The new Persano is luxury living from its 400-pound iron front doors right down to the toilet paper holder. It’s a home that was designed with out-of-the-box thinking creating unique details aimed at making life easier.
That convenience begins outside with a half circle driveway and a fourth stand-alone garage that can be converted into a man cave, fitness room, additional bedroom suite and more.
The unique upscale living continues as one walks through the tall double doors.
Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
“Each leaf weighs 400 pounds,” says Mark Naumann, founder and owner of Carlton-Naumann Homes. “We needed a forklift to move it in.”
Beyond those doors is a foyer, but unlike most floor plans where the foyer goes straight into the house, this one has a large picture window facing the pool and yard straight ahead with the rooms opening off to the sides.
“It’s different,” says Carrie Cross, project design coordinator.
To the left is the spacious family room, kitchen, dining area and wet bar with 9- by 48-inch plank-style porcelain tile that looks like gray and brown wood. Above, box wood beams made from stained pine decorate the ceiling in the great room, dining area and den.
When Carrie designed the interior, she looked for ways to make living more convenient. Almost every home with a kitchen island has bar stools around it. But Carrie went in a different direction. She put banquette seating that faced away from the L-shaped island and added a table in front of that.
“Most of the time people’s backs are to the TV and the backyard, and this way you look out at the backyard and the pool and you can see the TV,” Carrie explains.
A second island that houses the wet bar does have the more traditional stools.
“I am usually looking for something to do a little different, even if it is a little risky,” Carrie says.
The kitchen has side-by-side double ovens with one door hinged left and the other right.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
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Chris Tilley
The fully furnished Persona model was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Carlton-Naumann Homes build a customer the home for $1.55 million unfurnished.
“You are not bending down or reaching up like in those double ovens that are on top of each other,” Carrie says.
Carrie added an unusual galley sink. It’s 4 feet long and has sliding inserts. One holds a colander, the other a bowl. Additional inserts can be added. Carrie says this is convenient for draining, straining and preparing food at the sink. Another cool effect is that the plumbing is on one side of the sink, so right below there is room for two drawers.
A barn door leads to the walk-in pantry. Another barn door leads to the den.
From a photograph, Carrie had custom-built cabinetry recreated in the den by using drywall to frame shelves and areas for cabinets.
Behind the kitchen is a very large mud room. It has a long white bench, hooks and storage areas and is just beyond the garage door. The nearby laundry room has an extra refrigerator. Carrie added three laundry bins tucked under a cabinet for laundry sorting.
Additional creative thinking went into the master suite. It has sliding glass doors that lead to the lanai and French doors that lead to a section of the lanai separated by a wall to give the owners privacy. Synergy wood leads up the wall by the headboard of the king-size bed and stretches all the way across the ceiling above the bed.
“I wanted to give the bed area a more cozy feel,” Carrie explains.
White barn doors lead to the master closet. The detail aimed at style and convenience continues in the master bathroom where the floating vanity has LED lights underneath.
One of the smallest yet quite useful features is the toilet paper holder. It has a glass shelf on top.
“That toilet paper holder is one of my favorite finds,” Carrie says. “I liked it so much I put one in my home.”
Since the toilet is in its own little room, the little glass shelf above the holder is handy.
“You can put your cell phone on it or as Mark says, a beer,” she says jokingly.
Carrie added a strip of outlets in the cabinet under the sink to add convenience for people who want to keep their hair dryer or curling iron plugged in but don’t want it to clutter the countertop.
On the other side of the home are the guest suites, all with king-size beds. One guest room has sliders that lead to the lanai. The other faces the front of the house. This second guest suite has a bathtub in the bathroom.
“We always have a tub in one of the guest rooms,” Carrie says. “It’s good for the kids or grandkids.”
Another guest room is a cabana suite with doors that lead to it from the lanai. Carrie explains this makes a great room for a teenager or for guests who might be staying a while.
The lanai has a sitting area, dining area, outdoor kitchen, pool and fire element. A spa, roll down screens or shutters can be added, Mark says.
The second floor features a large bonus room that can be converted into a fifth bedroom suite. In the model it has a couch, television, pool table and game table. A Scrabble board with letters spelling out Persano and CNC Homes sit on the table. A chandelier that looks like batons sticking out in all directions hangs above.
“It is just to be a little different. I like it to feel cozy and warm. Probably in a lot of models it looks too pristine, and I want this to look like you can just plop down here with your family.”
Mark says the style works with aging.
“Years down the road when fashions change, it is easy to change this by just changing the furniture,” he says.
The Persano has four bedrooms, five full and one half bathrooms, a loft game room or fifth guest suite, and a four-car garage with a motor court entrance. It spans 4,650 square feet under air.
The fully furnished home was listed at $1.895 million. It recently sold and is on leaseback for the next 18 months. Mark says he can build one for a customer for $1.55 million unfurnished.
The home is in the exclusive Shenandoah community in Fort Myers. Mark developed Shenandoah, an enclave of 21 single-family homes each on 1-acre lots. He purchased the 44-acre cow pasture in 2002 and began building homes. He is now finishing up his last one there.
“You don’t see this very often,” he says as he points to neighboring communities that pack homes more tightly together. Shenandoah has more of a country feel. Horses are allowed but not palm trees.
“We want it to feel like the country,” Mark explains.
Instead they planted shady lady black olive trees and oak trees to give it a more rustic look.
“Lots of families live in here,” Mark says. “Resales don’t stay on the market long.”
“And some people have stayed in here since the beginning,” Carrie adds.