In Miami, South Beach is the place to party. But in our current climate, parties have switched over to the virtual variety. If you’re looking for the South Beach lifestyle without the wall-to-wall people at the moment, we totally understand.
But how can you balance social distance with the need for a clubby vibe? For a music lover in search of the perfect backdrop for in-home DJ parties, we recommend a penthouse in Sunny Isles Beach, Apartment 4803 at 17121 Collins Ave.
On the market for $10.9 million, the unit is equipped for a full-on bash, and it’s an ideal spot for a DJ to spin for a live audience on social media.
Gorgeous penthouses are plentiful along Miami’s coastline, but this particular residence will strike a chord for those who like to party, thanks to its pro-level DJ booth and the dance floor inside the unit.
“The owner loves to entertain and wanted to add something fun to the space,” says listing agent Anna Sherrill.
Fun might be an understatement here. The DJ booth and dance floor can be sectioned off from the rest of the home, recreating the atmosphere of an authentic club. And if that’s not enough, the dance floor is illuminated, which should really hype up the party vibe.
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Meanwhile, let us address a legitimate concern with this cool configuration. Potential buyers may wonder how much they could actually enjoy this awesome setup without bothering the neighbors.
However, the question of blasting music at any time of day or night has already been taken into consideration.
“There’s soundproofing between the floors and in the media room next to the DJ booth,” Sherrill explains. “There are only two penthouses in the building, and this one encompasses the entire south, east, and west corner, so there aren’t many neighbors to bother.”
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If the party package alone doesn’t pique your interest, perhaps the rest of the posh space will.
Measuring in at 8,332 square feet, the penthouse offers five bedrooms and 6.5 bathrooms. City and ocean views are available from most rooms in the home, but the abundance of balcony space takes it all to another level.
There’s also a hot tub off one of the balconies, so you can enjoy the music, the views, and maybe a little bubbly, while you relax amid the jets. Just keep your distance—for now.
As the coronavirus epidemic roils American society, it is totally upending the world of real estate. The realtor.com editorial team is tirelessly covering the impact of the pandemic on trends in the housing market, where mortgage rates are heading, and the outlook for home buyers and sellers. We’re also full of suggestions on what to do with your home if you end up cloistered indoors, whether it’s self-quarantine or sheltering in place.
Here’s a quick guide to the stuff you need to know:
Quick! Close your eyes and picture a Southern California spec house. Many of the spec homes we see nowadays are sleek,whiteboxes with a distinctly modern aesthetic.
Now open your eyes and behold “Spec House A” in Ojai, CA. And let its old-school charms wash over you like a cool wave.
Built by renowned architect George Washington Smith in 1922, it’s an impeccably preserved Spanish Colonial Revival home. And although it’s nearly a century old, the residence has been updated with all sorts of modern conveniences.
The classic home also comes with a price more in line with modern realities—it’s on the market at $3,995,000.
You’d be hard-pressed to find a better maintained example of the architecture of the era. The colorful vintage tiles alone are astounding—on the floors, accenting the walls, on the beautiful fountain in the courtyard, and on the traditional red tile roof. All the tiles are original, imported from Spain almost 100 years ago.
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The master bathroom has been updated with gorgeous decorative tiles from RTK Studios and new fixtures that fit right in with the vintage style of the home.
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The kitchen also has an Old World look and features both classic and modern amenities.
Among them are marble countertops, rich wood custom cabinetry, and a wrought-iron light fixture, as well as a center island and top-of-the-line appliances that include a built-in coffee station. We’re most impressed by the luxurious AGA oven and stove.
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Throughout the four-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom home are soaring, open beamed ceilings, sturdy plaster walls, and grand fireplaces. There are also gracious balconies and decks overlooking the lovely grounds.
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Set on a 1.22-acre lot, the grounds include a fruit orchard, raised garden beds,towering oaks, and red ironbark eucalyptus trees, which provide not only shade, but rich fragrance. There’s also a saltwater pool with RTK Studios tile trim.
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Separate from the house is a three-car garage with an attached artist’s studio and/or guesthouse, which is being used at the moment as a weaving studio.
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The home last changed hands in 2009 for $2,575,000, and several updates have been made since. But it’s still redolent of California’s history. It’s designated as “Ojai Landmark #16,” and any buyer will benefit from property-tax savings under the Mills Act, which should help cushion the purchase price just a bit.
