A fresh, bright Bloomfield Hills estate is on the market in Oakland County.
Recently renovated 1379 N. Cranbrook Road is looking for a new homeowner. It is listed for $4.025 million.
The estate spans more than 6,500 square feet with five bedrooms, five bathrooms and three partial bathrooms. It was built in 1953 and remodeled in 2024.
Saverio Montalto, the home’s real estate agent, said of the residence that “a home of that character in our community is kind of a one-off.”
“These are the type of homes that don’t come on the market often,” he said. “They’re larger properties, more estate-like homes, so it’s not a cookie-cutter home.”
Stepping inside starts with a step back into the home’s original design with a natural paver floor in the foyer built in the ’50s.
“It’s gorgeous. It looks like it was just installed but it’s from the ’50s,” Montalto said.
The kitchen features subway tile, bright blue built-in cabinets, a butler’s pantry with a built-in Miele coffee system and double oven and a built-in breakfast nook with an elevated ceiling.
“The color patterns that people usually do in kitchens are pretty stale or pretty neutral: whites, browns, wood grains and all that. This one has a blue kitchen that really pops,” he said. “When you’re in the kitchen, the aesthetics of it, you’re focused on the blue cabinets, but the functionality of it is that butler’s pantry.”
The living room is filled with natural light and opens through multiple French doors to a covered/heated lanai, its listing says.
The main-level primary suite features two custom walk-in closets with en suite laundry and a bathroom with a bidet toilet and heated floors. The suite is accessed through a den/private library with a stone fireplace and hardwood floors.
“It really makes it like a sanctuary for the homeowner. When you come in you have your den, TV space, master (bedroom), it’s almost like you can live completely on this first floor if you have to,” he said.
Upstairs includes four additional bedrooms with en suite baths with heated floors, custom closets and second-floor laundry with a hidden door.
“Throughout the house you have custom wainscoting, crown molding. Every room in the house has been touched with detailed trim work,” he said.
He added: “Every room in the house is curated with custom drapery, wallpaper, and lighting, which really gives a great appeal walking through where you feel almost like you’re in an East Coast Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard-type home.”
Additional features include a Lutron lighting system, a spacious mudroom accessible from the pool deck and garage, a pool bathroom, a heated attached 3.5-car garage with a built-in refrigerator, pool storage, and direct outdoor access, plus a whole-house generator.
The garage also features a custom blue electric dog wash for dog lovers.
The finished lower level provides added living space with a media room, flex area, wet bar, half bathroom, a sauna and additional laundry.
Outside is a pool with a built-in hot tub and diving board, and retractable screens that allow for fresh air and comfortable indoor-outdoor living throughout Michigan’s summer months, its listing says.
Also, professionally landscaped grounds with newly planted trees by Mosher & Associates that aid with privacy since the home sits on a corner lot.
“A great feature (that) you just can’t repeat, it’s a large lot. It’s 1.1 acres in the middle of Bloomfield Hills Village. And a lot of houses in the neighborhood, if you want acreage, you don’t get the neighborhood feel, so walking into over an acre property but still being in a subdivision with sidewalks and kids can go play, that is really unique.”
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This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: MI Dream Home: A Bloomfield Hills estate with a blue kitchen
Reporting by Myesha Johnson, The Detroit News / The Detroit News
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