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This luxurious home has fine wood finish and trim work throughout the interior spaces, creating an atmosphere that feels warm and rustic. The curved stone veneer wall, where the open stairwell is located, rises from the lower roofs, and gives the house a distinctive appearance.

The covered front porch is large enough to hold furniture, so you can relax and enjoy the front views. The entry foyer is wide and generous, with an open curved stairwell to the right. The curved stairwell allows an open semi–circle, which is open to all three levels, if you choose to build the basement level. As you walk to the living areas at the rear, you pass a powder room on your left, and a formal dining room on your right. The dining room has a nook for built–ins/cabinetry, and a door to the covered deck. The living areas are all open to each other, so that you have views into all the spaces, which are framed and delineated to the eye by wooden posts. Across from the dining room is a bar, which is conveniently located next to the open gourmet kitchen and the walk–in pantry.

The kitchen is very spacious, and includes a large center island that has room for eating, and provides plenty of additional counter and cabinet space. A hearth room next to it has an optional two–sided fireplace, with the outdoor side open to the rear deck, making it ideal for casual outdoor dining or relaxing. Doors on either side of the hearth room open onto the covered deck, one portion of which has an outdoor grill area. The deck wraps around the house at the rear, providing multiple views and semi–private areas.

The dramatic great room is located a couple of steps down from the rest of the living area. It has a vaulted ceiling – rising from 16' to 19'6" – with exposed wood beams, and a corner fireplace that spans the two–story height of the room. Both outer walls of the great room are completely filled with picture windows topped by transom windows, so views and natural light are abundant. The covered outdoor rear deck wraps all the way around the room.

A sliding door from the kitchen opens into a mudroom, which has a laundry area, a powder room, and a door to the rear. A door from the mudroom leads to a four–car garage, which could have some space devoted to a workshop if needed.

The upper floor landing opens into a large loft space, which would be ideal as a secondary family room, or reading room. Bedrooms 2 and 3 are located off of the loft space, and each has its own private full bath and walk–in closet. As you go down the hall to the master suite, you pass a full bath, Bedroom 4, a laundry room, and a balcony with views to the great room below. The master bedroom is very spacious, and has a vaulted ceiling, as well as a private deck. Sliding doors open into a long master bath, with a Jacuzzi tub in one corner, a separate shower in the other corner, a private toilet room, and a huge walk–in closet.

As you go down to the lower level, you pass a study that is located at the mid–landing. The lower level has a guest bedroom, a large office with views to the rear, an exercise room, a full bath, a sauna, and an open recreation room with a wet bar and a fireplace. There is also additional storage space, and even a vault space off of the storage room.

Foundation Info
This house was originally designed to have a basement foundation. However, if you prefer a crawlspace or a slab foundation, these are fairly simple and inexpensive changes that your builder can often make for you. If the basement design is not displayed in the Floor Plans, it's because it is unfinished.

Electronic Format
These plans were drawn using a well–known and highly respected architectural design software program called SoftPlan (version 14). This software can export the same files in .dwg format, so they can also be modified by anyone who uses AutoCAD, which is nearly universal. The CD for this plan includes the files in both SoftPlan and AutoCAD–ready .dwg, as well as in .pdf for easy viewing on your home or office computer.

Other Versions Available
There is another version of this plan – Summit Views 2 – that is available on this website. For easy access to this other version, click on the Architects button on the left side of any page in our website, and scroll down until you see Jon Rentfrow's name and photo. Red links to each of his plans appear below his bio.