Sean Ahearn And Jim Karlovsky presents

A rare opportunity on Kauai’s North Shore to acquire a classic Plantation-style residence & guesthouse along with a Moloa’a Bay beachfront lot. Hale Maliu is a substantial house & guesthouse set on a blufftop half-acre. The 3 bed & 2 bath plantation-style amenity rich home features an expansive living area with walls of windows that disappear bringing the out-in, a lavish chef’s kitchen and several generous lanais. The guesthouse also features big sky ocean views. The 7,500 sqft beachfront parcel provides a generous and sheltered gathering place to enjoy ocean access. All in all, a great get.

3 BR | 2 BA

2,597 SF | 30,754 SF Land Size

Address: 6571 Kuono Road, Anahola, Kauai 96746

Price: $3,495,000

For more information, please contact Sean Ahearn at 808.652.6600 or sean@akkauai.com

Sean Ahearn and Jim Karlovsky are the exclusive agents representing the Kauai, HI real estate market as members of the Haute Residence Real Estate Network. View all of their listings here.

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Photo Credit: Ahearn Karlovsky

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Set in the fertile Moloa’a Valley, a mere stroll to Moloa’a Beach, is a two-parcel property consisting of a striking Asian-modern residence and a vacant half-acre kuleana lot with multiple possibilities. The property is accessed from Moloa’a Road via a gated bridge that delivers you to the stamped concrete parking area. The elevated home provides lots of covered storage, a generous lanai and wonderful outdoor shower. The main living area consists of two bedrooms and two bathrooms, and integrated living, dining and kitchen areas sharing a sliding glass wall that opens to a spacious, protected southwest-facing lanai. The design elements take a modern approach where form honors function - it is beautifully executed throughout and crafted with a purposeful use of natural finishes.

Holo Mala exhibits a slew of new and updated features, including:

• SunPower Photovoltaic System (2017 - owned) & Solar Edge 3800 Invertor
• Tesla Powerwall (13.5 kWh) with Car Charger Station
• Solar & On-demand (2018) Hot Water Heater(s)
• On-site Fresh Water Well
• Aquasana Whole House 500K Rhino Water Filter System
• Viqua Model Pro 10 Ultraviolet System & UV Intensity Monitor
• 1,500 Gallon Orenco FRP Septic System
• Samsung Stainless Appliances (including Gas Range) 2018
• Rainforest Granite at Kitchen, Island & Chef’s Desk
• “Haiku” Big Ass Ceiling Fan(s) (2018)
• Ipe Hardwood Floors throughout (refinished 2018)
• Full Slab Granite Bathroom(s)
• Gessi & Hansgrohe Fixtures

The fertile, natural abundance at Holo Mala creates a lush tropical retreat that fuses nature with lifestyle. The pristine garden, which sits on the adjacent inclusive ½ acre lot, is resplendent with a wide variety of citrus, ornamental & edible plantings in a sunny private space. Holo Mala is a rare find - a spacious, feature rich property that exhibits attention-to-detail and pride-of-ownership in an ocean-centric locale.

Address: 3648-A Moloaa Road, Anahola, HI 96703

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SUBSTANTIAL SUPERLATIVE-RICH CUSTOM RESIDENCE LOCATED ON A 3/4 ACRE LOT IN A PRIVATE SETTING WITHIN THE WAILUA HOMESTEADS.

There are few homes on Kauai that achieve the level of high-end customization that 6929 Pomaikai does. In addition, the residence was just completely upgraded and nearly every surface was touched creating a "like-new" experience.

The home has over 6,000 square feet of living area with four bedrooms and five baths. Perfect for grand entertaining with a spacious top-end appliance kitchen, expansive living & dining area with soaring ceilings and big sky views that open to the exterior lanais. There is an office, second-level den, large atrium landing, and cork floor exercise studio. The garage is spacious and sits atop basement storage of over 500 square feet. The stamped contract motor court and exterior lanai surrounds the entire residence for low maintenance

Some of the features include:

• Wolf, Sub-Zero, Fisher & Paykel Appliances
• Travertine, Slate & Teak Hardwood Flooring
• Slab Granite Counters
• Venetian Plaster Interior Walls
• Crestron Multimedia Control System
• Vantage Lighting Control System
• Security System
• Indoor Spa
• Outdoor Pool
• Spacious Cork Floor Exercise Studio
• Mitsubishi Tri-Zone Cooling System
• Custom Wood Doors & Windows
• Basement Storage Space
• Translucent Garage Door
• Stamped Concrete Exterior Throughout
• Gated Entrance
• Shake Roof
• Custom Plaster Exterior Finish

To replicate this property today would likely cost twice the asking price. A rare opportunity to find a real showplace masterpiece in the Wailua Homesteads.

