[upbeat music]
- It's beautiful day in Tampa, Florida,
and we welcome you to The Oaks Estate,
one of the most significant homes to be built
in the State of Florida in the last hundred years.
It's situated on Lake Thonotosassa,
the largest lLake in our county.
This French Normandy house consists
of six bedrooms, eight full baths.
We have a collector's car garage that will blow your mind.
A one-mile jogging track.
Plus an electric go-kart pathway.
We have a bowling alley, we have a retro diner,
a 72-foot outdoor pool, a beautiful pool house,
and a two-story boat dock
where you can keep all of your toys and entertain.
What I think you'll love the most about this house is
that it's grand as well as comfortable.
This amazing property is on the market for $17,500,000.
Let's go take a look.
[upbeat music]
We are now in the grand salon.
To me, this is the most elegant room in the house.
What I love about this room
is the pillow top limestone floors.
You have arch ceilings that were inspired
from their trip to Versailles.
We have gold leaf inlays and chalk painted walls.
And you just can't beat these views.
You have several doors that go outside,
and we overlook the lake, the pool,
pool house, the croquet lawn.
This house truly has so much to offer you,
I can't wait to show you the rest.
[hip hop beat]
Traditionally, they call this the men's lounge,
but anybody will feel comfortable in this space.
It has it all.
From the entertainment bar over there,
we have Sub-Zero wine chillers, sitting area
where anyone could curl up with a good book.
In this room, you also have a drop-down projector screen
and electric shade, so this will be the ultimate theater.
The homeowners have used this space
to have a Super Bowl party.
So what they've done is they've moved this furniture out
and they have actually set up bleachers.
Notice the herringbone French oak hand-scraped floors.
Beautiful millwork throughout.
Personally, I love the circular sofa.
You really don't see these in many houses.
The attention to detail in this room to make it comfortable
and warm is absolutely stunning.
There's so much more to see, let's go to the kitchen.
[upbeat music]
I am obsessed with this kitchen.
If you like to cook,
this is the kitchen you will want to be in.
It was designed around this imperial blue granite
that you will see on the island,
as also on the back splash.
The jewelry of the kitchen is this awesome
La Cornue vaulted range.
That, to me, is a dream to cook on.
Another feature that I love is
that there is a catering kitchen that they use
when they have parties.
There's two chill draws over there.
And we also have a Wolf oven
and Sub-Zero refrigerator and freezer.
This room exudes tons of warmth.
You have wood beamed ceilings,
you have the limestone fireplace.
And then this custom hook rug is one of a kind.
This is one of the most comfortable rooms in the house.
Before we see more,
I want to take you to someplace special.
We are now standing in the owner's private garden.
It is just off the family room, and it is used year round.
It truly is a special oasis
where you can be outside all the time.
Only the best of the best was used in this house,
and this room is absolutely spectacular.
I want to point out the Gracie wallpaper panels.
These are all hand-painted panels.
Note the oranges on the trees throughout.
When they purchased this property, it was all orange groves.
We have the French oak hand-scraped floors.
This time we have them in a Versailles pattern.
Also note the ceiling treatment,
from the crown moldings to the decorative medallions,
and then these three amazing light fixtures
that they collected during their travels.
This room is great for formal events
as well as informal events.
Right now we are on the ground level of the house.
This is the entertainment wing,
and this truly has everything covered.
From a space to do karaoke, we have car simulators,
we have the retro diner, we've got billiards.
And now we'll go see my favorite room in the house.
And I mean it this time. [upbeat music]
I love to bowl, so I love being down here
when I'm in the house.
As you can see, we have a pull-down screen
that comes down so you could watch the game.
And then my favorite thing, if you don't have bowling shoes,
guess what we have over here?
You have your friends and family bowling shoe rack.
[hip hop beat]
We are now in the wellness wing of the house,
and I am standing in the gym.
Who wouldn't want to have their own gym?
Through those doors we have an indoor therapy pool
that can be hot or chilled.
We have a massage room and a dry sauna.
[upbeat music]
This room is so large, you can actually hear the echo.
This garage could hold up to 20 cars.
It is absolutely, drop dead one of the coolest rooms
in this house, and in it we have all these beautiful cars.
We have a vintage World War II aircraft.
This space has been used for weddings.
These doors over here open up into 256,000 antique bricks,
and so there's another courtyard out there.
This really is the space for any car enthusiast,
because not only do we have this 20-car garage
but the main house has seven-car garages also.
[upbeat music]
We are now standing in the owner's suite.
It really is comprised of six different areas,
the sitting area, the owner's bedroom,
and plus there's two private bathrooms and closets.
In this room. though, you have the French oak
hand-scraped floors, and please note all the attention
to detail in the trim work that's taking place
and the Murano glass chandelier.
[hip hop beat]
We are now in of the owner's closets,
and I have to tell you,
they don't make them like this all the time.
Two-story boutique closet
is the only way I can describe this.
Right through those doors is a circular staircase
that is a secret entrance into the sewing/craft room,
plus some additional bedrooms.
This is one of the children's bedrooms.
There's a total of six bedrooms in the main house.
If I had to pick a guest room, this would be the one
that I would pick, not only because of the bathroom
and the closet, but because of the views
that it has of the lake, the pool and the boat house.
Behind me sits the 72-foot pool
that can be heated and chilled.
And in Florida, you may need a chilled pool.
It has fountains, LED lights.
Behind me also is the pool house that has a big dining area
and state-of-the-art appliances.
Behind that we have a fire pit,
and then we have a two-story boat house
that has a deck on top for entertaining,
as well as jet ski slips and boat slips.
We are standing down by the lake,
but I really wanted you
to see the back of the house from this view.
36,000 square feet of Texas limestone was used.
When they put this property together,
what they did is they made all the different structures
have a little bit of a different exterior to make it look
like it was built over an extended period of time.
It is an absolutely stunning property.
We are now in the two-bedroom, two-story guest house.
It has a full kitchen, and upstairs you have two bedrooms.
Plus, you have the open balcony
that has the Chippendale railings.
To top it all off, you have gorgeous views of the lake.
And believe me, your company will not want to leave.
[upbeat music]
Thank you for joining us on our tour
of The Oaks Estate in Tampa, Florida,
one of Florida's most significant homes
to be built this century.
We have the main house with the bowling alley
and entertainment center.
We have the two-story guest house,
the collector's car garage for up to 20 cars.
We have jogging tracks, we have race car tracks.
We have the two-story boat house,
everything to live the Florida lifestyle here.
All of this is on the market for $17,500,000.
Hope to see you soon. [upbeat music]