World Class Estate

Summary of Features

• The estate is located in Flat Rock, approximately 3 miles south of Hendersonville and 25 miles south of Asheville, North Carolina
• The home includes 5 bedrooms; 5 baths; 3 half baths
• The main residence includes over 10,000 square feet of heated/cooled space
• Construction of the home required 3 years
• The home was designed by Tim Greene and Associates of Cashiers, North Carolina
• All construction performed by Bronco Construction of Horseshoe, North Carolina
• All landscaping and land planning designed, installed, maintained by Snow Creek Nursery and Landscaping
• The residence sits at 2800-plus feet in elevation with Continental Divide running near house
• The front of house offers full Southern exposure
• The house features 270-degree long-range views to Mt. Pisgah, downtown Hendersonville, Mt. Mitchell, Tryon Peak and the golf course at Kenmure
• Both road accesses are gated entrances with stone columns, custom Bevolo lights and custom fabricated steel gates with sophisticated control systems

• Stone floors from the Burgundy region of France, and supplied by Paris Ceramics of London
• Staircase is reclaimed oak and pine
• Window seat in second level foyer
• Stairway custom-fabricated by Square Peg Construction of Asheville

• Appliance package in kitchen/butler's pantry has double Sub-Zero refrigerator/freezers, Thermodor heating drawer, Thermodor full double-oven gas range with four burners, grill, griddle, customized overhead exhaust system built into stone facade, two Miele dishwashers, Thermodor microwave
• Kitchen features two hand-hammered sinks, one in main area, one in Butler's Pantry
• Custom DBS butternut cabinetry in kitchen/butler's pantry, with custom Mauser cabinetry in all other areas
• Under-floor heating in the kitchen and keeping room
• Custom hand-hammered copper sink

• Master bedroom suite with dead-bolt entry, reinforced walls for security
• Glass doors from English church mounted in Master suite gallery
• Fireplaces, all wood-burning in design, all with gas log sets

General

• Rohl bathroom fixtures throughout
• Custom hand-hammered copper sinks in powder room and in master baths
• Toto toilets throughout
• Granite countertops throughout with marble in Hers bath and limestone in His bath
• Under-floor heating in both master baths

His Bath

• 6x6 steam shower with bench
• Features upper doors from a Vicarage in England

Her Bath

• Gas fireplace beside the oversized massaging tub
• Footwell heat in separate vanity
• Cedar lined walk-through closet

• Three-car garage with custom cedar doors and separate work room
• 600-square-foot apartment over garage with separate entrance/stairway, fitted with full bath, kitchenette, full bedroom with walk-in closet, sitting area.
• Separate potting shed at the rear of the garage with sink, heater, and garage door for utility vehicle storage

• Hot Springs spa installed on outside deck
• The patio features a gas pipe for grill
• All exterior railings/balcony decking of ironwood
• The screened porch features a wood burning stone fireplace

• Roof-Oversized "jumbo" cedar shakes over batten system
• Siding-cedar shingles over special underlayment to provide increased ventilation/life span
• 2 x 6 construction with cross-bracing throughout
• Reclaimed Materials:
• Wood floors taken from a girls' school in Pennsylvania
• Hand-hewn beams taken from Amish barns in Ohio
• Stone floors in main halls and kitchen/keeping rooms from the Burgundy region of France, and supplied by Paris Ceramics of London
• All fireplace beams from barns in the Midwest
• Over 7,000 square feet of granite cobblestones taken from streets of Chicago, originally used as ballast on ships coming from Europe
• All poplar trim/wainscoting in house milled from trees taken down to make room for house
• All oak wood floors in apartment milled from trees taken down to make room for house
• All interior/exterior doors, paneling, custom made from reclaimed oak
• All trim, striking stairway and railing, bookshelves/library ladder custom-fabricated by Square Peg Construction of Asheville
• All interior/exterior stonework accomplished by Jim MacFee over a two-year period. Tennessee fieldstone utilized.
• All materials for interior stone floors (aside from those reclaimed from France), and bathrooms from Walker/Zanger.
• All custom floor vent covers
• All door hardware aside from patio doors from Rocky Mountain in cast bronze. All locking mechanisms re-keyed for master keys, service keys, and specialty keys for security purposes
• All interior walls/ceilings in main residence with custom "blue-board" construction, with plaster coatings, paint and wax treatments by Paul Peretti of Cashiers
• All beam-work installation by David Jennings
• Nine custom copper/brass exterior gas lanterns and ten exterior electric lanterns fabricated by Bevolo of New Orleans
• Oversized copper gutters throughout
• Approximately 3,000 square feet of exterior flagstone floors on decks, stairs, screen porch and patio
• Seven stone fireplaces, all wood-burning in design, all with gas log sets
• Cobblestones are used as the driving surface in the motor court
• Kolbe and Kolbe fully-insulated/coated windows/patio doors

Security System

• Full security system with windows/doors wired, motion detectors throughout, wiring in place for cameras

HVAC System

• Top of the line Lennox heating/cooling with air purification systems and humidifiers
• Four systems in main house, with individual zones built in for individual room control
• Gas furnaces/heat pump combinations

Electrical

• Cat 5 wiring, oversized wiring throughout entire residence
• Lightning control system
• Custom Lutron/Crestron lighting control systems throughout residence/outside
• Oversized whole-house surge protection system
• 600-amp service in house
• Duke Power generator exclusive to residence
• Oversized Generac gas generator to maintain most of lighting and all systems in the event of a power outage

Audio/Video

• Audio/video distribution system throughout main residence
• In-ceiling speakers operational in screened porch, living room, dining room, kitchen/keeping room, downstairs office, master bedroom, His bath and shower, Her bath and shower, nursery, all other bedrooms, library
• Outside speakers installed under eaves across decking and to the front and sides of the house
• Audio, Inc/Design Inc of Asheville designed/equipped/installed and programmed all audio/video, security, lighting systems for entire project

Water System

• Residence on well water, landscape irrigation system on separate spring-fed system

Weather Data System

• Weather station atop main house with wireless transmission of weather data to two portable receivers in house

Phone System

• The main residence is wired for three separate phone lines