CUSTOM-BUILT ST AUGUSTINE HOME

This house is an adventure story, a history lesson about the life and lineage of its construction materials (beams and columns from the Civil War era, pilings from the Savannah harbor – you get the idea), a home with an open heart for people who like each other and want to be in the same room at the same time to sit before the fire or exchange notes while the breeze blows in from the backyard.

This home is a perpetual holiday, fusing tropics, an Asian flavor, mountain lodges, safari camps and St Augustine in this versatile mix. For the nuts and bolts person in the group, the construction will inspire confidence in the house’s ability to weather the unexpected should Mother Nature stop by for a visit. We’re talking masonry construction, over-the-top insulation, storm rated doors, low E and impact glass and that’s just for starters. For the romantic and the world traveler, it will be reminiscent of favorite off-the-road explorations in exciting and exotic places around the world. Life here will always be interesting. Present in every room are architectural vignettes – as small as the grain in the wood, as large as the beams that span the first floor, the feldspar pebbles around the base of the columns with a myriad of details in between. This is more than exceptional sticks and bricks. This is a fresh start after homogenous, predictable and beige.

Over 3,500 square feet of warm and cool presents itself with three en-suite bedrooms plus owners’ quarters that measure 1,000 square feet and include a sitting room, bedroom, terrific bathroom, office and screened porch. Common rooms seamlessly flow into each other and outdoors to patios, the walk-in saltwater pool and the covered outdoor living room. Four garages with finished attic ends your relationship with storage units. Take your shoes off and check your troubles at the door.