- Jim Carrey has listed his Maui beachfront estate for $35 million, offering nearly an acre on Keawakapu Beach at the border of Kihei and Wailea.
- The property spans two oceanfront lots with roughly 170 feet of beach frontage, two residences, a resort-style pool and distinctive Ike Kligerman Barkley architecture.
- Hollywood history runs deep at 3234 South Kihei Road: before Carrey, the estate belonged to director Dick Donner and producer Lauren Shuler Donner, giving this rare Maui compound a pedigree nearly as remarkable as its setting.
Jim Carrey has listed his Maui mansion for $35 million.
Located at 3234 South Kihei Road on Keawakapu Beach, this isn’t just another multimillion-dollar Maui oceanfront property.
The estate sits on close to an acre where South Kihei Road ends and Wailea begins, with roughly 170 feet along the ocean, two residences, a resort-style pool and one of the most recognizable architectural designs you’ll find along the South Maui coastline.
Before Jim Carrey called it home, the property belonged to legendary Hollywood director Dick Donner and his wife, producer Lauren Shuler Donner.
The Hollywood provenance is fascinating.
But the property itself is the real story.
Nearly an Acre on Keawakapu Beach
Location is everything in real estate, and 3234 South Kihei Road is about as difficult to replicate as it gets.
The estate combines two beachfront lots close to an acre directly on Keawakapu Beach, right where South Kihei Road ends and Wailea begins.
Approximately 170 feet of ocean frontage allows the residences to sit well back from the shoreline behind a wide green lawn and a grove of towering coconut palms.
There are only so many beachfront homes on Maui, and far fewer with this combination of acreage, frontage, privacy and location.
Architecture You Immediately Remember
The primary residence sits beneath an enormous fabricated thatch-style roof that gives the home much of its unmistakable character.
Designed by Ike Kligerman Barkley, the residence is framed in Douglas fir and lined in woven bamboo, creating a warm, natural aesthetic that feels appropriate for its tropical surroundings.
The great room rises dramatically into the exposed trusses overhead.
Even more impressive is what happens when you look toward the ocean.
The room opens almost completely to a covered stone lanai.
Beyond the lanai is the lawn.
Beyond the lawn is Keawakapu Beach.
The architecture isn’t fighting the setting.
It’s built around it.
A Primary Suite Above the Sand
The primary suite occupies its own private position upstairs beneath the ridgeline of the home.
Glass panels fold back toward a private deck overlooking the beach, creating the kind of indoor-outdoor connection people imagine when they think about living oceanfront in Hawaii.
You’re not looking across another property.
You’re not looking over a road.
You’re looking directly toward the sand and Pacific Ocean.
That relationship with the water carries throughout the property.
A True Maui Beachfront Compound
On the opposite side of the grounds sits a second building with private guest quarters on its upper level.
The ohana has its own separate entrance, two bedrooms, each with its own bathroom, and a lanai and balcony oriented toward the ocean.
That separation is important.
Guests can stay on the property while maintaining a genuine sense of privacy from the primary residence.
Between the two homes sits one of the property’s most distinctive features.
A freeform swimming pool curves through natural rock, complete with a hidden grotto and slide, shallow lounging ledge and elevated spa.
Surrounded by mature tropical landscaping and coconut palms, it feels less like a conventional residential swimming pool and more like something you’d expect to find at a private tropical resort.
The Dick Donner History
The home’s Hollywood history began with Dick Donner and Lauren Shuler Donner.
Dick Donner directed some of the most recognizable movies of his generation, including Superman, The Goonies and Lethal Weapon.
Lauren Shuler Donner built an equally impressive career as a producer, including her work on the X-Men franchise.
The Donners created the property as a Maui retreat, and their vision remains evident in its architecture today.
It’s not difficult to see why a Hollywood filmmaker would have been attracted to this setting.
The property is cinematic before you even know its history.
Jim Carrey’s Quieter Life on Maui
The Hollywood connection continued with Jim Carrey.
Carrey became one of the defining entertainers of the 1990s through movies including Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask and Dumb and Dumber, before showing his dramatic range in films such as The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
But Carrey’s life away from Hollywood has increasingly focused on something quieter.
Painting and art have become an important creative outlet for him, and he has spoken publicly about the role painting plays in his life.
Maui offers an interesting contrast to the Jim Carrey most people remember from the height of his Hollywood career.
More privacy.
More nature.
More time for art and creativity.
And it’s easy to understand why a property like this would fit that chapter of his life.
Now Offered at $35 Million
Today, 3234 South Kihei Road is offered for $35 million, fully furnished and in excellent condition.
The estate previously sold in November 2016 for $16.5 million.
That’s a substantial difference in price, but properties like this aren’t easily evaluated by looking at the previous sale or calculating a simple price per square foot.
You’re dealing with something much harder to quantify.
Close to an acre directly on Keawakapu Beach.
Roughly 170 feet of ocean frontage.
Two beachfront lots.
Two residences.
A resort-style pool.
Year-round ocean sunsets.
Views toward Kahoʻolawe and Lānaʻi.
Distinctive Ike Kligerman Barkley architecture.
An Architectural Digest pedigree.
And decades of Hollywood provenance.
The Land May Be the Real Luxury
I’ve been selling Maui real estate for more than 20 years, and one thing becomes increasingly clear when you look at our best properties.
The house matters.
But irreplaceable land matters even more.
You cannot manufacture another 170 feet of Keawakapu Beach.
And assembling two adjoining beachfront lots of this scale in this location today would be extraordinarily difficult.
That’s what makes 3234 South Kihei Road so interesting from a real estate perspective.
Bohemian Luxury on Keawakapu Beach
There are plenty of words used to describe luxury real estate.
This property feels different.
Bohemian luxury might describe it best.
It’s sophisticated without feeling overly formal.
The massive thatched roof, Douglas fir framing, woven bamboo, natural stone, coconut palms, expansive lawn and direct connection to the sand give the estate a character that’s increasingly difficult to find.
Add two beachfront lots, nearly an acre of land, roughly 170 feet of ocean frontage, a private ohana, resort-style pool, Architectural Digest pedigree and Hollywood history, and you have something genuinely unusual.
In Maui real estate, the word “unique” gets used a lot.
3234 South Kihei Road may actually deserve it.
This property is truly a unicorn.
And at $35 million, one of Maui’s most interesting oceanfront estates is looking for its next steward.
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