Unique Homes On Location: Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Unique Homes is on location in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho to tour high-end second home opportunities. This is the fifth blog from our trip to the Gem State.
“Condominium is almost a derogatory term to describe these residences,” said Mike Delong, Director of Sales for The Terraces, as we entered the security gate to the L-shaped building housing the 30 ultra-luxury private units with golf memberships and additional privileges at Coeur d’Alene Resort. Of the eight residences still available, five are designer-ready (unfinished) and three are turnkey—prices range from $3.5 million to $4.5 million for unfinished and $5.4 million to $5.9 million for turnkey. Built in 2007, The Terraces is hidden from the resort by Tubbs Hill, yet it is just a five-minute boat ride or drive away, and a concierge program handles every possible care, from airport transfers to preparing owners’ boats for a day on the lake.
What is particularly striking about these homes is their sheer size, impeccable sound-proofing and attention to detail. Five corner units boast terraces spanning 165 feet, long and wide enough for children to rollerblade or ride a tricycle from one end to the other. “Our residences are a minimum of 120 feet wide, whereas a typical building lot on Lake Coeur d’Alene has 100 feet of frontage,” Delong said. A sound engineer came every Friday during construction, and with no residence sharing a wall, ceiling or floor with any other home, the sound proofing is state of the art. Indeed, the building itself is five separate pieces conjoined into one structure.
A breezy afternoon public boat cruise of the lake’s northern bays afforded close-up views of Duane Hagadone’s newly built Casco Bay estate, as well as a look at a myriad of other lakefront retreats, including one residence perched entirely upon a massive boulder jutting into one of the clear blue bays, its exterior deck reaching beyond the boulder’s rough edges. The Terraces towered over our double-decker boat at the end of the cruise, providing another viewing angle of its expansive terraces. Commentary about the Coeur d’Alene area was both informative and entertaining, including a surprising revelation that Idaho’s famous potatoes are not grown in the northern part of the state.
Designed by the renowned spa design team at TAG, Inc., the newly re-opened, 30,000-square-foot Spa Coeur d’Alene has earned the title of “World’s Most Romantic Spa” from MSNBC. Remaining true to the wild nature of the Northwest, the spa combines the clean fragrance of spruce and cedar with the power and melody of rushing water, creating a peaceful environment and treatments that echo the resort’s surroundings. Spa Coeur d’Alene believes all massage therapy should be preceded by hydrotherapy, so I relaxed my muscles in a fully customized SilverTag Swiss Shower with 19 showerheads prior to enjoying a traditional Swedish massage in a lakeview treatment room, which incorporated the spa’s signature spruce and cedar-scented oil.
Check back tomorrow to read about my tour of Duane Hagadone’s 15-acre, 26,000-square-foot Stanley Hill compound, which is listed by Hurwitz James Company for $27,500,000.
–Sarah Binder
