L'Hermitage, Estate of the Day
Today's home offers a rather elaborate home in Greenville, Delaware. The elaborate home (yet another with the name Hermitage) has a total of 13,000 square feet of living space. Luxurious features include a lighted tennis court, a pool with a fountain and a waterfall, an English pub room, an exercise room, and many more rooms yet to be customized. The home has a dramatic two-story entry with two circular butterfly staircases leading to the upper gallery. The kitchen area has a butler's pantry, walk-in pantry, modern kitchen and a see through fireplace that divides the table area from the open family room with access to the terrace. The first floor master suite has a fireplace, his and hers bathrooms and massive closets Each wing is divided equally with two suites on each side with one bedroom having an extra sleeping room for your guests. The home is listed at $5.7 million. After the jump, decor that is both dated and deluxe.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
dumbguy Jun 20th 2007 1:37PM
Hmmm....best parts of it for me were the two pot plants growing on the mantle.......
hdtex Jun 21st 2007 6:58AM
fugly
JW-C Jun 21st 2007 5:21AM
A big fat YAAWWWNNNN.
Still waiting for something inspired. Maybe i'm waiting for something that will never happen and it's a lost cause. It's certainly looking that way.
MBE Jun 22nd 2007 2:50AM
I really like the pool. And the outside of the house is very nice and stately.
And I ENJOY the estates that Diedre shows us. While they certainly don't all suit my tastes, I'm glad she takes time to show variety instead of the same old thing.
Spectacular Bid Jun 25th 2007 4:35PM
Isn't this just design #215 from the William E. Poole book of cookie cutter McMansions? For $5.7 million could - and should - get something more inspired.
The 1990's era of cathedral ceilings, row upon row of windows and ugly exterior paint colors [is that SW Adobe meets Tuscany?] are gone for good reason. The staircase looks cheap and a poor clone of good architecture found in old Virginia homes.
It is sad that so many people see this bland, big architecture and thinking somehow it conveys "I'm important" or "I have taste" - yet only a hack architect would style a house like this.