Unique European Luxury Estate for Sale in County Line Road, Skaneateles, New York, USA

21 Room French Manor Home on a 28 Acre Meadow

COME TO THE FINGER LAKE AREA OF NEW YORK - ABUNDANT PURE WATER, EASY ACCESS TO AIRPORTS AND HIGHWAYS, 4 HOURS TO NEW YORK CITY, TORONTO AND MONTREAL.....

This new and extraordinary custom home highlighted with spectacular detail and finishes and is being offered for less than its cost ($3.5mm invested to-date) as unexpectedly, one of the owners has developed a progessively debilitating medical condition requiring relocation.

The "French Manor Home" is situated in the center of a 28.5 acre meadow in Skaneateles - New York's prized eastern gateway to the Finger Lakes - an area known for its abundance of fresh clear water. New in 2009 and designed by a noted local architect - this spectacular residence features 21 rooms, (8000 +/- sq', 6-8 bedrooms, 6.5 baths) and has been a three year devotion by the owners as they replicated details discovered and cherished during time spent in Europe. The exterior of the home is finished in an aged patina stucco with wonderful design elements including numerous tall windows that bathe the interior in sunlight, French doors, European Copper chimney pots and a copper roofed cupola.

Skaneateles is a charming village set at the north end of Skaneateles Lake, recognized as one of the purest bodies of water in the USA. The pristine and scenic 17 mile long lake is ideal for boating and water-sports, and the town offers a broad selection of restaurants and boutiques. There are several wonderful inns, a Spa Hotel, a renowned summer music festival and the area attracts a broad populace including luminaries who both reside and/or visit here such as authors, TV, music and film celebrities and America's former 1st Family (the Clintons).

Given the circumstances, this is an opportunity to tailor the property to your own tastes and desires. The 28.5 acre park-like setting would make an elegant equestrian estate. The property is a gently rolling open meadow bordered by trees and woodland. There is ample space for stables and paddocks, for a pool, and tennis court and guest facilities. The Skaneateles polo grounds are located one mile from the property and there are several equestrian facilities nearby. A private airfield is less than 1 mile away, and the center of town, country club and local vineyard are all less than 3. For those seeking an investment opportunity, the property could also be sub-divided and developed - turned into a romantic B&B, or as the owners envisioned - kept as a country estate landscaped with lavender, vineyards, hedges and orchards.

The residence is appointed with fine European craftsmanship, hand wrought ironwork, highly detailed custom cabinetry, solid bronze hardware, tall ceilings, large moldings, custom entry doors, and fitted with luxury appointments and fixtures associated with homes of a bygone era. The owner’s objective was to build a home that did not appear new - in fact achieving timeless beauty and elegance was a primary design element. The owners knew they hit the mark when one of the finishing carpenters commented that he felt they were remodeling a splendid old home as he rarely had the opportunity to work with such fine detail in homes of recent construction.

The main floor has 10' ceilings. Here there are the guest or maid's bedroom, a full bath, a powder room, a mud-room closet and laundry. There is an incredible highly detailed and amazingly beautiful English, "Clive Christian" style gourmet kitchen with a total of 5 ovens including a 55” French LaCanche duel fuel stove with warming oven, gas and electric ovens, a Viking Professional Steam/Convection oven and a Viking Professional Microwave Oven. Other high-end appliances are from SubZero, Miele, Vent-a-Hood, Insinkerator and Asko. Cabinetry includes built-in china closets, deep and detailed moldings and a "windowed" breakfast area with coffered ceiling. The adjacent pantry is fitted with sink and garbage disposal (3 total) and a 2nd Asko Encore dishwasher. There is also a formal butler’s pantry with built-in china closets and a hammered nickel Herbeau sink and faucet imported from France. The formal dining room has an adjacent wine cellar (in addition to the 144 bottle 3-zone climate controlled wine refrigerator located in the pantry). There is a beautiful solid oak paneled library with wet-bar and Herbeau sink/faucet and 5.1 surround sound, coffered paneled ceiling and limestone fireplace. The living room has a large limestone fireplace, coffered ceiling and groin vault gallery. You enter the home via a grand entry foyer with soaring ceiling, curved staircase, electric chandelier lift and hand-wrought iron railing (the rear staircase also has hand-wrought iron railings). 8' Tall Lowen French doors line the rear of the home bathing the interior with plenty of sunlight.

Custom woodwork is found throughout the home and special attention was given to the exquisitely executed and detailed English Victorian kitchen (with matching butler's pantry and pantry), the fully paneled white oak library, and the hand glazed bathroom cabinetry and custom wine cellar.

The upper floor houses the master suite along with four additional bedrooms. The master and two of the bedrooms have en-suite bathrooms, & two bedrooms share an adjoining full bath with dual vanity and separate shower and toilet area. All the baths are wonderfully and classically finished with custom glazed cabinetry, limestone countertops, limestone floors, Walker Zanger tiles and borders, & Lefroy Brooks Silver Nickel fittings. There is a second laundry facility on this floor. The master bathroom has a separate toilet and bidet, a large Kohler soaking tub, and an oversized shower with limestone bench and an exquisitely executed English hand glazed vanity. The master closet is fitted with custom cabinetry.

All floors on the main two levels are white oak hardwoods finished with a European Zero-VOC Oil, or crafted from imported limestone. The kitchen and dining room ceilings are finished in "limed" white oak hardwoods. The fireplace mantles are limestone and the fireplaces are woodburning - but with gas lines run so they could be converted.

The finished basement has 10' ceilings, and is fully insulated and heated. There is a spacious play-room or art studio with vanity and sink, a large living/recreation area, gym, cedar storage room, home theater wired for 7.1 surround sound and a full bath. A separate utility room houses the mechanicals and provides additional storage. The gym or theater can be utilized as a 7th and/or 8th bedroom with direct access to the full bath and egress to the outdoors.

Energy efficient systems, materials and fixtures have been utilized throughout and green materials wherever possible. The HVAC system incorporates a "fresh air make-up" which assures healthy fresh air is circulated, has high velocity Unico central air conditioning and there is radiant heat on all three floors and the garage with a premium "Viessmann" German boiler and extra large water tank. Home automation includes an integrated "ReQuest" whole house audio/visual system with streaming music (cds, xm/sirrius, internet radio) web cameras and video (dvd, hulu, facebook, netflix etc.) all controlled by touch-pads, laptops or even by iPhone etc., Lutron radioRa lighting controls, high-speed wireless internet and a state-of-the-art security and monitoring system. There is a central vacuum system on all levels also including the garage.

The residence and property will especially appeal to those that appreciate and value the superior fittings and extraordinary detail found throughout. The setting provides a wonderful retreat from the stresses of ordinary life - has space for nannies, staff or in-laws and the home has been thoughtfully designed for entertaining friends and family comfortably.

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