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Wolf Creek Ranch is located just 25 minutes outside of Waynesville in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. This gated community offers ideal year round climate, sought after altitude, breathtaking mountain views and hundreds of trails for hiking and horseback riding right outside your back door.

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Today's Friday fantasy takes us to New Zealand and the Whangaparaoa Peninsula. This area has become a resort location for those looking for a getaway from Auckland. Gulf Harbor is a a marine village with waterside apartments and a busy marina. Today's home at Astrolabe Place is set on nearly a half an acre. The four-bedroom home has an open floorplan with large windows to showcase views to the marina. There is a two-way fireplace between the formal living room and more informal family space. A gourmet kitchen includes stainless steel appliances, a built in deep fryer and a granite island. The home has large decks, some covered with glass shelters. This gorgeous home goes up for auction on September 15.

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Brandt Andersen, the handsome young owner of the Utah Flash basketball team is not short on money or daring. City officials in the town of Lehi, Utah (30 miles away from Salt Lake City) have approved the plans for Andersen's $2 billion residential and entertainment complex. a home for the team and much, much more. The complex is designed by starchitect Frank Gehry and sprawls over 85 acres that include an amphitheater, hotel, shopping center, restaurants and residences. The 450-foot-high hotel will be the tallest building in Utah. Groundbreaking is sets for 2008 and the arena is scheduled to be ready for the Utah Flash's 2009-10 season.

Related: Brandt Andersen's blog

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Recently I wrote about the reproduction garden pots designed by Pennoyer Newman. One of the founders of the company, Cecily Pennoyer and her husband Paul, are selling their home in Matinecock, New York. Paul Pennoyer is the grandson of financier J. Pierpont Morgan Jr. and their home is part of Morgan's Round Bush estate. The home is a carriage house dating back from the 1920s and it sits on 8.7 acres of land. The home is deeply rustic with heavy wood and brick floors. The home has six bedrooms and the land includes a greenhouse, stables, an orchard and a pond. The couple is relocating to New England full time. The estate has been reduced from $3.4 million to $3.2 million.

[via Newsday]


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Recently I wrote about the reproduction garden pots designed by Pennoyer Newman. One of the founders of the company, Cecily Pennoyer and her husband Paul, are selling their home in Matinecock, New York. Paul Pennoyer is the grandson of financier J. Pierpont Morgan Jr. and their home is part of Morgan's Round Bush estate. The home is a carriage house dating back from the 1920s and it sits on 8.7 acres of land. The home is deeply rustic with heavy wood and brick floors. The home has six bedrooms and the land includes a greenhouse, stables, an orchard and a pond. The couple is relocating to New England full time. The estate has been reduced from $3.4 million to $3.2 million.

[via Newsday]


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Another lavish new resort is set to open in the San Diego area. The Grand Del Mar plans to open on October 6, 2007. The 249-room resort located on a coastal canyon preserve near Del Mar and the design was inspired by the design style of 1920's architectural visionary Addison Mizner, (perhaps best known for his work in Boca Raton, Florida). The resort has the look of an old-world Mediterranean estate and is on 380 acres amid The Grand Golf Club, an 18-hole Tom Fazio-designed course. There are four swimming pools of varying sizes including an adults-only spa pool, a children's pool and one for toddlers. Other features include tennis courts, a fitness center and a 21,000-aquare-foot spa. The resort includes six restaurants, the Addison, a stand-alone fine dining restaurant, the Clubhouse Grill, Amaya, an all-day restaurant with the hotel, a poolside venue with lighter fare, a gourmet shop with coffees, pastries and sandwiches to go and the Lobby Lounge which will offer cocktails and aperitifs, as well as afternoon tea. The resort is located 20 minutes from San Diego.

The resort also has eight two-story villas that are fractional ownership property. The large three-bedroom villas are 1/10 ownership which entitles owners to five vacation weeks each year, with additional nights based on availability. Details include a 1,500-square-foot master suite with his and her baths, covered terraces, outdoor fireplaces, outdoor Jacuzzis, two-car garages, luxury golf carts, media rooms, elevators and even a baby grand piano. Each villa also has ten plasma TVs and home offices that includes computers with printers. Prices for each share start at $400,000.

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Another lavish new resort is set to open in the San Diego area. The Grand Del Mar plans to open on October 6, 2007. The 249-room resort located on a coastal canyon preserve near Del Mar and the design was inspired by the design style of 1920's architectural visionary Addison Mizner, (perhaps best known for his work in Boca Raton, Florida). The resort has the look of an old-world Mediterranean estate and is on 380 acres amid The Grand Golf Club, an 18-hole Tom Fazio-designed course. There are four swimming pools of varying sizes including an adults-only spa pool, a children's pool and one for toddlers. Other features include tennis courts, a fitness center and a 21,000-aquare-foot spa. The resort includes six restaurants, the Addison, a stand-alone fine dining restaurant, the Clubhouse Grill, Amaya, an all-day restaurant with the hotel, a poolside venue with lighter fare, a gourmet shop with coffees, pastries and sandwiches to go and the Lobby Lounge which will offer cocktails and aperitifs, as well as afternoon tea. The resort is located 20 minutes from San Diego.

The resort also has eight two-story villas that are fractional ownership property. The large three-bedroom villas are 1/10 ownership which entitles owners to five vacation weeks each year, with additional nights based on availability. Details include a 1,500-square-foot master suite with his and her baths, covered terraces, outdoor fireplaces, outdoor Jacuzzis, two-car garages, luxury golf carts, media rooms, elevators and even a baby grand piano. Each villa also has ten plasma TVs and home offices that includes computers with printers. Prices for each share start at $400,000.

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Today's home in remote Deham, Maine is a rather unique project. According to the property website, in 1994 Charlie Adams went on a hunting trip in Dedham, Maine. When he came across Mitchell Pond he decided to buy it and build his pondside retreat. The home, on 60 expansive acres, is built on a grand, if idiosyncratic scale. There are two kitchens both with stainless steel appliances and marble countertops. The estate has 12,000 square feet including seven bedrooms. The home has a large indoor pool complex complete with a fireplace. The home was originally listed at $8 million, but is now on sale for $5 million.
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Today's home in remote Deham, Maine is a rather unique project. According to the property website, in 1994 Charlie Adams went on a hunting trip in Dedham, Maine. When he came across Mitchell Pond he decided to buy it and build his pondside retreat. The home, on 60 expansive acres, is built on a grand, if idiosyncratic scale. There are two kitchens both with stainless steel appliances and marble countertops. The estate has 12,000 square feet including seven bedrooms. The home has a large indoor pool complex complete with a fireplace. The home was originally listed at $8 million, but is now on sale for $5 million.
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This four-bedroom home in St. Helena, California is really named the Rock. In fact it will be a hard name to shake considering that it is displayed as part of the fireplace surround in the living room. The Rock is a truly dramatic home that gets a lot of its kick from a black, white and red decor scheme in many rooms. The home has a wine cellar, a theater, a bar area, dining room and great views of the surrounding countryside including a vineyard planted in Cabernet grapes. The decor stretches to the wacky at times, the flower-covered bathroom with the granite bathtub and the Murano glass chandelier defies description. And the red piano against a zebra print rug, against a black and white floor? My my. It is listed at $7.995 million.
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