The interior of this Cachet home for sale offers an extensive list of luxury finish upgrades. Because the home was fully custom designed and built for the owners, no expense or detail was spared. Interior flooring offers hardwood throughout except where accented with terrazzo and stone flooring. When you step through the front doors you’re greeted by a sophisticated floating staircase that acts as an art piece and centers the core of the home. Providing access to all three floors, the staircase provides an open concept design where you feel connected to the rest of the house regardless of which floor you’re on. Stepping into the dining room, residents are greeted by a gas fireplace and large wine/display rack while also having the large scale dining room table act as the centerpiece for the space, a perfect place for hosting dinners or even meetings.

Walking into the kitchen space, you are immediately greeted with extensive Carrara Marble finishes on the walls, backsplash and countertop surfaces throughout. This creates a truly elevated stature for the kitchen which is not only beautiful and light filled, but also extremely functional. Sink placements are found both on the expansive island itself but also the West facing countertops providing gorgeous sunset views. Integrated fridge, dishwasher and storage combined with the Wolf Gas Range statement piece crafts a symbolic and truly luxurious kitchen appearance that matches both the scale and yet warm and tasteful design of this Markham luxury home for sale.

Connected to the kitchen is the curated and functional mudroom and pet spa room. This connects to the large 4 car garage that features a car lift for additional storage. The mudroom and pet spa combines stone finishes with ample cabinet space while also providing plenty of natural daylight via the windows that face West providing sunlight throughout most of the day. Heading to the other side of the kitchen, you enter the breakfast area which is surrounded on 3 sides by floor to ceiling windows. This is a truly statement space that is hard to find in homes. Whether you close the curtains for a more intimate feel or keep them open during golden hour lighting, this space really provides the ‘WOW’ factor that so many homes try to provide, but this one captures perfectly and effortlessly. Moving further down this wing of this Cachet area Markham luxury home for sale you enter the casual sitting area and then further into the formal living room. The formal living room has a cozy and relaxed vibe with inviting furniture that purely provides a sense of comfort, warmth but also elevated sophistication. It’s both a unique, luxurious and comfortable composition of furniture, décor and architectural layout.

The rest of the home features an exemplary combination of luxury features and appointments. Not only is this modern luxury home for sale located in the Cachet neighbourhood of Markham, which is the most prestigious address not only in Markham, but one of the most exclusive neighbourhoods in the Greater Toronto Area, but it also provides functionality for various lifestyles. When you head upstairs, the primary bedroom offers a large ensuite with stone finishes throughout. The walk-in closet and dressing room provides display cabinets inspired by Hermes boutiques to display treasured clothing and accessory pieces. The upstairs expanse also offers a large balcony terrace overlooking the large, green backyard. Heading down to the walkout basement floor, owners of this luxury Markham home for sale get an art gallery with integrated LED lighting along with a huge open concept entertainment space. Featuring two TVs, a bar area and plenty of flexible rooms and spaces, you can truly customize this space to fit your needs. For extensive details, if interested or to book a viewing appointment, please email us at hello@unity.re or use the contact form on this site.

The Oak and Lake for sale community is organized with 18 lots surrounding a private cul-de-sac dedicated to the Oak & Lake residents. Trail access to Shorewood Promenade Trail will be done via an intimate access point at the end of the enclave. These eighteen properties will provide frontage of approximately 100 feet (~30.48 meters) which allows for an established and upscale atmosphere to form within the community. By having such large lots, the custom luxury Oakville homes here will have a scale that is suitable for many different lifestyles. The ability to customize your residence allows for a lot of creativity and individual design to reflect the values and architectural tastes of each resident. By combining a planned community approach with customization and large scale lots, Oak & Lake brings a modern living option in this traditional setting.

Residents at Oak and Lake Oakville have easy access to the GO Train network along with commuter routes via the QEW and connecting highways. This allows residents in this neighbourhood South of Lakeshore Rd W to maintain quick travel proximity to destinations such as Toronto, Downtown Burlington and the Greater Toronto Area. There are many walking trails including the Shorewood Promenade Trail and nearby Tannery Park. The Oak and Lake luxury estates provide a great living option for people seeking a custom home experience but within a planned and organized community. For those where 331 Sheddon, Edgemere Estates or the Randall Residences might not offer large enough floorplans, then Oak & Lake in South Oakville offers a great alternative option within the luxury market.

Edgemere Estates

Gardens Of Edgemere

Edgemere Private Residences Insights

Due to the heritage of the entire site and Oakville’s constant efforts to preserve historically significant structures, the Edgemere Estates development took into account to incorporate the old existing structures into the layout of the entire project. Saving the boathouses and designating a portion of the waterfront space for public use are just some of the positive aspects associated with this development. Utilizing underground parking for the 30 luxury condo residences minimizes surface impact. The mature trees have remained untouched and the entire orientation of the buildings allows for a natural feel, incorporating stone, glass and wood to form quality organic architecture. As visible on the provided map, the total area of the Edgemere Private Residences is quite expansive. the buildings themselves are up to 4 storeys tall and the Garden/Terrace luxury condos offer private elevators for access. Prices range from $3,349,000 to over $5,799,000 depending on square footage, finishes and features. As previously mentioned the developer behind the Edgemere Estates is Niche Developments with NAK Designs handling landscaping and Architecture Alliance being the team behind the structure designs.

