Goldshield Castle is an unique multi-million dollar private estate project, combined with several viable, multi-faceted, for-profit entrepreneurial ventures such as a winery, live events, rental spaces, fine-living goods and services, and multi-media educational and entertainment productions.
The approximately 7,000 square-foot rustic Tuscan-style castle main house and smaller 2,000 square-foot “Village” housing compound will be created over a three year period (at an estimated present-day cost of three-to-four million dollars for The Castle and The Village building aspects alone). The estate will be built on a spectacular ten acre mountain site located in a lush agricultural area with “Mediterranean weather conditions”. Several well-established tourist attractions are within driving distance.
The Castle site (Valley Center, California 92082, with an elevation of 2,000 feet, formerly known as “Flat Top Mountain“, with a three-hundred-and-sixty degree view) was purchased in 2005 for $350,000, while the eight acres of Grenache grape vineyards was begun in 2014 at two other separate locations, purchased for $135,000 each for the purpose of growing grapes.
A 1,300 square-foot separate live/work studio space will be developed near The Castle site on a property currently used as a single-family income rental (five bedrooms, three bathrooms, 2,150 square-foot main house), to be liquidated during the second phase of the six-year-long Goldshield Castle Plan of Action, along with several other rental and private home properties, possibly raising more than an estimated one-to-two million dollars.
The Goldshield Castle Studios will be used as employee temporary housing, work shop for glass, doors, frescos, mosaics, and furniture, costume/prop warehouse, multi-media production offices, meeting space, tool area and storage.
The Goldshield Castle Village will be a housing compound separate from the main residence, built at the bottom portion of Goldshield Castle Mountain, with multi-purpose studio-apartment-style bungalows centered around a pool/spa. The Village will be used as guest housing, employee housing, income property, offices, studio, work shop (including Classic Car refurbishing), and event space. Employee and VIP parking will be designated to this area. General public parking will be located elsewhere.
The authentic-looking-down-to-the-minutia (1350 - 1550 A.D.) Goldshield Castle residence will be brought about by well-respected, skilled craftsmen (as well as numerous volunteers) who have impressive professional backgrounds in real estate, rental properties, construction, architecture, agriculture, interior design, and education and entertainment, who will work under the Custom Design Construction auspices.
The dedicated, overtly-talented team is an invaluable asset which can not be overestimated, as this complex project would challenge even the most seasoned of builders and would come about at an astronomical cost for others attempting something similar. Completion of The Castle and The Village is tentatively set for December 15, 2018.
On the entrepreneurial side, the highly-visible Goldshield Castle will quickly develop an instantly recognizable brand identity by associating all physical products, services, materials, and intellectual properties (media and otherwise) with Universally-known iconic themes related to the “Old World” Renaissance era -- a major key to its eventual success, with mass appeal (not to mention gaining the attention of mass media), consequently resulting in high-yielding financial return with services such as a location rental for still photography, feature films, television and internet original programming. From the soil used in growing of grapes for the wine to “The Cloud” of the internet, Goldshield Castle will utilize every resource available to full potential.
The Castle will act as a living museum, amassing various world-class collections: art, coins, stamps, cars, taxidermy, even movie props.
Goldshield Castle is also committed to an on-going relationship with the surrounding community as a “community center”, create tax revenues and jobs, as well as providing a legacy of artistic liberation and inspiration for generations to come.
The full realization of the life-long dream of Goldshield Castle will not only make a fantasy a reality, but that reality will be one concentrating on creativity, teaching/learning, business, health and enjoying the finer aspects of life -- all of which reflects the Humanist philosophical views of the Founder/Owner/CEO, Mr. Keith Klundt, and the ideals he has always lived his life by.
Goldshield Castle will not be an amateurish historical re-enactment, but will likely make history itself by going well beyond the confines of a common residence for a few individuals -- for a man‘s home is still his castle, after all (i.e. the Biltmore Estate, the Winchester Mansion, Scottie‘s Castle) -- to become a real-life working castle with all that that implies. Only in this case, the “royalty” are the special guests who enter and the community The Castle serves…
For Goldshield Castle, the guest/audience is the “King and Queen“ and the manner of business will reflect that attitude. The following is a general list of what Goldshield Castle may develop as top-notch services: “Bed And Breakfast” -- rental rooms for spending the night in a “real castle”, Honeymoon Suite, wedding/reception rental site, film location, live events such as classes, workshops, and seminars, charities, and agricultural activities.
