This Is The Most Expensive Home For Sale In Lamorinda

LAFAYETTE, CA — This is currently the most expensive home for sale in the Lamorinda area, hands down. It was built for industrialist Henry J. Kaiser.

Kaiser's construction company helped build Hoover Dam while Kaiser Shipyards built the Liberty Ships of World War II. He went on to form Kaiser Steel, Kaiser Aluminum, Kaiser Motors, Kaiser -Permanente Health Care and the Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser moved to Hawaii in 1955.

This gated property includes 11 flat acres in the heart of Lafayette. The main house was built in 1946 and is mid-century modern. It has 14,000 square feet and is built around a beautiful courtyard with expansive spaces for both formal and casual living. The multiple garages will accommodate 18 to 20 cars.

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• Address: 940 Reliez Station Ln, Lafayette, California
• Price: $18,000,000
• Square Feet: 14605
• Bedrooms: 13
• Bathrooms: 12 Full and 1 Half Baths
• Built: 1946
• Features: This unique property, formerly the Kaiser Estate, comprises an exclusive gated 11 flat acres in the heart of Lafayette, California. The primary 14,000 sq ft home on 7 acres centers around a beautiful courtyard and has fabulous expansive spaces for both formal and casual living. It includes a large workshop and multipe garages with room for 18 to 20 cars. This home features fabulous amenities, including an exercise room with dry and steam saunas, a detached guest house, a caretaker apartment, a pool with a 2-bathroom cabana, and an outdoor fireplace. The exquisite secondary house on 2.75 acres includes an additional guest apartment, a cabana, and 2 five-car garages. Included in the sale is a separate, gated 33, 000 sq ft flat parcel with its own power and water meters. This wonderful and very private property boasts magnificent park-like grounds with a tennis court, an additional pool at the second house, a greenhouse, and redwood trees throughout.

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