The 12,000 square foot French country home is situated on a peninsula at The Water’s Edge in Penhook, and features breathtaking water and mountain views.
was time consuming. Luckily, Bauer has a network of craftsmen such as stone masons and subcontractors, many of whom he has relied on for nearly 20 years, who worked on the house. Their familiarity with one another and vast experience in the building sector, according to Bauer, is what allowed them to finish a home of this complexity in a relatively aggressive timeframe. The bones of it were complicated to construct, with structural steel beyond the scope of most residential projects, Bauer recalls. It’s a smart home, and can be controlled from an iPad or phone. It has on-demand hot water and multiple heating and cooling zones. It has back-up generators, geothermal heating and cooling, and sensors to detect water leaks that can automatically shut off the water supply. That’s all to say, the construction was multi-faceted. As for the finishes, says Jeri of her husband Tim’s hands-on involvement with the project, “There was no detail left to chance.” The exterior of the house has a multi-level roof line and is L-shaped, sitting at the peninsula’s tip. A stone driveway leads to a three car garage, across from which is the main entrance— solid wood French doors with large glass panes. The doors are positioned so that you can see through the back windows and get a glimpse of the lake from the entry. “This was our second custom build, and that’s something I learned… you think about what the sight lines will be,” says Tim.
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