Fit for a King | Called Windsor Court, this 14,000-square-foot Purchase, NY estate lives up to its name, starting with a posh pool and pool house and a terrace with a full-sized outdoor kitchen and bar. Inside, you’ll find seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms, including three half bathrooms, plus a lower level playground that offers billiards, spa facilities, a wine-tasting room and a home theater. Billie Prizio of Houlihan-Lawrence in Rye, NY has the $8,950,000 listing. (914) 967-7680, extension 342.
Living the Good Life | this circa-2000 Queen Anne Victorian includes a 24-seat theater, a formal pool with a fountain, a tennis/sport court and an English pub—along with 9,000-plus square feet of lovely interiors.
Design Within Reach | For less than $6 million, all of your design dreams come true—and in Bedford, no less, where this cool modern is sited on 18 private acres. The 6,200-square-foot interiors offer five bedrooms and four bathrooms (plus one half bathroom); the grounds, a spring-fed swimming rock quarry, groomed trails, an ice skating pond, a sustainable herb garden and a waterfall. It’s represented by Caroline Shepherd of Houlihan-Lawrence in Bedford, NY. (914) 234-9099.
Design Within Reach | For less than $6 million, all of your design dreams come true—and in Bedford, no less, where this cool modern is sited on 18 private acres. The 6,200-square-foot interiors offer five bedrooms and four bathrooms (plus one half bathroom); the grounds, a spring-fed swimming rock quarry, groomed trails, an ice skating pond, a sustainable herb garden and a waterfall. It’s represented by Caroline Shepherd of Houlihan-Lawrence in Bedford, NY. (914) 234-9099.
Design Within Reach | For less than $6 million, all of your design dreams come true—and in Bedford, no less, where this cool modern is sited on 18 private acres. The 6,200-square-foot interiors offer five bedrooms and four bathrooms (plus one half bathroom); the grounds, a spring-fed swimming rock quarry, groomed trails, an ice skating pond, a sustainable herb garden and a waterfall. It’s represented by Caroline Shepherd of Houlihan-Lawrence in Bedford, NY. (914) 234-9099.
Look Out | On a clear day you can see Manhattan some 45 miles away from this Bedford estate. Called The Belfry, the 28-room Tudor Revival home, on 16 acres, was built in 1913 and is on the market for the first time in 80 years. It’s offered for $4.8 million by Muffin Dowdle of Ginnel Real Estate in Bedford Hills, NY. (914) 234-9234, extension 101.
Dressed to Sell | This New Canaan estate has been staged by Meridith Baer, whose L.A. firm has worked for Halle Berry and Brad Pitt, among other celebrities. Built in 2008, the home was first listed for $12 million; it’s now offered at $3.9 million by Bonnie Paige of William Raveis Exceptional Properties in Southport, NY. (203) 331-7512.
Dressed to Sell | This New Canaan estate has been staged by Meridith Baer, whose L.A. firm has worked for Halle Berry and Brad Pitt, among other celebrities. Built in 2008, the home was first listed for $12 million; it’s now offered at $3.9 million by Bonnie Paige of William Raveis Exceptional Properties in Southport, NY. (203) 331-7512.
First Place | This circa-1867 farmhouse was the first home built on Bell Island, Rowayton’s beachiest neighborhood. Completely renovated, the 2,811-square-foot interiors offer water views from nearly every room. Kristi Law of William Raveis in Darien, CT has the $2,495,000 listing. (203) 655-1423.
This article appears in the October 2010 issue of Cottages & Gardens.