ULTRA-SECURE : OFF THE GRID : PALACIAL

If you’re looking for a home that honors you with space, privacy, support, and safety, so that you can live without a care, and sleep the sleep of the blessed, this could be your dream home.

Facing north, and overlooking the rich, landscaped garden with its bright pool and well-appointed pool house, the home is graced with great volume, beautiful Italian doors and windows, and grand spaces within which to entertain lavishly under sparkling chandeliers or to walk barefoot with your morning coffee to the waiting warmth of the sun.

The main lounge is fitted with soundproofing on the ceiling, and with sliding doors to the garden that drop into place once closed, securing the house. They’re also double-glazed with a gas field within the glazing to protect the solid oak floors and furniture from the sun.

A magnificent front-of-house kitchen, with its German fixtures, Italian tiles, and Bulgarian marble, is very much the heart and hearth of the home. Behind it, a considerable second kitchen, for serious catering, waits to assist your chef with space, piped gas, and industrial extractors.

The substantial sound-proofed music room is just off the entrance to the home. It is the perfect space for anyone wanting to have discreet meetings or perhaps a space for the kids to make merry with minimal disruption to the rest of the household.

At the top of the beautifully designed and constructed staircase, a shutter can be dropped quickly to secure the entire upstairs area, and the surrounding security glass on the landing acts as further protection.

The property manages an intricate balance of 'home' for those who are friends and family, while the 'house' is an extraordinary machine for living in, and for entertaining. Full Audio-visual features are integrated with all spaces, and wifi is continuous throughout the property.

The home has a separate area for overnight or weekend guests upstairs. These are made comfortable with luxurious space, privacy, and full bathrooms. Downstairs, without having to enter the home is a private board room for business matters.

Also upstairs, with natural lighting from the spectacular skylight, a pajama lounge with an open wood fireplace and TV is large enough for fun & games, and both children’s bedrooms are adjacent, north-facing, and sun-filled. Both bedrooms are also en-suite and provide sunny window seats to laze, read, and tell their dreams on.

In the master bedroom, a marble mantel surrounds this fireplace, and the gracious bedroom welcomes you in; and then further, the bathroom is luxurious, leading to a dressing room of great size and scope.

Depending on your requirements, the photographic studio can be used for any creative endeavor or even made into a sixth bedroom, and the associated study is extremely private and quiet,

The house turns its face to the African sun each morning and softens its heart in the light of Earth's moon. It is modular, flexible, and adaptable on many levels, but it is also remarkable for its permanence, robust heartbeat, and sense of dignity and glamour.

It's a Great Houghton Home.

DETAIL

• 1028 square meters under roof
• Extensive solar panels
• Solid oak floors
• Aluminum & wood doors & windows from Italy – high security, sound-proof, fire-proof
• Central air-conditioning – temperature control for each separate room
• Kitchen features German fixtures, Italian tiles, and Bulgarian marble
• Back-of-house kitchen with piped gas
• Media Room with projector, automated screen, stacking doors into the lounge
• Music Room with sound-proof ceilings
• Lounge ceilings soundproofed; double glazed sliding doors with gas field chamber in middle to protect floors & furniture from the sun
• Pajama lounge with wood-burning fireplace and own air conditioning
• Under-floor heating in bathrooms (water heated by solar)
• Dressing Room for the main bedroom, with its own air-conditioner
• Photography studio (with plumbing for additional bathroom if necessary)
• Second entrance goes into 2 spacious 'apartments'
• Private study
• 2x double garages
• 29-meter lap pool, 2.5 meters deep
• Covered patio with stainless steel braai (charcoal/wood) with rotisserie, gas pizza oven, toilet & shower
• Underground wine cellar
• Gym/ballet studio above the patio with air-conditioning and stacking doors out into garden
• Generator and pool pumps by gate
• Smoke detectors and full fire detection system
• Fully integrated audio-visual features
• Wifi throughout the home
• Water Storage Tanks holding 6000l borehole water
• Water purification plant
• Garden gazebo visit.