Overview

GLEN COVE | WATERVIEW - How can you help but fall in love with this charming Gold Coast getaway tucked amidst magnificent historic waterfront estates on the shore of Long Island Sound? This exceptional masterpiece has been rebuilt and renovated by its owner into a virtual paradise of enchantment with no expense spared to provide the latest in comfort and high-end amenities. Built into a gentle hillside with the waters of a neighbor’s pond and Long Island Sound twinkling in the distance behind its gorgeous one-acre property, this exceptional, like-new, custom-made home presents a romantic and welcoming visage reminiscent of a charming Dutch country house with a touch of French elegance. Through ornate iron gates, you travel along a 400-foot drive to a generous parking area and an inviting marble courtyard with fountain and imposing marble-and-stone portico with custom arched mahogany, glass, and iron filigree doors. A wall of shrubs and mature trees enfold the property that includes an emerald rear lawn and an expansive side brick patio and inground, heated, saltwater, Gunite pool and spa with estate fencing. From its humble beginnings in the mid Seventeenth Century as a port with sawmills, Glen Cove grew from a seaside retreat for New Yorkers into a place for lavish estates of such businessmen as J. P. Morgan, F. W. Woolworth, and Charles Pratt in the early 1900's. Today, this thriving and diverse community is one of only two cities in Nassau County. With a population of approximately 27,000 residents, it offers many restaurants, a great night life, boating facilities, a yacht club, a large public library, waterfront parks, beach, golf course, and access to quaint village shopping and private and public schools. In recent years, the area, often referred to as the Locust Valley area, as become a rival destination to the Hamptons for a weekend getaway or for a year-round home. Unique in its floor plan, the home has a central core and two wings wrapping around three sides of the front courtyard. As you enter the main foyer, you will be enthralled by the massive red-oak staircase with bronze and gold-leaf filigree balustrade. Red oak moldings running throughout most of the home create an ambiance of warmth and casual elegance. The foyer flows into a spacious reception hall that opens to a congenial living room, offering breathtaking water vistas, custom built-ins flanking a stone fireplace, and an open-beam ceiling; and to the generous family room with similar views through French double windows framing a stone fireplace, a coffered ceiling, and French doors opening to the pool and patio. A hall running from one wing to the other provides access to a walk-in guest closet, basement stairs, the bright and airy dining room with gas fireplace, the family room, laundry room, attached two-car garage, patio, and lovely cabana bath. Off the dining room, the cheery French country eat-in kitchen combines charm and function perfect for entertaining or informal dining. Ample custom cabinetry with marble counter, ceramic-tile backsplash, and center island with butcher-block top, enfolds a striking hammered-copper farm sink and Thermador appliances that include a dishwasher, wine cooler, Integrated French door refrigerator/freezer, six-burner gas range with large oven, a warming drawer, and wall double-oven with microwave. The sunny breakfast area is illuminated by three front windows and a French door to the front courtyard, great for unloading groceries. A guest suite is off the reception hall and boasts a charming full bath and French door to its own private deck. The second floor includes two bedrooms off a hall with a four-piece bath and laundry room, and off the opposite wing’s hall are a large bedroom, a roomy bath with tub/shower, and a huge four-season walk-in closet. Off the connecting main hall, a balcony is accessible to the front, and the palatial master suite opens to the rear. Rivaling a five-star resort, the suite includes a master bedroom, with Juliet balcony, separated only by a see-through gas fireplace from a relaxing sitting room with French doors accessing a huge private balcony with water views, a walk-in closet, a door with easy access to the hall walk-in closet, and a door to the luxury master bath with large, frameless-glass steam shower, twin vanity, commode, and two-person whirlpool tub. The full finished lower level is ideal for entertaining and features a spacious game room, a den/study with wet bar and wine cooler, a huge gym with mirrored wall, a central hall with glass door to a large sauna, a half-bath, and several generous storage rooms. Offering comfort, cozy atmosphere, luxury, plenty of space, the latest in utilities and electronics, plus high-end finishes, and superior appointments throughout, this fairy-tale-like home is ready for you to move in and let it become the home of your dreams where you can live happily ever after.