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A dramatic wooden home on the rugged northern California coast with a private cove and panoramic ocean views has just hit the market for $8 million.
The property is located in Sea Ranch, a secluded community in Sonoma County, some 100 miles north of San Francisco, that was developed in the 1960s.
The architectural concept of the community was to have properties that blend in with the environment, explained listing agent Pattie Lawton of Sotheby’s International Realty – San Francisco Brokerage, who brought the home to the market last week.
“These structures were built into the landscape, to be in harmony with nature,” she said. “It’s really pretty and very special.”
The home is clad in Redwood.
Paul Kozal for Sotheby’s International Realty
The house, built in 1972 by Carson Bowler and renovated and expanded by Obie Bowman in 1997, is clad in wood inside and out. Redwood covers the exterior, while Douglas Fir and walls of windows characterize the inside.
“The architecture is super interesting,” Lawton said. “There’s nothing cookie cutter about it, but it really does work. Everywhere you look you really see nature.”
It’s “dramatic architecture that’s comfortable,” she added.
Spanning 4,650 square feet, the home is fitted with features including a double-height great room, an elevated dining room with a copper hearth fireplace, a remodeled chef’s kitchen with granite countertops, a study, wine storage and multiple decks.
The kitchen has been remodeled.
Paul Kozal for Sotheby’s International Realty
There’s also a “mystical portal to the ocean”—a large tube that runs from one of the home’s bedrooms through to the exterior of the home that carries the sound of the ocean into the room and serves as an impressive window taking in sea views.
“It’s very whimsical,” Lawton said. “But it’s really, really cool.”
There are five bedrooms, including the primary bedroom suite, which is “very dreamy,” Lawton said. “I’m not sure if you’re on a boat or in a treehouse.”
The primary bedroom offers impressive views.
Paul Kozal for Sotheby’s International Realty
Outside, the acre of oceanfront grounds leads to the home’s private cove.
This is a property for “someone who really appreciates privacy and someone who really does love nature,” according to Lawton. “It’s one of those properties that’s so, so special and unique. This is an opportunity for someone to really hang on to for generations.”
The seller, a trust, acquired the home in 2009 for $3.5 million, records in PropertyShark show.
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