NAPLES, Fla. (Nov. 20, 2013) – London Bay Homes has started construction on its newest model home, offering a move-in ready opportunity for buyers who want to live in Old Naples, just blocks from the city’s renowned Fifth Avenue South.
The Southampton, a two-story, three-bedroom single-family home with a prime downtown location, will feature a harmonious blend of West Indies-inspired exterior architecture and elegant, comfortable coastal interior design by the award-winning team of London Bay Homes and Romanza Interior Design.
The 3,551 square-foot Southampton is expected to be completed this year and is priced at $2,625,000, fully furnished.
“We were fortunate this site became available,” said Mark Wilson, president of London Bay Homes, a leader in the Southwest Florida luxury home market for more than two decades. “It provides the ideal location for buyers looking for a more walkable urban environment. Residents can walk to Fifth Avenue’s restaurants and boutiques and walk or bike to the beach. We created the Southampton – inside and out – to capture the elegance and style of Old Naples.”
The model home will offer 4,650 total square feet of living space, featuring a first-floor master suite, study and casually decorated dining area, with a loft and two en suite guest rooms on the second floor. The home has three full baths and a ground-floor powder bath.
The Southampton’s open floor plan centers around a large living room that flows into adjoining spaces, including the kitchen and breakfast nook and outside to a covered living area overlooking a pool and spa.
The Southampton will offer sliding glass doors from the living room and nook to the outdoor area, plus private access to the pool deck from the master bedroom. The al fresco space will have a summer kitchen, dining table and sitting area, and electric roll-down shutters. Four chaises and a trio of turquoise-glazed garden stools used as tables will lend a resort ambiance to the backyard.
French oak wood flooring throughout the first floor’s 2,552 square feet will contrast with white and neutral upholstered furniture in weathered gray, antiqued white, driftwood, distressed and mixed wood tones. The interior design by Romanza’s Jennifer Stevens will combine texture, playful shapes and natural elements and feature pops of turquoise, blue-greens, grays and chartreuse in accent furnishings, pillows and fabrics, first introduced in the living room.
Wood tones will intermingle with mixed metals – stainless steel, polished nickel and gun metal – and with textures including the living room’s wool and sisal area rug and raffia and linen headboard in the master bedroom.
Unique pieces selected by Stevens include a turquoise stone and antique mirror sphere-shaped chandelier in the living room, the master bedroom’s eight-light white beaded chandelier, and a rustic dining room table with a sandy finish and oyster white glaze circled by eight chairs: two hostess/host chairs with white linen slip-covers and six weathered white rattan chairs with linen upholstered backs and seats.
The Southampton’s kitchen will feature white cabinetry, granite countertops and a mosaic backsplash glass tile wall with sea glass hues hinting at the underlying palette. It provides an oversized, free-standing island with double sink, dishwasher and a breakfast bar illuminated by beehive-shaped polished nickel and glass pendants and stools upholstered in zigzag striped fabric with tones of gray-blue, teal and chartreuse.
The kitchen also has an adjoining walk-in pantry and home office, its built-in desk to be lit by a sea-blue Mercury glass lamp. The chartreuse will reappear in the fabric cushions of the nook’s four chairs.
The study will feature a tongue-and-groove pyramid ceiling, an architect-style desk with a gray-cerused oak top and polished steel legs, and a sitting area with green-blue plaid linen lounge chairs, an ottoman, antique metal end table and a large screen TV side wall with a lightly distressed driftwood finish.
The master suite has generously sized his-and-her walk-in closets and a bathroom with a free-standing tub, separate shower and a dual-sink vanity. Interior finishes will include iridescent accent tiles, brushed-steel sconces with opal etched glass and a drum-shaped brushed nickel chandelier.
The Southampton’s nearly 1,000-square-foot second floor includes a large loft and two bedrooms, each with a walk-in closet and private full bath. The loft will offer a sitting area with upholstered lounge chairs and a media center.
One of the bedrooms will offer a king-sized bed with all-white furnishings, green walls and a green accent chair. The second will have an upholstered headboard with a subtle animal print and gray-ceruse finished nightstands.
The model will provide additional references to nature and texture in designer finds that include shell accent lamps arranged in feather and flower patterns, a tortoise shell lamp base and natural woven al fresco dining room and sitting area chairs with patterned and solid fabrics in turquoise and green.
In keeping with its architectural inspirations, the Southampton will have large windows and transoms to provide natural lighting and capture coastal breeze; Bahama-style exterior shutters on the garage; and wood-clad exterior accent walls.
The Southampton will offer 4,650 total square feet, including its outdoor living area, two car garage and entry. The model is located at 651 Seventh St. N.
London Bay Homes earned a 2013 Silver Award for Best Architectural Design of a One-of-a-Kind Home during The Nationals, sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders. Romanza Interior Design, its affiliate, earned a Gold Award for Best Interior Design of a Custom Home in the same competition.
London Bay Homes was one of only two companies named America’s Best Builder by Builder Magazine in 2008. The company builds custom and semi-custom homes and intimate village neighborhoods from Marco Island to Sarasota priced from the $700,000s to more than $10 million in many of the region’s most exclusive neighborhoods and communities.
To learn more about London Bay Homes and its commitment to Private Label Living, call 866-918-3354 or log onto www.LondonBay.com.
