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Stairs are for squares: 9 stunning, single-story homes
By Rusty Weston of Forbes
California ranch home
Location: Los Angeles
Price: $6.995 million
Size: 5,100 square feet
If you're shopping for an expensive Los Angeles mansion, why not consider one that belonged to the late television host Merv Griffin? This Spanish-influenced home has a living room with a 20-foot ceiling in the style of a modern ski lodge.
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Custom Las Vegas ranch
Location: Las Vegas
Price: $3.495 million
Size: 8,563 square feet
This lavish, custom contemporary home has four bedrooms and seven bathrooms. It also features a posh home theater, a self-cleaning pool and an elevator to the basement.
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Malibu mega-spread
Location: Malibu, Calif.
Price: $17 million
Size: 6,800 square feet
If you owned this house, you wouldn't have a lot of trouble enticing people to show up for parties at your infinity-edge lap pool. This 2011 Pacific Coast Builder's Conference House of the Year features 14-foot-high ceilings, a wet bar and two master bedrooms.
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Mediterranean estate
Location: Naples, Fla.
Price: $3.375 million
Size: 9,345 square feet
This single-story Mediterranean-style mansion in the Grey Oaks Country Club enjoys enviable views of a bird sanctuary across from a lake. The home sports a barrel-tile roof, a climate-controlled 1,200-bottle wine room, a waterfall spa and a wet bar that serves both indoor and outdoor guests.
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Paradise Valley promenade
Location: Paradise Valley, Ariz.
Price: $4.69 million
Size: 8,320 square feet
A luxury home built in a combination of "Santa Barbara and Tuscan" styles, this ranch property is in the Judson gated community. Built for entertaining, the resortlike home has six bedrooms and nine baths, along with a diving pool and spa.
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Luxury poolside retreat
Location: San Antonio
Price: $3.1 million
Size: 6,186 square feet
This classic, spacious Texas home differs from a traditional ranch house in its generous use of brick and contemporary style, particularly its high, sloped roofs. The gorgeous backyard lap pool helps pull together the casually elegant style of the home.
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Santa Fe single story
Location: Rancho Santa Fe, N.M.
Price: $6.295 million
Size: 8,215 square feet
Who says ranch homes can't be supersized? This enormous, single-story luxury home is in the gated golf community of Bridges. The Spanish-influenced home on a double lot includes a guest house connected by a stone arch to the main residence. The infinity pool overlooks one of the fairways.
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One-story modern
Location: Scottsdale, Ariz.
Price: $3.495 million
Size: 5,434 square feet
This architectural gem in the Desert Mountain development overlooks two golf-course fairways. It features a large, infinity-edge pool that wraps around part of the circular home. The interior includes clerestory windows and a great room with a cedar ceiling.
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Desert mountain mansion
Location: Scottsdale, Ariz.
Price: Not for sale
Size: 5,800 square feet
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More of the Scottsdale mansion
This four-bedroom, custom-built home in Paradise Valley lacks the starkness of ultramodern contemporaries. The house is nestled between Mummy and Camelback mountains. The infinity pool is designed to be in the sunshine in winter, builder Tony Calvis says.
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