Edgemere Estates Floorplans

Royal Oakville Club Insights

The interior design of the Royal Oakville Club was completed by Ania Maternicki of AVA Interior Design. Exterior stucco application was contracted through Tri-Stucco Contractors. All of the 62 Executive Luxury Townhomes at the Royal Oakville Club come standard with in-home elevators. Kitchen appointments include quartz and granite countertops with Sub-Zero fridges and Wolf appliances. Combining stunning hardwood flooring finishes and LEED certified energy efficiency, the Royal Oakville Club maintains exquisite luxury and modern efficiency. Creating these stunning luxury neighbourhoods around Oakville’s iconic downtown core is helping the community evolve into a defined, modern locale. With the beauty of Oakville’s rich history, traditional luxury real estate, local businesses and entertainment, this region is truly one of a kind. Exemplifying a proper, thought out extension to Oakville luxury real estate, the Royal Oakville Club will form a great niche neighbourhood for many people to enjoy for years to come.

Design

Starting from humble beginnings, David Small completed his design education and then jumped right into building homes. Over the years a great team has been formed and a collaboration of various design entities was implemented. Lets begin by looking at what is a perfect fusion of traditional and modern design. The image here shows my favourite David Small Designs home exterior. As you can tell it features stone façades and sloped roofs, but with character and a unique shape which flows naturally.

This David Small Designs home is located in a very exclusive part of the Platinum Belt in Oakville. Its exterior design blends perfectly into the surrounding vegetation and offers a serene setting. However beautiful the exterior is, the true beauty lies in the transition within the interior. This is the key to why I enjoy this firm’s work. Immediately upon setting foot within this spectacular estate the transformation takes place. No longer do you feel the traditional appointments from outside. Instead there is a clean utilization of zebra wood, stone and iterations of a pure contemporary layout. David Small Designs blends these values with certain traditional details, like the arched windows and colour hues that reflect the exterior tones. It really is a marvelous piece of work and I tip my hat to the designers and clients for having such an appealing vision. For the full image portfolio you can head here.

David Small Designs has recently moved into a slightly more contemporary style which echoes inspiration from Frank Lloyd Wright. Over the years David Small Designs have really honed their craft and churned out purely original, tasteful results. I suppose it’s partly due to an overall change in taste among people who are in the market for such endeavors. An evolution of an architecture era, the great designers will adjust and follow suite whereas those who are not as fluid in their creative applications will simply be left behind. David Small Designs realized this and put out a project that sealed their membership in the contemporary community.

Process

A home builder of David Small Designs‘ stature needs a respectable abode to call their own residence. David does not disappoint. Fueled by the growing business and success he set out to build something for his family. What’s unique is the entire development was documented and then presented as a sort of “case study”. Usually there’s total privacy and an air of secrecy surrounding these luxury home builds, but David decided to provide full access to the story. People like me get excited about this. The home is very reminiscent of the Fallingwater design and is a prime example of organic architecture. The use of wood, stone and concrete is spectacular and creates something that is completely unique for Mississauga. These are the types of designs which need to become more prevalent in our neighbourhoods. The multi tiered flooring gives depth and accentuation to the whole layout. It provides flavour and emphasizes great lot use. Another sad trend which is becoming terribly common is an unbalanced home to lot size ratio. This David Small Designs home shows what a perfect home/lot ratio looks like.

As you can see from the pictures, the home is simply beautiful. It has sparked inspired clients who now have a visual, physical representation of what David Small Designshas to offer. Very smart move on their part by nailing several goals with a single build. For the full set of images and the design story, head over to the David Small Designs page. The image depicting the home under construction is located in the Platinum Belt and is selling for close to $7,000,000 just to give you an idea of the price ranges we’re looking at.

Transformative

Flipping back to a more traditional project which really shows a drastic difference in styles, we’ll observe a recently sold approximately $4,000,000 project in Lorne Park. The surrounding homes all have similar styles with one having been built by David Small Designs across the street. Therefore the exterior walls and overall atmosphere needed to be cohesive for the intersection. The interior is a whole different story! Just compare the kitchen shot to the outdoor view. It may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but the Copper House by David Small Designs has really shown that two drastically different design palettes can be successfully integrated.

To wrap things up I want to point out a giant estate which was finished recently for a client who wanted a “European inspired” home. The size is approximately 13,000 square feet. The location is up in the Burlington Bluffs, a hidden neighbourhood of exclusive, high-end luxury homes nestled upon Mt Nemo. It is David Small Designs‘ largest construction project and oozes of ostentatious luxury. For full details and David’s personal success story, go ahead and visit the David Small Designs website.

Design

Here are two homes built by Ferris Rafauli located in Oakville. These are general shots and will introduce you to the style which is prevalent in all of his builds. Although most of the Ferris Rafauli works feature a similar palette of exterior finishes, the details and overall layouts are substantially differentiated and particular to each project. We’ll begin with a bit of background. Growing up, Ferris Rafauli came from a family in the construction business and jumped right into the industry. He completed his first home build at the age of 18. From there, the business expanded and now his art pieces cover various luxury neighbourhoods.

