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A 1999 Italian Villa of approximately 7,547 sq.ft. of living space designed by Jon Sorrell set on 3± rolling acres in the heart of Montecito offering panoramic ocean and island as well as majestic Montecito Valley and mountain views. This elegant 4-bedroom home features a grand two-story entrance loggia with 21-foot high ceiling and a two-story living room with mezzanine, a dramatic center atrium, and a large floor-to-ceiling fireplace with over mantel. The home also includes a music/family room with walls of glass that open to the pool area, the formal dining room has three sets of French doors with panoramic ocean and island views, the library/pub room has a knotty-pine bar area, a gourmet kitchen with breakfast conservatory, wine storage room, and a first-floor guest bedroom with fireplace. The second floor features two family bedrooms, a loggia with fireplace and walls of arched French doors, and an expansive master suite with a sitting room, two fireplaces, two separate full baths and a master closet complete with washer & dryer.

The property offers an expansive outdoor entertainment area with a pool and spa, and pool house perfect for soaking in the sweeping views and landscaping designed by Grant Castleberg. There's also a detached 3-car garage across the large walled motor court.

Main Residence - First Floor

Two-Story Entrance Loggia:

• 21’ high ceiling with murals and faux painted Santa Barbara Sandstone walls
• Two hand-painted inlay wall murals at each curved landing
• Three sets of tall wrought-iron fan-light double entry doors with overlights
• Large double stairs to second floor with a wrought-iron balustrade
• Two French gold-leaf chandeliers
• Cross-cut travertine tile floor with inlaid terrazzo tile mosaic
• Two closets, one with storage and home sound system and one guest cloak closet

Living Room ( 25’ x 24’):

• Two story atrium with mezzanine and coffered ceiling with hand-painted murals
• Large floor-to-ceiling hand-carved limestone fireplace hearth and over-mantel with limestone brick tile surround
• Large French iron and crystal chandelier
• Four wrought iron wall sconces
• Triple arched entry into the Dining Room and Family Room
• Travertine tile floor

Family Room (25’ x 12’):

• Open to Living Room
• Three sets of French doors opening to the outdoor entertainment area and pool
• Two wrought-iron wall sconces
• Travertine tile floor

Dining Room (25’ x 16’):

• Three sets of French doors to panoramic ocean views
• Arched entry from the Dining Room to the Kitchen with double pocket doors
• Wood coffered ceiling with a gesso wood gold leaf center chandelier
• Wrought-iron wall sconces
• Distressed oak floor
• Entry to the Library/Pub Room

Library/Pub Room (22’ x 17’):

• Built-in knotty pine bookshelves and storage cabinets, and a custom built-in television cabinet with speakers
• Knotty pine bar with a marble countertop, brass bar sink and mirrored glass display shelf, under-cabinet storage and a SubZero bar refrigerator
• Knotty pine paneled walls with upholstered wall treatments
• Two handmade Italian blown glass and wrought-iron chandeliers, and gesso wood wall sconces
• Two French doors to the columned arbor with panoramic ocean and island views, a large window to the front courtyard, and a bottle stained glass window to the front entry covered loggia
• Distressed oak floor

Kitchen (22’ x 17’):

• Arched entry from the Dining Room with double pocket doors
• Wood-beamed ceiling with a grand wrought-iron center chandelier
• A large center island with a Carrera marble countertop on one side and butcher block on the another with a vegetable sink, under-cabinet storage, and book shelves
• Oak kitchen cabinets with glass-front display cabinets, Carrera marble countertops and marble backsplash
• STAINLESS STEEL APPLIANCES: Separate SubZero refrigerator and freezer; two Miele dishwashers; KitchenAid trash compactor; a large Viking Professional double oven with six burners, grill and griddle and a custom metal hood with water filler faucet and decorative tile backsplash; Built-in Sharp carousel convection oven; Viking Professional commercial warmer; and Viking Professional commercial ice machine
• Window above the sink with views to the columned arbor and panoramic ocean views
• Reclaimed French country tile and inlaid oak floor

Breakfast Conservatory (13’ x 11’):

• Three walls of glass with wrought-iron double French doors, one side opens to the outdoor entertainment patio, pool area and the ocean view side opens to a landscape path leading to columned arbor
• Beautiful views extend to the outdoor entertainment terrace, pool, pool house and Montecito Valley, mountain and panoramic ocean views
• Limestone tile barrel ceiling with center chandelier
• French country tile and inlaid oak floor

Hallway:

• Adjacent to the Living Room with two gesso wood gold leaf wall sconces
• Upholstered wall treatment
• Hidden door opens to the mechanical room with storage cabinets
• Doors to First Floor Bedroom and the Wine Storage Room
• Travertine tile floor

First Floor Guest Bedroom (23’ x 14’):

• Coffered plaster ceiling
• Two sets of French doors, one opens to a stone balustrade overlooking the outdoor dining patio and the adjacent set opens to the rear exterior covered loggia
• Limestone fireplace hearth and surround with decorative artistic wall treatment
• Distressed oak floor
• Walls are mirrored for dance or exercise
• En-Suite Bath with a large vanity with marble countertop, travertine tile shower with marble surround, two wrought-iron wall sconces and wrought iron center light fixture

