In the Berkshire Downs, a contemporary home with soaring ceilings & floor-to-ceiling windows that showcases water with natural lighting throughout. Architectural details exult extensive use of steel, stone, glass, and hardwood. Favorite features are the voluminous great room, two fireplaces, gracious master suite with sunrise water views, two - four garage bays, five decks, a natural large sandy beach Steps away from Mohawk Trail System, this property is located near the oldest and largest ski area in Connecticut, dubbed "the home of snowmaking." A short drive to several seasonal Farmers Markets, there are three beautiful country drives to year-round, outstanding organic markets. You will also love the oversized windows and doors which bring the outdoors in and provide sunlight and heat in the winter and great views and breeze in the summer. Beautifully placed between waterfall and lake, the indoor well-built highly developed swim spa will give you the workout of your dreams. This swim spa can also be used as an oasis of tranquility, as well as a serious swim training center offering the ultimate for fitness training The SwimEx swim spa water current offers the smoothest and widest flow for hydrotherapy and water exercises. The unique paddlewheel technology provides a "wall of water" powerful enough to match the strongest athlete's regiment and gentle enough for slow rehabilitative aquatic therapy. Built with solid fiberglass construction, the pool is kept pure through the design of a nearly carefree mineral water system purified through four state-of-the-art non-chemical filter systems. The warm mineral water provides the most ideal, healthy swimming environment. Easy to maintain, economical to run, this all seasons restorative pool the owners refer to as an Ofuro, asking guests to prepare as if for a Japanese Ofuro - through the breezes of summer, to the falling leaves of autumn, the first snowflakes of the winter, to the wildflowers and flowing stream into waterfall, the Ofuro experience is mesmerizing. It was 1976 when three young friends put their creative minds together to design this award winning house, Bob Hillier, Dana Toomey and Mel Toomey developed five design criteria to plan what was to become the Toomey Residence. Design to fit with the topography Bring the outside inside Lakeview from every room Abundant cubic space Maintain a simple contemporary expression The result? A house that is flexible -- one that can be configured to fit varied lifestyles. Robert Hillier and Associates, Princeton New Jersey won an AIA award for his firms' design and execution of this stunning property. Biographies: J. Robert Hillier, FAIA Visiting Lecturer, History and Theory of the Architecture Profession A.B., M.F.A., Princeton University Hillier Properties, Princeton, New Jersey
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