Montecito

A residence rare, sophisticated and elegant, this cosmopolitan home is set on one acre of prime Montecito real estate with wonderful mountain views. Designed and built to maximize sun, moonlight and spaciousness, every room has walls of glass doors and windows which open to its gardens and terraces. Artistically created with the highest quality construction, the house has refined details and exciting materials throughout. Newly built on a grand scale, gourmet kitchen with fireplace, family/media room, stunning living room, elegant long central gallery, formal dining room, beautiful master and guest suites with oneof a kind bathrooms, plus an 800 bottle wine cellar. The outdoor spaces include a lovely pool/guest house, lush lawns, serene seating areas off every bedroom suite, and an exterior dining terrace with outdoor fireplace that overlooks the pool to garden rooms beyond. Every modern comfort and convenience has been incorporated into the décor to make living here simply and utterly luxurious.                                

Entry:                                    Wrought iron entry door leads into the dramatic entry with limestone floors and large picture window overlooking the lush, colorful gardens.  The gorgeous Powder bath is located in the entry hall highlighted by a Glass Mosaic feature wall from Jazz Glass Fats Brown

Gallery:                                 The main gallery runs through the core of the home over 96 feet in length, with wonderful art walls and dramatic lighting

Living Room:            17x21  Spacious with Black Walnut wood floors, coffered box beamed ceiling, fireplace of Crema Perla brushed limestone with black granite hearth, large floor to ceiling picture windows and French doors to access garden terrace patio with exterior fireplace, built-in Wood-Mode European White Oak display/bookcases with storage, in-wall speaker system, custom lighting

Dining Room:           14x20  Black Walnut wood floors, large floor to ceiling picture windows overlooking front gardens, walk-in closet for china storage, in-wall speaker system, custom lighting 

Kitchen:                      16x17  Large center island with stone counter, bar seating, Calacatta counter top, gourmet appliances and coffered ceiling with custom lighting, raised hearth Australian Sandstone fireplace, limestone floors. Pantry alcove with access to dining room

Breakfast Dining:    14x14  Extension of the kitchen with built-in buffet of European White Oak, limestone floors, in-wall speaker system and custom lighting

Kitchen Office          14x18  Irregularly shaped, this versatile room has stone floors, French door access to both front and side gardens with direct access into the house from the garage

Media/Family

Room:                         16x21  Limestone floors, coffered box beamed ceiling, Villebois Gris with Honed Black Granite raised hearth fireplace, flat screen television over fireplace, high fidelity theater surround sound in-wall speaker system, custom lighting, floor to ceiling picture windows and French doors to garden terrace patio.  800 bottle refrigerated wine cellar and built-in storage closets for music system access from this room

Laundry Room:           8x12  Tile floors, expanded storage cabinetry, laundry sink and stone counters

Office/Bedroom:       14x18  Currently used as a home office this room has floor to ceiling French doors opening to front garden with picture windows, Belgian 100% wool carpet and adjoining bath with European White Oak Cabinetry, Walk-in shower with honed Calacatta gold limestone by Walker Zanger, custom lighting

Master Bedroom:      18x22  Beautiful custom designed and decorated suite has floor to ceiling French doors and windows, coffered box beamed ceiling, in-wall speaker system, Villebois Gris with Black Granite Hearth fireplace, custom lighting and Belgian 100% wool carpet. 

Master Bathroom:               Lavish master bath with free standing Philippe Starck spa tub with wall of glass and Alhambra Limestone, suspended double European White Oak vanity, limestone floors, DornBracht mixers, sconces by Ginger and Motiv, walk-in shower of limestone with vertical glass tile by Artistic Tile and Grohe rainwater oversized showerheads.  11x14 custom designed walk-in closet

Bedroom Suite:          15x15  French doors open to south facing tiled garden patio, additional picture windows and walk-in closet. Adjoining bath with European White Oak vanity, walk-in shower of Honed Calacatta Gold tile by Walker Zanger with Grohe rainwater oversized showerheads

Bedroom Suite:         15x16  Coffered ceiling, French doors to garden tiled patio, French windows with garden views, walk-in closet. Adjoining bath with European White Oak vanity, walk-in shower of Honed Calacatta Gold tile by Walker Zanger with Grohe rainwater oversized showerheads

Pool House                 18x21  Australian Sandstone fireplace, bi-fold doors to covered patio, in-wall speaker system, adjoining bath with European White Oak vanity, walk-in shower with Alhambra Limestone and floor in pebbles by Solistone and Grohe rainwater oversized showerheads

Additional Custom Features:

Gated Entry with long entrance drive

Three Car Garage with Automatic Openers

Custom In-Wall Speaker Sound System with room controls

Australian Sandstone exterior patio fireplace

Exterior stone patios and terraces are Sweetwater Stone from Oklahoma

Hansgrohe-Axor-designed by Philippe Starck fixtures

Grohe Rainwater oversized Shower Fixtures

Duravit Bathroom fixtures

Extensive use of recessed MR16 accent lighting

Title 24 Compliant Pendants from 2000 Degrees over the Kitchen Island

Exterior lighting fixtures from Steven Handelman Studios

Vista low voltage programmable landscape lighting

Lutron Maestro dimming light switches

Nu-Heat programmable floor heating in Entry, Bathrooms, Central Hall, Kitchen and Family Rooms

Water Softening System

Central Vacuum System

Wine Cellar with Split Refrigeration System