3605 Malibu Country Dr, Malibu, CA 90265

This sensational home, located near Pepperdine University, is spacious and immaculate, with ocean views, Tudor styling, a guest house, and a gorgeous, private backyard swimming pool in an idyllic garden setting. The main living areas are light-filled and adaptable to your lifestyle. To one side of the Saltillo-tiled foyer is a large living/family room, with a huge river-stone fireplace and corner windows with ocean views. An enormous kitchen/family/dining room features beamed ceilings, a skylight, a brick fireplace, a built-in service bar, a reading nook, and a kitchen with an island, top-quality appliances, wraparound bar seating, and ample counter and cupboard space. At one end of the kitchen is a dining area with doors that open to the back patio. Beyond the dining area is a large billiards room with a skylight, a river-stone wall, a restaurant-style wet bar, and a piano. Accessed from either the rec room or the kitchen is a carpeted office/library with a full wall of built-in shelving. Also on the main floor is a powder room, laundry room, full bath, and a carpeted bedroom. Upstairs, there are four bedrooms, including the peaceful primary suite, which features tray ceilings, a huge sitting room with a brick fireplace and ocean views, two large walk-in closets, a spa-style bath, and sliding glass doors to a full-width, pergola-style ocean-view deck with a built-in couch and steps down to the backyard. Gorgeously landscaped, the backyard has expansive brick patios for dining, lounging, and entertaining, lawns, a Pebble Tec pool with a waterfall feature, a Jacuzzi, an outdoor shower, a swing, and a covered patio area. From the pool area, stairs lead up to a charming guest suite in a treehouse-like setting. This has a built-in desk, wood floors, and a bathroom, plus another set of stairs to a wood deck overlooking the back yard, treetops, and beautiful ocean views. Both the main house and the guest suite have air conditioning, plus the property has a security system, a two-car garage, and guest parking for six cars. Close to everything and yet exceptionally private, this is a wonderful home in a lovely garden setting.