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Jerry Rice’s Atherton Château Lists for $35 Million

Listing agents market the house’s celebrity provenance with preserved high-end features to reposition it in Silicon Valley’s luxury market.

Overview

  • The property built for Hall of Famer Jerry Rice was relisted Tuesday with an asking price of $35 million, a large jump from the $9 million sale to Peter and Susanna Pau in 2013.
  • The estate sits on about 1.24 acres and includes a roughly 12,520-square-foot main house, a separate guesthouse, six bedroom suites, 11 bathrooms and a seven-car underground garage with a Tesla charger.
  • The Compass listing highlights preserved legacy items and early smart-home systems, including a reported $500,000 professional-grade gym that still contains Rice’s original workout equipment, a claim drawn from the listing rather than independent verification.
  • Luxury finishes and amenities detailed in marketing materials include an Art Deco home theater with a 10,000-watt AV system, a wine library for more than 1,000 bottles, a recovery suite with steam shower and sauna, Versace limestone floors, Swarovski accents, a 25-yard lap pool and gardens credited to the Santana Row landscape architect.
  • The relisting underscores how celebrity provenance and retained original systems are being used to reposition high-end homes in Atherton, and what to watch next is whether buyers validate the listing’s equipment and technology claims or negotiate based on them.