Super-luxury estates don’t just come with swimming pools and tennis courts these days, but also boast elaborate home theaters and special controls that can unlock doors or adjust thermostats even if you’re halfway around the world.
Debra Johnston, Buckhead Office, REALTOR®
“I’ll walk into a dark house with a buyer, press one button and turn on the lights, the music and the home theater downstairs,” says Debra Johnston, an Atlanta real estate agent who specializes in high-end properties. “The whole house is ready to go — and the client can see that.”
More and more high-end properties feature such “smart-home” technologies – professional-grade audio/video systems, plus lights, thermostats, window shades and more that you can control with an Apple iPad or other smart device.
List price: $11.5 million
Listing agent: Debra Johnston, Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty, 404-312-1959
This newly built 2-acre estate features all sorts of cutting-edge technology, from a home theater that cost nearly $1 million to lights, thermostats and more that you can control remotely.
Virtually every room in this seven-bedroom/13-bathroom home is connected to central music and security systems and comes prewired for CAT5 cable, PBX phones and high-speed Internet access. There’s also a high-tech geothermal heating/cooling system and super-efficient thermal-pane windows and icynene insulation.
But it’s the property’s home theater that really shines.
Outfitted with 12-seat German-made leather seats, the space boasts a $160,000 Digital Projections Pro-Cinema Commercial Projector, a 171-inch Stewart film screen and a $17,000 Snell surround-sound speaker/subwoofer system.
Located in the Tuxedo Park section of Atlanta’s exclusive Buckhead neighborhood, the estate also features four fireplaces, a 1,500-bottle wine cellar, a 70-foot geothermal-heated pool, a custom kitchen and an outdoor auxiliary kitchen for entertaining.
Tuxedo Park estate, Atlanta, GA