If you want, Splunk co-founder Erik Swan and his wife Julie seem to be singing a great song about their fashionable High Sierra lifestyle. It is now bidding for the couple’s home in Lake Tahoe for $15.5 million, which is hidden in a highly affluent golf and ski area, located between the historic town of Truckee and the north shore of Lake Tahoe. Records show that they paid “only” US$5.4 million for the newly built place in 2012-but since then, the attractiveness of the area has greatly increased, and they have also upgraded and improved the house because it is only 1% of it -percenters can do it, everything from skate parks to climbing walls.
Located on nearly 3 acres of exclusive gated Martis Camp community on double floors-with private ski lift access, award-winning Tom Fazio designed golf course, club beach huts on Lake Tahoe, offering Full-service spa and more-The cedar and stone-covered residences of the swan were designed by Zak Architecture and Walton Architecture + Engineering and completed in 2012 by Jim Morrison Construction.
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
Seller: Erik & Julie Swan | Location: Matisse Camp, Truckee, California | Price: $15.5 million | Architect: Shay Zak Architecture; Walton Architecture + Engineering | Specifications: 9,352 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 Bathroom. (Vance Fox)
A long paved driveway bypasses the stone wall and then enters the paved racing track and large garage, which is located on either side of the six-bedroom, eight-bathroom main house. Inside, the 9,000-square-foot mansion features wide plank hickory wood floors, decorated with black walnut, teak cabinets, natural stone countertops, Ann Sacks tiles and custom lighting. There is also a “nightclub-level studio sound system”, according to the list, with concert speakers, and Control4 home automation and Lutron lighting systems.
All the expected facilities come into play here: a large room with a fireplace, a formal dining area and a gourmet kitchen with a spacious dining island, as well as top-notch Wolf, Sub-Zero, Miele and Bosch appliances. View the Matisse Valley from the floor-to-ceiling glass wall , Ross Mountain and the stunning views of the Carson Mountains in the distance. The lower level has a media/game room, kitchenette, bar counter and two bedrooms-one of which has custom-made bunk beds.
Upstairs, two corridors on either side of the main living space lead to a separate two-story master suite; according to the list, both have an upstairs bedroom, and one below can be used as an office, gym, studio, library or The bedroom is a large room.
But the outdoors is where the real magic happens. A series of balconies meander through the garden, past skate parks, built-in trampolines, granite hot tubs, and picturesque man-made creeks adjacent to waterfalls. There is also a wooden deck with a fire pit, barbecue area, lounge and outdoor dining area. Beneath all this is a 2,055 square foot one-bedroom hotel with a full kitchen, and a 1,800 square foot garage below the hotel-accessible by stairs, custom glass elevators or climbing walls-with There are soaring ceilings, epoxy floors and “scissor lift” doors.
Although they are long-time natives of Silicon Valley, the swans now seem to live mainly in Malibu. In addition to their land on Lake Tahoe, the couple also owns a luxury estate in a prime location in the Malibu celebrity Point Dume community, which was purchased in 2016 for $17.7 million. (By the way, this house is in Pierce Brosnan’s movie “Something Beautiful.”) In 2015, the Swans paid Cindy Crawford and Land Gerber US$13.3 million for the purchase of another Point Dume A house was sold to Wal-Mart’s heir, Stuart Walton, for $14 million three years later.
As a lifelong technology executive, Swan is probably best known as a co-founder and CTO of Splunk, a public company headquartered in San Francisco, which is the leading software platform for analyzing machine-generated data. He now only serves as an advisor to Splunk, which currently has a market value of more than 24 billion U.S. dollars.
Post time: Aug-25-2021