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welcome to Chartwell one of the most
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incredible iconic properties in all of
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Los Angeles if not all of California its
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situated on 10.4 acres with views from
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downtown Los Angeles all the way to the
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Pacific Ocean the estate features an
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authentic French chateau with six
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bedrooms and 13 baths complete with
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Canyon trails and golf cart paths the
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secret tunnels the pool and pool house
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the tennis court
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the French gardens the garden pavilion
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the redwood grove a 40 car motor gallery
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the 12,000 bottle wine cellar the koi
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pond stream and to top it all off a five
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bedroom Wallace Neff guesthouse this is
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one-of-a-kind in so many ways but it
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will also be nearly impossible to ever
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put four contiguous properties together
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like this in the heart of bel-air
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it's priced at 195 million dollars come
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on in check it out this home was built
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in 1930 and the late Jerry Parr NGO
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bought it in 1986 he shortly thereafter
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purchased three contiguous Lots amassing
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10.4 acres which is completely unheard
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of and probably never to be duplicated
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again when you drive up Bel Air Road you
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come to the most amazing stone wall that
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has these gorgeous lollipop trees in
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front of them this estate has four
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tenths of a mile of street frontage
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Playboy Mansion half that spelling Manor
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half that bordering the front lawns of
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Chartwell are these phenomenal carob
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trees that have been pleats to give this
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continuous shape effect arriving at the
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front of the house you might recognize
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it from the iconic TV show The Beverly
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Hillbillies this house is 25,000 square
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feet and completely symmetrical in
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nature mr. Parenti Oh wanted to create
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an authentic replica of an 18th century
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Chateau and in doing so he reconfigured
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the entire interior the only thing that
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was left standing were the four outer
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walls
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he brought in a team of French experts
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he brought in interior designer
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Andre Samuel and it took them five years
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to complete this work they did
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everything including the roof and now
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we've arrived in the foyer a an elegant
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sophisticated space with beautiful
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staircases limestone and black marble
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flooring that enters right into the main
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salon presidents ambassador's foreign
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dignitaries all would come enter through
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the foyer into the main salon the Parque
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de Versailles flooring was shipped in
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from Europe its 18th century and it took
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the French artisans three months to
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install and from here we're heading to
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the dining room this dining room seats
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24 people but what's incredible about
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this room are the panels they're
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hand-carved at a pine 18th century these
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were commissioned for the Prime Minister
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of England then restored shipped here
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and attached and if you look closely at
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these wood instruments you'll see
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strings on the staff would bring in food
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during an event from the kitchen that's
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located in this particular wing there's
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five kitchens on the estate come on
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let's go downstairs and now we're at the
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bar I feel like I'm in one of the
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Harry's bars anywhere around the world
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the bar is made of maple television pops
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up and back with all the people that
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have visited this house during all the
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entertaining events if the walls could
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speak they would tell incredible stories
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coming down from the bar into the living
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room area that transitions into a
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ballroom this ballroom also doubles as a
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screening room as well the panels slide
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open revealing huge speakers and at the
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push of a button the screen comes down
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is it like that at your house because
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it's not like that at mine and over
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there
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mr. Parenti Oh loved to entertain he
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would have legendary musicians who
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played at sold-out arenas around the
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world grace this very stage the room
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would be completely cleared out emptied
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of furniture
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emptied of antiques and then tables
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would be set up for dining guests would
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eat they would drink and listen to
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incredible artists play and through
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these double doors guests could just
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step out and enjoy the view
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fabulous lawns grand fountain the
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redwood trees truly an incredible space
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to entertain and on in this estate is a
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phenomenal Rose Garden to the left and
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to the right a beautiful veggie garden
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as well let me take you down one of
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these cascades trust me you've never
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seen anything like it
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mr. pranchi Oh hired French architects
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to create this phenomenal landscape
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effect with these water fountains
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cascading down during the renovation he
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brought in 22,000 trees and plants onto
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the grounds seeing it in the daytime is
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one thing singing at night something
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completely else and here we arrive at
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the grand fountain huge in size and when
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you look up at the facade of the home
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you see the symmetry and the beautiful
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pleats trees along the side and if you
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notice these four statues they represent
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the four seasons and on the other end
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you have a matching cascading water
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fountain symmetry at its best I'm sure
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that's a serious sliding hill if we had
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any snow don't get any ideas let me take
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you to see the pool and look at this
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look at the hedges again pleats
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manicured beautifully and it's like a
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maze leading you to the next destination
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which is the pool welcome to the
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swimming pool area there's a 75 foot
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length swimming pool and a pool house as
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well
