Governor Jerry Brown has just sold the Japanese inspired Oakland Hills home at 7257 Skyline Boulevard which he purchased for $2.425 million in 2007 for $2.375 million having listed it for $2.595 million earlier this year.
Designed by Sallie Lang of Bliss Building, the three-bedroom, four-level home measures a little over 4,100 square feet and includes a lower spa level with sauna, wet bar and a great room that opens to an oversized deck by way of two roll-up glass doors, the use of which Sallie explained back in 2006 when the home was listed as new for $2.6 million.
Governor Brown, who will term out of office in 2019, moved into the newly renovated Governor’s Mansion in Sacramento at the end of last year and is planning to build a new home on family-owned land in Colusa County.
I am a huge fan of Sallie Lang’s skill as a designer and builder. Could someone explain why this was so difficult to sell?
High price + middle of nowhere?
Nothing says “Japanese inspired” like garage doors in your living room.
It took a long while to sell in 2006-200, and went for under asking. It was one of a kind and a high price for the Oakland hills then, and that’s the story with it now as well.
Could someone explain how Sallie Lang got a permit to build this place? It’s a four level home and therefore requires a licensed architect, which she is not. The maximum number of stories an unlicensed person can design is two stories and generally not on a hillside.
Probably has a licensed architect working with her.
The garage door itself is one thing, but the typical metal hardware at ceiling level looks soooo lame in a home. Can’t they reconfigure better looking hardware?
I was in a Gaudi house in Barcelona where the living room wall-of-windows could be raised to, in effect, turn the living room into a giant deck when joined with the outside deck. I loved it. This place has done the same. However, in the Gaudi house, the rails were hidden above the ceiling. They should have done the same here – far better aesthetic.
So did the doors actually retract into the ceiling? That’s the only way I see that working, otherwise the HW must protrude below the ceiling to hold the doors.
Yes – they retracted into the ceiling and were invisible when raised. Very cool.
I won’t worry about Jerry’s net worth….I would gladly retire on one third of this wealth.
Jerry never had much money, did he? But his wife is wealthy.