MG EXPERIENCE LUXURY
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‘High end’ and ‘log cabin’ are phrases that don’t seem to go together, but architects and skilled builders are making them a clever match
BY MICHELE LERNER
A braham Lincoln may have been raised in a log cabin, but it was nothing like the in New York’s Hudson River valley. “There are other log cabins in this area, but most of them are built with about 2,500 square feet as a weekend home,” says Paula Redmond, an associate real estate broker with Corcoran Country Living in Millbrook, New York. “This looks like you picked up a cabin in Aspen and put it down close to Millbrook.” 11,500-square-foot one that rests in Millbrook In fact, the owner of this cabin, which was built in 2007, had it framed with dead timber in Colorado that was cut into enormous logs, some of which are 41 inches in diameter. The house was then dismantled and brought across the country in a convoy of trucks. “This area has been a weekend retreat for 100 years, with fox hunting, riding, and shooting,” says Jason Karadus, broker/owner of Corcoran Country Living. “The owner of this house wanted to recreate a Sundance style here in New York,” he says, using the Park City film festival as a reference to the lavish Rocky Mountain retreats favored by wealthy vacationers. The home, which sits on 75 acres and has five bedrooms, four full bathrooms, and three half-baths, is on the market for $11.95 million. “It’s designed for entertaining, with this huge fireplace in the great room that you can stand up inside,” Redmond says. “The owner spared no expense in building this house and hired artisans to handcraft the ironwork and woodwork.” The great room has 32-foot-high ceilings, and the property includes a game room, a dining room to seat a crowd, a replica of a British pub, a soundproof music
Opposite page and above: This home was built in 2007 in Colorado, dismantled and brought across the country to Millbrook, New York, in a convoy of trucks.
room with professional-level equipment, and a sound- proof indoor shooting room. The home has six zones of radiant heat, a generator, and a Creston sound system. A 3,000-square-foot deck off the main level includes an out- door fireplace and a hot tub, while private decks extend off the bedrooms. The grounds include a barn and three ancillary residences. “We have a lot of log cabins in this area, and some buyers insist that they will buy only a log home,” Karadus says. “But every agent and buyer who looks at this says they’ve never seen anything like it. It stands out.” While 90% of single-family homes in the U.S. are
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