LIVING SMART

MARINA DEL REY

CALIFORNIA

This seaside smart home is meticulously appointed with immaculate attention to detail, and every top-of-the-line feature imaginable. The four-story, four-bedroom home boasts 4,767 square feet of luxurious living space and approximately 2,000 square feet of outdoor entertaining space that includes three rooftop decks: one with an impressive 360-degree view overlooking the city. Once inside, you will find a safe room, a climate-controlled glass wine room for 400+ bottles, an elevator, and a surround sound movie theater complete with eight leather power reclining seats and 4k Sony HDR projector.

$6,395,000

Property ID: 2YC69T | sothebysrealty.com Sotheby’s International Realty— Pacific Palisades Brokerage Robert Radcliffe 310.317.9900

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LIVING SMART

A CONNECTED HOME OFFERS CONVENIENCE, LUXURY, AND SAFETY IN ONE

By Marcelle Sussman Fischler

No matter where you live, enjoying and relaxing in your surroundings is paramount. Advances in “smart home” systems far exceed your favorite Jetsons episode and help turn a home into a sanctuary.

“The appeal of smart technology, or smart living as we like to say, is really to elevate the comfort of living in luxury homes,” says Andres

Klein, a founder of Maxicon, a custom smart home design and installation firm headquartered in Miami. “It makes our lives easier and brings experiences into our homes that without smart technology would not be possible.”

Gone is the need to worry about what’s happening in your

Aspen ski house while you’re spending February in St. Barts or wonder when you’ve gone out for the evening whether the kids have turned off the television and gone to bed. “Our customers have multiple homes in different countries and can monitor them using one app,” Klein says.

Lighting, entertainment, thermostats, garage doors, pools, door locks, and gates can be controlled at the touch of a button or voice interface. Kitchen appliances and sprinkler systems can be added to custom scenarios.

“Today, there is a big push to bring in technologies like circadian lighting to try to replicate natural light in our homes from sunrise to sunset,” Klein says, tuning the single-tone inside lighting to be in sync. “During the day, sheer drapes move automatically to block the sun, and in the afternoon, we get these warmer tones which our bodies connect to and make us calmer.” In the seaside community of Marina Del Rey near Los

Angeles, a four-story 4,800-square-foot smart house with an elevator, an eight-seat home theater, and a trio of amenity-rich rooftop decks is “like an X-factor house.

You have everything,” says Robert Radcliffe of Sotheby’s

International Realty. Its LED lights are on a dimmer system programmed to come on at sunset, and the motorized shades close automatically. In the kitchen, mood lighting is incorporated in a glasssided wine cellar with a backlit natural quartzite feature wall. Quartzite kitchen counters, a fireplace wall in the living room, and an onyx bathroom sink can be illuminated.

Two-zone heated porcelain floors have Wi-Fi thermostats.

A 1,000-gallon rooftop hot tub with transparent Lucite walls and a spillover effect has lights programmed to display a rainbow of hues. The deck’s wet bar, including a wine fridge, has four speakers integrated with the home’s voiceactivated 13-zone indoor-outdoor Sonos surround sound system.

Security plays a significant role in the home’s automation, with video doorbells on the front and back gates, 21 cameras, an intercom system that can be answered from anywhere, a bulletproof safe room, four networked garage doors, and interior and exterior doors that can be opened remotely.

A fingerprint access control system determines who enters the wine cellar. “It’s not just a smart house,” Radcliffe says. “It’s a safe house.”

Intelligent home innovation extends further into wellness and safety, Klein says. Automated air- and water-quality controls filter impurities and odors. New technologies help adult children remotely monitor elderly parents who live alone, too.

Peace of mind comes with a comprehensive smart house system. Smart plumbing signals leaks; HVAC systems send remote alerts if the house gets too warm or too cold.

Refrigerators prompt when it’s time to restock milk. Smart showers remember preferred temperatures and advise when the water is just right.

“A smart home is a more convenient home,” says Radcliffe. “It also provides you more comfort to enjoy a luxury lifestyle and more freedom to enjoy other things than needing to maintain miscellaneous home functions. Therefore, investing in a ‘smart’ home is also investing in you.”

