This Malibu Mansion's Powder Room Is Covered Wall-to-Wall in Peacock Feathers
The newly finished "Peacock Alley" estate in Point Dume is asking nearly $16.9 million, featuring a powder room wrapped in 3,000 real peacock feathers, a demo kitchen fit for 16, and a cashmere-lined screening room.
How extravagant does a powder room have to be to earn the name "Peacock Alley"? The answer: 3,000 real peacock feathers, covering every inch of the wall, courtesy of artist Pavel Gorka. This isn't a metaphor — it's the most on-the-nose flex in this new Malibu mansion.
Developers Janus "Jannie" Cercone and Michael Manheim — both former Hollywood filmmakers — bought this 1980s-era home in Point Dume for $7.5 million in 2024. After a full renovation, it's back on the market for nearly $16.9 million, listed by Jeff Chertow of Pinnacle Estate Properties. The name comes from the wild peacocks that already roam freely around the neighborhood.
The developer duo is known for building with a specific buyer in mind — this time, someone who loves to entertain in style. The roughly 3,700-square-foot, two-story home has four bedrooms and six bathrooms, with engineered wood floors and soaring ceilings throughout. A floating cast-iron spiral staircase greets you at the entrance, while the living room features a fireplace set into painted brick and a mirrored piano bar. Glass walls slide completely open to connect straight to the outdoors.
The kitchen leans into a black Art Deco look, with a marble-topped island, a black-and-gold professional range, leather banquette seating, and a full wall of arched windows — all built to accommodate 16 people at once, essentially demo-kitchen scale. The screening room displays a surfboard designed by local surf shop owner Zuma Jay and signed by surfer Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman, the real-life inspiration behind the movie "Gidget." The walls are lined in cashmere.
Upstairs, the primary suite has its own balcony and fireplace, while the bathroom features a wood soaking tub bathed in natural light. Outdoor amenities include a 55-foot pool with a spillover spa, an outdoor kitchen bar, a meditation garden with an infrared sauna, a small stream, and a chicken coop — or perhaps more fittingly, a peacock coop. Sitting on nearly three-quarters of an acre planted with mature olive trees, the property also comes with a private guest house, access to the private Riviera II beach, a two-car garage, and a circular driveway that fits six cars.