Not long ago, it crossed Joe and Jennifer’s minds that maybe they had made a mistake installing a 50-foot-long fortified bunker 10 feet below their property in Northern California.
Then toilet paper flew off the shelves, and gun sales skyrocketed as the U.S. edged into panic amid the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus, the pandemic ushering in massive interruptions to daily life and unprecedented uncertainty.
“Four months ago my wife and I were like: ‘Why did we do this? This is stupid,’ ” said 42-year-old Joe. (He and his wife Jennifer declined to reveal their last name, fearing it would reveal the location.) “Now we’re like ‘Holy crap, it actually has a purpose!’ ”
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For nearly two weeks, the married couple and their three children, ages 4, 8 and 12, have been living in their sparingly furnished steel rectangle that all in cost $240,000 2½ years ago. At the time of purchase they feared the growing divisiveness gripping the nation after the 2016 presidential election might one day spark civil unrest.
“This is the last thing we thought we’d use it for, honestly,” said Joe of the reinforced structure built from more than 3-inch thick steel and encased in a foot of rebarred concrete. Advertised as being able to withstand a nearby nuclear blast, the bunker is also outfitted with an air-filtration unit that is supposed to be able to screen biological or chemical toxins while allowing oxygen in from the outside.
Since the Cold War era of the 1950s and 1960s, distressed Americans fearing nuclear war or other cataclysmic events began constructing bomb shelters in their backyards. The movement—dubbed survivalism—evolved in the following decades and as it did, those engaging in doomsday preparations were often greeted with derision.
Survival Condo, based in Glasco, Kan., offers many leisure activities including a pool.
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There is ping-pong and a rock climbing wall.
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But now, as the coronavirus upends nearly all aspects of normal life survivalists—sometimes also called “preppers”—like Joe and his wife aren’t feeling only a sense of relief, but also pride. They plan on remaining in their bunker only until the end of this month, primarily as a precaution against the virus.
“If we’re out and about and we got it, we’d end up being fine, but I don’t want to be part of the problem and be out there as a carrier and spreading it,” he said. But the couple—each able to work from home—are also concerned about what an economic fallout might look like.
“There’s literally people fighting over toilet paper,” said Joe. “What’s going to happen when people don’t have money to buy food? What do we start fighting over then?”
Survival Condo’s fish farm and hydroponic grow room. Waste created by farmed fish helps fertilize vegetable crops, including spinach, carrots, and lettuce.
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Larry Hall has also been living in his unit with his wife, 15-year-old son, two dogs and a cat for two weeks after decamping from his primary residence in a Denver suburb.
Unlike a single residence bunker, Survival Condo is a luxury community that stretches 174 feet below the ground. Mr. Hall, the developer, built the community inside a decommissioned Atlas F missile silo in Kansas. Having achieved notoriety after completing his 54,000-square-foot development in late 2012, Mr. Hall said some of his clients have been subjects of ridicule after admitting they owned one of the luxury end-of-days shelters. “People are really opinionated about it,” he said, remembering how some of his owners suffered both social and professional repercussions after admitting they bought into the 14-unit development.
Within the 15-story underground structure, 920-square-foot condos like Mr. Hall’s list for $1.5 million, while the larger full-floor units measuring 1,840 square feet cost $3 million. Mr. Hall said there are only five units left after recently closing on a smaller unit in four days “sight unseen.”
Survival Condo’s total capacity is listed at 75 people including staff. Each residential floor has a capacity of up to 10 tenants. Residents have access to between three- and five-year supplies of food, and the settlement includes common areas for leisure and exercise. It also boasts storage space and a general store.
But not all of Survival Condo facilities are for living and recreation. In what used to be a missile control center, Mr. Hall built a fish farm stocked with three species of tilapia and an hydroponic garden where a large variety of vegetables like spinach, carrots and lettuce grow. He believes the budding garden is also calming. “The plants have a certain effect on people,” he said.
Mr. Hall said he’s expecting about a dozen additional people to show up come April. Survival Condo hasn’t yet entered into a lockdown, where coming and going is prohibited, but it does have an undisclosed number of security personnel with firearms at their disposal to protect from unwelcome visitors. The facility has three full-time employees to help with maintenance.
