28823 Cliffside Drive, Malibu, CA, 90265

This gorgeous Point Dume gated compound, on more than 1.5 acres, is elegant, ultra-private, and ideal for indoor-outdoor living and entertaining. At the heart of the house is an enormous great room with wood floors, high, wood-beamed ceilings, and a beautiful piano. This handsome room includes a living area, with gas/wood fireplace and built-in bookshelves, a dining area, and a gracious country kitchen with high-end appliances, large island, wood-burning pizza oven, dry-bar with ice machine, and butler’s pantry with an additional pantry room. A wall of French doors open onto a huge flagstone patio. Off the great room, a family room doubles as a projection room, with blackout curtains over doors opening to the pool/spa terrace. A hallway with a window seat leads to the bedroom wing, where four bedrooms include two that share a bath, another en-suite, and the lovely owner’s hideaway, which has a sitting area with a fireplace, a window seat looking out to the pool, double large closets, generous bookshelves, an office area, and a luxurious bathroom with freestanding tub, double-headed shower, double vanity, huge walk-in closet, and a wall of ocean-view windows. French doors open to a patio and lawn. Upstairs is an additional sleeping area with a sitting area, fireplace, bathroom, and private deck with ocean views. The impressive grounds invite relaxation and grand hospitality. Features include a waterfall grotto pool/spa with a slide, sauna, outdoor kitchen and barbecue, large covered dining/sitting area with outdoor heaters and fireplace, flagstone patio with a fountain, sitting area with a fire pit, basketball/sport court, and extensive lawns. The yard is beautifully landscaped with fruit and other trees, and paths lead through the terraced plantings, including a vegetable garden. There are two guest accommodations. The guest house is complete with a sitting area with kitchenette, bedroom with fireplace, bathroom, walk-in closet, and a door to the patio and pool. A separate guest suite above the garage includes a great room with kitchenette, bedroom, bathroom, and French doors to a huge dining/sitting deck with ocean views. The property has garage parking for six cars and ample guest parking. A private, gated path leads to Little Dume/Riviera III beach, with beach rights included. This is an exceptional home of rare size and quality created for the quintessential Southern California lifestyle.