1388 W Potrero Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91361 - For Sale

HEART OF HIDDEN VALLEY We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us. We can never have enough nature. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau's words will echo in the mind of anyone driving through the 452 acres of historic ranch property, one of the oldest in Hidden Valley. This is not a French chateau nor Italian villa nor English manor, although there are many of these stately homes in Hidden Valley. There are no manicured lawns nor bucolic sculptures nor rippling fountains, though all can be noted on the drive to this ranch. What is this land? Wild and unfathomable, wild and breathtaking, wild and waiting for the right visionary to use it in the way nature intended: with respect, love and imagination. What is this land? Approximately 230 acres of flatland and 222 acres of hills, hundreds of eucalyptus, pepper, magnolia, alder and sycamore trees, all at the foot of majestic Boney Mountain. What is this land? Hints of the 1880's, a more gentle time, with a 100 year-old barn, horse stables, a ranch manager called the Cowboy Poet and his Coon Hound dog, Gus. What is this land? A pastoral world with a magical oak forest, where amenities are only a few miles away, but the only sounds are a coyote's midnight wail. What is this land? Zoned for 40-80 acre parcels, fed by natural springs and wells, several on-site out-buildings so authentic that a myriad of movies have been filmed here. STEP ONTO THIS RANCH, BE STILL AS A NEEDLE, HEAR THE GRASS WHISPER... YOU'VE STEPPED INTO A PRIVILEGED SPACE...AND THIS SPACE CAN BE YOURS!