Glen Love Cottage, Estate of the Day
A year ago I wrote about the Vineyard Estates real estate project in Charlottesville, Virginia on the grounds of the Kluge Estate Winery and Vineyard. Vineyard Estates is a joint venture between winemaker Patricia Kluge and First Colony Resorts on 511 acres of the 2,000 acre vineyard property on Carter's Mountain near Monticello. The first house to be built in Vineyard Estates at Kluge Estate Winery and Vineyard is Glen Love Cottage. It is located in Meadow Estates, the first of Vineyard Estates' three phases. The house was created to set the standard for Vineyard Estates. The five-bedroom home has 6500 feet of indoor living space with clean, classic country estate lines. Outside there is a swimming pool, covered porch, formal flower gardens and a half-acre vineyard. It is listed at $6.8 million.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
C.S. Dec 18th 2008 3:16PM
Looks kinda cheap and McMansion-y. Too much white, bad wallpaper, shiny marble. No likey.
Spectacular Bid Dec 18th 2008 3:36PM
I concur that it's a bit overly ho-hum in the design and presentation. Not horrific, although I will admit I'm not a big fan of the gambrel roof style. Yet with that price tag it is underwhelming in the returns a buyer is getting for the investment.
Albemarle Co has so many other delightful homes at a fraction of this price. I can see for some an allure of living in a wealthy like-minded compound with minimal land to maintain but that really isn't Charlottesville's style.
For the rest of the development and future spec homes I'd strongly suggest slecting homes designes less symetrical with each wing a mirror of the other and the front facade that of the rear. It just further exacerbates the cookie cutter effect.
bgllntfx Dec 18th 2008 3:51PM
Who ever staged this needs to be slapped.
Jack Dec 18th 2008 4:06PM
I love C'ville. I've gone there 3 years ago and I've visited Monticello and other beautiful places, thanks to My cousin Pasquale that live there. The first impression looking this house is: Calico Corners catalog! I love this store for the materials, the courtesy, the professionality of the employees. Please, personalize a little bit this house; is too perfect.