HACIENDA DE LAS LOMAS
This picturesque estate in the hills is a wonderful Mediterranean style compound with endless entertaining possibilities. It is designed in a traditional Spanish courtyard layout to maximize the connection between outdoor and indoor spaces. This home boasts a regulation tennis court with post tension concrete to help prevent cracking as well as a large solar heated pool, spa, cabana, outdoor kitchen and extensive patios to take advantage of the sun-filled days. Inside you will find an impressive great room with 2 story ceilings, travertine floors and a real masonry Rumford fireplace. A fabulous chefs kitchen with double ovens, warming drawer and a large granite island that is open to an inviting family room and fireplace to make it a true "Gathering Room". A very special feature of this home is it's subterranean eat-in wine cellar with storage for 2400 bottles. This unique room has stone-finished walls, a used Bernardus wine barrel for that special cellar fragrance and dinner table seating for 8. Other features of this estate include ocean and bay views, travertine floors, an elevator, 8 heat zones, thin wall plaster, 5 bedrooms with bath en suite, central vacuum and the list goes on and on. … call today for a private viewing of this Resort paradise in the Sun

Offered at: $2,995,000 - $750,000 below recent appraisal

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OUR WINE CELLAR HAS A WINDOW

Have you ever dreamt of building your own wine cellar? It should be easy, but sometimes the simplest ideas can be difficult to execute. We had been coming to Monterey for years, dreaming of settling here one day. On many of those trips we visited the fantastic wine tasting rooms of vintners around the area. That is when the notion began to ferment in our minds. We started to imagine a grand estate home with a subterranean wine cellar. It would have stonewalls, wine racks all around, and an old wooden table with an iron chandelier… dimly lit for that romantic ambience. Of course, we would have to have a wine barrel, a real one used by one of those famous California vintners, so that you can pull the bung every once in a while and fill the cellar with the aroma of a true winery. As time passed it seems our dreams would become a reality. We found a vacant parcel in the peaceful and beautiful hills of Bay Ridge with a view of the ocean, room for a pool and tennis court, and a place for a great wine cellar.

After a great deal of planning we went off to get approvals from the county for our wine lovers paradise. Once there we were surprised to learn that we would need to have a window… yes a window in a wine cellar! We pleaded with the balding man behind the counter, "Now that is going to spoil everything!" He insisted that it was a safety issue; we needed a fire escape route. We've always believed in making the best of what we were handed, so we could not fathom letting this turn into sour grapes, like Aesop's fable of the fox. With great thought and purpose we decided that if we had to have a window then it should be a very special one. It would be a stained glass work of art designed just for the room. In keeping with the hacienda style home we were building it should be a rendering of the old Carmel Mission and become a signature piece of the room. To accent its beautiful presence we would hire a local artist to paint a scene on the entry wall. It would be a mural of the Mission as it would have appeared in the early days of settlement in this glorious place.

At the end of our process we would come to truly appreciate our window. You see, after we completed this romantic cellar space we discovered that there was no way to get our rustic wooden table for eight through the door and down the stairs. Our mission window saved us; it was just large enough to get our table (and our wine barrel) through. At the end of the day there were no sour grapes but a lovely space to share special times with friends around the table, sipping good wine, laughing and sharing stories of the good life in this incredible part of the world that we call home. And if you listen carefully you can hear the monks chanting.

... You too can experience this wonderful life because this home with its very special wine cellar and magnificent mission stained glass window is for sale… call Gayle or Mark for details.

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