Located on the highly sought-after Hobart Avenue, this bespoke custom Colonial Revival home is just a half mile from the midtown direct train to New York City and downtown and 3/4 mile from top rated elementary and middle schools. It was built to the highest standards in 2005, offering all the modern amenities and open floor plan of a new home, while preserving its elegance and old-world charm. With 5,031 square feet of living space over four floors, it features five bedrooms, four and one half baths, two laundry rooms, five fireplaces and gleaming hardwood floors throughout.
Guests enter through the solid wood door flanked by traditional leaded glass windows and step into the Foyer with its elegant woodworking and graceful arched casings. The light-filled Living Room boasts a central fireplace with a stunning wood mantle, coffered ceiling and wet bar that makes entertaining a breeze. The ample Dining Room is the perfect spot to host dinner parties and offers finely detailed wainscoting, coffered ceiling and oversized bay window that floods the room with an abundance of natural light. The Family Room is sure to be “the” gathering spot with a stone fireplace that adds warmth and style and custom built-in bookshelves and cabinets. Perfect for today’s lifestyle, it opens to the gourmet Kitchen that includes a timeless combination of white cabinets, black granite counters, center island with butcher block countertop, Wolf 48-inch range with double ovens, Viking microwave, dual Miele dishwashers, and Sub-zero 36-inch refrigerator and 36-inch freezer. A Butler’s Pantry, Powder Room, Mud Room and two-car attached Garage round out this level. Accessed by the back door, the private outdoor entertaining space consists of a generous bluestone Patio, masonry fireplace and grassy side yard framed by stacked stone wall and professionally landscaped shrubbery.
Back inside, retreat upstairs to the well-appointed Master Bedroom with wood-burning fireplace, custom walk-in Closet and spa-like Bathroom with a soaking tub, oversized frameless walk-in shower and dual sinks. Also on this level are two bright, airy Bedrooms with access to a shared Full Bathroom with double sinks and Laundry Room. The third level offers two more good-sized Bedrooms with dormer windows that bathe the rooms in light. A Full Bathroom completes the level. The lower level features abundant space finished to the same quality as the upper floors with a second Family Room with wood-burning fireplace and ten foot ceilings, Recreation Room, temperature and humidity controlled 3,000 bottle Wine Cellar, in-home Gym, Laundry Room with Pantry, Full Bath and ample storage.
