Cool listings: A $6.225M estate in one of Rancho Santa Fe’s most desirable communities

Georgie Mihaila
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Legacy estate in Rancho Santa Fe, California
Photo credit: Willis Allen Real Estate

In San Diego’s North County, in the affluent community of Rancho Santa Fe — best known for its luxurious homes, breathtaking landscapes, and overall exclusivity — lies a striking 2.86-acre compound that recently hit the market.

Designed by locally renowned architect, Dena Gillispie, the sprawling compound sits on an elevated ocean view lot in Stonebridge (a gated, residential, and equestrian community located in westernmost Rancho Santa Fe that was developed in the 1980s and 1990s).

Much like the idyllic homes that surround it, the compound was built in 1991 and consists of a 4-bedroom main residence AND a separate one-bedroom guest cottage.

Photo credit: Austin Ashline courtesy of Willis Allen Real Estate

It’s now on the market for 6,225,000, with Deborah Weir and Monica Sylvester of Willis Allen Real Estate in charge of the listing.

The 4-bedroom main residence welcomes residents and guests with its impressive brick loggia, which sets the tone for the rest of the house, where unique and distinctive elements like leaded glass doors, curved staircases, hand-carved fireplaces, and more make you think to yourself that “they don’t build them like this anymore”.

Photo credit: Austin Ashline courtesy of Willis Allen Real Estate
Photo credit: Austin Ashline courtesy of Willis Allen Real Estate
Photo credit: Austin Ashline courtesy of Willis Allen Real Estate
Photo credit: Austin Ashline courtesy of Willis Allen Real Estate
Photo credit: Austin Ashline courtesy of Willis Allen Real Estate
Photo credit: Austin Ashline courtesy of Willis Allen Real Estate
Photo credit: Austin Ashline courtesy of Willis Allen Real Estate
Photo credit: Austin Ashline courtesy of Willis Allen Real Estate
Photo credit: Austin Ashline courtesy of Willis Allen Real Estate
Photo credit: Austin Ashline courtesy of Willis Allen Real Estate
Photo credit: Austin Ashline courtesy of Willis Allen Real Estate
Photo credit: Austin Ashline courtesy of Willis Allen Real Estate

The guest cottage — which has its own address — adds an extra bedroom to the mix, but also comes with its own living room, kitchenette, balcony, views, and 2 stairwells (one of which is ADA compliant).

Heading outside, the backyard is an entertainer’s dream anchored by a saltwater, beach entry pool, with a spa, slide, and a magical outdoor shower.

Photo credit: Austin Ashline courtesy of Willis Allen Real Estate

There’s also an open-air pool cabana, 2 fireplaces, 2 separate BBQ stations, a pizza oven, and a firepit with sit-down, all looking out at the ocean in the distance.

Photo credit: Austin Ashline courtesy of Willis Allen Real Estate

Other highlights of the estate include fully paid solar, a batting cage, a shuffleboard, an orchard, and a vegetable garden. 

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With a decade-long career as a digital content creator, Georgie started out as a real estate journalist for Multi-Housing News & CPExecutive. She later transitioned into digital marketing, working with leading real estate websites like PropertyShark, RENTCafé and Point2Homes. After a brief but impactful stint in the start-up world, where she led the marketing divisions of fintech company NestReady and media publisher Goalcast, Georgie returned to her first passion, real estate, and founded FancyPantsHomes.com