Fancy owning the former home of a rock-and-roll legend ? Then come “Truckin’” on over to Mendocino , California , where you can buy a seaside spread once owned by Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann. The musician , who played with the band for its entire 30-year run, from 1965 to 1995, sold the home in 2001 to a California-based family. “When my parents bought the home, it was a two-bedroom, one-bath coastal hangout,” says Brian Temple, the current owner of the home.
“While the home had plenty of charm and intrigue, my dad saw the future potential for the site. There was a vacant lot next door, which my parents promptly purchased, and over the course of ten years, they worked on their dream project. Ultimately, they remodeled and expanded the original home, built a second home next door, and later connected the two via a skybridge.
It is the most beautiful spot I know.” While it has been on and off the market for several years with price reductions along the way, it is now currently listed for $4 million by Jim Eldridge of Mendo Sotheby’s International Realty. The two homes sit on five contiguous acres and are being listed together but have separate addresses.
Together, the homes span about 6,200 square feet, with a total of four bedrooms and four bathrooms. Each of the self-contained structures has its own chef’s kitchen and living and dining areas, but they are connected via an enclosed walkway, an ideal set up as a multi-generational compound or vacatio.
