The house is designed to serve multiple occasions simultaneously. The North end of the house can accommodate guests and business associates while the South end accommodates visits from friends and family and the third and ground floors can accommodate noisy children’s interior play without disturbing adult activities. The floors are poured concrete-like material in wood frames - for zero sound transmission.
Multiple first floor spaces are designed to suit varying degrees of formality
- Large functions: center hall with two wing rooms (approximately 2000 square feet)
- Medium gatherings: living and family rooms
- Small groups: parlor/2nd office, reading room, entertainment rooms
- Intimate meetings: den, gallery bar, outdoor hardscaped terraces accessed via multiple French doors
- Primary suite separated by a sizable bridge landing from the south wing
- In-law/Guest suite with sitting room and safety closet
- Dressing room with adjacent vanity area and stairs to off-season closets
- Reception room adjacent to powder room and large coat closet, with entrance to dining room
- Kitchen layout for large scale food preparation and flow with two doors into the dinning room
- Courtyard entrance, separate foyer, coat closet
- Seating at islands face food prep areas
- Food prep areas face pond views
- Room shapes and window extensions capture sunlight all day
- Courtyard brings southern light midway into the structure
- Interior corridors lit with skylights
- Soffits hide indirect lighting
- North/South axis eliminates a dark/damp north side of the house
- Interior north and south stairs receive natural light
- Center hall looks down the center of the pond
- Pool enhances the central water view
- All family oriented rooms and bedrooms enjoy pond views; The pool, trees, and pond proximity render the view differently from each room
- Cottage structure is hidden from house, and vice versa
- Cooling is uniquely concealed in decorative ceiling soffits
- Comforting in-floor heat runs underfoot
- Silent wall and flooring systems guarantee household noise reduction
- Air conditioning units are situated well out of sight
- Concealed entry tunnel for heated parking of up to 10-12 vehicles eliminates the typically unsightly garage bays. Note: Garage can house up to 25 collectible cars
- Storage enhances the parking garage functionality
- Screening/Media room – 10 seats
- Temperature controlled wine cellar and tasting room
- Bar in first floor gallery
- Workout center with gym, dual-sinks area, sauna, shower, enclosed toilet, two sinks and storage
- Tennis court
- Terrace with inground saltwater pool, fountains, sit-down conversation area and fire pit
- Terrace outside the gym with built-in fire pit flame and stainless steal spa
- Separate driveway
- Two full bathrooms
- View of the pond
- Full Kitchen
- Sitting area with fireplace
- Entertainment space opens onto terrace
- Sleeping loft
- Uniquely blend art and nature
- Encourage ecological restoration
- Create spaces that entice the family to appreciate and enjoy the outdoors
- Delivery closet - a special room to receive deliveries such as packages, laundry when no one is at home; in essence a secure closet with outside access
- Service access - gives access to the mechanical areas without service personnel actually entering the house
- Washing pet station
- Six separate large closets
- Adjacent to the mudroom
- On the second floor by the back staircase
- Two centrally located serve the business and formal spaces
- Third by the service area close to the family room and kitchen
- Fourth in the lower level
- Center of the home - of the entry hall to the second level bridge and to the lower level's anteroom
- North Wing - from the two-story library to the mezzanine and primary bedroom hallway and to the lower level wine cellar
- South Wing - by the cluster of exercise related facilities, family room, kitchen hallway and the mud/service area
- South and north wings staircases to the third floor - by the 2nd laundry room and from the dressing room