Every inch of this Northern Michigan home combines energy efficiency with European-style luxury. Welcome to the sixth stop on our 2023 Northern Home & Cottage virtual home tour, which features video tours of seven incredible homes. Take a sneak peek inside, then get your event tickets.
Photo by Mike Drilling
Contractor: Endura Performance Homes
Location: Traverse City
From the arched entry to the walkout lower-level patio facing the water’s mesmerizing blues, the wow factors in this French Country–style manse that overlooks Traverse City’s West Bay never end.
Builder Ryan McCoon of Endura Performance Homes in Traverse City says the three-level, 6,120-square-foot home features five bedrooms, four and a half baths, 10-foot ceilings on the main floor and basement and nine feet on the top floor.
Step into the 23-foot entryway and great room and take in the huge windows, soaring fireplace, coffered ceiling and beautiful built-ins and millwork that grace every room. The exterior is a combination of LP SmartSide cedar shingles, board and batten and lap siding, with two decks for enjoying the view. White oak floors warm the interior.
McCoon says the most challenging part of finishing the home was building and trimming the two-story floating staircase, which drops 31 feet from the second level to the basement.
Unusual touches in this magnificent home include a lighted display room for the owner’s collection of china, and the primary bedroom’s ensuite bath with an inlaid Carrara marble floor and a barrel-vaulted ceiling. The lower level has a full kitchen, movie theater and cozy bedroom.
Perhaps the most enchanting room of all is the granddaughter’s, where a hidden door behind a bookshelf leads to her secret space outfitted with a vanity and Hollywood mirror inside.
Almost as magical is the home’s energy efficiency. “With the house being as large as it is, the architect had drawn the home with two forced air furnaces,” says McCoon, who is a certified Green Builder. “Because of the way we build our thermal envelope [the insulation boundary of the home], only one furnace was necessary, saving the homeowner thousands of dollars in equipment costs, and tens of thousands of dollars in utility costs over the next thirty years.”
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Photo by Mike Drilling
2023 Northern Home & Cottage Virtual Home Tour
Whether you’re looking for design inspo, home improvement ideas or getting ready to build your own dream house in Northern Michigan, there’s nothing more delicious than a behind-the-scenes look into some of our region’s most beautiful homes.
And we’ve got seven beauties to share with you on our 2023 Northern Home & Cottage Virtual Home Tour. Mark Oct. 27 on your calendar, and block off time to relax and enjoy video tours of these incredible houses.