Dining and living area with false windows projecting an image taken from above-ground cameras in one of Survival Condo’s many luxury units.
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Spending on doomsday shelters has been booming since the coronavirus began dominating news headlines during the past few weeks, according to bunker contractors Rising S Company and Atlas Survival Shelters. Both companies say inquiries and sales have risen. Texas-based Rising S—which built Joe’s California bunker—said the number of new contracts signed in roughly the last three weeks has more than doubled. The company also said in the past it has constructed models costing as much as $15 million and as little as $39,500.
Atlas specializes in an array of structures including what it calls a “safe cellar” that functions like an underground bunker but also features an air-filtration system. CEO Ron Hubbard said in just the past week he did the same amount of business he did in all of 2019.
Not everyone expects the coronavirus to spur growth. Veteran contractor Mike Peters of Ultimate Bunker—a Utah-based builder focused on luxury shelters—dismisses the notion, adding the pandemic has had no impact on his sales.
“It takes months and months and months of planning,” said Mr. Peters. “You don’t just jump in and spend $500,000 on the spur of the moment. You’re not going to get it in time to change anything.”
Regardless of whether sales have risen amid the current turmoil, spending on residential security rose to $22.5 billion in 2019 from $12 billion in 2011, according to Freedonia Group, a market-research firm based in Cleveland. That covers everything from routine security devices to reinforced, protective structures such as panic rooms and bunkers.
Lizanne, a 63-year-old retired investor, feels safer having spent $4.5 million in 2012 to buy 1½ floors inside Survival Condo. “The whole thing is really nice, he thought of everything, the pool, the classroom, library, theater, even a dog walk park,” she said, also preferring to keep her last name confidential. The condominium’s pet-friendly policy was a big bonus for Lizanne, who owns a 75-pound golden retriever and a toy poodle.
A medical first-aid center at Survival Condo.
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While Lizanne has yet to abandon her seaside home in Rhode Island for her underground retreat, she is keeping her eye on the news and has her bags packed in case she needs to make the 23-hour drive to Kansas. “If things are really bad I’d much rather be there and protected,” she said. “I don’t necessarily want to, but it’s nice to know that I can.”
Lizanne is aware taking refuge at Survival Condo wouldn’t completely protect her from contracting the coronavirus, but said tenants could isolate themselves. But ultimately for her it would come down to what feels safest. “If things get really bad I have to weigh my options and if [going] seems like the best option, then I would take my chances,” she said. Mr. Hall said there is no guarantee people would be safe from the virus. He said the development is taking measures to sanitize, especially at the entrance, and has a wipe-down station.
Having already stayed the night at her condo several times while on vacation, Lizanne also isn’t frightened by the idea of an extended lockdown underground. “I do tend to get claustrophobic,” she said. “But because of the way he set up the windows which have cameras to the outdoors, it’s like you’re looking outdoors.”
The original owner of an $18 million Las Vegas bunker measuring 15,000 square feet also employed creative means when trying to compensate for the lack of natural light. Although constructed in the late 1970s, the visionary behind the project lacked the technology of today.
“It’s basically a cavern underground where all the exterior walls are made to look like landscapes” using murals, said real-estate agent Stephan LaForge of Berkshire Hathaway. The massive bunker—situated underneath a quaint five-bedroom home within one of Las Vegas’s humbler neighborhoods—includes a lighting system meant to simulate different times of day along with fake trees, swimming pool, barbecue, and dance floor with disco ball.
But for those who want a bunker but don’t have millions of dollars to spend, a former Army base located in the Black Hills of southwestern South Dakota might be the answer.
California businessman Robert Vicino, founder of the settlement christened Vivos xPoint, touts the spread of 575 cement fortresses—each tucked under thick grassland—as “the world’s largest survival community.” Mr. Vicino is repurposing the large number of bunkers once used as storage for munitions and explosives during World War II.
Mr. Vicino charges $35,000 for one of the igloo-like structures which have about 2,200 square feet to play with. A showroom version on Vivos’s website shows a fully furnished unit including a kitchen, living room and bathrooms. He also said there has been an uptick in business in recent weeks and expects Vivos will need to make room for more tenants.
