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72 DIGS.NET | 11.1.2019 R E A L E S TAT E | 1 7 5 1 8 T H S T R E E T M A R K E T "ere's great opportunity in East Manhattan," says craftsman and homebuilder Patrick Kealy. It's the larger lots, he explains, places where one can have gardens and pools, and a slew of outdoor entertaining options no matter the season. Location is another reason. "It's as easy to access the freeways and get around Southern California as it is to access the beach," says real estate agent Bryn Stroyke, pointing out that while the beach is just under two miles away, so is the 405 Freeway. Recognizing this, Kealy has erected three luxury homes along a sunny, tree-lined stretch of 8th Street: a British West Indies-style home, a French farm house and this freshly complete, Cape Cod-inspired beach residence, approximately 5,800 square feet with six bedrooms, designed by well-known South Bay architect Louis Tomaro. Not surprisingly, Stroyke's recent sale of the British West Indies-style home, the first-completed of the trio, set a sales record for new residential construction in East Manhattan Beach. One steps into the entrance hall and is immediately swept up in the sheer luxury of the place. ere are 25-foot-high ceilings that usher one into the stately great room—a sunny, pure white space where classic wainscoting extends from fireplace to the ceiling. "We just went at it, and it took off and grew legs of its own," says Kealy of the details, which include bi-fold doors that open the space onto a graceful patio overlooking the tidy front yard. "You can sit on your front porch or living room and look out at the kids playing in the park across the street," notes Stroyke. Or, from the custom bench Kealy built into the home's white-picket fence. It's an extraordinarily well-dressed compound—a place that incorporates East Coast refinement along with the essentials of luxe California design; namely, interlocking the interior with the great outdoors. Saunter along floors of pale French oak and past the formal dining room, neatly set apart by elevation and thick beams wrapped in wainscoting, and one enters a sculpted outdoor oasis. But first one passes through the breezeway, a remarkable nook tiled in smooth-cut stone with a matching slab hearth. Surrounded on three sides by bi- fold doors linking it to the interior, it's an area where one can imagine oneself unwinding in a cocoon-like atmosphere after dark, fire crackling against a backdrop of night stars and wafting green trees. Via a panorama of accordion doors, the whole rear-facing side of the home—which includes an open-space marble kitchen with restrained Shaker cabinets, and a fireplaced living room—merges with outdoor spaces that have been blessed with the same meticulous design hand as indoor ones. ere's a covered al fresco lounge with steeple ceiling and floors warmed with radiant heat. A built-in dining table with dual Korean barbecues is part of the floor plan and, steps away, a spacious outdoor kitchen with Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances. e manicured green lawn and a saltwater pool and spa, however, are the visual centerpieces: day or night, the jewel- like hues of the water cast an alluring draw to the outdoors from within the home—and can be seen as far away as the front porch. "I'm all about transitions," states Kealy. "ey should be flawless and function exactly as they should." is is achieved here by painstaking craft; thresholds leading from interior to exterior spaces are perfectly flush, so there's no perception of having stepped over a doorway, for instance, to reach the outdoors. PRESENTED BY Bryn Stroyke DRE 00855690 of Stroyke Properties Group, Bayside Real Estate Partners 310.880.3436 List Price $4.895 million Via a panorama of accordion doors, the whole rear-facing side of the home— which includes an open-space marble kitchen with restrained Shaker cabinets, and a fireplaced living room— merges with outdoor spaces that have been blessed with the same meticulous design hand as indoor ones.

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