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When we visited the Napa home yesterday, we first passed working-class neighborhoods, small homes, strip malls, and abandoned cars. For miles after that we were in the heart of wine country, surrounded by vineyards. Each large estate essentially had a mansion attached to it, some so large that they looked like wineries, but were private homes.
Our destination was a farm and luxury home with a pool, outbuildings, and the most lush landscaping I've ever seen. Although it was not a mansion, it was spacious, tasteful, and magnificent. The population density of this vast area could never exceed 30 to 40 people per square mile. On my way back to Santa Rosa, I thought about the disparity as huge apartment buildings are being built everywhere and there is a large homeless population.
There was a real estate advertisement in today's newspaper.
Glen Ellen, 6 bedrooms, 15 bathrooms, $7,995,000
Kenwood 3 bedroom, 3.5 bath $3,698,000
Santa Rosa, 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths $6,495,000
I understand.
Coincidentally, today's New York Times featured an article on real estate: “How Real Estate Became Showbiz and Agents Became Stars” Here is the shared link to this article…..www .nytimes.com/…
Some excerpts:
“The recipient of that award was Kurt Rapaport, who represented Beyoncé and Jay-Z when they completed their $190 million Malibu pad last May.”
“Attendees hopped into an Uber and headed to the afterparty at Californication House in the Hollywood Hills, a James Bond-inspired 38 million mansion with a fire pit built into the infinity pool. It’s a custom built mansion.”
“He is focused on his properties, including an eight-bed, 20-bathroom property in Beverly Hills listed for $126 million.”
And Vail stands for: robreport.com/…
So, how is your neighborhood configured? My area is full of apartments and there are no mansions. But I can walk to Safeway and his CVS. The owner of a mansion in wine country can't do that!