Address: 6929 Pomaikai Street Unit A, Kapaa, HI 96746

Price: $1,995,000

For more information, please contact Sean Ahearn at 808.652.6600 or sean@akkauai.com

Sean Ahearn and Jim Karlovsky are the exclusive agents representing the Kauai, HI real estate market as members of the Haute Residence Real Estate Network. View all of her listings here.

Photo Credit: Ahearn Karlovsky

Photo Credit: Ahearn Karlovsky

Photo Credit: Ahearn Karlovsky

Photo Credit: Ahearn Karlovsky

Photo Credit: Ahearn Karlovsky

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The cash is rolling in like 30 footers during a pro surf competition. Over 55 homes sold for $5 million or more from the beginning of the year to end of July, tripling the previous year’s total. There were 23 sales in the $10 million and over market during the same period — double the year before. Jetting from the tech center to the tropical island is nothing new. In fact, it’s a well worn path.

Photo courtesy of Curbed.com

Hawaii’s tech tycoons  currently include Facebook Chief exec Mark Zuckerberg who bought a 700-acre estate on the sparsely populated Kauai reportedly for $100 million.

“You’re not seeing them buy penthouses in Honolulu -- they’re buying vast estates,” Winston Chesterfield, a director at research firm Wealth-X told Bloomberg. “It’s wild, it’s green, there’s ocean, there’s animals. There’s a very strong organic sense.”

Other Silicon Valley famous faces waking up to lush landscapes and aqua seas include Marc Benioff owner of the Salesforce clouding company and now Time Magazine, who purchased his Big Island compound in 2000 for the bargain basement price $12.5 million.

Larry Ellison (Photo courtesy of Forbes)

Oracle founder Larry Ellison (he purchased the entire island — or 98 percent of it — of Lanai from Dole Foods’ mogul David Murdock for a mighty $300 million in 2012). Mind you, when your net worth tops $49 billion and you are the 7th richest person in the world (according to Forbes), you can afford to spend a portion of it on an island to experiment with “environmentally sound ways to live.”

Only $20 or so billion behind Ellison is Michael Dell, owner of Dell Technologies whose net worth is $20.8 billion. He purchased the Four Seasons Resort Maui — just one of Silicon Valley’s elite who are investing in exclusive Hawaiian hotels as well as their own properties.

Paul Allen, the cofounder of Microsoft and talented part-time guitarist, like Ellison once owned an entire island. Now he merely owns a property on the Big Island, spending $7.5 million on a 10 acre farm in Kailua called the Thurston Estate. It consists of a 12,000 square-foot main house, along with living quarters for employees, a private harbor and bridge to a small island.

Peter Thiel (photo courtesy of Startupdaily.net)

Controversial PayPal founder, early Facebook investor and Trump supporter, Peter Thiel purchased a 1.7 acre ocean front property in Maui for 2011 for a then record $27 million. The home is made up of 4 pavilions, wrapping around a courtyard and swimming pool.

Innovation is in these mavericks’ blood and for many, owning a spread in paradise isn’t enough. Many, as in the case or Larry Ellison, aim to do something constructive with the land.

The Larry Ellison owned Four Seasons Resort In Lanai

“We’ve looked at agriculture, and it is one of the few industries that has not been transformed by modern technology,” he said at the Four Seasons Resort Lanai at Manele Bay last year. He plans to make the island a model that changes agriculture for the world by growing the freshest, most nutritional produce and profitably selling it for less than mass-produced imports. He has built a $15 million high-tech greenhouse with the aim to produce better food that costs less. “Lanai is step No. 1,” Ellison said. “We think we can transform agriculture.”

Pierre Omidyar, the founder of Ebay has purchased a farm in Kauau with the aim of importing almost 700 cows to start a dairy farm. His goal is decrease the island-state’s heavy reliance on imported milk, while using sustainable agriculture practices. His efforts have been met with opposition from sections of the tourism industry, worried about the smell from cow manure and flies on their resorts. Clearly, when profits are concerned, Hawaii’s wealthy feel it’s worth making a stink over.

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