Via Scoop.it – Charlotte Real Estate
The plans became part of the transaction, and the Whalings made only a few changes. The house contains more than 7,500 square feet, and it’s stunning. It sits on a high, steep lot overlooking the lake. “Imagining this house,” Schrader said, “I was imagining the wings of a bird coming to rest on the top of this hill.” Because the house accommodates the steep slope, one section is a single story while the tallest is four stories. It contains five bedrooms. The exterior is stone, stucco and fiber cement siding, and the dominant colors are vivid blues. Whaling, Schrader and builder Russell Zavatsky of Zar Custom Homes in Charlotte agree that the most dominant feature, especially from the water, is a serpentine glass wall that stretches some 40 feet long. “The curved glass is floor to ceiling,” said Whaling, who’s in the audio-visual industry. “Hands down, it really is THE feature in this house.” Zavatsky was taken with a tear-shaped section of raised granite countertop in the kitchen. “This teardrop looks like it’s free-floating,” he said. “It’s up at bar height … so you can pull stools up to it … And the kitchen faces out onto the main channel on Lake Wylie.” Zavatsky built the house in only nine months. He says a house of this size and complexity could easily take up to two years. But the Whalings wanted to get into their dream home as soon as possible. He took his time with that pool on the banks of Lake Wylie, though, after the Whalings asked him to save that hornet.
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