GARDENER HALF – BATH

• Access via outside door next to Garage
• Toilet
• Oversized (and deep) wall-mounted utility tub sink

Multi-Room Artist Studio 

Entrance – 21’ 5” x 13’ 9”

• Entrance through exterior 8’ tall divided-light door with sidelights located next to Garage
• 12’ ceiling height
• Ceiling speakers
• Concrete floor
• Connecting door to Artists Storage Room 

Artist’s Storage Room – 11’ 4” x 9’ 3”  

• Oversized (and deep) wall-mounted utility tub sink
• Ceiling-mounted lighting
• Oval wood-spoked accent window
• Concrete floor
• HVAC closet (5’ 3” x 4’)
• Ceiling fan
• Concrete floor

Artist’s Greenhouse – 25’ 7” x 11’

• Angled ceiling to top height of 10’ 5”
• Glass “greenhouse” ceiling with push-button retractable rolling sun shades
• Glass “greenhouse” wall with screened casement windows and exit door to Butterfly Garden
• 25’ 7” length of wall installed with electrical power strip
• Ceiling-mounted fluorescent lighting
• Oval wood-spoked accent window

Butterfly Garden

• Located between the Artist’s Greenhouse Studio and the Rear Exit Hall of the residence
• Stepping stones lead from home to the Tennis Court pathway
• Diagonally set stone-block walkways illuminated by copper walkway lights
• Planting beds with flowering shrubs, trees, seasonal flowers, landscape lighting and automatic sprinklers
• Vines trained to trellis
• Space for outdoor furniture, statuary and potted plants
• Synthetic turf

Rear Yard

• Park-like rear yard with naturalized landscaping:  mature trees with branching canopies, flowering shrubs, landscape lighting, and stepping stones atop pea gravel pathways
• Series of terraced and professionally engineered retaining walls and bulkheads descends along the banks of the bayou down to water level
• Elevated viewing platform with stone-block terrace, stone staircases and cast-stone balustrade overlooks expanse of bayou below
• Organic Garden (15’ x 30’): raised-bed garden with stone borders, automatic sprinkler system and border fencing

Tennis Court Area

• Outdoor regulation-sized tennis court
• Tall chain-link fencing around court with  pedestrian gate; vines in large pots with flexible tubing irrigation trained to trellis on fence
• Eight stadium lights
• Elevated Viewing Pavilion (14’ x 14’): wood-planked deck; wood-picket railing; decorative canvas awning; interior staircase and ground level storage closets
• Free-standing Pergola at mid court: built-in storage cabinets; three ceiling-mounted light fixtures; push-button beverage cooler dispenses your choice of beverage; vines in large pots with flexible tubing irrigation trained to trellis across the roof; recessed lighting in base of each column

Illuminated Terrace and Parterre Garden

• Accessed via divided-light French doors from the Reception Hall, Formal Dining Room, Formal Living Room, Kitchen and the stone-block walkway from the Courtyard Garden, and “flowing” from the Courtyard Garden
• Garden walls interspersed with decorative wrought iron railings have recessed lighting at the base
• Sculpted parterre gardens with flowering shrubs, seasonal flowers and landscape lighting
• Exterior building and accent lighting

FEATURES and FINISHES

• Extensive use of custom millwork and moldings including columns and pilasters with decorative capitals, architectural pediments and stacked crown molding with curved cove corners
• Abundant natural light via 8’ tall divided-light fixed and operable French doors throughout the property with estate lever handles and European-style polished brass cremone bolts; push-to-open casement windows with brass hardware and polished brass cremone bolts; oval wood-spoked accent windows in multiple locations
• Programmable lighting with “one-touch”  on/off wall plates, most with dimmers
• Elevator to all three floors
• Commercial grade 60KW Cummins® back-up generator with wired-in automatic transfer switch powers critical functions, telephones, fridges, apartment over garage and Custodian Cottage*
• Property has existing water well, which is plumbed as water source to irrigate gardens and greenspace*
• Copper screens on gutters*

CATERING / ENTERTAINING

• Spacious front Motor Court accommodates valet parking service during hosted events and entertaining
• Separate driveway to service / catering area at rear of property
• Oversized 4-car garage area utilized as catering staging area*
• Property has been tented on several occasions, spanning the Tennis Court and back patio areas*
• System of exterior electrical outlets facilitates catering stations throughout the grounds*
• Seller indicated they have hosted both indoor and outdoor events, including plated dinners as well as standing cocktail parties*

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

• High efficiency, high capacity self-adjusting HVAC system with 13 zones, variably rated 10-14 SEER*
•  Two 100 gallon water heaters (located in Garage) with recirculating pump* to rapidly deliver hot water to all areas of the home

PROPERTY  UPDATES

• Two Scotsman®  icemakers (located in Living Room Bar and Family Room Bar) added in 2019*
• Whirlpool® electric double oven in 2017*
• Two Phiestina®  dual zone wine and beverage refrigerators added in 2019*

EXCLUSIONS*

• All Light Fixtures are Excluded

ONSITE STAFF ACCOMMODATIONS

Quarters Over Garage

• Accessed via an interior carpeted staircase from the Rear Foyer
• Two separate apartments, each with an independent entrance, but “flex” bedroom between them can be assigned to either apartment by closing connecting door(s) 

Apartment # 1

• Kitchen: 7’ 7” x 7’ 5”
• Living Room: 11’ 9” x 20’ 8”
• Bath: 8’ x 4’ 10”
• Bedroom: 11’ 10” x 12’ 9”
• “Flex” Bedroom: 11’ 9” x 9’ 9”  

Apartment # 2

• Kitchenette: 2’ 2” x 5”
• Main Room: 14’ x 19’ 7”
• Bath: 5’ x 6’ 

2 Bedroom Custodian Cottage

• Free-standing structure adjacent to Tennis Court; accessed via exterior rear staircase outside Garage; wood-planked front deck
• Living Room /Dining Room: 29’ 5” x 14’ 7”
• Kitchen: 14’ 7” x 9’
• Bedroom # 1: 12’ 1” x 11’ 3”
• Bedroom # 2: 12’ 1” x 11’ 3”
• Baths: 5’ 8” x 5’ 8” and 5’ 8’ x 8’ 7”
• Rear Private Screened Porch: 15’ 5” x 5’ 7”