COSTA BLANCA

SPAIN

This award-winning, handcrafted piece of luxury does not leave any scars on the landscape. The level differences of the plot became part of the design and have led to playful spaces with slanting sides, unexpected corners, and large areas of glass that offer unrestricted views of the vast surroundings. Innovation is recognized throughout the villa with state-of-the-art demotics such as motorized doors and curtains, including its 7.20-meter-high entrance door and the 6.30-meter-high terrace doors. Also, the exterior lighting and irrigation of the garden’s exquisite design with native vegetation are all programmable. Visiting this home will leave an exceptional experience featuring top-notch innovation of sustainability and intelligence.

€4,850,000

Property ID: DDF399 | sothebysrealty.com VIVA Sotheby’s International Realty Juan Torregrosa, +34 971 721 000

CALIFORNIA

The just-completed penthouse at The Pacific showcases large-scale rooms with soaring ceilings, light from windows on three sides, contemporary designs, and topline infrastructure—atop one of San Francisco’s most admired buildings. As one of the city’s largest condominiums, this five-bedroom, five-and-one-half bath penthouse spans 5,310 square feet while providing a palette of warm finishes rich in texture—from organic walnut millwork to undulating floors of travertine. As healthy living is the ultimate luxury, the penthouse delivers a rigorous wellness program with construction materials— from insulation to glue to paint—certified organic and toxin-free, delivering the purest, cleanest indoor air. Flooring in the northern bedrooms and windows throughout shield from external electromagnetic frequencies.

$19,995,000

Property ID: PXV8W2 | sothebysrealty.com Sotheby’s International Realty— San Francisco Brokerage Gregg Lynn 415.595.4734

NEW YORK

NEW YORK

A stunning, one-of-a-kind, designer residence in the most desirable Tribeca location, this full-floor unit offers lofty space, incomparable style, and sweeping views of the downtown skyline. This no- compromise home was gut renovated by Voorsanger Architects and built by Paolo Cassina, using only the highest quality finishes and bespoke design touches. With gorgeous Wenge floors, smart home automation, a built-in sound system, custom lighting, motorized shades, a multi-zone heating/cooling system, and large walk-in laundry room, this state-of-the-art home has every convenience imaginable.

$9,950,000

Property ID: TCX2Q2 | sothebysrealty.com Sotheby’s International Realty— East Side Manhattan Brokerage Kevin B. Brown 917.886.8850 and Craig George 917.886.4760

SOLANA BEACH

CALIFORNIA

Situated on the bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean is a stunning modern two-story home with four bedrooms and four full baths. The open concept interior living area flows into spacious outdoor patio areas with sweeping ocean views, thoughtfully curated architectural details and interior design that reflect a posh casual coastal lifestyle and a peaceful, inviting ambience complete with an array of luxurious amenities. Some amenities include Lutron Lighting and Savant AV control systems, full security system, custom pivot entry door with keyless entry, automated integrated Lutron window shades, and infrared heating. In addition, floor-to-ceiling Fleetwood doors and windows open onto first- and second-level heated outdoor patios that showcase the impressive views.

$13,995,000

Property ID: VHSG5X | sothebysrealty.com Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty Connie Pittard +1 619.733.6815

WEST PALM BEACH

FLORIDA

Impeccable new construction on the El Cid waterfront with exquisite attention to detail, every modern luxury, and unimpeded water views. On a nearly 19,000foot corner lot, beautifully landscaped by Nievera Williams, this smart home is an elegant contemporary take on classic Palm Beach architecture with iron-look windows, handmade Mexican roof tiles, and waxed plaster walls. A 52-foot, twolane lap pool sits off the electric screened terrace. The three-bay garage fitted with two lifts can accommodate up to five cars and is complete with an electric vehicle charger.

$26,900,000

Property ID: VDWEKL | sothebysrealty.com Sotheby’s International Realty Palm Beach Brokerage Lisa Cregan 847.910.1303 and Christine Franks 561.685.5387

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