3605 Malibu Country Dr

This 5-bed, 3.5-bath Tudor-style home is spacious and inviting, with ocean views and a charming garden-style private backyard with a swimming pool and spa. The home is located in central Malibu, near Pepperdine University, local shops, markets, and the beach. The main living areas are open and warm. Adjacent to the Saltillo-tiled foyer is a large den featuring a river-stone fireplace and corner windows with beautiful ocean views. A large family/dining room features a skylight, brick fireplace, built-in service bar, and a cozy reading nook. The kitchen has a large center island with a gas range and large range hood, wraparound bar seating, and ample counter and cupboard space under another skylight. All appliances are top-quality. Next to the kitchen is a bright breakfast area with French doors that open to the garden-style backyard patio. Adjacent to the breakfast area is a large billiards room with a skylight, piano, river-stone wall, and large wet bar with sliding glass windows that open to a serving bar outside. Windows paneling the exterior of the room create a beautiful indoor-outdoor flow, and there is a double sliding glass door that opens to the patio outside. Accessed from either the billiards room or the kitchen is an office/library with plenty of built-in shelves. The main floor also has a powder room, laundry room, full bathroom, and a carpeted bedroom. There are four bedrooms upstairs, including the spacious primary suite, which features tall ceilings, a beautiful sitting room with a brick fireplace and ocean views, two large, walk-in closets with floor-to-ceiling organized shelving space and a large bathroom with a spa-style tub and shower. The sliding French doors open to a peaceful, pergola-style deck with ocean views, a built-in couch and steps down to the backyard. The lushly landscaped backyard has expansive brick patios for dining, lounging, and entertaining, next to a sparkling pool with a waterfall feature and a jacuzzi set above it. The backyard also features a private covered patio area, a swing, and a large outdoor shower with space for surfboards and wet suits. Above the patio area, stairs lead through a tiered garden with fruit trees to a storage room in a treehouse-like setting. There is a modern, tiled adjacent bathroom. Atop the storage room is a wood deck overlooking the backyard, treetops, and stunning ocean views - perfect for sunbathing, lounging or exercising. The charming home has central heating and air conditioning, a two-car garage with multi-wall built-in storage, a U-shaped lower driveway with an unusual amount of parking for the neighborhood, a small front lawn with ocean views, and a surfboard storage closet off to the side.