The development which initially garnered much attention was built in Burlington. It was constructed as a spec home and sold at the time for the highest price ever paid for a non lake adjacent property within Burlington for approximately $3,400,000. At the time, Burlington was just entering this “renaissance” period with Ferris Rafauli‘s project being one of the forefront investments into the high-end luxury custom home market. This home set precedent for a series of future developments by Ferris Rafauli which would gradually get grander and larger in scale. The plot of land right next door was later developed into a home which although has the signature feel of a Ferris Rafauli built home, is completely different in layout and overall design.

Illustrated here are images of the before and after of the adjacent residence built along this now iconic stretch of Lakeshore Rd in Burlington. As of the writing of this article, a further development across the street is nearing completion alongside the lake. It seems the style influences are garnered from archaic origins but with a flair of in vogue, modern appeal. Every property stands out when viewed alongside its cookie-cutter neighbours. When a project is built by Ferris Rafauli, it not only crafts a work of art within the street, but increases the immediate appeal and sometimes price of the surrounding vicinity homes. Samples of inspiration feature Greek columns, but simplified for today’s more clean appearance. The smooth surface exteriors complement the surrounding greenery in an unexpected way. Each vision is crafted within Ferris Rafauli‘s mind and then drawn out in archetypal form.

Process

The entire design, build process is turnkey and completed in-house. This creates a seamless, streamlined result. You’ll notice in the following images of the same project that there was a change in the logo and styling. As the name and portfolio grew the company did a “rebranding”. The firm has now become a staple of not just beautiful homes, but custom furniture, landscaping and a full blown brand synonymous with the top tier luxury market. Smart move. As always, there are some builders who have taken these branding cues and copied them identically, I won’t mention specific names.

What has also become more prevalent across the world is the use of “O” shaped iron work. This is found in window designs, fences and other pieces. Combined with the square, linear lines it evokes a hint of royal atmosphere, but simplified. This small detail utilized in the correct situation completely changes the presence of the home. Many home builders are now using this styling piece within their projects. Situated to the right is an example of this being used in a Los Angeles concrete contemporary home situated in the Sunset Plaza neighbourhood of the Hollywood Hills.

Transformative

One of my favourite Ferris Rafauli residences is located right in the Morrison Corridor of Oakville and was just recently completed. This development features a clean, modern design while retaining classic Roman influences in both the styling and layouts. The images here show pre and mid construction phases on the Morrison Corridor home which features gloss black finishes for the window framing and doors as well as a large, stately vehicle concourse.

The clientèle for these homes is undoubtedly the upper echelon individuals of society. The construction phase of the home featured below is for the CEO of a famous Canadian beverage company. As much as I love the new contemporary homes which are finally starting to sprout up in our locales, Ferris Rafauli has managed to keep a classical form, but has modernized it. The palatial, Victorian inspired villas which everyone has seen around Beverly Hills and The Bridle Path are personally not my cup of tea. These cleaned up, modernized interpretations however are much more fitting. This is just my personal opinion and viewpoint.

Below is a series of images depicting the transformational construction process of another Ferris Rafauli crown jewel. As you may have also noticed, the size of these homes has gradually increased. Oakville and Burlington have been blessed with stately lot sizes allowing grand construction projects and quite a versatile canvas for designing these behemoths. Ferris Rafauli has always designed both the interior, exterior and landscaping of the homes. Over the years custom furniture was added to the mix as well. The materials and finishes used are as luxurious as the appearance of the homes might hint at. Zebra woods, fine leathers, marble, Caesarstone, the options are limited as your imagination. Interestingly one of the latest grand projects is something completely different.

The Randall Residences are a Parisian inspired condominium development situated in Downtown Oakville. Ferris Rafauli was appointed within the team to handle the interior designs, and they are in tune with what you would expect from one of his grand estates. The format is new and unique being a smaller condominium space, however the elegance and grandeur are just as ubiquitous.

Here’s the kicker, all of this success and achievement has been attained at an early age, Ferris Rafauli as of the writing of this article is still under the age of 40. This further validates the point that passion and true commitment for your craft yields exceedingly substantial and spectacular results. As the level of grandeur and wealth increases within our communities the need for large scale homes has risen. Hats off to Ferris Rafauli for maintaining originality in this mainly washed out environment. I must admit, recently, unique, and daring designs have started appearing which leaves me with hope for our neighbourhoods. This profile is meant to give insight and some background to those who may have driven past some of these “palaces” and wondered what the story is. It is also intended to show appreciation for those individuals who are continuing to push the boundaries and forge a world class collection of homes right here in our backyard. Anyone who is familiar with the Vancouver high end market has seen the brilliance in design out there, why can’t we have that here? Slowly however architects are starting to put together unique projects. Below is an image of one of Ferris Rafauli‘s recent and largest developments located in Mississauga topping off at around 40,000 square feet! To view more information and pictures of interiors/furniture visit Ferris Rafauli’s official website.