The New American Home - 2006
To leverage its lakeside lot in a brand-new community, the 2006 New American Home presented a wide-shallow plan that delivered dramatic and multiple views and access to the water. Following the lead of its immediate predecessor, the 6,981-square-foot, two-level house focused on indoor-outdoor living, primarily with a stacked loggia design (each with its own kitchen and connected by an outdoor stair) and a private terrace behind a waterfall feature off of the master suite. A long, brick-paved patio connects those spaces and serves a vanishing-edge pool that seems to flow straight into the lake.
Designed as a winter home for a semi-retired couple, the house evolved the concept of luxury living into what builder Alex Hannigan coined the "all about me" approach to the well-heeled Baby Boomer. But like the generation it serves, the house also has a soft spot for the environment, achieving a heady level of energy and resource efficiency. It also features a dedicated home office and library loft above accessed by a separate entry to the driveway; a spa room, home theater, hobby/laundry area, and game room on the upper level, a wine cellar snuck in under the curving staircase of the entry rotunda; and a motor court serving four garage bays, one of which acts as a workshop.
Rich wood, stone, and tile finishes abound, especially in the kitchen. There, a massive tri-level island, complete with three sinks (one of which provides a heating element) opens to a comfortable family room; a four-panel glass pocket door creates a 16-by-10-foot opening to the loggia and outdoor kitchen. Among the innovations, a new soundproofing membrane, similar to housewrap, protects the home theater, while tankless water heaters provide on demand, water-saving service. To mitigate pests, the main-level loggia features a motorized retractable screen, while the whole house is protected by a new, in-ground perimeter control system.
Project Team
Builder/Designer: Hannigan Homes, Orlando; Architect: WCI Architecture & Land Planning/WCI Communities, Bonita Springs, Fla.; Interior Design: Saxon-Clark, Orlando; Landscape Design: Redmon Design Co., Maitland, Fla..
Did you know?
The asking price of the house topped the $4 million mark, nearly doubling the program's record set the year before.
NCHI Contributors
*current members
- AVAD
- Canac Kitchens
- Closet Factory
- ClosetMaid
- Dal-Tile
- Dryvit Systems
- Eaton's Electrical Business/Cutler-Hammer
- Formica
- GE Appliances
- General Motors
- Georgia-Pacific
- Hearth & Home Technologies/Heat & Glo
- Hearth, Patio & Barbeque Assn.
- Hilti
- Home Team Pest Defense
- Honeywell
- IBACOS
- Icynene
- In-Sink-Erator
- James Hardie Building Products
- Jeld-Wen Windows & Doors
- Kahrs International
- Kohler
- Lennox
- Loewen
- Louisiana-Pacific
- Lutron Electronics
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory/Energy Star
- Noveon
- ODL
- Oldcastle Architectural
- Overhead Door
- Owens Corning Cultured Stone
- Pactiv Building Products
- Phantom Manufacturing
- Portland Cement Assn.
- Progress Lighting
- Propane Energy Research Council
- Riggs Workwear by Wrangler
- Rinnai Corp.
- Shaw Inds.
- Simpson Strong-Tie
- ThyssenKrupp Access Corp
- Tyco Fire & Building Products
- Vent-Free Gas Products Alliance/GAMA
- Whirlpool (including Gladiator GarageWorks)
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