Wine Storage Room:

• A glass and wrought-iron door opens to the temperature controlled wine storage room with tasting counter
• Travertine tile floor

Two-Room Powder:

• Limestone wainscoting
• Hand-painted inlay wall mural
• Free-standing vanity with marble countertop and Sherle Wagner fixtures
• Wrought-iron decorative wall sconces
• Window to front courtyard and bottle stained glass window to front entry covered loggia
• Travertine tile floor

Two-Room Laundry:

• Service room for extensive storage that opens to separate laundry room
• (9' x 5') laundry room with extensive upper and lower storage cabinets with sink and Corian countertops

Main Residence - Second Floor

Grand double stairs lead to the second floor with oak wood stairs. An expansive archway opens to the Mezzanine with custom-made wrought-iron balustrade. The Living Room view below and atrium above is crowned by a coffered hand-painted ceiling.

Guest Bedroom #2 (17’ x 14’):

• Window to the front motor court and ocean views, a window to the dramatic columned entry loggia, two windows to the rear gardens
• Two Wrought-iron wall sconces
• Wall-to-wall Berber carpet
• Walk-in closet
• En-suite Bath with window to the rear garden, glass travertine tile shower over tub, vanity with travertine countertop, wrought-iron wall sconce, and travertine tile floor

Guest Bedroom #3 (22’ x 12’):

• Two windows to beautiful panoramic ocean and island views and a window overlooking the front motor court and ocean views
• Wall-to-wall Berber carpet
• Double door closet
• En-suite Bath with window to the front covered entry loggia, travertine tile shower, vanity with travertine countertop with storage and towel shelves, custom crystal and wrought-iron floral chandelier and travertine tile floor

Enclosed Covered Loggia (15' x 14'):

• Hand-carved stone tracery window that opens to the Mezzanine
• Plaster fireplace hearth with custom tile surround
• Five fan-top wrought-iron French doors with wrought-iron balustrades with panoramic Montecito Valley, ocean views
• Two wrought-iron wall sconces
• Spanish tile floor

Master Bedroom Suite:

Sitting Room (24' x 12'):

• Arched double door entry opens to the expansive Sitting Room with arched double French door with a wrought-iron balcony and two windows, all overlooking the pool, pool house and ocean and mountain views
• Hand-carved limestone fireplace
• Two arched accent walls
• Wall-to-wall Berber carpet

Master Bedroom (22' x 16'):

• One window overlooking the pool and pool house area and two windows to panoramic ocean and spectacular Montecito Valley views
• Large hand-carved limestone fireplace
• Wrought-iron center light
• Wall-to-wall wool carpet

Master Bath One

• Large built-in vanity with marble countertop and matching freestanding make-up vanity with a small sink and marble countertop
• Large walk-in marble shower with overhead and side sprayers and frosted glass door with a window to the covered loggia leading to the pool area
• Oversized tub with jets and marble deck with a large window overlooking the pool, pool house, and expansive ocean and mountain views
• Separate toilet and bidet room with frosted glass door and window to rear gardens
• Two crystal and wrought-iron wall sconces with matching chandelier
• Heated marble tile floor with decorative marble inlays

Master Bath Two

• Expresso wood vanity with Granite countertop
• Marble steam shower with seat
• Two bottle stained glass windows to rear gardens
• Heated Travertine tile floor with tile mosaic

Dressing Room

• Hallway with marble tile floor and floor-to-ceiling mirror leading to large dressing room
• Extensive mahogany paneled glass-front wardrobe cabinetry
• Washer & Dryer located in dressing room with storage
• Exterior door to rear gardens
• Wall-to-wall Berber carpet

OUTDOOR FEATURES - Front Motor Court

• Large walled motor court with fountain
• 3-Car garage with columned arbor and rose garden, gardener's bath and gardener's storage room
• Extensive exterior landscape lighting
• Gated entry

OUTDOOR FEATURES - Pool Area

• Barbeque area with a large outdoor grill under arched tile alcove with a tile countertop
• Large 50' x 20' pool with Italian tile, spa and statuary
• Limestone deck and entertainment area
• Limestone stairs to rose garden and assorted fruit trees
• Extensive landscaped walking paths with panoramic ocean, island and Montecito Valley views

OUTDOOR FEATURES - Pool House

• Columned arbor entry to the pool house
• Glass front door and four sets of French doors to panoramic ocean, island, and Montecito Valley views
• Coffered ceiling with indirect lighting and a large crystal & wrought-iron chandelier
• Wet bar area with bar refrigerator, storage and a mirrored wall
• Large hot-air sauna
• Bath includes travertine countertop vanity with a circular window above, a large travertine tile steam shower with ocean view window, and a storage closet
• Travertine tile floor
• Air-conditioning

Additional Amenities

• Distressed Oak Hardwood Floors
• Custom window and door screens throughout
• New 9 ft. doors and windows throughout
• Sound system with speakers throughout
• Indirect lighting
• Two 50-gallon water heaters
• Water softener
• Water filter
• Panasonic telephone system
• Security system
• 360 sq. ft. outside covered area and 320 sq. ft. of trellis area