This AIA award winning 9,000 square foot, 5 bedroom, 7 bath modern home by Steven Harris Architects sits upon a breathtaking promontory in the exclusive gated resort-community of Pedregal in Cabo San Lucas, a city at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, Mexico.

This impressive house is precisely the kind of dwelling that makes us pose the rhetorical question: “Why are we living in a crowded dirty city?” Urban legend goes that this residence was a home to Brad Pitt while filming the movie Troy in Cabo San Lucas. It is a movie star home / celebrity worthy home, without a doubt.

Photographs by Scott Frances

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Dear all,

Join us this Friday 11th, 2012, from 2:30pm to 5:30pm at Pedregal de Cabo San Lucas. Drinks and appetizers will be served.

Two homes will be open on the Marina side of Pedregal:

Casa Nina MLS # 10-1397 and Villa Deanna MLS # 11-1249

Casa Nina

Casa Nina is a beautiful Pedregal style home, with great views to Cabo San Lucas bay and world class marina. It has 3 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, beautiful stone work on the facade and a lovely and well kept garden. Walking distance to town.

Offered at: $650,000 USD

Villa Deana

Villa Deana is a cozy Mexican style home with Cabo San Lucas Marina views and a walk to town. 4 bedroom and 4 bathroom home has dining and living room open up to a terrace, with an outdoor BBQ, pool and jacuzzi. Villa Deanna is one of the best priced homes in Pedregal de Cabo San Lucas.

Offered at: $560,000 USD.

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OPEN HOUSE: Casa del Sol, Villa La Cima and Casa Riviera
DATE & TIME: Thursday, April 19th, 2012, from 10 AM to 2 PM
LOCATION: Pedregal, Cabo San Lucas

Casa del Sol, Pedregal de Cabo San Lucas

Casa del Sol, 5 BDR, 5 BA, $ 1,475,000 USD

Casa del Sol is located on the Pacific side of Pedregal in Cabo San Lucas, offering beautiful sunsets and white water views from every room. Modern Hacienda style home with Saltillo tiles throughout with an open living area and gourmet kitchen. Beautiful balconies tastefully decorated with bougainvillea flowers, custom designed infinity pool, including a swim-up bar palapa, gril and lounge area are just a couple of features this luxury villa has to ofer. Perfect for entertaining in Baja and Cabo lifestyle.

Villa La Cima, Pedregal Cabo San Lucas

Villa La Cima, 3 BDR, 4.5 BA, $1,495,000 USD
Located just a short walk to Cabo San Lucas Marina and town, Villa La Cima offers panoramic white and blue water views of the Pacific Ocean. Enjoy whale watching from every room. Carefully decorated, dining ane living area lead to ample deck, BBQ and pool. This Villa sits on the hills of Pedregal and blends into the mountain.

Casa Riviera, Pedregal de Cabo San Lucas

Casa Riviera, 4 BDR, 4.5 BA, $1,650,000 USD

Beautiful new contemporary house Casa Riviera offers beautiful Pacific Ocean and beach views from every room, so you can enjoy amazing sunsets every day. Double pane glass windows for A/C efficiency and sun light control. top of the line appliances, centra¡l air condition, sky lights, fully landscaped. Living areas open up to a comfortable terrace with infinity pool, Jacuzzi, BBQ area and panoramic views.

I hope to see you at the open house. For more information or to schedule a private showing please contact us at +52 624 143 0202, or Vonage from US at 1 866 805 4938 or send us an email at info@pedregal.com.

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When Spanish explorers landed to Mexico, they named it El otro mundo, Another World. We call it Paradise. Today, you can own your own home in Paradise!

A view from a private home in Pedregal de Cabo San Lucas

Passionate land where two oceans meet and sun-bleached beaches wrap deserted mountains, southern Baja is a wonderful place full of rich textures and character. With spectacular natural areas, it offers adventurers and non-adventurers a chance to discover a real paradise on earth. Oceanfront homes on magnificent beaches, unspoiled land to grow your own organic garden, off-the-grid lifestyle, resorts with rich and picturesque settings featuring artisan homes and world-class amenities, all developed to make your life as pleasant and easy as it was meant to be. Life in Baja has so much to offer. Here you can find whatever your heart desires, beachfront residences or condominiums, magnificent lots or big parcels of land for your own development. Pedregal developments in Cabo San Lucas and La Paz are one of the most sought after residential communities in entire Baja. Our owners come from all over the world, United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, and as far as Australia. Owning in Baja is an easy, attractive and at the same time reasonable decision.

