A Coastal Big Sur Compound lists for $100 million

A secluded seaside complex that has been inhabited by the same family for almost sixty years is for sale on Central California‘s scenic Highway 1, about 30 miles south of Carmel-by-the-Sea in Monterey Countypast the rough and dramatic Big Sur coastline.

Way back in the 19th century, the land was owned by members of the Pfeiffer familywho were among the first European settlers in the area where today a state park is named after them. Purchased in the early 1960s as a weekend getaway, late in the evening Cyril Chappelleta former military and commercial pilot who helped found Lockheed Corporation, the property includes two separate addresses with private beach access and is asking a hefty $100 million for it.

If the property sold anywhere for that amount, it would be one of the most expensive homes in the region property ever recorded transactions, which overshadow the recent ones $45 million sale of former San Diego Padres owner John Moore’s lavish home on the 18th hole of the Pebble Beach Golf Links.

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The expansive grounds, nestled on a 150-acre plot of manicured gardens, fruit orchards and breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Lucia Mountains, are accessed via a gated entrance and have “ample grounds for raising livestock and poultry”. the entrywhich is owned by Tim Allen of Coldwell Banker Realty.

Known as Heart of Rancho Rico, the estate features three residential buildings highlighted by a 1940s main house with four bedrooms and five bathrooms in a modernized 3,750-square-foot living space with three fireplaces, plus an enclosed loggia and a garage for two cars. There is also a circa-2001 garden house with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a fireplace of 1,960 square meters, as well as a two-story farmhouse of 2,500 square meters, built in 1995, with four bedrooms and two bathrooms. Other amenities include a scenic camping spot, a reflection pond, a food forest, an in-ground trampoline, and a private road leading to a secluded beach.

After Chappellet’s death in 1991, Heart of Rancho Rico was left to his daughter, and when she passed away in the early 2000s, her children inherited the extensive distribution. As first reported by The Wall Street JournalC. Blake Forrest and his sisters Michele and Kira Forrest are selling because their children are grown and ready to move on to the next phase of life.

“Four generations of our family have spent time on this property over the past 60 years,” Blake said. “As children, my sisters and I spent most of our summers on the ‘ranch,’ as (our grandfather) called it. We’ve hosted countless family gatherings for six decades, and it’s also where my siblings and I raised our own families. We hope that the next owners will embrace this property, share it with their families and preserve its beauty for generations to come.”

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