When a home has not one but two powder rooms, you know it goes way beyond the typical luxury abode in Naples. The Biscayne in Grey Oaks has so many unique and upscale features that it’s hard for people to choose a favorite.
“It’s a cool house,” says Dan Guenther, broker associate with Premier Sotheby’s International Realty. “It’s a pretty unique style. It’s one of the coolest houses in Naples.”
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This model in Grey Oaks has many unique upscale features. To the right is one of two garages that is designed from the front to look like part of the house.
It all begins with a handcrafted mahogany front door that opens to a dramatic high-ceiling foyer. That leads to an open living room with an unusual wood paneled drop ceiling that continues down the main wall and wraps around a large flat-screen television. Floor-to-ceiling windows overlook a pool that comes right up to the house.
“It was specifically designed so the reflecting pool, which is part of the swimming pool, comes right up to the house,” says John Cooney of Stofft Cooney Architects. “So the glass comes right down to the floor. The walls of the house are over the pool shelf to give you that modern look as well.”
The gourmet kitchen features two large islands. The refrigerator and freezer are hidden behind taupe cabinet doors. A humongous walk-in pantry feels like a secret room hidden behind a door that mimics the cabinets. Induction burners don’t have a hood to block the view through the large picture window that overlooks a small private garden.
“It is really a gourmet chef’s dream,” says Sharon Gilkey, president of Montanna Design Associates.
Just off the kitchen is a small office space, known as a menu desk.
“This became mainly out of evolution. A lot of clients are asking for a menu desk,” John explains. “It is a versatile space.”
Nearby is a 102-bottle built-in wine refrigerator integrated into a wood paneled wall.
The downstairs has two half baths; one is formal and the other more casual.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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It’s not just the back of the house with floor to ceiling windows, but the front of the house too, giving lots of light and garden views for the dining room.
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It’s not just the back of the house with floor to ceiling windows, but the front of the house too, giving lots of light and garden views for the dining room.
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The kitchen has two islands. One is for sitting and eating while the other is more for food preparation. The stove is located by huge picture windows that look out on a small garden.
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The kitchen has two islands. One is for sitting and eating while the other is more for food preparation. The stove is located by huge picture windows that look out on a small garden.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The builder says dens are not used for work anymore so he created what he calls a club room in this home as more of another place for people to sit, relax or socialize.
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The builder says dens are not used for work anymore so he created what he calls a club room in this home as more of another place for people to sit, relax or socialize.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The master bathroom is huge with marble floors and a freestanding Kohler soaking tub. There is also a marble shower complete with bench seating and body sprays.
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The master bathroom is huge with marble floors and a freestanding Kohler soaking tub. There is also a marble shower complete with bench seating and body sprays.
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The master bathroom is huge with marble floors and a freestanding Kohler soaking tub. There is also a marble shower complete with bench seating and body sprays.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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All the guest rooms are suites with huge walk–in closets and balconies.
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The spacious lanai has sitting areas and dining areas all under cover.
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The spacious lanai has sitting areas and dining areas all under cover.
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The spacious lanai has sitting areas and dining areas all under cover.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
“I think it’s practical,” says Greg Seligman, president of GES Construction Limited. “The reasoning was if you come in with your children, you have a washroom when you first come in from the garage. So you don’t have to run through the entire house and use the beautiful powder room with your kids. And there’s the proximity to the kitchen.”
“I wanted that kind of service bathroom,” Sharon says about the less formal one. “Your guests are always using the formal bath, and that secondary bath can be if folks are doing handyman work, it is convenient to the kitchen, it’s great for the kids. If you are all sweaty, it is a great little bathroom.”
The first floor has a VIP suite. This sprawling room includes a king-size bed, sitting area with glass doors to the pool, a morning kitchen, bathroom and walk-in closet.
“Someone could stay there for a while and not feel like they are a burden,” John says.
On the other side of the main floor is the club room.
“Very few people are asking for a dedicated home office,” John explains. “With iPads and laptops, people are conducting work all over the house. So the club room has become a media, den, comfy space. If the kids are watching something in the great room, the parents can watch something in the club room.”
The master suite features french doors that lead to the lanai. Picture windows overlook a grassy area and the golf course. There’s a sitting area to one side and a padded bench at the foot of the bed. The peaked ceiling includes inlaid beams.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
Both walk-in closets are large, but hers has a window seat beneath a large window. The master bathroom has his and her sides. Each side has a sink area and toilet. Hers also has a bidet.
A floating staircase near the great room leads to the second floor. With water lapping at the windows by the stairs and high ceilings above lit by a series of windows, the staircase becomes a focal point in the home.
“The thought process was to have the visual effect of the pool washing through the staircase in the evening and during the day,” Greg says. “That was to bring the elements from the outside to the inside.”
“The client wanted the more contemporary house than what was currently being designed in the Estuary,” John says. “There were some things in the house to show off that modern twist, and the stairs is one of them.”
“I think the ceiling on top of the stairs really creates a lot of interesting shadows in the evening,” Sharon adds. “I just love that ceiling detail.”
At the top of the stairs is a cozy sitting area that leads to a large loft that’s great for entertaining. Sliding glass doors lead to a terrace that overlooks the pool. There are also three bedrooms upstairs, each with a bathroom and walk-in closet. Two bedrooms have glass doors that lead to a private terrace at the front of the house while the third has glass sliders that lead to the back terrace.
“This has a nice view,” Dan says. “Guests will not leave here.”
Lisa Mettetal and Jean Losier, interior designers with Clive Daniel Home, added some decorative additions.
“We got some very nice art work,” Jean explains. “We added color to the spaces. We added draperies and pillows and more seating areas.”
The entire home incorporates modern geometric shapes, from the floor tile to the square chairs to the drop ceilings. The dramatically rectangular pool stretches 50 feet long. A rectangular fire element separates the covered sitting, dining and outdoor kitchen from the pool area. The floating-style square spa is sunken into the pool, surrounded by a splash shelf.
“It is a contemporary feel, a lot of symmetry,” Greg says. “There is consistency throughout the house with those architectural elements.”
The lanai features dark cypress wood on the ceiling. Screens and shutters can be lowered from that ceiling at the press of a button.
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The Biscayne Model at Estuary at Grey Oaks in Naples. The 7,558-square-foot home includes 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.
Even the two garages are created in a unique way. The two-car garages face each other. From the street it’s hard to see them. Instead they look like part of the home. One garage is air conditioned. Frosted glass on the garage doors lets in natural light.
“In the evening they are a feature, because they have opaque glass and light up,” Greg says.
The home has other upscale features such as linear diffusers tucked behind the crown molding. This not only hides the air vents, it makes the air conditioning distribute more evenly.
It is a true smart home built with a Crestron home automation system that integrates access via the owners’ handheld devices. It includes programmable lights, audio-video, thermostats, an alarm system and more.
The Biscayne is priced at $6.595 million. The two-story, contemporary-style home, built of concrete block spans 7,559 square feet under air and a total of 10,624 square feet of total living space. The five-bedroom-plus-den home has five full bathrooms and two half bathrooms.
“It’s one of the homes I am most fond of,”John says.