INNOVATIVE DESIGN, TIMELESS STYLE

Expertly appointed for contemporary living without sacrificing warmth, comfort or beauty, this new construction home on a picturesque River Forest street checks all the boxes for even the most discriminating luxury home buyer. The product of a unique building process that integrates architect, contractor, master carpenter and interior/exterior designer into the project from day one, this 9700-square foot home represents the best in modern technique and site planning. It boasts state-of-the-art Smart Home technology from top to bottom, but it also pays great attention to quality of life and family dynamics. The end result is a truly extraordinary offering that must be seen to be appreciated.

First Floor

From the curb, consider this home’s prime location, its 100-foot frontage and how well its English-style, brick and stone exterior harmonizes architecturally with the rest of this tree-lined, historic neighborhood. From the gracious center entrance, appreciate the clean, transitional materials chosen to convey timeless class and style throughout the first floor. Quarter sawn, five-inch, white oak floors, ten-foot ceilings and an abundance of natural light interplay brilliantly to create bright, welcoming rooms that flow freely and naturally into one another. All fixture, countertop, cabinet and paint selections hit contemporary notes while paying homage to traditional detail, and provide a flexible foundation for interior design considerations.

From the foyer, access an elegant living room with a wood burning fireplace and a turret window bay, or a spacious formal dining room that flows through the butler’s pantry into a show stopper kitchen. Featuring quartzite and Carrera marble countertops, custom cabinetry, a professional chef’s dream appliance suite and a massive walk-in pantry, this warm but spacious heart of the home is suitable to both grand scale entertaining and school night family dinners.

Adjacent are a sunny breakfast room overlooking the yard in three directions, an oversized mudroom/laundry room ready to accommodate your comings and goings, a powder room, a full bathroom and a richly detailed home office with walnut-stained cherry woodwork built on-site by a master carpenter. The kitchen also opens completely to a delightful family room with built-in cabinetry, wood burning fireplace and an adjacent sunroom. Both open out onto a hardscaped backyard oasis, complete with patio, garden beds and a lush green lawn. A temperature controlled, four-car garage tops things off outside and guarantees a comfortable commute throughout all four seasons.

Second Floor

Quarter sawn oak floors and ten foot ceilings continue on the home’s second level as a grand staircase and an open central hall provide access to a penthouse-worthy, double door master bedroom suite. Complete with a limestone surround fireplace, an adjacent sitting room with tranquil views and a walk-in closet fit for royalty, the master also boasts a bathroom spa with a steam shower, a separate European body spray shower, a soaking tub and a heated floor.

Four additional spacious bedrooms, each with its own finely appointed full bathroom and walk-in closet, can be accessed from the second-floor foyer, along with another full laundry room and a convenient rear staircase to the first-floor mudroom.

Lower Level

A whole other house unto itself, this home’s basement is anything but ordinary. Ten foot ceilings, full-sized windows and a heated floor deliver a more sophisticated subterranean experience than most homes, but this one still brings the fun in a big way. An expansive recreation room, fit for an arcade’s worth of games, is capped by a full wet bar with built-in cabinetry, wine and beverage coolers and limestone countertops. Adjacent are a walk-in glass-front wine cellar that’s straight out of a magazine, a Smart-wired media room, an exercise area and another full bedroom and bathroom. A French-door courtyard accessed from the main recreation space offers a private patio retreat on warm summer nights.

With too many more fine points to list, this home represents a unique buying opportunity and must be experienced in person to be truly appreciated. Contact Jim Blaha at United Realty for more information.