Guide Price: $27.5 million
The West Malibu beachfront home offers the opportunity to own a piece of California’s architectural history.
Sandcastle was built in 1974 as the private home of Gesner and his fourth wife, the actress Nan Martin. He proposed to Martin on the bluffs overlooking Watkin’s Cove, telling her, “‘If you marry me, I’ll build your dream house”.
The Sandcastle was described by the architect as “a dream place, built with love…for two creative and very much in love adults, a baby boy and a Labrador retriever.” The Malibu property is located next door to Gesner’s iconic Wave House and resembles a sand castle rising majestically above the beautiful shores of Watkins Cove.
The distinctive cylindrical-shaped house was built using salvaged materials, long before sustainable design was in vogue, incorporating reclaimed lumber from a local high school, marble from public baths that were about to be demolished, windows and doors from one of Hollywood’s silent film theaters, and old telephone poles, used to support the tower that houses the architect’s former workshop.
The living room of the 3-bedroom house has a concave brick fireplace inspired by the Hollywood Bowl and featuring a polished concrete hearth that doubled as a stage for performances by his actress wife. The property comes with an ocean-view “tree house” apartment with 1 bedroom, a 1-bedroom “boat house” apartment and a 1-bedroom apartment “nest” above the indoor/outdoor cabana.
Offering 122 feet of beach front, the 0.73 acre property has an abundance of outdoor living spaces to indulge in the California lifestyle (including an outdoor shower and surfboard storage areas) and multiple vantage points to take in breathtaking sunsets.
Guide Price: $27.5 million
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