Price of ‘Bachelor’ and ‘Bachelorette’ pad reduced by one-third
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Even splashy homes featured on television shows are having a tough time selling.
Villa de la Vina, the six-bedroom, 7 1/2-bathroom estate used for two seasons of the ABC reality show ‘The Bachelor’ and last season’s ‘The Bachelorette,’ is now listing for $8.75 million, down from $13 million earlier this year.
This is the Agoura home in which ‘Bachelorette’ contestant DeAnna Pappas sifted through the contestants, finally choosing Jesse Csincsak as her one true love.
The owner of the 10-acre estate, contractor Marshall Haraden, used materials from Morocco, India and Mexico to give an authentic look to the 8,000-square-foot home. The exterior walls are constructed of dye-infused concrete, and the interior has terra cotta pavers and tile from Guadalajara. The doors are from Mexico and India, and some fixtures are from Morocco. He sought to achieve ‘a rural, rustic hacienda’ sensibility.
Haraden created a 2,000-square-foot solar field to house panels to heat the pool, also featured in the TV shows.
The property has a 4,000-square-foot finished building for use as a hobby studio (and was used to house last season’s ‘Bachelorette’ contestants).
--Diane Wedner
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