Market Watch


02/01/2010

Ponte Vedra, Florida
This six-bedroom home is set on a bluff overlooking 200 feet of ocean frontage. The home has more than 12,700 square feet of floor space, and in addition to the bedrooms and seven full bathrooms (and two half bathrooms), it contains a wine cellar, a library/office, a home theater, two fireplaces, and a four-car garage. The property also features electric gates at its entryway and a swimming pool with an in-ground hot tub. $10 million. Prudential Network Realty.

Sedona, Arizona
This five-bedroom home is situated on an eight-acre parcel bordering the Coconino National Forest. The five bedrooms include a two-bedroom guest apartment. Floor-to-ceiling windows offer unobstructed views across the red-rock desert to the forest. Other features include a media room, a 1,000-square-foot gym, two fireplaces, a three-car garage, and a swimming pool. The flooring throughout the home is made of Thassos marble or Italian travertine, and the countertops are made of onyx or granite. The property is located within a gated community that is only minutes from the center of Sedona and the Seven Canyons golf resort. $10 million. Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty.

Laguna Beach, California
Perched on a bluff overlooking North Laguna’s Crescent Bay, this remodeled oceanfront estate has direct access to a beach. The home contains four bedrooms, three full bathrooms, and two half bathrooms (the bathrooms have limestone accents), and it has a two-car garage and two additional off-street parking spaces. Nearly every room in the 2,800-square-foot house offers views of the bay through floor-to-ceiling windows. The home’s interior features include teak floors, retractable awnings, and colonial-era moldings. The gourmet kitchen, which has honed black granite counters and slate backsplashes as well as stainless appliances, opens to decks and patios in the front and rear of the house. $10.45 million. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage.

Pompano Beach, Florida
Located at the tip of a peninsula that is minutes from Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton, this gated, half-acre property has breathtaking views of the ocean, Hillsboro Inlet, and the Hillsboro Lighthouse. The house, a three-story, 8,500-square-foot structure built in 2004, has five bedrooms and six and a half bathrooms. A grand entry leads to the living room, which has a ceiling that is two stories high and windows and a fireplace that reach from the floor to that ceiling. The house also has a home theater/billiards room, a wood-paneled office/library, a gym, and a pool. The home is available furnished. $11 million. Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate.

Ross, California
This Marin County estate is set on 2.2 acres of landscaped grounds that are surrounded by a rock wall. The property has two gated entrances, and the grounds include a swimming pool and spa, a tennis court, lawns that are expansive and level, and a two-bedroom guesthouse. The main residence, a 9,600-square-foot classic Spanish-style structure, contains six bedrooms, five full bathrooms, and two half bathrooms. $10 million. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage.

St. James, Barbados
The 24,000-square-foot parcel of land, dubbed Monkey Bay, is located on Barbados’ Platinum west coast, among some of the island’s most beautiful homes. The land has 140 feet of ocean frontage, and it is set back far enough from the coastal road, on a rocky bluff, to allow for plenty of privacy. The property also includes two secluded sandy beaches. $10 million. Altman Real Estate.

Snoqualmie, Washington
The 14,400-square-foot log mansion has Mount Si as its backdrop. The home contains seven bedrooms, eight and a half bathrooms, an oak-paneled den, a library, a gym, three stone fireplaces, and two attached guest apartments. The grounds feature a trout pond, a glassed-in swimming pool, meadows, and gardens. $10.5 million. Coldwell Banker Bain Associates.

Honolulu, Hawaii
Features of this Diamond Head property include 28,000 square feet of tropical landscaping and stunning views of Kapiolani Park, the Pacific Ocean, and the Waikiki coastline. The home has nearly 9,800 square feet of floor space, and it contains five bedrooms and seven and a half bathrooms. $10 million. Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties.

Schuylerville, New York
Stone Bridge Farm is a Thoroughbred training and breeding facility near Saratoga Springs, N.Y. It consists of more than 425 acres on three separate parcels. One of those parcels, the training facility and residences at 125 Sherman Lane in Schuylerville, is available for $10 million. The price for all three parcels is $18 million.

The Sherman Lane property covers 92 acres and features a Georgian neoclassical estate and a nearby Cape Cod–style guesthouse. The main residence, a 6,000-square-foot structure built in 2008, has a three-story foyer, five bedrooms (each with its own bathroom), a solarium, an office, a fitness room, and several decks and patios. The Cape house, built in 2003, has three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms. It has a finished basement apartment with a full kitchen and bathroom.

Among the horse-related facilities are a 100-by-150-foot indoor riding arena, 47 stalls, 31 fenced paddocks (17 of which are covered), and a nearly mile-long synthetic track that operates year-round. The property also includes three additional residences that abut the training facility and a nearby apartment complex for staff members. $10 million. Select Sotheby’s International Realty.

Jackson, Wyoming
This stone-and-timber house is located on nearly 18 acres offering magnificent views of Grand Teton. The property also features several brooks and ponds. The main house and the guesthouse together cover more than 8,000 square feet and contain four bedrooms, four full baths, and two half baths. The main house also has four fireplaces, a fitness room, a wine cellar, and a library. $9.75 million. Sotheby’s International Realty.

Southampton, New York
Set on a parcel covering about two acres, this 7,000-square-foot house contains a spacious living room with a fireplace and an adjacent sunroom, a formal dining room, a large gourmet kitchen with an informal dining area, a game/TV room with a fireplace, and six bedrooms, each with its own full bathroom. The master bedroom has a fireplace and an adjacent study. A covered porch spans the back of the house and overlooks the heated pool, the pool house, the spa, and the tennis court. Other features include a three-car garage, a gym, a sauna, and a wine cellar. $9.95 million. Sotheby’s International Realty.

Hillsborough, California
Recently renovated, this four-bedroom, château-style home is set on 1.6 acres overlooking the Burlingame Country Club and San Francisco Bay. The main residence is a two-story structure with public rooms and a guest suite on the main level and four additional suites, including the master suite, on the upper level. The property features a pool area with a spa, a cabana, a kitchen for catered events, and a wine cellar. The grounds also include paths for strolling, a level lawn, and fragrant gardens. $10.95 million. Sotheby’s International Realty.

Greenwich, Connecticut
This 1932 English manor–style home is set on 1.5 acres in the Belle Haven neighborhood of Greenwich. The grounds include a tennis court, a swimming pool, and a pool house with a fireplace and a full bath. The main house contains five bedrooms, five and a half bathrooms, a step-down living room, a library, an English-style conservatory, a fitness room, a gourmet kitchen, a butler’s pantry, a breakfast room, and a family room featuring one of the house’s five fireplaces. The family room opens to a courtyard and a terrace. $10.5 million. Sotheby’s International Realty.

Suwanee, Georgia
This horse farm covers 60 acres and includes an eight-stall barn with luxurious living quarters on the second floor, a riding ring, a separate second barn, and a pond. The main residence, built in 2006, contains six bedrooms, six full bathrooms, and four half bathrooms. $11 million. Harry Norman Realtors.

Kailua, Hawaii
This five-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bath home is located above a beach at the far end of Lanikai. The setting offers clear views of the Pacific, the Mokulua Islands, and the Lanikai coastline. The property includes a small stretch of oceanfront access that leads to a secluded, sandy beach. The house also has an infinity-edge pool overlooking the ocean. $10.3 million. Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties.

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