$5,880,000

Off a main highway; you enter a private road through a glen flanked by lemon and avocado groves and follow the concrete and brick lined path. You make one sharp curve and continue until you see flowering agapanthus. You arrive at the pinnacle of the rolling hilled valley where you see the country estate spread before you, "Villa Bellissima": more than 6200 square feet of living space. You park in one of two oversized garages. You have the choice of driving through the portico or parking nearby. Each garage has some of your prized collectable cars. On a moist morning, you can smell jasmine from nearby gardens and in spring , the fragrance of lemon blossoms from your own orchards fills the air. Your 44.7 acres are lush and the valleys are green. The home has so many amenities it is difficult to enumerate in the limits of an online description. You fill the bedrooms with family and friends and you enjoy the living room with 25 foot vaulted ceilings. You have a part of the home with a separate entrance that is used for either your special guests or your house manager. Your music fills up the rest of the home. You make plans for your private vineyard and your specialty brand of limoncello as you enjoy the cool water of the custom swimming pool. Your friend from Europe stays in the pool house where you have provided luxury bathrobes. Your walk-in closet, which is bigger than most bedrooms and has too much space for you and your spouse, can be rented to Imelda Marcos for her shoe collection. The income producing orchards and farmland provide sustenance and you make plans to rent out the significant grounds for summer soirées so you can pass a few weeks in Paris. This is California life at its absolute finest. You are a 1/2 hour from the beaches of Ventura and about one hour from downtown Los Angeles. But the serenity, privacy and pace of life is so much better here. This is a magnificent Country Estate or a glimpse of a dream that is certainly within reach. Some details of the home: 1800 square foot master suite with 2 walk in closets and a private atrium. The master suite fits two king size beds and has an electronic panel that controls skylights and alarms. The pool home has 2 rooms and a bathroom. The home manager space has a family room and a bedroom. The home has 7 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms. The 44.7 acres of groves earns $130k of gross income annually. --