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The two story Highland’s model blends transitional with Andalusian. There are modern touches such as a fan that looks like a propeller and there are cozy nooks along with spacious places to socialize.
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HOMEAT VILLA D’ESTENew Highlands model is understated
elegance in golfer’s paradise
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: The open floor plan has the great room separated from the kitchen by the large island. Tiles form the backsplash throughout the kitchen.
• The Highlands is one of 12 planned homes in the gated section of Miromar Lakes Beach & Golf Club. Randall Mitchell Custom Homes is building the villas in the Villa d’ Este neighborhood. • The upstairs master bedroom is as luxurious as the one downstairs. Many people who visit the home prefer the upstairs master.
• The den is more of a cozy nook for socializing and watching television. The interior decorator said today people are not anchored to a desk for work so she
wanted the den to be less of a study and more of another comfortable room.
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STORY BY ANDREA STETSON
PHOTOS BY ANDREW WEST
estled along a lake and the 18th hole
of the Miromar Lakes Beach & Golf
Club golf course is a new enclave of 12
planned homes in a gated section of the
community. Randall Mitchell Custom
Homes is building the villas in the Villa
d’ Este neighborhood, and are all walking
distance to the clubhouse and golf course.
The company has already sold its first
home and is now touting its latest model
called the Highlands.
The two-story model painted in a
Sherwin Williams “Silvermist” looks
like a light modern version of a Medi-
terranean house with a bell tower type
of structure out front and a second-story
balcony hidden behind that tower.
“This really blended the transitional
with Andalusian,” says Mitch Melheim,
president of Randall Mitchell Custom
Homes. “It is Old World European style,
but not heavily Mediterranean. This will
stand out and age well.”
Chrissie Porter Forbes, president of
Accessories Etc. Design Group, says she
had a different philosophy when creat-
ing the interior style. Unlike homes that
focus on entertaining, the Highlands
focuses on the homeowner’s comforts.
“The villas are a little bit more relaxed,”
she explains. “They want to be comfort-
able at home. They will do less enter-
taining at home and spend more time at
the club.”
That’s why she created a wet bar area
and designed the home for someone
who may have friends over for drinks
before heading to the clubhouse for
dinner.
The Highlands boasts four suites,
two of them master suites. The down-
stairs master bedroom features 10-foot-
high sliding glass doors under 12-foot
ceilings that lead out to the lanai. The
room faces west so the homeowner can
watch the sunset over the lake from the
master bed. Remote sensor lights turn
on when someone enters the his-and-her
master closets. The master bathroom is
modernized with a stand-alone tub and
lots of stone and tiles.
“I like the detail of the master bath,”
Chrissie says. “I like the wall with all
the detail with the stone. The shower
is on the left and tub on the right—and
the stone wall connects them all into
one.”
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The downstairs bedroom and
den—more of a cozy sitting area than a
traditional den—both have sliding glass
doors that lead to a small patio. “We
embraced the fact that we don’t all sit
down at desks,” Chrissie says. “The study
is more of a place to sit down and watch
television. I can see them having games
and books in there, but not anchored to
a desk. You can use your laptop or tablet
anywhere because that is the world we
are living in.”
It’s the upstairs VIP suite that Mitch
loves. During Hurricane Irma, that’s
where he set up an air mattress to keep
safe from the storm. It’s from that room
that he watched the storm blast over the
lake and golf course, while feeling safe
inside the sturdy building.
The VIP suite has sliding glass doors
that lead to a large terrace that overlooks
the lake and golf course. That patio has
a concrete bench running along one side
with pillows. The room’s 10-foot ceilings
slant along the edges, giving the room a
cottage feel.
“What I love about this house is it has
two master bedrooms, so everybody is
comfortable under one roof,” says George
Mato, Miromar’s vice president of sales.
“This is understated luxury elegance.”
Chrissie says many people prefer the
upstairs master suite to the one below.
It is actually the largest bedroom in the
home. The balcony has rails that don’t
block the views. “I wanted to take ad-
vantage of the water view and the golf
course beyond it,” she says.
The other second-story bedroom leads
to a small patio. In between is a wet bar
with refrigerated drawers. The balcony
at the top of stairs leads to a small terrace
behind the bell tower area.
“It is kind of a Juliet balcony,” Chris-
sie says. “If you were upstairs, you
could open up the door and say ‘I’ll be
right down.’ And when the weather is
nice, you can open that door for great
ventilation.”
“You could live up here,” Mitch
added.
You can also live well downstairs.
The open floor plan has the great room
separated from the kitchen by the large
island. A round glass table sits in a nook
off the kitchen, featuring glass doors
on two sides leading to the lanai. The
designer added some fun details to the
home. An eight-blade fan in the great
room looks like an airplane propeller and
the coffered ceiling looks like inlaid rect-
angles. The iron front door is rounded
on top. “I wanted to have clean look, but
also good scale for the space,” Chrissie
explained.
Outside, the lanai features a firepit be-
side the pool with an integrated waterfall
into the pool. There is also an outdoor
kitchen. “We always want to focus on
outdoor living,” Chrissie explains. “You
get a beautiful sunset view. The lake has
lights and fountains. It is like living at a
resort.”
Mitch says there are lots of hidden
extras in the house. The moldings on the
lanai are lifted a bit to hide the drains.
Air-conditioning ducts are hidden in the
home’s ceilings. Insulation spray foam is
used over all parts of the house, includ-
ing the lanai and garage. Concrete block
walls are recessed into the slab to prevent
potential water intrusion from conden-
sation. “There are a lot of little things
in our homes that we like to integrate,”
Mitch says.
The home features oversized base-
boards and custom window sills. The
French oak flooring in the home matches
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the color of the cypress wood ceiling
on the lanai and covered entry. There
is a dog shower in the laundry room.
The stairs were engineered not to
creak. The Highlands also features an
audio system and programmable light-
ing along with a security system with
internet-accessible camera systems.
There is also a three-car garage plus
extra space for a golf cart. Every home
sold in the Villa d’Este section comes
with a golf cart.
While the Highlands is spacious, it
is not humongous. The air-conditioned
living area spans 3,665 square feet and
the total living space is 5,267 square
feet. “Bigger is not better,” Mitch says.
Villa d’Este will have four basic
plans for the 12 sites, but each has
variations so they won’t be the same.
Both one- and two-story homes will
be available. “Randall Mitchell is not a
tract builder,” Mitch stresses. “We are
a custom builder. This is a stretch for
us. We don’t usually go in and build
models. We have been just a custom
builder.”
Adds Mitch: “It should be a really
intimate enclave. We envision this be-
ing a golfer’s paradise.”
The fully furnished Highlands is
priced at $1.895 million.
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: The Highlands is so close to the golf club that the designer considers the home a place where friends come for a drink before heading out to the club, rather than entertaining with full meals. That’s why she created a luxury wet bar area. • The lanai with its pool, outdoor kitchen and multiple sitting areas is adjacent to the lake and golf course. • The Highlands has four suites, two upstairs and two more downstairs. This bedroom leads to a small patio.
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