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20 Jul 2023


NextImg:Whale-shaped house with lap pool in its tail lists for $3.25M

This landlubbing abode has a very seaworthy silhouette.  

The owners of a very krill crib in Santa Barbara, California are flipping their one-of-a-kind property for $3.25 million. 

Known as the Whale House, the marine mammal of a residence was custom-constructed in 1978 and is ideal for fans of Herman Melville’s 1851 novel “Moby-Dick” — as well as those who enjoyed the Academy Award-winning Brendan Fraser feature film about a morbidly obese English teacher, “The Whale.”

It also has appeal for anyone looking to purchase a delightfully quirky home with significant appeal as a high-end vacation rental: The Whale House is currently listed on Airbnb for $1,561 a night. 

It sleeps up to six guests.

Designed by architect Michael Carmichael, the four-story compound is intended to look like a whale swallowing a ship and is entered through the mouth of the creature. 

The home is meant to resemble a whale consuming a ship.
Scott Gibson for Sotheby's International Realty

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The 75-foot lap pool.
Scott Gibson for Sotheby's International Realty

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The detached guest house and an outdoor eating area.
Scott Gibson for Sotheby's International Realty

Meanwhile, in the belly of the beast, there’s an interior courtyard equipped with a bamboo-lined outdoor shower and a 75-foot lap pool that flows into a grotto within the whale’s tail, which is also home to a detached guest house. 

Inside, there’s a spiral staircase, a rock-covered elevator shaft, 270 Belgian leaded and stained glass windows, undulating walls of Venetian plaster, massive wood beams galore, three bedrooms and four bathrooms. 

The kitchen, living and dining rooms are located on the second floor — and the third floor is home to the primary suite, complete with jetted spa tub, a sitting area and a balcony overlooking the pool. 

Outside, cedar shingling helps the facade blend in with its natural surroundings of oak and sycamore trees, and there is also a front patio. 

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The property’s outdoor shower.
Scott Gibson for Sotheby's International Realty

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The home has four bathrooms.
Scott Gibson for Sotheby's International Realty

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The interior measures in at just over 2,600 square feet.
Scott Gibson for Sotheby's International Realty

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The property was built in 1978.
Scott Gibson for Sotheby's International Realty

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The property is set on 0.51 acres of land.
Scott Gibson for Sotheby's International Realty

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The abode has three bedrooms.
Scott Gibson for Sotheby's International Realty

The whole dwelling, the Airbnb listing brags, is “pure hand-made artisan and architectural genius.” 

As for the “magical wooded neighborhood” of Mission Canyon, it is “only minutes” from key Santa Barbara attractions and the house is a quick walk down the street from the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens.

Daniel Carpenter of Sotheby’s International Realty – Montecito – Coast Village Road Brokerage holds the listing.