Serra Rose

Where to start? This manicured private estate is adorned with white rose gardens and offers verdant lawns, prime privacy and haute living. It’s impossible not to make one-of-a-kind memories.

The interior is impressive enough with Spanish stone surfaces, French Rococo-esque furnishings and Italian Modernist lighting, but it’s the spaces for memory-making that really surprise. Turn on the Savant Smart Home sound system for a morning session in the full-sized dance studio-come-gym, then grab refreshment from the caved walk-in pantry. Reenergised, dive into the pool then lounge out on the daybed for panoramic, Malibu hillside viewing. Take your pick of lunch inside at the carved rock dining table or go al fresco under the pergola. While the tide is low, head to Malibu Pier for a sea-grazing walk along Carbon, La Costa and Las Flores beaches, then grab dinner at Nobu for Matsuhisa’s world-renowned sushi. Head home for a glass of vintage from your wine cellar and enjoy it by the outdoor hearth or option for an Old Fashioned from your marble cocktail bar before sinking into the velveted sofas in your movie theatre.

If in the unlikely event you start craving the wider world beyond the gates again, Los Angeles is just thirty miles east on scenic Highway One.

Home truths:
*This home is located in a private guard-gated community
*Though there isn't a dedicated desk here, the dining table doubles up as a laptop-friendly workspace
*The swimming pool isn't fenced, so children will need to be supervised at all times