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This one in Cohasset, Massachusetts is an interesting example of what happens when an older home meets a new owner with a taste for the modern. This home sits on a promontory called Cary’s Point, which overlooks Sandy Cove. The current owners bought the home around 2003 for about $4.75 million and gave it a total renovation and expansion. Believe it or not, this home was built in 1903-04 but has been absolutely renovated with new floors, new windows, new heating, audio, video and lighting systems and more. The details here are pretty fantastic; the kitchen counter for example appears to be composed of agate slices. The windows are all custom made with curving metal accents. There is not just a heated three-car detached garage but also a two-car garage with a turntable floor so the owner never has to back out of the garage again. The reflecting pool has a huge sculpture. The current owners have a taste for modern design and so the home is currently a showcase for all sorts of contemporary furniture and an expansive art collection. The property has a dining patio and gazebo with perfect views of the water. The property has access to two private beaches and two moorings. The owner is even offering his 46-foot Sunseeker powerboat along with the estate. The estate is listed at $19.5 million with Dean and Hamilton.

[via Wicked Local]

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Why this one? Because it’s a lighthouse, in Bigfork, Montana. Okay, it’s not so much a lighthouse as a home with a lighthouse-like structure appended to it. Still you have to admire the commitment to the nautical in this one. Most of the houses we see in Montana are full of antler chandeliers, roughhewn logs and western fabrics. Not so here. this one could easily be plunked down on an East Coast shoreline. Boat-shaped bookcases and nautical art add to the rather relentless theme decorating. The home is located south of Woods Bay and is perched above Flathead Lake for some truly beautiful views. The home is under 4,000 square feet and sits on one acre. It is listed at $2.95 million.

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Some people finally go for the dream of owning their own winery but don’t get to like it for very long. Such is the case with retired executive director of Omaha’s Metro Area Transit Robert Curttright, Jr. who spent his very short retirement planning and creating the Whiskey Run Creek winery outside Brownville, Nebraska before he succumbed to cancer. Now the small winery is on sale for just $1.6 million. The winery is on 3.8 acres, and includes a 100-year-old barn, a 5,400 square-foot steel production building, a 100-year-old brick cave, a wishing well and a waterfall. The winery can produce up to 10,000 gallons of wine per year and there are around 60 vines of Chardonel and Chambourcin on a quarter acre just outside the barn. Eight miles away is another Curttright property which is 122 acres and includes a house and machine shed. This property is on the market for an asking price of $650,000.

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The Real Estalker Mama was a tiny harsh on this one but I don’t think the Westlake,Texas home of baseball player Mark Teixeira is all that bad. Especially if you are a golfer. It’s located in the posh Vaquero development which offers residents a Tom Fazio golf course, swim center, fishing ponds a fitness center and a clubhouse. The home itself has four bedrooms and is nearly 7,000 square feet. Teixeira, who is a first baseman, used to play for the Texas Rangers but currently plays for the Atlanta Braves (he recently signed up for a one-year contract so he’ll be there a while longer. He and his wife purchased the home in 2005 for $3.99 million. His Texas home has a bit of that dreaded modern Tuscan look going on but it really isn’t terrible. It’s got a nice negative-edge pool with a nice outdoor amusing area. Sure it’s a little stodgy and Pottery Barn catalog-like but it seems like a home that looks care about it would be on MTV Cribs and many people would find it charming. Not my taste perhaps, but not bad at all. As the Real Estalker Mama did mention, the couple did show admirable decorating restraint when they could have really could have ridden the train to tackytown. And although the library has a staircase in it, the wood-paneled walls are delightful. It is listed at $5.75 million.

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Yesterday’s estate had 70 pics, this day, just seven but what a lovely seven they are. This modern house in Phoenix, Arizona just hit the market. The five-bedroom home has around the same square footage as yesterday’s home but with less land and a far superior view. You couldn’t ask for a dreamier infinity pool than this one. The home has three levels, each with expansive decks.There is a massive media room on the lower level that is built into the mountain. The contemporary blue kitchen has Snaidero cabinets, Miele appliances and a Gaggenau pizza oven. It is listed at $7.9 million.

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Today’s estate listing has 70 photos, but that’s because there is a lot to check out. The 12,000-square-foot mansion is Michael Andretti’s home in Bushkill Township, Pennsylvania. Andretti the son of racing legend Mario Andretti and the dad of current Indy Racing League star Marco Andretti. He’s also a former racer and is now the owner of Andretti Green Racing as well as other businesses. Andretti built the home in 1986. The ten acres include a six-hole golf course, six-car garage, pool, tennis court and a pond. The home is lavish and developed to the owner’s specifications with hand-painted murals that reference the family’s Italian heritage. There are six-bedrooms total as well as a gym, game room and wine cellar and big two-story dome. The home is listed at $3.4 million.

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Like other Baby Boomer women, I’m very health-conscious. I read about being healthy, consider eating healthy foods (although I don’t always do it), and I understand the long-term benefits of good health. I heard from Kristen King (another b5media blogger) about a contest in which you can win a $50 gift card to Target by listing the 5 things you can do this year to improve your health.

Sounds pretty simple to me, so I did it. You can see my entry and more details on the contest on Kristen’s site: Lively Women. And, yes, I included dark chocolate in my list. See this article from WebMD for more information on the health benefits of dark chocolate.

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Something to be aware of.   Condo developers in Flordia, an I’m sure other places, pay real estate agents commissions in advance on the sale of condminium units.  This isn’t a bad practice or in any way underhanded.  If you were ever a sales person working on an advance, it’s the same concept.  Commissions on what you sell go aganist the amount they’ve already paid you.  If you are in the market for a condo in Flordia, or any place else, you need to comprehend if the real estate agent you are dealing with has taken advance commissions from any seller/developer.  Obviously, a person who has taken an advance is under pressure to work off that advance by sell the property of the person who has paid the advance.  That’s okay.  As someone in the market to buy property you need to comprehend that such a person will work to limit the properities from which you select.

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