Today, owning a property in Mexico is easier and safer than ever before. Contrary to what many think, citizens of other countries can buy property in Mexico with the same assurance as in their country, and still make it a profitable investment. Although it may sound more complicated than it really is, the process of holding title for non-Mexicans is a different process than in your home country. In the zone 50 kilometers from of the coast (encompassing all of Baja) ex-pats can purchase land through a land trust, or a Fideicomiso. Currently, 80% of happy owners at Pedregal de Cabo San Lucas, Cabo’s premier residential community, own their home through a Fideicomiso (which is similar to a deed of trust).

A view of La Paz bay from popular walkway Malecon.

Most important and usually the most difficult decision, when choosing where to set your foot in this secret place of the Earth, is where to buy. From the Pacific Coast, through Cabo San Lucas, San Jose del Cabo and East Cape featuring picturesque villages La Ribera and Los Barriles to state’s capital La Paz, the country offers many attractive home and investment options and possibilities.

Think about your desires and needs now and your vision of living your life in the future. What do you value? How much you want to spend for your second home or – if the purchase is an investment, what are your real estate investment goals? Think about the amenities you find important – like leisure or sports activities, cultural options, restaurants, access to the beach, commuting time to the airport or closest cities and access to health care facitilies. We’ll help you find the home, investment or commercial real estate that fits your needs.

When choosing your real estate company, be sure to select a company like Pedregal or Coldwell Banker Riveras, which is able to offer you all services needed when buying the property: an experienced professional real estate agent who knows the area well and has lived there for years; a mortgage broker who will provide you with best financing solutions; closing services for completing all the paperwork to help you close the transaction; property management services to assist you should you consider renting your property while you are away; and concierge services for enjoying your life to its fullest.

Living in southern Baja is easy and casual, friendly and festive. Remember, enjoying life brings benefits to the soul which can exceed the value of a positive return on investment. That’s why we call it Paradise!

We’ve provided you with some helpful real estate tools in our website to help you with your decision to buy a home or investment property in Baja.

For more information contact us at +52 624 143 0202, or Vonage from US at 1 866 805 4938 or send us an email at info@pedregal.com.

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For the First Time, New Travel Notices for Mexico Specifically Separate La Paz and Other Regions, Confirming It as One of the Safest Cities in North America

In a significant move that recognizes the safety of La Paz and Baja California Sur, the U.S. State Department’s latest 2012 travel update states no security concerns for the region. For the first time, the regular update includes “no advisory” in effect for La Paz and the entire South Baja region. The move reaffirms the reputation of La Paz as the city of peace and abundance on the Sea of Cortez, and one of the safest places in the world to live in and visit.

“We applaud the U.S. State Department for recognizing what every visitor to La Paz experiences here: That it is a beautiful, peaceful city, and – along with the entire South Baja region – it is an entirely secure and rewarding place for vacations, for owning a second home, or for retirement,” said Agustin Olachea, President of La Paz Tourism Board, and spokesperson for the La Paz Developers Tourism Council. “Travelers can feel confident coming here, knowing that the peace that one quietly encounters in La Paz extends directly from the abundant ocean life and cultural richness that sets La Paz apart from any place on the planet.”

The report marks the first time that the State Department has broken down its Mexico travel update into specific populated areas and regions. According to an unnamed State Department source, the “granularized” report was compiled at the request of American business groups interested in employee security. It was not done to appease various boosters of Mexican tourism. Previous to this report, the US State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs issued travel warnings to larger, more general areas for Americans visiting Mexico. The result was confusion, with some tourists curtailing plans for visiting Mexico in spite of huge areas of the country unaffected by recent drug-related violence.

The safety of Baja Sur in particular was also underscored by the presence of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other international leaders at last month’s G20 Foreign Ministers Summit in Los Cabos.

Source: La Paz Tourism Board

Read also: CNN Money Magazine and the New York Times named La Paz one of the Top Ten Places to Retire in the world!

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