Overview

BROOKVILLE. After a long day’s work, are you yearning to escape the madding crown and find serenity in your own peaceful paradise? Such can be yours in this sprawling five-bedroom, six-and-a-half-bath brick ranch nestled on nearly two secluded and spectacular acres at the end of a long winding drive dotted with similarly sized scenic properties. Just a few minutes from train station and major arteries into Manhattan, this idyllic setting is in the heart of Long Island’s fabled Gold Coast and close to boating, beaches, golf, tennis, and equestrian pursuits, plus outstanding dining, shopping, and entertainment venues. With your own fabulous, heated pool with waterfall, terraced patios, and outdoor kitchen, you just may prefer to stay home. Perfect for year-round entertaining, this pristine all-brick and glass retreat offers an open floor plan with generous principal rooms plus a huge finished lower level that opens to the pool area. Walls of huge casement windows flood all levels with sunshine and breathtaking vistas of the gorgeous new landscaping backed by a dense woodland. Extensively renovated and updated in 2014, this mid-century masterpiece is in pristine condition and ready for you to move in and start enjoying. Offering a peaceful Zen atmosphere inside and out, this sprawling, sun-drenched home combines modern with eastern influences along with large open spaces that will make everyone relax and feel at home. Built into a gentle hillside, both the main and lower levels feel like a first floor. Lustrous hardwood floors flow throughout most of the home with easy-care surfaces in the lower level’s gym and huge recreation room that opens to the pool area. Ideal for year-round entertaining, this special getaway includes a charming guest suite in addition to a fabulous master suite complete boasting a sitting room with fireplace and a luxurious bath enjoying a free-standing tub in an alcove overlooking a private and verdant corner of the property. Additional bedrooms and updated baths can be found on both levels of the home. Perfect for large dinner parties, the main level welcomes guests up wide steps, through an oriental circular iron gate and double doors into an expansive and versatile open floor plan. This includes a cozy seating area, a spacious media/family room, a large dining area flooded with vistas of pool and hillside, and an immense completely updated high-end eat-in kitchen with similar views. Everything to delight the avid cook is here, from extensive Shaker, marble-topped cabinetry, huge center island with prep sink and ample seating, and premium appliances including an oversized gas range with double oven. Sliders open from the roomy breakfast area to an inviting brick outdoor dining patio and steps down to the pool and well-equipped outdoor kitchen. At the other end of the house, leading to the bedroom wing, a rustic study offers brick wall with fireplace and picture windows. If you love the beauty and solitude of nature and enjoy entertaining on a grand scale no matter the season, this home, with almost every part made new in recent years, can be the home of your dreams.