In the afternoon, Chen Mo was about to go out to visit the mayor of St. Beni Town, when Bai Xiaoou made a video call...
In the video, blue sky, white clouds, sea, and white sandy beach appeared, and then Bai Xiaoou's head appeared: "Hi~!"
"Is this Tahiti? So beautiful..."
"It's not bad, it's on Bora Bora Island. I found a manor for you here. It has 390 acres. Are you interested in knowing about it?" Bai Xiaoou said with a smile. On the phone, Jennifer was wearing a bikini.
He popped up and waved hello: "That's a super beautiful manor."
"390 acres is too big. I don't need such a big land..." Chen Mo shook his head.
"Listen to me first. The manor is on the east side of Lake Hennessy, 390 acres, with an independent small reservoir. The vineyard area is less than 60 acres, and the rest is pasture. You can log on to the website to take a look. The owner of the winery is a Canadian architectural design
A designer has an ultra-modern geometric house, and the other party's offer is US$95 million. The important thing is that the vineyards are all in the Atlas Ava production area, and most of the pasture land is within the production range. With an offer of US$95 million, you
If you are interested, I will contact someone here and we should be able to close the deal for 90 million."
"It's too expensive." Chen Mo only had 8 million in cash.
"It's not expensive at all. The tbl Chef Academy will be built in the north of Atlas, on Lake Hennessy." Bai Xiaoou continued: "The pasture land can be used to grow grapes. And it is 390 acres of land. It is difficult to buy in Napa now.
Now that we have such a large piece of land, we can buy it and plant it entirely with grapes. If we don’t want to run a large winery, we can sell it in pieces.”
"Send me the website link."
After hanging up the phone, I received a link to a website shortly after. It was not a link to a land trading website, but a Twitter link named Coles. On it was a message about the sale of his estate, called Coles Manor, with the name of the estate on it.
Detailed introduction...
This is a manor that was built less than two years ago. The entire manor was designed by that designer. The modern-style architecture combined with the tropical landscape makes it a super mansion.
tbl Chef Academy is in northern Alaska, about 4 kilometers away from the manor in a straight line, separated by a reservoir, and separated by a forest park by road, which is about 7 kilometers away.
At US$95 million, the price is still a bit high.
The 60-acre vineyard is not within the legal production area, but there are several cult wineries in this area, and there are also several well-known wineries. It is a 12-year-old vineyard. According to the market price, the 60-acre vineyard is worth between 10 million and 15 million.
Time. Ranch land is actually not very valuable... but if all of it is planted with grapes, regardless of future appreciation of the land value, it will start at least US$70,000 per acre in three years.
There is not much land left for development in Napa County. In at most 10 years, all agricultural land will be developed.
95 million U.S. dollars, but it was not a small sum. Chen Mo called again and had a chat with Bai Xiaoou, and then set off directly for Napa.
This thing is profitable, and the risk is not high, but the accumulated capital is too large, and even if the profit is made in the future, it will not be too high.
The total value of the land that Coles acquired three years ago was $34 million. It cost to build roads, landscaping, buildings, and other expenses on the estate... The estate was valued at $55 million by the tax bureau, and the actual construction
By now, the total expenditure should be more than 60 million. Coles no longer has the ability to continue the construction of the manor...
For sale at US$95 million, there are not many people who are qualified and willing to take over.
If such a super-luxury building were placed elsewhere, it would often be sold within a few years of being listed, and in the end it would even be sold at a price that was about doubled.
But this is Napa, and every inch of land is valuable. Unless it is a forest that is not allowed to be developed, as long as it is agricultural land, it is valuable, and you are not afraid of not being able to sell it.
390 acres of land, at least 330 acres of land capable of growing grapes.
Although the Hennessy Lake planting area is not in the legal production area, the land here is good and suitable for planting Cabernet Sauvignon. The average transaction price of mature vineyards is about 250,000 US dollars.
Speaking of this place, Yao's Winery has a high-quality Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard here, but it is close to the Howell Mountain production area...
Chen Mo went over to meet the real estate agent, and then went directly to Coles Manor.
Coles did not live in the manor. He lived in the Coles Winery in the Stags Leap District. When he learned that a buyer was coming, he hurried back...
The manor villa is built on a hill, with a broad view of the Napa Valley and the mountains of the East Valley. It is an ultra-modern villa building with palm trees and other plants planted in the villa yard.
The villa covers an area of 880 square meters, with a large living room, gym, indoor swimming pool, entertainment room, home theater, etc. It has all the configurations of a luxury house. The outdoor backyard has a circular infinity swimming pool of almost 200 square meters. On the other side of the swimming pool is a four-dimensional drop.
With a five-meter steep mountain wall, you can see the bare rocky mountains in the distance from the swimming pool...
It is indeed the work of a top designer.
Although this villa is not as big as the villa in River Valley Ranch, both the scenery and the appearance of the villa are much better looking.
The roads inside the villa are also flat asphalt roads.
Then we went to the workers' houses, the stables in the pastoral area, the cowsheds, the warehouses, etc. All the facilities were complete...
This manor also has a disadvantage, it is remote.
But unlike the remoteness of River Valley Ranch, the manor is only 7.5 kilometers away from St. Helena, just a few minutes' drive away. It feels remote because it is close to the Forest Park of Hennessy Lake...
But the asking price of $95 million is too high.
The price of 70 million should be appropriate, but the manor owner refused to lower the price.
The bargaining was left to the real estate agent. Chen Mo only gave the agent a psychological price of US$75 million. If the transaction price was lower than this figure, the agent would get an additional commission... He did not show much interest and left the manor directly.
The location of Coles Manor is not particularly good, nor is it particularly bad.
Chen Mo took a fancy to this place. Firstly, it was remote and would not attract much attention. Secondly, there was enough spare land...
It is said to be remote, but it is not too remote. If you are willing to spend money to build another road, it is only 5 kilometers away from St. Helena. This road is not long, less than 11 kilometers, but it has to pass through the forest area. How can I do it?
, Chen Mo can build this place into a fully enclosed manor, and he can do whatever he wants in the manor.
At night, in a winery in Napa Valley, Chen Mo entered the space.
There are dozens of oversized Garbo fruit trees in the space, and more than a hundred 20-year-old adult trees. There is a fig tree, the largest fig tree is three to four meters high. A cherry orchard, a mysterious orchard, and a small peach orchard.
, the fruit trees inside are all waiting to be transplanted.