A sprawling Bay Area estate sold for $21.5 million in one the most expensive sales ever recorded in Contra Costa County, even after the owner slashed nearly $14 million from its original asking price.
Fieldhaven estate, a 22-bedroom, 10-bathroom home on 7 Country Oak Lane in the swanky East Bay town of Alamo, sold after being on the market for about two years. The French-country-style residence, which had a geese fountain from the 1800s, a tree house connected to a 75-foot rope suspension bridge, an aviary and a car barn for 20 vehicles, has been on the market twice since it was built in 2012.
The deal comes as San Francisco and other parts of the Bay Area hit record-setting home sales fueled by AI workers flooding the city. That same boom is coming to the East Bay luxury housing market, said Marilee Headen, a real estate agent at Compass who sold the Fieldhaven estate.
“The overall luxury market in the East Bay is extremely strong,” Headen said. “We are seeing an influx of money from San Francisco and Silicon Valley, and it has to do with AI.”…