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Titanic/Avatar director James #Cameron and his wife, Suzy Amis Cameron, have listed their #Hollister #Ranch compound at 89 Hollister Ranch Road ($33 million).
According to the Wall Street Journal, “after buying the house [for $4.375 million in the late 1990s], they spent a year remodeling it […] installing #quartzite flooring and restoring the original, #natural #woods, which had been stained and painted.
‘The previous owner had had a lot of #marble,’ the director said. ‘We brought it back down to something that felt connected to the land.'”
It’s a full, 102-acre share; besides the main house (8,000 square feet, more or less), there’s a #guest #house, two #barns, and (per the listing) “a 4,795-square-foot #equestrian #facility that is next to the Ranch offices with #caretaker’s #quarters, including four apartments that feature six bedrooms and six bathrooms.”

https://www.sitelinesb.com/james-camerons-hollister-ranch-compound-is-asking-33-million/

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