.WHAT IS IN THE MOST EXPENSIVE HOUSE IN SAN FRANCISCO

Just sold for $35MM to Yahoo! CEO (former long-time executive and key spokesperson for Google) and her husband, a venture capitalist, the 1922 Tudor-style house is on “Billionaires Row,” in Pacific Heights, with neighbors including Oracle founder Larry Ellison, Zynga founder March Pincus and oil tycoon Gordon Getty.  The area is home to the technology industry.

Note the handcrafted mill work and hardwood floors.  There are leaded glass windows and heavy duty moldings.  There are spectacular views of San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge.  Within the 11,000 sq ft four story house are 6 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms.  

Outside is a heated swimming pool. 

The living room is “ballroom sized.”  There are 5 fireplaces

2 kitchens, a 4-car garage, wine cellar, elevator and fabulous views of the Golden Gate Bridge. 

Dining room has a wall covered with purple and gold marquees that they had made for the tabletops at their wedding, with words such as peppermint, colors, Paris and Etro, some of their favorite “things.”   

The baby grand piano is computerized.  Note the 3-ft bronze frog outside and a few Jeff Koons balloon dogs can be found in the kitchen.  The wine cellar can hold 3000+ bottles.  There is a second kitchen on the lower floor.  An office includes a massage room.  There are two rooms for staff.

“Over the top,” with a cozy, comfortable feeling.

HISTORIC WELL-TRAVELED CAMINO REAL BOCA RATON BRIDGE NEEDS HELP

Built in 1939, the Camino Real Bridge in Boca Raton is in need of repairs and/or replacement.  This double-leaf rolling lift bridge is a historic landmark, on the County Registry of Historic Places and eligible to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 

There are limits to what one can do.  It can be renovated, but not rebuilt.   No other county bridge has its historical designations.  It spans the intracoastal waterway west of the Boca Resort Beach Club and One Thousand Ocean, and east of the Bridge Hotel.  Maximum weight on the bridge has been lowered from 36 to 30 tons.  Its travel lanes and sidewalks need to be widened.  Guardrails are obsolete.  Bridge tender house needs to be replaced and moved from the south to the north side of the bridge.  

Many of these conditions cause the bridge to fail to meet current Florida Department of Transportation standards.  Any improvements need to pass local and state historical organizations.  A $6MM rehabilitation project may start in 2015.  The Flagler Bridge in West Palm Beach was built in 1938 and the state is replacing it now.  There are seven other similar older bridges in Florida.

87 YEAR OLD NYC PENTHOUSE FOR SALE

Built in 1927, a 7-room 2-story duplex located in 133 East 64^th Street, “between Park and Lex” in the Lenox Hill section, is on the market.  It features 11’ ceilings and 4000 living sq ft. There is a wrap-around terrace with lovely Central Park views from the 12^th floor. Style is neo-classic.  The building is a “white glove cooperative.”

 The Chef’s kitchen has terra cotta tile floors, white cabinets, high end stainless steel appliances and counters, and a  walk-in pantry.  Staff quarters are adjacent.  Four elaborately carved marble fireplaces and a greenhouse extension add to the list of features.  The greenhouse extension is a breakfast room seating six, facing the east terrace. 

An elevator opens directly into the 14’x12’ foyer.  Off the foyer is a red granite powder room with a window.  The formal dining room has two pairs of French doors leading to a landscaped terrace.  The 27’x16’ living room with French doors opening to a 36’x15’ terrace with glimpses of Central Park.  Note the Palladian windows, hand carved moldings, herringbone wood floor and fireplace. 

Private living quarters on the 11^th floor are reached by an elliptical staircase with undulating matchstick railing.

The master suite includes a fireplace, decorative silver-leaf ceilings, two his-and-hers walk-in closets, and “her” bathroom in white marble with Jacuzzi bath and glass shower in the corner plus “his” with black granite throughout.  There are two more bedrooms.

The wood-paneled library has custom millwork.

List price is $17.250MM.  The unit was purchased for $8MM in 2010 from the US government for compensation for victims as it was formerly owned by the Madoffs.

NEW TAX BREAKS MAY SOON BE AVAILABLE FOR HISTORY BUFFS WILLING TO INVEST IN THE FUTURE

BOCA RATON city staff members are working on and ordinance with incentives for properties designated as historic.  If City Council approves, owners wouldn't have to pay city or country taxes for ten years on any value added improvements they do.

There is available $100,000 in federal money for Florida to help preserve historic homes and neighborhoods.

A FRAME - HISTORIC HOME - MOVE IN READY!

Looking for an AFrame style house?  Let me show you one in a historic district in West Palm Beach, near all the downtown "go to's".  Shabby chic design.  List price: $379,000, no HOA, no restrictions.  

2179 living sq ft with 2 bedrooms, 1 bath PLUS separate building with bedroom and bath, 880 living sq ft.

Move right in - new a/c, new cabinets and counters, stainless steel appliances, new landscaping, fence, windows and French doors.  Built in 1935.  CHARMING!

Call Marilyn at 561-638-9818 to see the property.

CELBRATED ARCHITECT MAURICE FATIO’S 1928 ITALIAN ROMANESQUE HOUSE ON A1A ON PALM BEACH ISLAND SOLD FOR ABOUT $16MM

Located at 920 South Ocean, there are beautiful ocean views, a guest house, extensive landscaping and a private tunnel beneath A1A to the beach and ocean and a beachfront cabana.

The front exterior has alternating bands of red brick and coquina limestone, which caused the property to be dubbed “The Ham and Cheese House,” but it was formally known as Casa Elada.

The 3-story house has been renovated by its various owners and has landmark protection.

There are 3 fireplaces. Included within the 22,253 living sq ft on an acre of land are 8 bedrooms plus a 2-bedroom staff apartment over the 4-car garage, a grand central courtyard with a pool, full basement and ornate ceilings with pecky-cypress beams, some hand painted, ornate stone carvings and other materials are used.

Maurice Fatio brought a new Italian style to Palm Beach that blended well with the Mediterranean architecture that already existed. He built many local homes for “high society” folks.