It’s a little-known fact. Clint Eastwood was elected mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California in 1986. He chose to run because the incumbent mayor was “too distant” of the inhabitants and her “used to knit during public meetings“During his two-year term, he made unusual decisions, such as lifting a ban on the public sale of ice cream and opposing a toll road project that would have cut off a California beach. During those two years, he lived in a Spanish Revival-style house. The home is currently on the market for $21 million, or €19 million.
The beach at the foot of the house
The director of The Mule , Sully, Invictus or even Gran Torinolived in this house built in 1924, which overlooks the ocean. The property is made of locally sourced stones and a clay tile roof. It has four bedrooms including two suites with shower and bathtub, a cinema room (to watch the films of the successful director), an interior courtyard and a stone garage that can accommodate two cars. The vaulted ceilings with exposed wooden beams give the property its charm. As icing on the cake, a driveway leads directly from the house to the beach, via the side door.
Since the famed director’s departure, the house has undergone other improvements: Frederic O’Such, an 80-year-old retired investor who is the current owner, added a temperature-controlled wine cellar in the basement, reinforced the foundation to make it earthquake-resistant and replaced the roof and windows, notes The Wall Street Journal. He furnished the interior in the Arts and Crafts style, a British artistic movement whose spirit is close to Art Nouveau, declined in all objects, even those of everyday life. Today, he wishes to leave the place to move into a retirement home.
Is the $21 million price tag on the house too high? The home doesn’t need any work, it’s like new. A house next door to O’Such’s property recently sold for $28 million. The same goes for another neighboring house, the Butterfly House, which sold for $29 million. The home that Clint Eastwood once lived in would therefore be listed at market price, at least as far as luxury goods are concerned.
