$16.9M French Provincial Mansion Is Louisiana’s Most Costly House

Now available on the market for $16,895,000, a mansion constructed to probably the most exacting specs has achieved the excellence of being Louisiana’s most costly residence.

Owned by Shane Guidry, CEO of Harvey Gulf Worldwide Marine, and his spouse, Holly, the home on Northline Avenue in Metairie, LA, simply outdoors New Orleans, is a 15,230-square-foot French Provincial masterpiece.

“It took him three years to design and construct this, they usually used probably the most high-end merchandise on this home that you could be ever come throughout,” says the itemizing supervisor, Peggy Bruce, who’s working with the itemizing agent, Shaun McCarthy.

“It’s an excellent residence. If you consider luxurious, that is what that entails,” she says.

For starters, to verify there was sufficient marble for the bottom ground and that every one the marble matched, the Guidrys purchased the complete quarry in Italy.

“It is 24-by-24 marble flooring that’s simply luxurious. The veins are simply stunning, and all of it simply sort of flows collectively, as a result of all of it got here from one quarry,” says Bruce.

Fairly other than its ultra-sleek look, the marble flooring is heated within the first ground master suite and loo.

“Within the grasp lavatory, it is a walk-in bathe, and there is a clawfoot soaking tub within the entrance of the bathe,” Bruce says. “The walk-in has two entrances and 4 shower-heads. It is bought hand-carved mosaic tile within the bathe.”

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Within the grasp closet and elsewhere within the residence, the cupboard {hardware} is stable silver.

“It’s great. Every part was hand-milled and hand-carved—custom-done,” she says.

The large kitchen provides an array of {custom} cabinetry, a chandelier, and a big island with loads of room for seating.

The mansion within the city’s Metairie Membership Gardens neighborhood has a complete of six bedrooms, seven bogs, and 4 half-bathrooms, all with tall ceilings. Within the entry, the ceilings are 24 ft excessive.

“It’s dramatic,” Bruce says, including that the house owners bought many vintage fixtures in Europe and introduced them again, rewired them, and included them of their design.

“You go into a number of properties that seem like this on the skin, and also you count on the within to be somewhat gaudy,” she says. “That is so tastefully completed. It’s fantastically appointed. Every part simply flows completely.”

Lots of the residence’s options are related to automated expertise, and may be managed through a cell system or distant, together with the house theater.

Bruce explains that it has leather-based seats for 15 folks and features a digital ceiling that may be set both to clouds, or to the evening sky, with twinkling stars.

There’s additionally a full spa with a therapeutic massage room, moist and dry saunas, and hair and nail stations.

Canine mates can take pleasure in an indoor canine residence and washing station.

Exterior, there’s a big outside kitchen, together with a petite pool.

“It’s a cocktail pool”—a small pool with steps, Bruce explains. “It is not very deep in any respect. It is actually for simply lounging and sipping cocktails or simply sort of cooling off if it is a scorching summer season evening or summer season day.”

Along with the three-car storage, there’s room to park quite a lot of autos on the half-acre property.

The house owners bought the land in 2011 for $1.2 million, and Bruce says they poured not less than $15 million into constructing this dream residence. However occasions change, and the household is transferring out of city to pursue different pursuits.

“I believe the proper purchaser for this house is somebody that values being within the New Orleans space and understands what went into this home—as a result of it’s a hefty value,” Bruce says.

The pool of patrons in search of this sort of residence within the New Orleans space shouldn’t be giant, and Bruce says the longer term proprietor may be somebody from out of city.

“Beyoncé put a play on this home a couple of years again, and the proprietor wasn’t enthusiastic about promoting at the moment,” she says. “Now we have tried to achieve out to Beyoncé utilizing some connections we’ve got, however haven’t obtained a response but.”

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