From the WSJ Real Estate Archives

A Look at Homes
With Bedroom Kitchens

by Sheree R. Curry
From The Wall Street Journal Online
August 05, 2005

Of the affluent living in $1 million-plus homes, 16% have a kitchen in their bedroom, according to the 2005 Luxury Index released in July by Coldwell Banker. Here are three homes with bedroom kitchens.

  • York, Maine
  • Naples, Fla.
  • Dallas

PLACE/PRICE:  York, Maine / $2.5 million

PROPERTY TAX*:  $7,228 per year

THE PROPERTY:  5 bedrooms, 3 full baths, 2 half baths on 7.6 acres

DESCRIPTION:  This 1794 Federal mansion with 5,380 square feet has 10 hand-carved fireplaces. The baths and main kitchen were replaced in the past five years. There is also a two-room guest cottage.

NOTABLE:  The master bedroom, with hardwood pine floors and high ceilings, has two closets on either side of a mini-kitchen alcove with a refrigerator that can be hidden by shutting two hinged doors.

Note: *Current owner's payment

Sources: coldwellbanker.com; sothebysrealty.com; twineagles.com; briggs-freeman.com

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