Custom designed and built on 4.92 acres located in the Mountain View Subdivision seven miles northeast of Fredericksburg. The 22 lot subdivision is home to some of the most spectacular views in the Hill Country of Texas. This is a one of a kind, very unique property, no cookie cutter here.
The home was designed in a Hill Country/European style, by local architect Gail Galle and she does not disappoint in this beguiling architectural gem. This masterpiece is all about light and texture, soaring ceilings, windows, beams and stone. The design integrates the breath taking views of the surrounding hill country. A beautiful flow of the interior invites your participation to envelop the outdoors from every room.
Each interior room has eight foot doors inviting you to the loggia to seek out the glorious views or just a soothing respite enjoying the large outdoor limestone fireplace for a relaxing glass of wine. This home was built for entertaining. It includes a professional chefs kitchen for the most serious chef or the person who just loves to dabble in the kitchen. The kitchen has top end stainless appliances with carrera marble countertops and cabinets finished in the French tradition. A large walk in pantry for additional storage is adjacent nearby. A stunning cupola high above illuminates this lovely working space and is complete with a beautiful hand painted scraffito on the ceiling.
Entering the home through antique ---double wood, glass, and iron doors reclaimed from an ancient cathedral in Spain, soaring beams and 23 foot ceilings and massive handmade limestone fireplace, capture your attention. Then the overwhelming views outdoors of the rolling hills are the coup de gras. The home features three large bedrooms and two and one half baths. Each bedroom and bath is unique featuring high ceilings, stone, and marble.
The master suite is entered through tall antique double, pine doors from Sweden and features hand hewn beams and sixteen foot ceilings. The master closet enjoys a large separate cedar closet entered from the master suite walk in closet. It also includes a separate large cedar closet.
The bath suite is entered through reclaimed double wood and glass doors from Portugal leading into a breathtaking suite featuring a large stone arch over the luxurious tub for two. There are his and her separate furniture like vanities with marble tops and a very large marble and glass shower.
Off of the master bedroom is a beautiful corner room 10 x 12 which has beautiful view from all four windows. It has a double French doors to enter the loggia. Currently used as an office, this room can be an exercise room or a nursery.
There is a separate guest wing opening with a tall barreled ceiling and wide hallway, creating great walls for your art collection or trophies of your choice. Very high windows lighten this 40 ft hallway that also leads to the very large oversize three car garage, large enough to fit any large vehicles you may have. Beautiful , high windows are also in the garage and much storage as well.
There is a well house adjacent to the garage that has great space for additional storage.
At the end of the large hallway is a stairwell leading to a beautiful space of 1200 sq ft currently used as an artist studio anbd would make a great bonus room for numerous uses. This huge room features a kitchen and incredible large beams hand distressed on the property. There are double glass doors inviting you to the south side 32 ft terrace with a view that is breathtaking. There are more lovely windows including seven gun port windows. The rooms also has another beautiful cupola high above for better illumination.
Other important features in the home are: All flooring throughout is hickory planks cut in long ,3,4,5,6 inch widths. This is the real thing not engineered wood flooring.
All doors are reclaimed antique doors from America and Europe. The home is 100% hand cut on site, stone and stucco.
Beautiful 6 moldings exist throughout the home. All exterior and interior walls, ceilings, and floors have been insulated throughout resulting in low utility bills averaging about $190.00 a month.
All windows are Marvin upper end double paned wood windows with bronze hardware. There are 22 gun port windows throughout. This is a feature incorporated in the design that was prevalent in many of the historic homes built in the 19th century in the Hill Country of Texas. This was Comanche indian country in the early days of settling in Fredericksburg.
The back porch or loggia is 100 feet long and 15 feet wide. It has large hand hewn fir beams sitting atop four hand cut Cantera stone columns from Mexcio. The ceiling of the loggia is tongue and grooved 1x4 stained pine.
The home has 4200 sq ft of heated and cooled living space. The lot size is 4.92 acres.
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