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tons of parties were held here during a
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birthday party they had a swimming
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competition right before the starting
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gun went off one of the competitors
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pulled out and asked for a replacement
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out of the tunnel walked Michael Phelps
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needless to say anyone who swam that day
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didn't get higher than a silver medal an
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amazing space so large in nature
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cascading rock garden that leads you to
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the pool area and it leads you to this
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beautiful indoor/outdoor pool house you
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have a round bar over here and a great
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hangout area it has a full kitchen and
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you got to come see this come on nothing
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like a full locker room
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there's a men's and a woman's you can
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bring all your things here put them in
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the lockers go swim hang out come back
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afterwards change in shower not
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necessarily in that order and these are
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the secret underground tunnels that lead
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you from the pool to the house to the
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outer walking grounds they were built
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back in the 1930s by the original owner
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Lynne Atkinson who was a renowned civil
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engineer and the echo is wild
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come on it look at these finished walls
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even with the lighting inside it's so
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magnificent luciano pavarotti
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used to visit Chartwell quite often any
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used to love to come down into these
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tunnels and practice singing because of
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the acoustics and the echo hello and now
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we've come to the elevator and the
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elevator goes from this level which is
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the lowest level all the way up one two
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and three you can come from your master
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bedroom right down here you can either
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go to the pool where we just came from
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or out to the walking trails where we're
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going now and if you listen closely you
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can hear the birds chirping which echo
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throughout the tunnels wait till you see
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this we call this the Giants head it was
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first seen by one of the landscape
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architects over in Italy and this is a
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replica it's made out of paper mache
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wiring and a concrete type mixture
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coming out of this side of the tunnel
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leads you to the canyon portion of the
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property
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try to keep up and listen to those
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rollin streams with its koi ponds hiking
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trails it doesn't even feel like you're
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in the middle of bel-air this is truly
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what makes this property one-of-a-kind
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here is one of the three koi ponds on
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the property that run all the way down
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the canyon with water that's circulating
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24 hours a day and now we're going to
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head up to the garden pavilion and
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here's the entrance to the Grand Garden
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pavilion this area and this structure is
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great for entertaining seating and
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standing room up above as well as down
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below come into this hidden staircase
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cave it leads you up to the top of the
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pavilion the view is incredible in that
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direction is the helipad and over there
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is the barbecue area with its own
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restroom as well let's go back down hop
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in the cart I want to show you something
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else this is the path that wraps around
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the back of the main house and now we're
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arriving at the redwood grove look at
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these majestic trees it is magical out
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here and it transports you to somewhere
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else in the world these trees were
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planted back in the 1930s and they're
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roughly a hundred years old where do you
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find this in Southern California where
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do you find this in Los Angeles I'll
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tell you where nowhere except on chart
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well welcome to the tennis pavilion with
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its north south facing championship
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sized tennis court viewing pavilion and
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double umpire stands music to my ears
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the paths are now taking us to the guest
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house
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this is the Wallace Neff guesthouse
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built in 1931
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it's a Spanish Revival home and it's one
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of the three contiguous properties that
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mr. prenta purchased right after buying
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Chartwell estate he incorporated this
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one into the grounds as it was its own
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private estate at the time come on in
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and in the guest house there are five
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bedrooms six baths a beautiful round
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circular dining room a vintage elevator
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over here luciano pavarotti used to love
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coming to the property and this is
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exactly where he would stay what a
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wonderful room yep this one works too
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thanks for all the rides now we're in
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the car gallery it holds 40 cars it's
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truly a collector's dream and right off
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the car gallery as we enter the house we
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have the wine cellar come no wine cellar
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is worth its weight in gold unless you
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have a wine tasting room right outside
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of it which of course this one does but
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to really see what's going on come on
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inside this wine cellar holds 12,000
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bottles of wine that's right 12,000
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bottles of wine during one of the
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showings there was a gentleman who was
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standing right here and he was looking
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up and he said ah this makes sense we
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said what are you talking about he said
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I have been looking for this wine for 15
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years
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couldn't find looked all over the world
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the entire world supply is right here we
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went oh my god all the bottles of wine
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were sold making millions of dollars and
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it was all given to charity follow me
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into the elevator let's go back up to
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the main floor
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the Chartwell estate so vast we like to
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say when living here you are your
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closest neighbor you've been around you
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been on the golf cart throughout the
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grounds the pools the tennis court
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really what else do you need and this
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can all be yours for one hundred and
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ninety five million dollars
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