Extreme remoteness and the security that offers was one of the biggest selling points for 69-year-old Tom and his wife Mary, who are both nearly retired, had already been planning to move to the Vivos bunker they bought roughly three years ago. The structure itself is plenty sturdy as well, said Tom, who also asked to keep his last name confidential.
“To get in from the outside is going to require at the very least a bulldozer or lots of really high explosives,” said Tom, who wants to get to his bunker by April. “I don’t want to get stuck here in the Atlanta area with six million other people.”
A proud “prepper” for many years, Tom said while some people may have looked at him sideways in the past as he planned for worst-case scenarios like pandemic, calamitous climate change or war, now it feels like there has been a shift.
“I don’t think we’re that much different from anybody else. People used to consider preppers to be this odd, crazy bunch of people,” said Tom. “Now a lot of the people that were ambivalent about my prepping, those people are incredibly interested in what I do now.”
The coronavirus has already caused so much destruction nationwide—not only among the many who have fallen ill, but also among those who are suffering from businesses closing and those who are struggling financially. While the news cycle has been filled with reports of fearful people panicking and hoarding necessities, countless stories have emerged of mutual love and care—especially between neighbors.
Would you like to reach out to your local community? If you’re not sure how to, consider these recent news stories a perfect source of inspiration. Let these good deeds serve as a reminder that even during this period of social distancing, people have found a variety of creative ways to reach out—or even just to lighten the mood of others during these dark times.
1. Do door-side drop-offs and check-ins
Like many others, Amy McDonald decided to help her elderly neighbors in Fishers, IN, by dropping off groceries for them. She knew that could help lower their levels of exposure to the coronavirus, but what she didn’t realize was that she could in fact be saving someone’s life.
As USA Today reports, McDonald’s 89-year-old neighbor, Jo Trimble, was having strange, flulike symptoms when McDonald arrived at her home to drop off some provisions she’d asked for. Not wanting to leave her alone, McDonald stayed with her neighbor as they waited for paramedics.
It turned out that Trimble didn’t have the flu, or the coronavirus—she was having a heart attack. Luckily, she was able to get to the hospital in time to have a life-saving surgery.
It’s a good reminder that our neighbors may need someone to check in on them, whether for groceries, illness, or whatever reason.
2. Make the best of canceled events
During this epidemic, many people have had to postpone vacations, weddings, and other celebrations. But when one young New Yorker named Jordana Shmidman had to postpone her bat mitzvah, she decided to turn this unfortunate situation into an opportunity to help others.
According to Insider, the food for the event had already been prepared, but Shmidman and her family didn’t want it to go to waste. So they asked the caterers to divide the food into boxes so they could deliver it to families in quarantine in the area.
This proves that while so many events have been postponed or canceled, thoughtfulness and kindness are definitely still on the schedule. And in the end, Shmidman still managed to share her special day with loved ones, livestreaming her bat mitzvah online.
3. Give an impromptu performance
In Italy, many amazing operatic performances have been canceled during the countrywide lockdown. That didn’t stop one tenor, Maurizio Marchini, however, from stepping onto his balcony and serenading his neighbors with Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma.”
And he isn’t the only one treating his neighbors to some tunes. One DJ in Palermo, Italy, lit up the night with some beats.
In Barcelona, Spain, a pianist on his balcony was joined by a nearby saxophonist for an ad hoc duet of “My Heart Will Go On.” It might not be classic opera, but the healing powers of music apply to all kinds of tastes.
As Marchini explained to Fox News, “Music can lift spirits, and now there are many people who are suffering.”
4. Write letters to your local nursing home
In an effort to combat the coronavirus, nursing homes across the nation are putting heavy restrictions on visits from family and friends. This may be saving residents from being infected, but it’s leaving many seniors feeling isolated.
Meanwhile, with many public schools closed, kids are stuck at home, bored and with little to do. That’s why one family with four young siblings in Westminster, MA—Madilyn, 10, Olivia, 9, Cameron, 7 and Jack, 4—decided to start writing letters and drawing pictures to nursing home residents across the state.
“The kids love to do anything arts and crafts, and thinking about how stressed everybody is, [we] thought, ‘What can we do to make everybody happy? How can we help?'” their mother, Vanessa France, told Good Morning America.
