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But amid pristine luxury, there remain traces of the pre-presidential home.

It’s an estate fit for a president.

In fact, Ronald and Nancy Reagan once owned this Pacific Palisades property that has now been almost completely overhauled and listed at $33 million.

But if you want in on the action, you won’t find the 12,000-squarefoot Spanish Revival-style home publicly listed. The developer and investor-owner, Jaman Properties, is relying on word of mouth and invitation-only parties to sell the estate and guesthouses that occupy the site of the Reagans’ onetime home.

The Reagans bought the twothirds of an acre of land in early 1957. Ronald Reagan was hosting the “General Electric Theater” TV show, and G.E. offered to turn the house into a “home of the future” with all-electric kitchen appliances. The Reagans maintained the ranch house as their family residence while Ronald Reagan commuted to Sacramento for his job as state governor. They sold it in 1982.

Some amenities from the Reagans’ pre-presidential years have been preserved. Partygoers will be able to sip cocktails served at the living room’s original wet bar and have their photos taken in the bathroom where Ronald Reagan popped out of the shower to learn he had won the presidency.

The new house has a screening room, a 2,000-square-foot master suite with luggage and shoe closets and a 2,000-square-foot temperature-controlled wine room.

Details include a red tile roof, high ceilings and wooden beams. One of the two garages has a glass front and contains a bar with a kegerator.

Perched above the city, the home and swimming pool take in 270-degree views. The property previously sold three years ago for $5.221 million, public records show.

David Offer of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties has the pocket listing.

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