Jurassic Price? Most Expensive Home in Hawaii Is $45M Kauai Estate

Jurassic Price? Most Expensive Home in Hawaii Is M Kauai Estate

Many scenes in the popular “Jurassic Park” franchise were filmed on the lush Hawaiian island of Kauai. Apparently the series’ original creator, Michael Crichton, liked the setting so much he decided to move there and build a parklike home of his own.

Today, the late author’s former Hanalei estate is on the market for a staggering $45 million, making it the most expensive home currently for sale in the Aloha State.

The home lies on heavenly Hanalei Bay on the north side of the Garden Isle, where other movies such as “South Pacific” and “The Descendants” were filmed. This nine-bedroom, 10-bathroom home sits on a 2.5-acre lot, which is just a short walk away from the beach and crystal blue waters of the bay.

It has a view of the surrounding hills and a nearby waterfall. The main house roughly measures 5,550 square feet. It has five bedrooms, five lua (for all you mainlanders, that’s islandspeak for bathrooms), a 75-foot-long pool with wood inlays, and rooms with custom-designed furniture. Parts of the home feature native Hawaiian-inspired themes, including the many pillows made from Hawaiian fabric.

The property also includes a one-bedroom, one-bathroom studio; a two-bedroom, two-bathroom guesthouse; and a two-bedroom, two-bathroom cottage next to the pool and cabana.

And like any opulent Hawaiian home, it devotes hundreds of square feet to lanai space. A lanai, an architecture feature native to Hawaii, is a roofed patio or porch found on the side of many buildings such as hotels, mansions, and restaurants.

In all, the estate sits on five parcels of land and totals 14,720 square feet of living space. If Steven Spielberg is itching to direct a few more chapters of the dinosaur-fueled franchise, he might just have enough space to do so on this property (and live there while he’s at it).

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