My girls are being creative today! They made cards for the nursing home and senior apartments to let the elderly know we are thinking about them. Hope others do the same thing. Just put them in a plastic bag outside the building and they will deliver them for you. pic.twitter.com/FGGQZgicUV
The idea has since spread far and wide, embraced by old and young alike. At a nursing home in Sterling Village, MA, Michele Morin explains, “Letters from the children will bring them joy and will hopefully comfort them during this difficult time. … We will also be encouraging our residents to write the children back.”
5. Become a virtual volunteer
When Kathy Green, a resident of Birmingham, AL, heard that a hospital was asking neighbors to help sew face masks, she decided to rally the troops. Green started a Facebook group to organize local residents who were up to the task of sewing and distributing their homemade masks to those who needed them.
“I felt like I thought there was going to be a need and that it was probably too big for me to manage through email, so I started a Facebook group,” Green told Fox 8. The group soon grew to a community of 1,300 volunteers, proving that helping out can be as simple as finding a way to contribute from the comfort of your couch.
While kids can no longer go to school, they can still do school assignments, and one project in particular has taken off.
“We did not want it all to be doom and gloom for the children,” Shona Richardson, head teacher at a school in Rosewell, Scotland, told the BBC. That’s why her school launched a campaign to encourage students to paint rainbows to display in their windows.
“We thought this would be a really visual way of bringing hope at a time when there is not much out there.”
The trend has since spread to windows across England—a colorful message for neighbors passing by—showing that even kids can do their part.
7. Hold a different kind of block party
While most of the country has been holed up inside, the residents of Greiner Street in Eugene, OR, are making special accommodations to visit with their neighbors. One night, the neighbors arranged to have a dinner party, all from their individual front yards.
Some ordered pizza to enjoy on their front steps, and others went all out, marking the occasion by setting up a dining table complete with a tablecloth.
“We just wanted a way to communicate with one another when we can’t give each other hugs,” Mary Lou Vignola told the Register-Guard. “Just to be social when we’re being isolated.”
People may be keeping their social distance, but that doesn’t mean we have to skip celebrating together.
Case in point: One inspiring Spanish video taken in Madrid shows neighbors singing happy birthday to a woman named Charo on her 80th birthday. The neighbors had placed a cake at her door and told her to look outside for a surprise.
When Charo found the cake, she began to cry as her neighbors started to sing her “Happy Birthday.” Talk about a sweet surprise!
The monthly rental price on the 2,400-square-foot home, which sold for nearly $3 million in January, now sits at a robust $50,000.
With five bedrooms and four bathrooms, the pad offers plenty of room for a family to spread out, or for a few couples to team up on a summer rental. Located in Suffolk County, it’s adjacent to East Hampton and Southampton, and a little over 100 miles east of Manhattan, near the tip of Long Island.
Pompeo, one of the stars of “Grey’s Anatomy,” bought the property for $925,000 in 2011, and tore down the existing cabin to create her dream modern farmhouse.
The finished product—spanning three levels—was completed in 2013. In 2017, Architectural Digest featured the home’s gorgeous interiors.
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The dark-gray exterior gives way to rooms awash in a predominantly white and black palette. Shiplap walls in one of the bedrooms and fireplaces throughout create a cozy feel, in the modern-farmhouse design style.
The living room features a double-height ceiling—coaxing in tons of natural light—and the all-white cabinetry and surfaces give the kitchen a light and airy feel.
The lower level features a media room, while the main floor houses the living room, kitchen, master suite, and dining room.
The dining area features glass walls that overlook the property’s lawn and a heated pool with a gunite surface. Up a floating staircase to the third floor is a guest room with its own bathroom.
Sag Harbor’s village is a 10-minute drive from the home, and the entrance to the Elizabeth Morton National Wildlife Refuge is only 1.2 miles away. The rental is listed with Kial Ramirez of The Corcoran Group-Southampton.
Open houses and public showings have slowed as the result of the country’s public health crisis, but we’re thrilled to find plenty of home shoppers still on the hunt for the perfect property.
A fairy-tale farmhouse in Kansas City, MO, charmed up enough clicks to earn it the title of this week’s most popular home on realtor.com®. Because what’s more calming than a fairy-tale farmhouse?
