Walking on clouds in Turf Valley

An all-brick Colonial-style home nestled in the golf course setting of Turf Valley in Howard County sold at the end of May for close to the sellers' asking price of $915,000.Just 14 years old and sitting on almost a half-acre of impeccable landscaping, the 4,340-square-foot home in the subdivision of Turf Valley Vistas spent just five days on the market, according to listing agent Bob Lucido of the Bob Lucido Team of RE/MAX Advantage Realty. And while its location spoke for itself, Lucido notes that the main reason for the quick sale was the right price.

"The house was spotlessly clean better than a model home," Lucido said. "It was perfectly staged, [and] the sellers did not cut corners. They priced it right and made it look like the best house on the block. The people who bought it were so impressed."

Little wonder. With its two-story entrance hall and a winding staircase rising to the open second-floor hallway, the flowing interior is the essence of elegance. The interior features a formal living room, dining room with tray ceiling, office and den, state-of-the-art kitchen, five bedrooms, four full bathrooms and a powder room. Other amenities include hardwood flooring and three gas fireplaces. The exterior, with a deck, patio and flood lights, backs to trees.
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The home at 2712 Heaven Wood Court also features a sunroom and an in-law or au pair suite. Accent moldings and bay windows are found throughout. The kitchen showcases a center island with granite countertop, breakfast bar and butler's pantry, six-burner stove and wine storage. The recreation room includes a wet bar. The interior rooms also have chair railings, crown molding, drapery rods and custom drapes. The basement is fully finished with a rear entrance to the outdoors. Security includes an electric alarm system.

When city council changed the zoning bylaws this past March, so that single-family homes can be built on 25-foot-wide lots in older neighbourhoods, concerns were voiced by the public and by community leagues.Anyone struggling to imagine the esthetics and feasibility of building a comfortable family home on such a narrow spot should see the house Louis Pereira designed and had built in 2010.

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The home, with its two-storey facade in glass, was inspired by a number of Louis favourite design philosophies, including urban activist Jane Jacobs creed of eyes on the street. The couple admits this means the home can sometimes feel a bit exposed, but Louis has prepared for that. Dark but translucent manual roller shades are built into discrete pockets above every floor-to-ceiling window and door, so the family can escape the sun or enjoy instant privacy with the flick of a wrist.

The living areas seating looks modern, but was designed by some of Louis favourite Modernist architects long ago. Two black leather and chrome Barcelona chairs (a style introduced at the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition) are placed parlour-style, opposite a French Corbusier-style couch. A large, one-armed Arco-style light from Henrys Purveyor of Fine Things on nearby 124th Street hangs above the intimate setting.The rooms high-efficiency, wood-burning fireplace surround is a wall of walnut-stained maple panelling, and provides a warm contrast to the minimalist look. With one touch, Louis reveals hidden cupboards that line the seamless-looking wall and provide copious storage, including a large cubby for firewood.

The galley-style kitchen was designed to Giselles specifications. A white and charcoal Thermafoil material was used on all door fronts, drawers and side panels in reflective, high-gloss finish. The material was also applied as backsplashes, a less-expensive alternative to glass.Molded Soft PVC coaster with your custom design and colors. The couple chose subtle white, quartz countertops rather than busy granite. The cabinets are white Ikea Akurum, and are one of many flexible, organizational units Louis has included in the home. They complement the black-and-white Bosch double-wall oven, and the neutral grey, plank-like laminate flooring, which, with its reflective quality, could pass for ceramic tile. The couple says that the appliances easy-care high-gloss surfaces require less maintenance to keep clean than did their previous fingerprint-catching stainless-steel models. Since the home has few partitions, Louis used dropped ceilings over both the living room and kitchen areas to create a feeling of intimacy. The heating system is conventional, high-efficient forced air, so ducts had to be furred into ceilings and even the back portion of cabinets to accommodate the homes narrow figure.

Other than the small rear and front courtyards, there is no yard. How close this puts the home to the street reflects Louis idea that a neighbourhood can be a shared living space.Throughout the home, natural lighting is provided by high, long, transom-style windows. On the main floor, a hallway leads to the mud room and attached double garage, which Louis jokes could hold four Smart cars. For now, the new location with work and the childrens school a 10-minute walk or short drive away has enabled the busy family to downsize to a one-car lifestyle.

Upstairs, the same narrow strip houses the central laundry room and leads to the well-insulated, multi-purpose living space above the garage.Louis doesnt believe in outgrowing a home. Everything, including the large, shared childrens play space and bedroom, is designed for flexibility. Curtains serve as walls in the childrens space, which is designed to morph into two rooms at a later date.

Another hallway leads to the ensuite and master bedroom, where a 180-degree view of the streetscape reveals mature trees swaying outside the windows on all sides.This home functions much better for the family than their previous raised bungalow, says Louis, who jokes that its design description, the LG house (derived from a combination of the couples first initials), also stands for lifes good.
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