RESIDENCY & ESTATES
Asked about who the buyers are lining up to purchase these shape, step by step, villa by villa, until this wonderful project
high-end properties Anton says, “Our buyers are luxury-minded became a reality,” he adds.
people from all over the world. They are people with style and
sophistication who know exactly what they want and they expect Complementing the cookers are the kitchen cabinets, which were
nothing less than perfection.” fitted by leading French company La Cuisine Française.
When you step inside one of the villas, the first thing you notice is “The kitchen is technically the most challenging part of the house,
the kitchen. The timeless beauty of La Cornue cookers, which are an everyday work area with its mixture of humidity, heat, liquids,
decorated with fleur de lis and one-of-a-kind enameled plinths, and air circulating in and out,” explains Christopher Cousin,
is a clear stand out feature. These custom-made range cookers Founder and CEO of La Cuisine Française, whose family has been
combine traditional style with the latest technology to ensure creating, manufacturing and fitting luxury furniture since 1821.
outstanding cooking results.
“It is therefore vital that the quality of materials, furniture and
“Our involvement with XXII Carat was particularly unique for us worktops in this room are guaranteed for lasting sustainability.
because it was the first time we took on such a large project. Most of our kitchen cabinets are made from plywood carcasses,
Usually, we design made to measure kitchens on a case-by-case guaranteeing stability and lightness in weight, resistance to
basis but with XXII Carat we were involved with a global luxury humidity, and increased load capacity.”
real estate project with 22 exceptional and unique units,” says La
Cornue’s General Manager, Benoît Favier.
“Forum Group had two major requirements. Firstly, everything
needed to be electric and then the plinths, which are normally
made from stainless steel, had to be enameled in the same colour
as the cooker.
“But for XXII Carat we went a step further by upgrading certain
features and adding special flourishes such as the addition of fine
gold and silver leaf.”
Then there are the bathrooms, where you will find the jewel in the
crown of XXII Carat villas, the $1 million bathtubs. Forum Group
brought in precious-rock fixtures from high-end Italian interiors
“For us, it was a very exciting project to work on not only because specialists, Baldi, a company that has carved a niche for itself
of the size of the order but because we could see everything taking creating luxury items for those who appreciate the finer things in
life.
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