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The Portabello Estate Sells For $34.1 Million
Posted by Kenny Forder on November 22nd, 2010  |  6 Comments »

The infamous Portabello estate, which is located in Corona Del Mar, CA, has sold for $34.1 million; a whopping $40.9 million less than its original listing price. This home was one of the first insanely high priced properties to go on the open market and it has finally been sold after 4 years.

FROM PROPGOLUXURY:

This Orange County property, which was listed for $75 million in 2006, has sold for $34.1 million, public records show.

A source familiar with the matter says the buyer also gave the seller a property valued at around $7 million.

The house originally listed in 2006 for $75 million, then came off the market a year later. Earlier this year, it relisted for $49.6 million.

The home was owned by Frank Pritt, the founder of Attachmate, a company that specializes in a range of business-to-business products.

Located in Corona Del Mar, the 22,000-square-foot beachfront estate is known as Portabello. It has eight bedrooms, 10 bathrooms and two saltwater pools surrounded by grotto cliffs.

The subterranean level of the home has a streetscape with a diner, bowling alley, movie theater and a jewelry store.

The buyer, according to public records, purchased the home through a Massachusetts-based limited liability company managed by Fariborz Maseeh, an entrepreneur and philanthropist.

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Villa Te’ – An Out Of This World Estate That Never Was – Part 2
Posted by Kenny Forder on November 10th, 2010  |  3 Comments »
Tea House Facade
Tea House entrance
Tea House Ballroom Section
Tea House plan

Pool house Facade
Pool House Plan
Gate House Tempietto Elevation
Gate House Tempietto_Plan


Here are more pictures of the proposed estate.

From Reader Adam…….

Here is the Pool House, nothing spectacular until you see the elevation.  If you remember I told you the the Main House and Pool House were to be built where the main reservoir used to be.  The plan was to rebuild the reservoir as a lake that would be between the Main House and the Pool House with the pool in the middle of the lake.  Take a look at the aerial view that shows the lake/pool between the two structures.

The 2nd Gate House was to be located just above the Main House to serve as an entrance to Tea House up the driveway.

The Tea House is located at the top of the property and was to serve as a entertainment pavilion for parties…and afternoon tea!  It was also to be a smaller house for the owner and her husband to stay in..it would have the most amazing views of any house in Montecito.

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Villa Te’ – An Out Of This World Estate That Never Was – Part 1
Posted by Kenny Forder on November 10th, 2010  |  14 Comments »
Villa Te' Main House
Villa Te' Perspective view
Villa Te' Ground Floor Plan
Villa Te' Top Floor Plan

Villa Te' Roof Plan
Villa Te' South Facade
Villa Te' Living Room Section
Gate House Facade

Gate House Elevation
Gate House Plan
Stable Elevation
Stable Plan

Guest House Dancer House
Guest House Dancer House Plan
Guest House Certosa Elevation
Guest House Certosa Plan

Guest House Cloister Elevation
Guest House Cloister Plan
Guest House Actor House
Guest House Actor House Plan


OUT. OF. THIS. WORLD. That’s how I like to describe this estate. One of our readers, Adam Cunningham, was kind of enough to share this AMAZING estate with all of us! The proposed estate included the main residence Villa Te’, which looks like an Italian Byzintine village and the proposed Tea House, Pool House, 5 Guest Houses, Stables and Gate house. It was supposed to be built on the 350 acre Tea Gardens property located in Santa Barbara, CA, however the home was never built. The owner purchased the land and hired architect Kurt Wenner to designer her ultimate dream home. There are a lot of restrictions for height and for excavating in the city, so they designed the main house to be built mostly into the hillside, which allowed them to say it was only about 17,000 square feet…you don’t count the square footage of space that is subterranean based on the County Design Guidelines. Adam estimates that the house would have been about 40,000 square feet. The location for the house was up on a hilltop where the old reservoir once was. The plan was to rebuild the reservoir as a lake that would be between the Main House and the Pool House with the pool in the middle of the lake.

The Stables were to be built first so they could provide housing for all the Italian craftsman that were going to come over to build all the stone structures.  The Stables would have eventually house a few horses, but would still be used for staff and guests.

SUMMARY OF MAIN HOUSE:

The main entrance is on the top level and there is an elaborate dual stair down to the central main Living Room which faces out to the lake/pool.  Directly off the Living Room are two identical formal Dining Rooms on opposite sides.  The kitchen area is off to the left which includes an informal dining area.  Off the long corridor on this side of the house there are large foyer/reception areas that lead to the theater, wine cellar and elevator.  You will notice that the way into the Wine Cellar is a turnstile type door that will have hide the entrance to the room, two of the stiles would have statues and the other two would be where a person would push the turnstile to enter the room.

On the opposite side of the house is the Master Suite that includes a huge sunken tub area just off the sleeping chamber.  There are his and hers, circular bathrooms as well as another elevator.  The other room that you see with the other turnstile door is the Cloister Pool, which is a three story, subterranean area that will have an indoor pool below this level.  The entrance level will look down into the pool.  You will notice a curving hallway detail from the sleeping chamber…this is a ramp down to the pool for when the owner gets old and has to use a wheel chair, of course there is an elevator to get back up.

The top floor of the house not only has the main entrance, but also the two Guest Suites and the volumne ceiling areas of the main Living Room and the Cloister Pool ceiling volume.

SUMMARY OF LOWER GUEST HOUSES:

Just above the location where the Stables were to be built, the “Dancer House” 3 bedroom guest house with it’s butterfly floor plan shape was to be located.

Across the driveway down the hill a bit, just above the Gate House, the “Certosa”  5 bedroom guest house would sit.

Up the driveway a bit, where an old reservoir sits, the “Actor House” 3 bedroom guest house would have been situated in the middle of a lake using the old stone damn as the southern edge of the structure with lake front terraces for the master bedroom and kitchen…the 29′x29′ Living room would also be used as a Recital room.

Off to the East, the “Cloister” 2 bedroom guest house would feature an open roofed central cloister.

PICTURES

Picture #1 – Main House Rendering

Picture #2 – Perspective View

Picture #3 – Ground Floor Plan

Picture #4 – Top Floor Plan

Picture #5 – Roof Plan

Picture #6 – South Facade

Picture #7 – Living Room Rendering

Picture #8 – Gate House Facade

Picture #9 – Gate House Elevation

Picture #10 – Gate House Plan

Picture #11 – Stable Elevation

Picture #12 – Stable Floor Plan

Picture #13 – Guest House (Dancer) Elevation

Picture #14 – Guest House (Dancer) Floor Plan

Picture #15 – Guest House (Certosa) Elevation

Picture #16 – Guest House (Certosa) Floor Plan

Picture #17 – Guest House (Cloister) Elevation

Picture #18 – Guest House (Cloister) Floor Plan

Picture #19 – Guest House (Actor) Elevation

Picture #20 – Guest House (Actor) Floor Plan

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Guess The Square Footage Contest Answer
Posted by Kenny Forder on November 9th, 2010  |  1 Comment »

The answer to the latest “Guess The Square Footage” contest is……..39,826 square feet!!!!

The extraordinary castle is located in Torino, Piedmont, Italy  (Northern) and boasts 30 bedrooms and 47 bathrooms. The property boasts numerous gardens, courtyard, Romanic chapel and a helipad. Price is available upon request.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LISTING

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Guess The Square Footage!
Posted by Kenny Forder on November 7th, 2010  |  7 Comments »
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Guess the square footage of this extraordinary castle!!

Know of a house/estate that you think will stump our readers? Send it to me for inclusion in the next post!

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