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