orado, where Bechtold is originally from, and she misses them, and her grandchildren, dearly.
“ Leaving is very hard for me, because I truly love this place,” she says.“ Yet the girls aren’ t here.”
The 5,800-square-foot home sits on two coastal acres hugging the Sakonnet Passage. It features three bedrooms, including a main bedroom suite and changing area with custom teak closets, two and a half bathrooms, a cavernous great room, a gourmet kitchen with Viking and Sub-Zero appliances and marble Carrara countertops, automated smart home systems and in-floor radiant heating. It also has access to a private beach, a 1,400-square-foot rooftop deck, custom teak accents in each room, Douglas fir ceilings and floor-to-ceiling retractable windows in the great room and atrium.
There’ s also a six-seat movie theater, complete with luxury seats that come with illuminated cupholders, USB charging ports and small tables( for popcorn, of course). May I suggest a flick befitting the house? The Brutalist, perhaps?
The home’ s wooden accents and ample windows give the interior a honeyed, warm glow. Although the building is made of concrete, it never looks or feels cold inside.
“ To be able to take in all that farmland and the ocean, these beautiful 180-degree views outside these glass walls, it’ s really extraordinary,” says Cherry Arnold, an agent with Mott & Chace Sotheby’ s International Realty.“ It’ s a perfect place for a house like this that has so much glass.”
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: The main bedroom has floor-to-ceiling windows and custom teak cabinets, and a custom teak and ebony inlaid king-size bed; custom teak cabinets and drawers line the master suite’ s dressing area; a custom teak sink in the master bath features a Linac marble countertop; the freestanding soaking tub comes with secluded natural views. BELOW: Guests can watch a movie— The Brutalist, perhaps?— in the six-seat theater.
When they first moved in, Bechtold was always asking if Saal had left the kitchen light on. He hadn’ t. It was just the natural light flowing into the space.
Domenic Carcieri designed and built the home in 2016, dubbing it Brutaliste Sur Mer and a“ self-contained oasis” in a promotional video. There are six distinct spaces connected by“ bridges,” with the living area, kitchen and main bedroom suite on the main level; two guest bedrooms and bath on the second level; and a rooftop deck on the third level. The theater, four-car garage and 2,000-squarefeet of unfinished space are on the lower level.
For anyone intimidated by the large front stairway— or those who may have mobility issues— a space wired for an elevator runs from the garage level to the second floor, Saal says.
The property is at 155D West Main Rd., Little Compton. As of press time, it’ s listed at $ 4.15 million. Contact Cherry Arnold of Mott & Chace Sotheby’ s International Realty at 864-5401 or cherry. arnold @ mottandchace. com for more information or a viewing. 🆁
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