Houston Chronicle Sunday

PRIME PROPERTY

- By Emilia Benton

A detailed look at one of the area’s most distinctiv­e homes.

At 5540 Longmont

Drive in Tanglewood is a gorgeous, three-story custom home created by J. D. Bartell Design and built by J. A. Taghi Design/Nick Taghi Constructi­on. It features a modern-transition­al style with antique white brick, stucco and siding.

Offering more than 9,500 square feet and located on a large, over 15,500 square-foot-lot, the home’s open, light-filled interior offers 12- to 24-foot ceilings; European oak floors; 12-inch baseboards; hand-selected, bookmatche­d

marble walls; waterfall countertop­s; stunning Italian porcelain tile floors; wall accents and backsplash­es; and high-end art and recessed and pendant/chandelier lighting.

Its inviting entry is flanked by a study, formal living room and dining room.

There is also a relaxing great room with a fireplace open to a gathering kitchen, as well as a full bar with a temperatur­econtrolle­d wine vault.

Other high-end features include Sub-Zero, Wolf and Asko appliances; a

Miele coffee system; and a powder room with custom floating vanity.

The first-floor master suite has a sitting room and bedroom with a double fireplace, a marbleclad bath with waterfall sink decks, art-glass and marble shower, automatic privacy shade, slipper-foot tub, and two water closets.

The elegant house also includes en-suite bedrooms, a game room with a juice bar, a third floor with a full bath, as well as an all-stop elevator.

Priced at $4,599,000, the six-bedroom home with seven full baths and three half-baths is listed by

Ruthie Newberry Porterfiel­d with Martha Turner Sotheby’s Internatio­nal Realty.

For more informatio­n, visit www.sothebysho­mes.com.

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