-view window. Above the double-sink vanity with marble counter and backsplash is a mirrored wall with wrought-iron sconces. The Dressing Area is carpeted and has extensive built-in wardrobe storage shelves, rods and drawers. A built-in bureau is set into a niche with a barrel ceiling and mirrored wall. A window overlooks the rear garden. Inset lighting amplifies the wrought-iron chandelier above the central storage island.

Library: 17’ x 18’ – Bookcases above cabinets run along two walls of this room: either side of the archway from the hall and either side of the gas log fireplace with herringbone patterned firebrick. An arch-top display window at the rear shares the same garden views as the Entry. Side windows view the rear patio and mountains beyond. The 14’ high ceiling is beamed and vaulted, with a wrought-iron chandelier. The flooring is distressed walnut. Privacy can be obtained by closing the pocket doors from the hallway that are composed of panels of veined glass.

Living Room: 22’ x 18’ – The distressed walnut flooring in the hall continues one step down to the Living Room. Expansive ocean and island views are seen through an arch-top window, a glass and wrought-iron side door to the pool terrace and the adjoining Dining Room windows and doors. The 14’3” vaulted and beamed ceiling has a chandelier of wrought-iron and wood and wrought-iron sconces are on either side of the stone chimney of the remote controlled gas fireplace with stone mantel and hearth.

Dining Room: 16' x 14' - Entered through an archway from the Living Room or hallway or an arch-top door from the Kitchen, patio doors on either side open to flagstone terraces: the front is the pool terrace with ocean and mountain views and the rear is the barbeque terrace with mountain views. There is a wrought-iron chandelier and distressed walnut flooring.

Kitchen: 26’ x 15’ – The Kitchen is ideally outfitted and centrally located to service entertainment in the Dining Room, Family Room, rear barbeque terrace or front pool terrace. A wrought-iron chandelier hangs above the central island that has a stainless steel sink set in green marble. A double stainless-steel sink beneath an ocean-view window is also set in a green marble countertop and backsplash. Appliances include a Sub-Zero 632 side-by-side refrigerator/freezer, a Viking Professional six-burner gas stove with griddle and double oven with convection cooking, and a Miele Incognito dishwasher. The beamed ceiling has inset lighting. The floor is terra cotta tiling. A pantry is beside the rear display window that overlooks the barbeque terrace.

Family Room: 24’ x 24’ – The stenciled archway with wrought-iron sconces connecting the Kitchen and Family room has a built-in GE Monogram bar refrigerator and two cooling drawers hidden behind cabinets on one side and built-in shelving units behind cabinets on the other. The coastline and mountains are viewed through a window on the southeastern corner and the French doors, flanked by windows on the southern wall. The pool terrace is accessed through these doors. Windows and a door in the northwest corner lead to the rear terrace. The raised hearth gas log fireplace is set in stone that forms a seating bench, the mantel, and continues to the vaulted and beamed ceiling. Bookcases are built into the wall beside the fireplace. Also, adjacent to the fireplace, is a cabinet that conceals an electronically operated mechanism designed to raise a flat panel television for viewing. A hall off the Family Room leading to the Laundry and three Guest Bedrooms is lined with storage cabinets above and below a counter and houses an electronic equipment room and linen closets. A Powder Room along this hall has terra cotta flooring and a marble vanity.

Laundry: In the Bedroom wing hallway, equipped with a Whirlpool Duet washer and dryer, an enamel utility sink set in a limestone counter/backsplash and gas or electric hookups, the Laundry has terra cotta flooring, plenty of storage cabinets and windows to the rear terrace with mountain views.

First Guest Bedroom: 20’ x 18’ – This Bedroom features a wall of glass with coastline views and French doors to the pool terrace and a remote controlled gas fireplace with wooden mantel, wrought iron sconces and flanked by bookcases. The seagrass floor covering extends into a large walk-in closet. The ceiling is vaulted and beamed and the room is equipped with speakers and audio-visual system hookup. The in-room Bath has a travertine seating area surrounding the tub with windows to the east and the south providing panoramic ocean and mountain views. The shower is finished in tiled marble. The flooring and countertop/backsplash of the double-sink vanity is travertine. Sconces are set in the mirrored wall above the vanity.

Second Guest Bedroom: 16’ x 13’ – Seagrass is the floor covering in this room and walk-in closet. The ceiling is accented with crown molding. Patio doors with an eastern exposure lead to a private flagstone terrace with mountain and ocean views. The Bath has a side window with mountain views. Travertine covers the floor, vanity/backsplash of the vanity and walls of the shower over bath tub with glass doors.

Third Guest Bedroom: 16’ x 14’ – This Bedroom has French doors to the rear patio and a window overlooking the rear garden. Crown molding finishes the ceiling. The flooring in this Bedroom and closet is also seagrass. A bureau built into a niche provides additional storage. The Bath has marble flooring, countertop/backsplash and tub surround. Windows at the rear have mountain and garden views.

LOWER LEVEL
Wine Cellar: One flight down from the Entry is the climate controlled Wine Cellar with a viewing door and two walls of built-in storage nooks.

Garage: The oversize three-car garage has two utility closets with built-in shelving and carpeting on the front portion of the room, leading to the hall and a 15’3” x 11’4” Workout Room that has inset lighting and wall-to-wall carpeting.

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GUESTHOUSE
Living Room: 19’ x 17’ – Along the front wall, patio doors open to an ocean and mountain-view flagstone terrace. A rear door provides access to the Laundry and Garage and opens to a private terrace with mountain views. The gas-log, raised hearth fireplace is remote-controlled. The ceiling is vaulted and beamed and the flooring is distressed walnut.

Kitchenette/Breakfast Nook: 15’ x 7’ – Adjoining the Living Room, with ocean-view windows, the Kitchenette is equipped with a stainless steel bar sink and GE beneath counter refrigerator. A wine rack and display cabinets are above the countertop.

Bedroom: 15’ x 14’ – The Bedroom ceiling is beamed and vaulted and it has a wall-to-wall seagrass floor treatment. Patio doors on the ocean side share the same flagstone terrace and views as the Living Room. Further mountain and ocean views are provided by a display window on the eastern wall. The seagrass carpeting continues into the large walk-in closet. The Bath has marble flooring, tub surround and vanity. A window overlooks the rear terrace.

Laundry: Just outside the Living Room, the Laundry has its own entry from the rear terrace. It is equipped with a Maytag Heavy Duty Commercial washer and dryer and has gas and electric hookups. The flooring is terra cotta tiling.

Garage: This spacious single-car garage also has its own entrance, just a few steps up from the rear terrace.

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Additional Features:
27’ x 16’ infinity pool and Jacuzzi with panoramic ocean, island and mountain views.
Six gas-log fireplaces throughout both homes have remote operators and can be wood burning.
All windows are tinted with 99% UV A&B film. Extensive Landscaping throughout the property.
Extensive Landscape lighting throughout the property, including driveways, walking paths, tree uplighting, etc.
CAV6.6, 18 zone Russound system with speakers and controller key pads through much of the home, on the outdoor terraces, stairways, and guest house.
Audio-visual system throughout the home (flat-screen monitors excluded.)
Vantage lighting system. Bay alarm system. Fire Sprinklers. Forced air gas and air conditioning.
Tiled roof. Fire hoses at various locations on property. Montecito and private water.
Water purification system by Rayne. Orchard with over sixty-five fruit trees.
Second entry from Hidden Valley Road.

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Harry Kolb
805.565.8633

 

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