Franck Ruimy has been on a real estate roll over the past year, inking two residential deals totaling nearly $40 million in and around Los Angeles. In April, the founder and CEO of Arizona-based Silver Creek Development — and amateur driver on the Ferrari Challenge North America circuit — tendered just over $22 million for custom digs in the L.A. neighborhood of Brentwood. And three months later, records reveal Ruimy also doled out $15.8 million for a stately Mediterranean-style mansion in Santa Barbara County’s posh Montecito enclave.
Hidden away behind gates and a wall crowned by mature trees, at the end of a curving driveway that empties out at a motorcourt and an attached three-car garage, Ruimy’s newly acquired Brentwood home rests on almost an acre of land. Custom built way back in 1985, the white wood-sided structure boasts six bedrooms and nine baths in almost 9,000 square of colorfully hued living space overlooking canyon vistas.
Among the highlights are a formal dining room dressed in cobalt blue, plus an all-white kitchen accented by an eggshell-blue ceiling and outfitted with an oversized eat-in island, high-end appliances and a built-in wine cooler. An adjacent fireside family room has floor-to-ceiling glass doors spilling out to a spacious fireside pavilion ideal for al fresco dining and entertaining.
A snazzy master retreat offers a showroom-style closet with a built-in window seat and a luxe marble bath equipped with a freestanding soaking tub, and elsewhere in the house is a teal-hued media room, an executive office and an attractive wood-paneled den/game room sporting a wet bar. Outdoors, the backyard hosts a sprawling grassy lawn spotlighted by a pool and spa, along with a cozy fire-pit area; and there’s also a detached two-bedroom, two-bath guest house that has a full gym and kitchen.
Santiago Arana of The Agency handled both sides of the Brentwood transaction.
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Image Credit: Redfin As for Ruimy’s recently purchased Montecito property (below), the lavish Mediterranean-style estate known as Casa Leo Linda was custom built in 1998. Tucked away off of a private lane, behind a lengthy gated driveway and motorcourt, the stucco and terracotta-roof residence is nestled on almost 3 acres in Montecito’s Upper Village, near the famed San Ysidro Ranch.
Six bedrooms and 10 baths are spread across just over 8,500 square feet of living space on two levels, with most rooms opening to garden terraces offering up sweeping ocean and mountain views.
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Image Credit: MLS A double-height rotunda adorned with a faux-frescoed ceiling greets and leads to a formal living room with a fireplace and French doors to the outside, and a family room connects to a country-style kitchen decked out with high-end Wolf appliances, a center island and large breakfast area.
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Image Credit: MLS There’s also a library, formal dining room and an office; and a sumptuous upstairs master retreat holds court beneath a soaring cathedral ceiling, and displays a fireside sitting area and private balcony.
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Image Credit: MLS Outdoors, the picturesque, garden-laced grounds are dotted with towering palm trees, and come complete with a pool and spa, cabana, fenced dog run and koi pond, along with a full-size tennis court.
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Image Credit: MLS Sandy Stahl and Jake Longstreth of Sotheby’s International Realty held the listing for the Montecito home; Ruimy was repped by Marsha Kotlyar of Berkshire Hathaway Home Services California Properties.