33800 Pacific Coast Hwy Rental

Views! Views! Views! This dramatic Cliff May-designed oceanfront compound with two guesthouses on approximately 1.9 acres and 131 feet of beach frontage is exceptionally private, with expansive outdoor spaces to complement tranquil interiors. Sitting behind gates, the property welcomes visitors with a manicured garden, circular driveway, and a meandering waterway with bridges and waterfalls. The four-bed, five-bath main house, with a two-car garage and ocean views from nearly every room, has a distinctive soaring glass wall that illuminates the interior stairway. Warm and inviting rooms have beamed ceilings, stone and hardwood floors, and wide French doors that open onto vast verdant lawns, gorgeous mature trees, and panoramic ocean views. A huge ocean-view living/sitting/dining great room with massive beams has a large fireplace and a wall of glass doors onto a brick portico with a sheltered outdoor dining area. The kitchen is fully equipped for entertaining, with an approximately 4.3x4.3 tiled interior refrigerator, a large two-tier island, a breakfast bar with seating indoors or out, and glass accordion doors that open to the patio and outdoor dining area. Also on the main floor is an enormous billiards/entertainment/media space with a full wet bar and French doors to an outdoor patio and gardens. The upstairs rooms have beamed cathedral ceilings and include an enormous, approximately 1300s.f. gracious owners suite. This beautiful room has a fireplace with sculptural plasterwork and a whole-tree mantel, expansive windows, wide French doors that open onto an ocean-view balcony that runs nearly the full width of the house, a second interior balcony overlooking the front gardens, plus a luxurious marble bath with sunken tub, custom closets, reading nook, and a laundry chute. The suite also includes a handsome ocean-view office with hardwood floors, a wraparound built-in desk and shelving, and a balcony facing the front gardens. The house also has a full attic, sound and security system, and landscape sprinklers. With unobstructed ocean views, guesthouse #1 is perfect for whale watching with a large wraparound deck, a kitchenette, adjoining half bath, and a flight of stairs that descend to the beach. The bright and sunny guesthouse #2, with a two-story ceiling and lots of glass, has a kitchenette, three-quarter bath, and a spiral staircase to a loft bedroom. The property has several additional structures set among the trees and lawns. A charming sauna/bathhouse complete with showers, hot tub, half bath, and a lounging patio with views. There is an additional four-car garage and ample guest parking. This is truly a remarkable legacy property, with a distinguished style and majestic surroundings. Barn and Adjacent Restroom excluded.