This standout storybook-style home in the Midwest is a bespoke Tudor built by hand by a stonemason for his family in 1925. Loaded with custom details, it’s brightly accessorized and all-around adorable. The neon-green door, set against the century-old stone, hints at the whimsical interior inside.
Old World details like the home’s stone masonry and bold turret conjure up images of a heavy, dreary castle, but the bright modern colors inside confound all expectations.
High-end browsers were drawn to a dramatic, architecturally significant desert dwelling in Arizona, as well as to a historic estate in Maryland spanning 180 acres. Other homes earning clicks this week included an ornate church retrofitted as a residence in Wisconsin and an 8-acre farm in Michigan with a funky throwback bungalow.
Whether you’re looking to upgrade, relocate, or simply need a diversion, we invite you to take a trip through all 10 of this week’s most popular homes…
Why it’s here: A true desert delight! This architectural gem, known as the “Shadow Caster,” is perched on more than an acre on the Chiricahua golf course. The over 6,800 square-foot contemporary desert estate was built in 2002 by the architect David C. Hovey, and features floor-to-ceiling glass walls, concrete block, and exposed steel beams. The interior space is oriented to maximize desert, mountain, and city views, while the outdoor spaces feature indigenous botanical gardens, as well as an infinity pool and spa.
Why it’s here: Meticulously maintained over the years, this two-story residence was built in 1917, with lovely architectural details. It has three bedrooms, covered front and back porches, original woodwork throughout, and a three-car detached garage. With updated systems and charm to spare, this is a move-in ready family home with tons of potential.
Why it’s here: Renovation, anyone? This mod beauty was built in 1969, and has seen much better days. But there’s plenty of space for a buyer who knows how to hammer. The more than 4,200-square-foot home sits on 5.5 wooded acres, and is being sold as is. With a little imagination and a lot of elbow grease, the property could be transformed into something incredible.
Why it’s here: This cute country house was built in 1985 and sits on nearly 8 acres. The Acadian-style four-bedroom home includes a wraparound porch, a custom kitchen with granite countertops, updated bathrooms, and a wood-burning fireplace. Outside, the fenced property includes a pond stocked with fish, a six-stall barn, chicken coop, and air-conditioned storage shed.
Why it’s here: With a wide-open floor plan, this stately, two-story Colonial was built in 1993, and has more than 5,300 square feet of space. Inside, the four-bedroom home has a billiard-room, an office over the living room, and a wet bar. Outside, the fenced yard includes a rose garden and a detached gazebo with fireplace, ideal for entertaining al fresco.
Why it’s here: Retro and cozy, this three-bedroom bungalow out in the country was built in 1918, and has been updated throughout. The plumbing, drywall, and fixtures are new, and the 8-acre lot includes an antique barn for storage. Surrounded by lush landscaping, the property also comes along with crop rights for 2020.
Why it’s here: Spanning 180 acres and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this estate is the ancestral home of former Gov. Edwin Warfield of Maryland. It sits just 20 miles from both Washington DC and Baltimore. The imposing Federal style home on the property has 12 fireplaces, 24 rooms, and spans 9,500 square feet.
In 2005, an additional building known as Oakdale Hall was added to the property and provides an additional 9,000 square feet of entertaining space next to the pool. The sprawling estate also has a gardener’s cottage, carriage house, and brick smokehouse, as well as a gazebo beside the 2-acre spring-fed pond.
Why it’s here: Originally built in 1902, this two-bedroom home was once a United Methodist church, before being converted into a showstopping residence. The stained-glass windows and 30-foot ceilings in the sanctuary are intact, and the brick carriage house has parking for two cars, a finished loft space, and a garden room.
Why it’s here: Close to schools and the historic Crown Point square, this quad-level home was built in 1962. Freshly remodeled and loaded with natural light, it features an updated kitchen and refreshed bathrooms. Highlights of the home include large dining and living rooms, heated floors on the lower level, and a large, unfinished basement for storage.
Why it’s here: A storybook sensation! This delightful Tudor-style home welcomes guests with a bright-green door. Built in 1925 by a stonemason as his personal residence, the home looks just as charming nearly a century later. Inspired by European-style farmhouses, the four-bedroom home features stone archways, art-glass windows, French doors, porches, and balconies. Outside, paths wander through the home’s one-of-a-kind secret garden.
