Welcome to 10 Ora Brent Lane. A professionally crafted, custom design-built home set upon 5.05 acres in a peaceful, country style setting located minutes from shopping and fine dining in the highly desirable community of Bardstown, KY. The moment you enter the long private asphalt driveway featuring a hand placed rock wall and a row of 12 Prairie fire crab apple trees you will know this property is going to offer an amazing lifestyle and sanctuary that few properties are able to provide. A spring fed lake built for fishing and swimming, sits at the front of the property. An extended branch of the driveway leads to a 25'X4' pedway and custom built 32'x16' covered dock and swim platform for your gatherings and outdoor enjoyments. Lighting and electrical service at the dock provides a level of luxury not often found elsewhere. As you approach the home, it's elegance and finer details of finish begin to stand out, including its detailed brick work (quoins, soldering) completed by Roundtree Masonry, and expansive professional landscaping filled with black slate rock, and garden. The front of the home has four western red cedar brackets enhancing its gabled roof line, and the 219 Sq ft covered front porch is appointed with four 8'X8' solid oak columns and stone piers. The porch also has stamped wooden plank concrete, a custom burnt pine beadboard ceiling, and barrel ring chandelier. As you enter the home through its 6'X8' double mahogany French doors and onto the tile plank flooring your awareness to the quality of finishes this home enjoys really begins to set in. The living room has 10 ft walls, a cathedral ceiling with beams, 6 ft custom sized ceiling fan, and 2 custom built-in cabinet shelves to each side of the 42-inch gas fireplace with a hand laid stone hearth and 6 ft wooden mantle. The space flows directly into the designer level chef's kitchen and eat in dining area which also has 10 ft walls, and a burnt pine bead board trey ceiling. Appliances include a 36" dual fuel range, oversized 36" smart French door refrigerator and state of the art dishwasher. The expansive custom maple cabinets and oversized island were built by local artisan Melvin Reed. There is a custom tiled backsplash with a mosaic in-lay. Leathered Turkish granite rests on the counters and serving island featuring dual 36" and 30" sinks respectively. The bedroom floor plan is split with the master on the west wing and two additional bedrooms on the east. The main hallway on the west leads you to a large office/study appointed with two walls of custom library shelves, 6x3 custom desk with granite top, and hand scraped hickory hardwood floors. Further down the hall is a truely custom finished laundry/mud room with custom cabinets, granite counters, and bonus walk-in tile shower and access to the 2 car, 629 sq ft attached garage. The last stop down the hall leads to the large 16'X24' master bedroom that has 9ft walls, a double coffin trey ceiling with burnt pine beadboard in-lay, double crown molding, hand scraped hickory hardwood flooring and 6 ft ceiling fan. The luxury designer master bath will be your next delight and haven to refresh and rejuvenate. It is appointed with a Japanese style tub, and an oversized rock and tile walk in shower with glass doors and a bonus rain shower head. The custom-built double vanity has 3 separate mirrors and a personal beautification nook in between. The walk-in closet is essentially another room on its own because of the size and has built in shoe shelves and cabinets. Both the master bedroom and kitchen have access to a 14'X29' sunroom with complete walls of glass that include custom built casement/picture window units, a 14 ft. cathedral ceiling, custom tile flooring with in-lay that is serviced by its own independent HVAC system. This room provides tremendous lighting all year round, the ability to enjoy indoor plant hobbies, eye hooks for a hammock, and another spot to unwind and relax. A 256 sq ft deck with gazebo is located outside of the sunroom sliding glass doors. Returning to the east side of the home, we find 2 oversized bedrooms that also boast 9ft perimter walls, oversized ceiling fans, and custom-built double door closet organizers. A second full bath includes custom vanity with granite, tile and rock in-lay walk-in shower and tile flooring. This bathroom also has a second door to an additional half bath that privately serves the northwest bedroom. As you make your retreat down the basement wooden steps, prepare for some special touches that help take this home over the top. You will first be greeted by a bonus den/game room area with 9 ft walls, custom acid-stained concrete floors, a custom made 8x16 wooden bourbon barrel stave in-lay wall, 4 decorative and lit bottle display shelves, a 36" gas fireplace wrapped with stone and custom wooden mantle, double door storage room and recessed lighting throughout. At the far end sits a deluxe pub style front and rear wet bar with commercial grade wine & beverage coolers, stand-alone icemaker, custom cabinets featuring Turkish leathered granite counters. There are two hallway areas in the basement. The first leads you to a personal workout/exercise room that has built-in audio system, wall of mirrors and the centrally located mechanical room. The second hall leads you to a bonus room that can be used as a hobby/craft room and is currently being used as a bonus bedroom type room. Further down the hall you will find the access door to the home's lower utility garage for your yard's tools, mowers and such. This garage also provides access to the homes hidden storm shelter and storage area that sits under the front porch. The 4th bedroom is also located in the basement. It enjoys access to another custom full bathroom decked with a 5'granite covered vanity and walk in tiled shower with glass door. From this in-law suite type of bedroom one can find a custom built in walk-in closet including closet organizer and TV port. The final stop in the basement will bring joy and amazement to all your family and friends as it is a designer grade in-home cinema theatre with sound proof walls, triple tier seating, custom seating including 6 electrical leather reclining seats & commercial grade chaise loungers, custom theatre light package, 12 speakers, 11 ft cinema screen, Epson laser projector, and genuine cinema style carpeting. Heading to the back yard is a every kids dream, a 28'X48' concrete basketball court, with proper marking of the lane, free-throw and 3 pt lines. The court can be used day and night as it is serviced by two separate light poles to keep the games going. Additional landscaping with slate rock and a beautiful array of professionally designed/installed landscaping planting dress the back of the home and a sidewalk connecting the deck to the driveway. The overall yard area is massive and nearly extends out to the property lines in all directions.
Being that the owner of this home is a high-level commercial construction manager, the attention to detail, and skilled construction/design applications in every corner of this property will not go unnoticed. Commercial level construction practices and the absolute highest quality construction materials were utilized in this home. These include s,
Additional highlights that enhance the integrity of the home are an overbuilt #57 rock subgrade under it's foundations,10-inch thick commercially reinforced concrete basement walls, a 50-year Owen Corning dimensional shingle roof, Marvin fiberglass windows and doors throughout, (2) 200 amp electrical service panels, a Rinnai whole house tankless water heater that can service 11 faucets on demand, a 6 exterior security camera system, a 500 gallon LP gas tank, 4 ton AC unit, CAT 6 internet cabling in every room, ethernet ports, wifi extenders, and a whole house audio system to enjoy all of your favorite music, podcasts, or radio stations.