100-acre luxury ranch retreat set along the Santa Ynez River.

Peaceful, Serene, and Private.  A special property providing refuge from crowded cities and over-scheduled lives.

Rancho Rio Robles is a 103-acre luxury ranch located along a meandering river in California’s beautiful Santa Ynez Valley, home to internationally acclaimed wineries, vineyards, and equestrian ranches. The 16-room, 6 bath main residence is large enough to contain all the amenities you expect from a luxury property but lives cozy, with sun-filled rooms and extensive verandas, surrounded by colorful gardens, mature landscaping, and stunning panoramas of the surrounding mountains and hills. It is truly one of the most beautiful settings in California.

 The Ranch property offers great utility with its flat and highly useable acreage and outstanding water resources. While providing great privacy and serenity - a true retreat, Rancho Rio Robles is only minutes to the Valley’s shopping, fine dining, and first-class medical facilities, a commuter’s distance to Santa Barbara, and two-hour drive to Los Angeles.

The 8,000+ square foot main residence was designed by well-known Santa Barbara architect Tom Meany, who, with the owners, created a spectacular “Farmhouse”.  The design is a sophisticated interpretation of the Australian Queenslander style, embodying elements of American Craftsman and Sea Island Plantation, which together proffer a perfect blend of country and sophistication, luxury amenities, and modern technology. The residence features four bedrooms, three of which are ensuite, and gracious living areas which include a great room, country kitchen and morning room, formal dining room, library, a luxurious 12 seat theater, 1,000 bottle wine cellar, craft room, extensive covered verandas, two private offices, two laundry rooms, and a three-car garage. 

The ranch’s other facilities include a 3,500 square foot additional residence, a ranch manager’s house, shop, barn, a boutique vineyard, and almost 65 acres of green fields of orchard grass and oats, and two fenced and irrigated horse pastures with turnout facilities. Water is supplied by three highly productive wells, with the agricultural well producing over 1,000 gallons of water per minute, sufficient for almost any endeavor.

Rancho Rio Robles offers an extraordinary refuge from the crowds and the hustle and bustle. It is a unique property combining privacy, charm, brilliant design, skilled craftsmanship, luxury, all amid truly beautiful surroundings.

Address: Rancho Rio Robles, 4500 Via Rancheros, Santa Ynez, CA 93460

Price: $9,900,000

For more information please contact Carey Kendall at (805) 688-1620 or carey@clkre.com

Carey Kendall is the exclusive agent representing the Santa Ynez Valley, CA real estate market as a member of the Haute Residence Real Estate Network. View all of his listings here.

Photo Credit: Village Properties Photo Credit: Village Properties Photo Credit: Village Properties Photo Credit: Village Properties Photo Credit: Village Properties Photo Credit: Village Properties Photo Credit: Village Properties

The post Luxury Ranch In Santa Ynez By Carey Kendall appeared first on Haute Residence by Haute Living.

Located at the end of the road, the incredible view sheds have been preserved, wildlife flourishes, cattle and hay thrive and one can enjoy the pristine beauty of the Rocky Mountain setting forever. The D-Bar Ranch is part of the largest conservation easement in Gunnison County - Eagle Ridge Ranch. Some 4,900 acres of land is shared between 15 homeowners and cannot be subdivided further. The ranch is managed with conservation, recreation and agriculture as its top priorities. As a result, homeowners are able to enjoy some of the most beautiful country in all of the West.

Featuring majestic views of the Ohio Creek Valley, The D-Bar Ranch offers an exquisite 7,100sq. ft. residence including a fully furnished four bedroom, four full and one-half bath main house, a fully furnished three bedroom, three full and one-half bath guest home, three car heated attached garage, and a three-stall heated barn.

Designed by distinguished architect Daniel J Murphy, and built by Holbrook and Smith General Contractors, the D-Bar Ranch is a family home built of stone and reclaimed timber that blends mountain ranch style with modern simplicity. As you enter the great room of the main house you are greeted with vaulted ceilings and floor to ceiling windows with views across the hay meadow. The quality and craftsmanship of the hand built trusses, antique timbers and reclaimed wood floors are unparalleled.

The gourmet kitchen includes custom David Tredway cabinets, concrete counter-tops, a copper farm house sink, Sub Zero refrigerator, Wolf range, wall oven, and microwave, a double drawer dishwasher, warming drawer and full height wine refrigerator. The great room, with its grand wood burning fireplace, is separated from the dining room by a bar ideally suited for entertaining.

The first-floor master bedroom with adjoining office and living area frame views of Carbon Peak and the exquisite barn. The master bathroom features clay tile from France, a soaking copper tub, steam shower, his and her vanities, and a large walk-in closet. The three unique guest rooms in the main house include a fireplace, walk-in closet and en suite bathrooms with concrete countertops.

The guest home is ideally suited for relaxed entertaining featuring a master suite on the main level and two guest rooms and baths upstairs. A two-story great room complete with floor-to-ceiling windows highlight the view down valley. The timber framed barn houses three horse stalls that feed out into private corrals. A pair of overhead garage doors open to ample storage for plenty of toys.

The heated barn also houses a tack room, half bathroom and second story hay loft. Other features of the D-Bar Ranch include gorgeous landscaping, an outdoor firepit and sitting area, and a heated screened in porch with a built-in grill overlooking the hay meadow. The highlights include private fishing on the Ohio Creek or stocked pond, access to thousands of acres of wilderness, a network of private hiking, biking and off-road trails, an equestrian center, and two comfortable wilderness cabins. For those looking for the rarest and very best, the D-Bar Ranch will be a timeless and prized possession for years to come.

Address: 800 Eagle Meadow Drive, Gunnison, CO 81230

Price:  $5,750,000

Bedrooms: 7

Bathrooms: 7.5

View the listing here. 

For more information, contact Kiley Flint at 970-275-2554 or kiley.flint@sir.com.

Kiley Flint is the exclusive agent representing the Crested Butte, Colorado, real estate market as a member of the Haute Residence Real Estate Network. View all of her listings here.

Images courtesy of Kiley Flint

The post D-Bar Ranch: The Ultimate Legacy Luxury Estate appeared first on Haute Residence by Haute Living.