Real estate couple create oasis in St. Helena with resort amenities
Real estate couple create oasis in St. Helena with resort amenities
Ted Deikel and wife, Pamala, operate a thriving real estate development and design firm bearing their name.
[...] their magnum opus — their private home in the hills of St. Helena known as Round Hill — comes in the form of a 21-acre property and its palatial seven-bedroom compound.
“When we saw this property, we saw that there was a view that we could not replicate,” Ted Deikel said of 101 Rutherford Hill Road, the estate they purchased in 2010 and have listed for $25 million.
Resort amenities, exquisite architecture and dramatic 225-degree views of the Napa Valley await future residents and their guests.
A roughly 10,000-square-foot main house with two guest suites and a private staff apartment rightfully earns the most attention, but the landscape also includes both a one-bedroom and a two-bedroom guesthouse.
Retractable walls of glass connect a great room to a western terrace housing an infinity pool, spa and a sheltered outdoor kitchen.
The home’s genius rests in its dual-purpose design.
Public rooms are spacious enough for grand galas and fundraisers, yet warm and conducive to everyday living.
A full kitchen on the lower level provides a place to knock out all the prep work for a catered affair.
The home’s elevator establishes a shortcut between the caterer’s kitchen and the festivities.
Results like these stem from the Deikels embracing a formula for a successful marriage and business partnership.
Entrepreneur Ted Deikel has led e-commerce and cable companies, as well as real estate development.
A veteran of the Marine Corps, Ted Deikel’s success is a byproduct of methodical planning and decisive action.
There’s a waterfall along the way, and the driveway wraps around an island with tropical plantings.
Light and heat also come from the outdoor fireplace, and the two fireplaces on opposite sides of the great room.
The infinity edge pool overlooks Quintessa Winery, and we wanted to accentuate that.
The winery has a semicircular facade, and the arched outer edge of our pool shares that same angle.
The landscape hosts a hobby Cabernet vineyard, as well as multiple detached structures — like the pool house, guesthouse and cottage.