Most expensive property ever listed in Thurston County
Photo credit: South Sound Business


– “De Beers diamond heiress lists spaceship-inspired estate near Yelm for $11 million”
“A futuristic showstopper mansion, owned by diamond mining company heiress Rebecca Oppenheimer, the granddaughter of former De Beers Consolidated Mines Chairman Harry Oppenheimer, is the most expensive house to ever come on the market in Pierce, Kitsap or Thurston counties, according to Morrison House Sotheby’s International Realty Owner and Founding Broker Michael Morrison. Morrison has the $11 million listing.

“Oppenheimer spoke to me by cellphone from Cape Town, South Africa where she now lives with her two children, who are 13 and 10 years old.”

“Rebecca Oppenheimer is a very holistic person and her manse in the Tenino/Yelm area of Thurston County, which she designed as her dream home, reflects that,” Patti Payne, Puget Sound Business Journal.
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– “Diamond Heiress’ $11 Million Home for Sale in Tenino”
“High upon a hill in Tenino stands an out-of-this-world custom home built by the heiress to the De Beers diamond fortune. It can be yours for $11 million — the most expensive property for sale in Pierce, Thurston, or Mason counties,” by South Sound Business.
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– UPDATE: September 21, 2018
“Yours for $11 million: A house that looks like a UFO — near Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment”

“A diamond heiress is selling the estate she built on a hill in Tenino. The home’s design and amenities are eye-popping. So is the price: $11 million.”

“Why did she have it built in Tenino? She hasn’t said publicly, but there are clues she wanted to live near Ramtha’s School of Enlightment near Yelm,” by Craig Sailor, Tacoma News-Tribune.
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