{"id":44355,"date":"2025-11-08T16:28:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T16:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/44355\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T16:28:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T16:28:17","slug":"director-mike-millss-california-retreat-lists-for-2-5-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/44355\/","title":{"rendered":"Director Mike Mills’s California Retreat Lists for $2.5 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBack in 2001, after living in cities his entire life and intent on having a connection with nature,\u00a0Mike Mills<\/a>\u00a0doled out $131,000 for a remote 60-acre plot of land near Nevada City<\/a>, California<\/a>, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The L.A.-based filmmaker, graphic designer, and artist, whose movies include 20th Century Women (2016) and C\u2019mon C\u2019mon (2021), then enlisted the avant-garde firm\u00a0Atelier Bow-Wow<\/a>\u00a0to craft a home in the middle of it all where he could write, make art, and bring people together. Completed in 2008, it is the Tokyo-based architecture studio\u2019s first and only residential project in the U.S.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMy goals of this whole thing was to have a retreat and to have a connection with nature,\u201d Mills said in a\u00a0YouTube video<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve always lived in cities, and I knew I wanted to do something more than that in my life. So, that was the whole idea of trying to get 60 acres, trying to get a property where you felt wildness. Often in the morning, you see a deer, wild turkeys, or a fox. I wanted to walk in the woods and understand nature better. That was my big passion.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tThe kitchen comes with open shelving and high-end stainless appliances.<\/p>\n

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\n\tRELATED: This Striking $2 Million SoCal Retreat Is Embedded Into a Rocky Mountainside Landscape<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tFast-forward almost 25 years, and the \u201caesthetically appetizing and surprising\u201d abode dubbed the Mountain House has now popped up for sale at nearly $2.5 million, after first hitting the market in 2023 for $3.3 million. Eric Lavey of The Beverly Hills Estates holds\u00a0the listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tBordered on three sides by U.S. Forest Service land, the timber-framed and slanted-roof structure has three bedrooms and two baths in roughly 2,200 square feet. Organic and minimalist details abound in the form of seamless concrete floors and walls made from recycled paper-based Homasote boards, while cozy nooks can be found in almost every corner, and oversized wood-framed glass doors slide open to the outdoors.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tAn expansive shaded roof room is ideal for entertaining with hammocks and a dining table.<\/p>\n

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\n\tRELATED: This $11.6 Million Mansion Channels Midcentury Style With Epic Views of the Las Vegas Strip<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tOther highlights include a living room sporting a wood-burning stove, a dining area that connects to a kitchen outfitted with open shelving and stainless appliances, and a bath equipped with a porcelain tub. Up top is an expansive open-air deck with hammocks, a dining area, and an exposed-beam roof that serves as an umbrella protecting the home from the elements.<\/p>\n

\n\tAn added bonus: The grounds, which occupy the site of a 19th-century gold mine known as Sailor Flat, are laced with wagon roads, trails, and seasonal streams.<\/p>\n

\n\tClick here<\/a> for more photos of the Nevada City residence.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tWendy Bowman\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for\u2026<\/p>\n

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