MLS 3002430 / List Price: $1,199,500 Only a jaunt from Providence Road and approx. 25 min to Center City, this European French Country estate home exudes warmth, quality old world craftsmanship, sophistication and desired location within the gated walls of Chatelaine. Drive through the iron gates and enter into a private world of discriminating homes on lovely groomed lawns. Chatelaine is an intimate community of European inspired homes located within the Waxhaw community and offering the three very desired Weddington schools. Everything you need is close by, but when you come home, you feel like you are worlds away!
725 Beauhaven has to be one of the most outstanding homes in Chatelaine, this magnificent home is set back from the street and is framed by beautiful professional landscaping with irrigation and lighting. The stamped stone driveway leads to an oversized side load garage with carriage style doors, a walkway to the main entrance and to the carriage entrance of this home. As you approach, you can not help but notice all the attention given to details and craftsmanship- from the myriad of roof lines and gables to the arched dormers with standing metal seamed roofs, the timbered brackets to custom iron railings, the French country styling of mixing stone with brick and touches of stucco and wood…all accomplished ever so elegantly here in this special home.
From the covered porch and through the oversized arched double glass and wood front doors you enter into the elegant Foyer of the home. This welcoming space will be sure to impress visitors with the grand staircase that leads to the second floor and to the lower floor. This staircase is wide and doubles back twice and boasts custom iron railings that are breathtaking.From the Foyer you can also enter the Gathering room, Formal Dining room, the Guest Powder room and the Master Suite. The warm Jacobean hardwood floors start here and lead throughout the main level of the home. You will also note the heavy crown molding that continues throughout the entire home.
Just off this room is a Media room for movie or sports night and then through an archway is the Game room. This is a fun space offering room for billiards, ping pong, shuffle board or whatever your favorite pastime is, and nearby is a full ceramic tile bath.At the other end of the lower level are two more bedrooms and a shared ceramic tiled bath. This whole level features ceramic hopscotch flooring throughout for ease of cleaning and maintenance with family and friends coming in and out of the home. This is really a fantastic space with so much flexibility and with beautiful finishes!
The rear of the home offers two expansive terraces, one is off of the gathering room and master bedroom and it has a custom designed iron spiral staircase that leads to the lower covered terrace; this one is off of the lower level great room and it features a stately outdoor fireplace, which is perfect for our climate here in the Charlotte area. This terrace leads to vast rolling beautifully green rear lawn (just perfect for a pool!) and the privacy of the woods beyond it. 725 Beauhaven is just the perfect home for today’s family, it can handle a large one, or is very livable for a smaller one that can grow into all the space available. It offers true charm and character of another era, while providing all the necessities of today. All in a lovely protected community of quality homes and a community that has very few lots left to build, always a plus! See more at: http://shonnrosscharlottehomes.com/breathtaking-estate-in-chatelaine-at-725-beauhaven-lane/#sthash.miFyXQN0.dpuf