A dramatic, 100-plus-acre Big Sur estate designed by architect Mickey Muennig is back on the market with an asking price of $29.5 million. The glass-walled, largely off-grid compound comes with a living green roof, a separate guest house, a three-car garage and more than four miles of private trails that wind from a coastal ridgeline down toward a secluded sandy cove.
Relist and listing details
Coverage by the Silicon Valley Business Journal notes that the four-parcel spread on Clear Ridge Road has resurfaced with an asking price of roughly $29.5 million. Broker materials show the property offered through Engel & Völkers Carmel, with agent Mike Gilson handling the listing.
What’s on the property
The main residence is listed at about 3,261 square feet and is paired with a Muennig-designed guest house, multiple terraces, a wine cellar and radiant-heated concrete floors. Broker descriptions present the home as solar-powered and largely off-grid, wrapped in expansive glass walls and topped by a living roof, with redwood groves, seasonal streams and more than four miles of on-site trails. Square footage, parcel data and interior details appear in the listing information circulated on public broker feeds, including Engel & Völkers and Redfin.
Owner, history and asking changes
Venture capitalist Bob Pavey commissioned the residence in 2004 and has held the property since its completion. The estate first hit the market in 2022 at $35 million, then was briefly pulled from circulation the following year before reappearing at the current price point. Pavey has been quoted as saying he can hike forever on the land without getting in his car, a comment that lines up with the miles of private trails described in the listing. The Real Deal has reported on the relist and on Pavey’s remarks.
Muennig’s legacy in Big Sur
Mickey Muennig, who died in 2021, is widely credited with helping define Big Sur’s architectural identity through organic, site-sensitive designs that hug the coastline rather than fight it. Brokers describe this home as one of his later residential showpieces, something of a collector’s item for fans of his work. The appeal is the combination of a recognizable architect, intact coastal acreage and private beach access, which together give the property outsized visibility among architects and high-end coastal buyers. Muennig’s broader influence and portfolio have been profiled by publications such as Dwell.
Why the listing matters
Large, mostly intact coastal holdings with direct access to sand and redwood groves rarely come up for sale along the Central Coast, so when they do, brokers say the mix of privacy, acreage and architectural pedigree tends to push them into a very narrow, very high-end market. The same features that make the property feel like a private park also bring real-world obligations, from maintaining off-grid systems to looking after more than 100 acres of rugged terrain, which likely limits the buyer pool to well-financed individuals or groups eyeing a conservation-minded or legacy purchase. Local reporting and the broker materials offer the most detailed look at the asking price, parcel configuration and contact information for potential buyers, with the Silicon Valley Business Journal providing additional context on the relist and the broader market.
