“Although her most famous roles were as a beautiful-ditzy blonde, Suzanne Somers was many things, but never ditzy. She was an acclaimed actress, businesswoman, health advocate, and a prolific author with 17 published books, including several on the New York Times Best Seller list. But she was definitely beautiful and blonde.
Suzanne had it all, including one of California’s most interesting properties. Modeled after L’Oustau de Baumanière in France, Suzanne and her TV-game-show-husband, Alan Hamel, lived in the home from the 1970s until they sold it in 2021. Set into the side of a craggy mountainside above the valley in Mesa Canyon, Suzanne and Alan did much of the home’s design work with ideas from their world travels and their use of contrasts. Crystal chandeliers twinkling against natural rock and reclaimed wood . . . rough against smooth, soft against hard . . . all in perfect balance. To add even more intrigue, access was via a private funicular up a hillside of stone steps.
The Palm Springs property includes a total of five buildings with 7,280 square feet on over 28 acres to explore with about 10,000 square feet of pavilions…”
