Estate Home in city on 16 acres with lake 1 mile to bypass

Would you like:
- a home where the kids have their bedrooms and play areas upstairs?
- a home where the parents have a bedroom on the 1st floor that includes a sitting area and exercise room?
- to be able to fish in your own lake with bass that exceed 5 pounds?
- to have a fenced pasture and barn for horses to ride or just admire?
- to have your own poolroom or 60 television with surround sound?
- to have a home sitting on the top of the hill with 16 acres of land to ride your ATVs, have a garden, or just enjoy?
- to have privacy with your house being hidden from the main highway, having your own private drive, and being able to walk outside and see trees instead of other homes?
- while being private, to be within 1 mile of the 12/82 bypasses, less than 2 miles from MSU, and adjacent to a subdivision just being created?

If these are the kinds of things you are looking for, then this is the property for you. This is a custom-built, luxury home with 4,700 square feet on 16 acres with l.5 acre lake, all within the city limits of Starkville! Even the address, 1 Southern Cross, speaks of the uniqueness of the property. This home is located on Old West Point Road, less than 1 mile from the Highway 12 and 82 bypasses and the proposed Hilton Hotel and Pan Asian Restaurant. MSU is less than 2 miles away with no red lights between here and campus! This is a one of a kind property with this much square footage and acreage within the city limits. With kids heading to college, we are looking to downsize. This property recently appraised at $600,000. We are asking $575,000 and will also entertain trade offers for the right smaller home.

This is a ten year old, two-story Victorian style home that has a very open and light look. You will not find this floor plan in any book. We designed the home to provide maximum comfort for our family, to provide the kids with room to play, the parents with places to relax, and the family with areas to do things together. The home features two large bays on the front that extend to both floors. This gives the front of the home a symmetrical look and provides outstanding views of the lake and horse pasture. There are 17 rooms in the home. The ceilings are 9' on bottom floor and 8' on the upper floor. Crown molding is found throughout the first floor. There are 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths and 2 half baths.

The home itself is on an engineered-specified conventional foundation, built extra deep for stability, with an approximate 3' crawl space under the house. There is a termite contract with annual inspection. The shingles are composite fiberglass. The outside features all brick and vinyl .. no wood to replace or paint, all gutters drain underground to lake, brick pavers on walkway to front door and on both porches, large concrete drive, and six acres fenced for horses. The home has natural gas for heating and water heaters, underground electricity from 4-County Electric, city water, a treatment plant for sewage, BellSouth phone service with DSL, and DirectTV wired to 12 rooms in the home.

The property also contains a 1.5 acre stocked lake with large, mature bass and bream, a pier on the lake, an open shed on the water for boats and trailers, an 8 * 10 metal storage building (with electricity), a 10 * 12 wooden storage building with double doors on each side for ATVs, a pole shed (with electricity) with three stalls for tractors and equipment, and a five stall barn for horses with tack room, hay storage, shelter area and drive through area. There is a second small pond in the pasture for the horses.

The features inside the home include four gas fireplaces, an alarm system, an intercom/radio system, 46 WeatherShield argon-filled windows most with picture windows on top and awning windows below, 6 Peachtree exterior doors, sets of skylights in the master bedroom and sitting room, 16 ceiling fans, arched opening between rooms downstairs, wood floors throughout most of the downstairs, ceramic tile in the master bath, two high efficient heat/air units (gas heat) with floor vents downstairs, a central vacuum system, a 60" television (stays with home) and a surround sound system.

The rooms and some features in the home are:

1st floor:

Kitchen with two built-in areas for microwave ovens, side-by-side refrigerator with ice and water in door, built-in oven, flat surface cooktop and trash compactor in island, garbage disposal, two skylights that open electronically, built-in desk, bar separating kitchen from breakfast room with drop down area and cabinets with glass doors above;

Breakfast Room with large picture windows with awning windows underneath in the bay;

Living Room with arched passageways tray ceiling, surround sound system, built-in entertainment center with cabinets for stereo equipment and bookcases, 60 television built into wall, gas fireplace with mantle;

Foyer

Guest Bath

Master Bedroom with master intercom system, two skylights that open electronically and with electronic shades, very large walk-in closet

Sitting Room with door to front porch, large picture windows with awning windows underneath in the bay, gas fireplace with mantle

Master Bath with double shower with showerheads and corner seats on both ends, his and her sinks with makeup area, Jacuzzi garden tub;

Exercise Room off Master Bath

Dining Room with offset area for china cabinet, chair rails along walls;

Office

Pantry with area for washer, dryer and freezer, hot water heater behind interior door, in-wall ironing board;

Mudroom

Mudroom Bath

Screen Porch (18 by 21) completely screened with screen door to wooden deck wrapping on two sides a 15 by 30 above ground swimming pool;

Front Porch (6 by 27) with all vinyl railings;

Garage is very large, 32 by 36, for three vehicles, storage, and workspace, extra tall door for large vehicles, vinyl siding throughout for easy cleaning, built-in storage cabinets along one wall, pegboard along one wall to hang tools;

2nd floor:

Family Room with gas fireplace, regulation pool table to remain with house;

Game Room

Storage Areas, one floored over garage, Bonus Area that is floored, walled and painted, drop down steps leading to floored attic area;

Bedroom 1 with bay that matches breakfast room, full bath;

Bedroom 2 with bay that matches sitting room, large walk-in closet, full bath between Bedroom 2 and Bedroom 3;

Bedroom 3

Sewing Room

Front Porch matches lower level porch