Former Frederick model loaded with custom, tech, touches

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Former Frederick model loaded with custom, tech, touches

by Diane Bosser | Special to The Gazette

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Photos by Bill Ryan⁄The Gazette

Built in 2005, this colonial home in the Villages of Urbana feels like a manor home without the vast acreage. A former model home, the property has been carefully finished inside and out, top to bottom.

The handsome brick façade and professionally landscaped lot immediately dispel any just-built feelings that some new homes convey. The rock garden ‘‘island” centered in the front lawn hints at the attention to detail inside the elegant home that boasts over 5,500 finished square feet.

A brick paver path leads visitors to the front door, which opens to an impressive light-filled foyer. The traditional placement of formal living and dining rooms on either side of the entry remains, but the angled, open pillared-entryways immediately establish an architectural evolution.

The home features a spacious kitchen with all the upgrades, including stainless steel appliances, a large island, maple cabinets and granite counters. The tumbled-stone tile floor coordinates with the ceramic-tiled backsplash. The laundry room, located just past the walk-in pantry, echoes the kitchen décor with the same granite worktop and custom cabinetry.

The great room boasts a great wall of windows and a gas fireplace, encased in cherry stained built-ins that span an adjacent wall.

The main level also includes a den⁄office featuring a bay window and custom built-in shelving and cabinetry, and a powder room. Accessed from the kitchen, the home’s expansive, multi-level deck offers added square footage for entertaining or relaxing.

Two staircases lead upward — a ‘‘back” set from the kitchen, and the main set in the center hall.

All four bedrooms upstairs are suites. The spacious and elegant master bedroom has a tray ceiling, a chandelier, a custom-made carpet that mirrors the ceiling design, and a windowed sitting room off to the side.

The master bath boasts a large soaking tub and a wine refrigerator cleverly tucked into the marble vanity just an arm’s reach away. Walls are faux painted in neutral tones, complementing the custom tiling, marble vanities and built-in cabinetry. A vaulted ceiling creates a spacious feel overall. The walk-in closet is like a room in itself, and is accessed through the other end of this room.

Down in the walkout basement, the theme is ‘‘upscale men’s club,” beginning with the granite wet bar and rich wood finishes, and ending with the ‘‘poker parlor” or fifth bedroom. A home theater has in-wall speakers, a Stewart brand movie screen (no projector), and sconce lighting. A full bathroom and additional storage rooms round out the level.

The house is wired for sound, Internet and a security system. Designer draperies and custom carpeting convey.

Specialties of the house

Address: 9406 Penrose St., Frederick

Style: Colonial

Lot size: .35 acre

Price: $1,280,000*

Taxes: $7,770

Bedrooms: 5

Bathrooms: 5 full, 1 half

Contact: Liz Kennedy or Glenn Beagle, Re⁄Max Realty Group, 301-258-7757

*List price for homes may be subject to change.