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- Welcome to sunny South Florida.
I'm John Poletto with ONE Sotheby's International Realty.
This home is three years in the making
and was designed and created
by an architect named Randall Stofft.
Le Sumi is a modern day masterpiece
located at 7170 Ayrshire Lane in St. Andrews Country Club,
Boca Raton, Florida.
The home is a living square footage
of approximately 7,500 square feet.
It's four bedrooms, it has two separate offices,
and upstairs it has a complete separate sitting area
that entails soaring ceilings.
It's just the architectural elements,
it's just so futuristic.
Le Sumi is offered
through ONE Sotheby's International Realty
[cash register rings] at $12,950,000.
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So just what is maximalistic South Florida architecture
relative to minimalistic architecture?
This is all about the idea of creating expression.
This is the forefront of design.
It's about the curves, it's about the circles,
it's about the cube areas of the house
all coming together as a blend.
And an example here is you've got a circular driveway,
which is all marble with a 180 degree radius covered area
that leads to the main entrance foyer.
What's most important from the outside here, as you can see,
these posts that hold up this semi-circle,
it's comprised of mosaic, aluminum, silver pieces
that ultimately are reflected outside the house,
inside, and also on the rear.
The circle of life is an important part of this house.
And we've got a circle in the front, as well as in the back.
Every area, porcelain, textured ceilings,
so everywhere you look, it looks like it's finished.
So the importance of the tree behind me
is the ylang ylang tree which soars over 60 feet
and is in the center of the circle
that ultimately was first brought to awareness
by Coco Chanel when she was searching
for her natural oils throughout the world.
The ylang ylang tree is something that this family
became aware of and felt that they really wanted
to have something that special in their front entryway.
It's something of incredible essence
and that's what this represents.
When I first saw this home, my very first time,
I was just mesmerized by the way it looks
when you first walk in, so let's take a peek.
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So as you move into this modern contemporary space,
you walk immediately into a 30-foot high great room
that has 12-foot glass windows.
The windows roll back and you're completely outside.
So the owner's inspiration coming from South Africa,
which is where they're from,
moved to Florida many years ago,
had experienced the Florida lifestyle.
What they have brought from South Africa to here
is the lightness, and yet, the vibrant colors that are used.
They wanted contemporary,
but they wanted to be able to flow with curves and circles
and that's exactly what they have here with this house.
There's nothing ordinary about this great room.
Look at the colors that you have here.
A lot of use of glass, a lot of the use of stainless steel.
I wanna show you one of the incredibly special parts
about the house and that's the wallpaper that's throughout.
It's custom printed, but it's everywhere,
meant to give each room its own special feel.
Just the palette that they've used, the drapery,
the furniture, it completely comes together.
This couple realized they wanted to be
on the forefront of maximalistic modern,
and that's what this house represents.
And whoever buys this house, that's a passion
they're gonna experience living here forever.
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So now, as we transcend from the great room,
which has 30-foot high ceilings, into this space,
which is about 14-foot high ceilings, we're into a cozy,
comfortable family room that has a great spatial layout
to be able to watch the television set,
and opens directly up to a kitchen that has double islands.
And yet at the same time,
facing out towards the pool patio area,
you've got doors that completely slide back
so you can feel the outdoors as you're in the kitchen
or as you're in the family area,
looking out under the pool and the golf course.
Now, this little gadget I have my hand
is part of the fun of the house,
where it's actually an illumination for the ceilings,
allowing you to transcend the illumination
of various other lights.
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The kitchen was designed for cleanliness,
brightness, functionality.
Great storage space inside these two center islands.
Talking about the African influence,
this is the zebra quartz with these little Hersey teardrops,
three of them over this area,
which is entertaining a focal point
with all of the appliances you'd ever want and could use.
You've got the Miele double ovens,
you've got the steaming area,
you've got the coffee dispensing area, all Miele products.
All these cabinets on the backing,
they're all imported cabinets, they're all stainless steel.
In here, very thoughtfully done.
Again, talking about masterfully, creating this masterpiece.
You've got all of your equipment here
that you would use for the kitchen, yet you don't see it.
It's put away so that ultimately, as you're using
this kitchen area, you're experiencing
just a clean line feel.
It's just a marvelous flow.
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So these maximalistic spaces are all designed
to be open and flow.
The tables here are onyx.
This vibrant color is an example
of the expression of this house.
The beauty of the two metal chandeliers is a blending
of brass and the silver and the light colors.
They've brought in the gold aluminum cubes
that is a step away from the silver that we had earlier,
but uniquely done.
Take a look at the detail here with this backdrop
of this grass cloth.
You're beginning to see some of the papers
that bring in the flair of the home.
Now that we've seen the main living area,
let's go take a look into the rest of the house.
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So with four full bedrooms in the house, en suites,
you've got these two offices.
You've got this office, a little darker in color,
a little bit more character,
this one being more light and airy.
You've got behind a glass wall that closes off for privacy
and yet allows the ability for them to communicate together.
You've got the cabana bath on both sides.
There's nothing that's been missed here.
Every aspect carefully thought through.
That's what masterful people do
when they're creating masterpieces,
they bring the elements together
and that's what they've done here.
