Overview

OLD WESTBURY. Nestled on two magnificent acres in the heart of Old Westbury’s area of grand estates, this bright and airy Mediterranean villa offers you the perfect opportunity to bask in the area’s historic culture and beautiful surroundings. Long a popular area for Manhattan’s magnates and luminaries, Old Westbury is just 30 minutes by railway or highway from Manhattan’s many delights and Kennedy and LaGuardia airports. Conveniently located near parks and museums, your future home is just a short drive from fine dining, premier shopping, country clubs, miles of public equestrian trails, polo club, yacht clubs, and beaches. Enjoying the home’s open and flowing floor plan with gleaming inlaid floors, huge arched windows, soaring, skylit and vaulted ceilings, five generous bedrooms, three-and-a-half luxury baths, a finished recreation lower-level, plus an outdoor entertainment area with pool, tennis court, and expansive stone patio with dining pavilion and outdoor kitchen, you may prefer to just stay home and luxuriate in its opulent offerings. As guests enter a spacious parking courtyard off a quiet cul-de-sac in a neighborhood of exquisite properties, they will be greeted by a soaring two-story portico with harlequin-pattern-stone floors and columns flanking an elegant entry with towering arched Palladian-style transom light. As they enter the breathtaking foyer, an amazing vista before them includes a floating bridal staircase, a stunning formal dining area flowing past a hand-carved balustrade overlooking the immense semicircular living room with impressive two-story, arched windows. Open to both dining and living rooms, the elegant eat-in kitchen offers granite countertops, ample cabinetry (including a large center island), two sink-and-dishwasher stations, integrated high-end appliances, a bay window, and doors to the rear patio. An adjoining butler’s pantry includes a second cook station, access to patio and pavilion, plus a long wall of built-in pantries, back stairs to lower level, and access to the attached oversized two-car garage. Etched-glass doors open off the foyer to a spacious study/den that leads to a spacious and sunny primary suite with walk-in closet, marble bath, and access to the rear patio and pool. Also, off the foyer, a lovely cabana half-bath provides access to patio and pool. At the top of the foyer’s dramatic staircase, an equally impressive balcony, with inlaid hardwood floors, overlooks the foyer and living room. To your left, gorgeous hand-carved doors open to the palatial primary suite. Its elegant and spacious bedroom features a vaulted ceiling, hardwood floors, and elegant gilded crown molding. The spacious and sun-drenched bath boasts a Roman whirlpool tub, two walls of windows, and a glass-enclosed shower. A room-sized walk-in closet completes this private wing. The opposite wing includes two additional sunny bedrooms (one presently used as a study) and a large, shared marble-and-granite bath with Roman tub, shower, and twin vanity. All three spaces enjoy skylit vaulted ceilings. The expansive, finished lower level includes a huge recreation room, gym with a sauna, laundry room, full bath, staff/guest room, huge walk-in closet/storage room, and a bonus room. Offering good solid construction and an amazing location, this striking mediterranean getaway is ready for you to make it into the home of your dreams.