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A peaceful, contemporary four-season retreat set on .44 acres on one of the town’s most sought-after streets, this house was originally designed and built (circa 1960) by a Bell Labs engineer. During 2000/2001, the current owners, under the direction of internationally renowned architect Stephen Yablon*, significantly renovated and expanded the home. As Mr. Yablon explains, “The master suite addition, a high loft-like space with tree-top views, was built over the existing living room. A patio curves and orients the house toward the rear garden. Amplifying this effect are trellis and deck structures that extend the house into the yard, physically and perceptually. The existing one-story house and new additions are clad in white stucco thereby creating a unified composition of volumes and planes.”
This sleek and light-filled home includes three levels of living space including first and second floor master suites. The larger second floor suite offers a sitting room with slate fireplace, access to a wooden balcony, floor-to-ceiling windows with electronic shades, ten wardrobe closets, and a beautiful master bath replete with Jacuzzi tub, stall shower, water closet and double sinks.
The house, with 11 rooms, 4 bedrooms and four and a half baths, offers expansive walls, perfect for art display. The first and second floors have recently been freshly painted and carpeted, incorporating a clean, contemporary palette.
The newer systems include an ADT security system, multi-zone heating and cooling, three hot water heaters, Internet wiring, stereo speakers located throughout the first and second floors and outside patio, a fully fenced backyard plus INVISIBLE Fence for dogs and professionally designed and installed exterior lighting.
Move in and enjoy all that New Providence has to offer: first-class schools, NYC transportation, close proximity to I-78, the Newark Liberty International Airport, the Short Hills Mall, restaurants, shops and recreational facilities.
*Prior to starting his own firm (www.syarch.com), Mr. Yablon was associated with I. M. Pei & Partners and Gwathmey Siegel & Associates.
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