The design of this particular room transcends directly
out to the covered patio area.
These 12-foot impact glass windows, all designed
to give you a comfortable feeling, going out
to your covered patio, which is about 16 feet high.
Tiled on the bottom side by porcelain
and then transcending directly out
into the 36-foot high area, which is more
of that contemporary area on the outside.
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We're in the primary suite of the house,
which, in my opinion, is the most expressive
of the South African influence,
which is part of where the owners came from
and it's really been conveyed incredibly well
in this primary suite.
The way it was designed is to give a complete focal point
with these windows, which are 10-foot high windows.
From here, let's go take a look at the primary bathroom area
and walk-in closet areas, which are extraordinary.
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So of the two bathrooms, in my opinion,
this is certainly the most elegant of the bathrooms.
The space is wonderfully balanced.
Everything with this home is designed
so when you look at it, you don't see clutter.
Everything is clean lined everywhere.
You've got bureau, vanities,
with a quartz marble countertop,
the alabaster sink with the brass fixtures.
This is bathroom suite number one of two
and the one immediately to the side of this one
is dramatically different because
of its zebra type of dark materials that they've used
to create the special feeling of that bathroom.
In this side here, you've walked directly
into the primary closet.
It's floor-to-ceiling built-ins
for everything you possibly could need
to store in a single-family luxury home.
The center island area has great storage space to it
and the countertop, which is illuminated,
as you can see here, it is the onyx countertop.
There is lighting on that far wall,
so you're not walking into a closed-in area.
There's light everywhere in this house.
And that, again, is the beauty of what it is.
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There are so many special and spectacular areas
of this house, but to me, this ascending staircase
is my favorite place because you have
the white quartz leading all the way up
as you ascend up the staircase, the stainless steel,
these silver mosaic cubes.
And then set behind is radius glass, the steel,
and then, most importantly, getting back
to the circle directly above me
with the tree shooting right through it.
There's so many architectural elements coming all
at one time.
It's an incredible combination of architectural genius.
So let's take a look upstairs as the drama continues.
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So as we arrive to the top of the second floor,
you're immediately experiencing this entire wall of glass,
not only on the downstairs area, but also
on the secondary level, looking out onto the golf course.
You're looking down to see the pool area.
You're seeing glass behind me on this side,
so you're really encased in just openness.
There are no closed rooms other than bedroom areas,
but all the areas are designed to open flow.
You're from this room, which is really a sitting area,
because you have three en suite bedrooms up here.
They all service to this area,
which gives you the ability to have a place,
a gathering space, on this floor.
Everything was so thoughtfully done,
all of these hovered with grass cloth,
so that you wouldn't have to be looking
into unimportant areas, it became a work of art.
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So this is the first of three bedroom suites upstairs.
We're walking through into a morning bar
and then into the bedroom suite itself.
The beauty of this room is the color palette
that they chose to use for this particular print
for the grass cloth.
It's a floral print.
Anyone as a guest would love to be in this room.
It's got a TV area with it, properly balanced,
it has beautiful window space outside,
but particularly, in the bath area,
what I love is the uniqueness.
It's got a porcelain walk-in shower with infinity edge
so that when it drains, you don't see anything,
it's just a natural flow.
Everything is just soothing and calm.
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We are now in the second bedroom suite on the second floor.
This particular room is an expression,
really getting back to our African influence.
Look at the walls.
I mean, this is a giraffe print with colors
of raspberry and lime and plum
so that your experience is a combination of eclectic,
with the furniture that's here,
with this contemporary fan.
And there is an area directly outside
that's a patio that oversees the pool area
and the golf course.
South exposure, you're in heaven.
In the bath area behind us,
they've chosen a whimsical lime green cabinetry
with a quartz countertop and it's a walk-in shower
and tub in that shower area,
which really just perfectly balances this room.
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So we're finally in bedroom three of the third en suite.
What I love about this particular room, the uniqueness,
is look at this paper.
This is the butterfly room.
When a guest is here, anyone who's here,
they're gonna feel something special.
What room are you in?
Are you in the giraffe room, are you in the butterfly room?
This happens to have a balcony
that goes directly up with nine foot glass windows here,
looking out onto that gorgeous golf course location.
From here, let's take a look at the outside of the house,
which is in its own right, stunning.
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We're finally to the outside of the house,
which is where Florida lifestyle living is all about.
It's the ability to be outdoors like this,
experiencing this pool area, which is
a blue pebble tech.
At this time of the day, now you can begin
to see the e-glass the way it's turning into its blue color.
As we talk about the design, you've got cubes,
you've got circles.
That soaring, 36 foot high area behind me
just brings a whole level of that modernistic
sort of feeling.
Then off of this patio
is the complete entertainment grill area.
The functionality of the patio space is completely stunning.
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It's been my pleasure to tour you
through this exceptional, maximalistic,
ultra-contemporary, modern home.
We've seen four bedrooms.
You've got a total of five full bathrooms,
two half bathrooms, and you've got two offices,
upstairs sitting area, pool-patio area
that is completely stunning,
and ultimately an opportunity of a lifetime.
We're offering this property at $12,950,000.