The house boasts European-inspired old world designs.
Listing for $108 million, American businessman Darwin Deason’s La Jolla house, “The Sandcastle,” could set a record for San Diego County real estate. Should it be sold for the asking amount, it would shatter billionaire Egon Durban’s present record of $44 million, who earlier this year purchased a Del Mar seaside property.
Comprising almost 13,000 square feet, Mr Deason’s estate boasts stone columns, balconies, and a private elevated beach. With gold accents, marble flooring and mosaics, the inside draws on old-world Europe. The guest house is fashioned after Le Petit Trianon at Versailles. Founded Affiliated Computer Services and sold it to Xerox for more than $6 billion in 2009, the millionaire bought the mansion and a nearby lot for $26 million same year. Since then, he has reportedly put $60 million towards building it.
To create the interiors, Mr Deason hired eminent designer Timothy Corrigan, who has created for Hollywood elites and royalty. Inspired by the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes and built with French grandeur, the estate boasts nautistically themed bars, custom-made furniture, a dining room seating sixteen. Among the grounds are a pool, gym, boathouse with slate roof tiles imported from China along with a beachfront.
In order to match Augusta National Golf Club’s trademark white tone, Mr Deason also brought in $40,000 of imported sand. “Everyone who watches the golf tournament knows it is a spectacular shade of white,” he told The Wall Street Journal, which first published the listing. At its base, the property features two naturally occurring caverns as well.
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Mr. Deason, a Dallas-based billionaire, claims he uses the property less than his other houses despite the extravagant design. “In the history of La Jolla, there has never been and will never be another property built on the waterfront like The Sandcastle due to the present oceanfront construction standards established by the State of California,” realtors Brett Dickinson and Ross Clark from Compass noted.
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