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FLOWER HILL (INTERIOR)

Architectural Design | Interior Architectural Design | Garden Architectural Design | Interior Design | Construction Administration

12,000 SF – New Single Family Home in Flower Hill, NY

A simple unassuming two-story entrance hall leads directly to the main multifunctional two-story dining room with a floor to ceiling glass wall exposing an unobstructed panoramic view of the garden. The dining room functions as a piano bar when entertaining. To the right of the entrance hall, there is a three-story floating staircase connecting all three levels of the house with ease. There is a three-story glass curtain wall bringing plenty of natural light into the heart of the home.

The open kitchen is connected to the sitting room and breakfast area with direct access to the terrace with full outdoor living amenities. The living room is on the opposite side, sunken down from the dining room with direct access to the green grass field of the garden.

The cellar is intended for entertainment and family gatherings with plenty of natural lights and direct access to the garden. It has a large sitting area with a drop-down projector screen for viewing films, and a ping pong table for game play. A multi-functional squash court with volleyball net, rock climbing wall, and basketball hoop provides endless possibilities for leisure activities for the family. A small gym overlooks the court.

The main home office is over the three-car garage with terraces on three sides. The children’s library/study room is on the second floor overlooking the dining room and a reading room with a full unobstructed view of the garden and pool. The house has five bedrooms.

TESTIMONIAL

“My wife and I have had the absolute pleasure of working with Sussan Lari and her firm for the past two years designing and building our new construction home in the Village of Flower Hill in Manhasset, NY. Sussan performed all possible aspects of her trade. We had a very specific "modern classic" design in mind for our home which is very challenging. We searched regional architects from Boston to Washington D.C. and even started working with another, supposedly high end, Architect in New York City before finding Sussan right next door in the village of Roslyn. We were incredibly fortunate to find a national quality architecture firm so close which allowed us to combine rare top level design skills with the very close local oversight and personal service Sussan provided.

Sussan is an incredibly skilled designer who brings an extraordinary attention to detail to all aspects of her work. While she has designed homes in other styles, she was particularly skilled with our "modern classic" design vision and greatly enhanced it - both aesthetically and practically. The result is an extremely well balanced home that combines local and global, open and intimate, and modern and classic. We also had very extensive "healthy home" restrictions with natural-only materials requirements that she patiently worked with us and the building contractors to adhere to.

While most architects now cut corners to keep their commitment and cost down (such as only providing kitchen and bathroom layouts and sending the client to go to a "kitchen showroom" to pick everything out themselves), Sussan would never think of this and designs the entire house as a whole. She drafted extremely detailed elevations and was at all product design showrooms herself both with and without us. While we did not know it when we hired her, Sussan's kitchen, custom cabinetry and millwork designs are one of her trademarks and, built by her long-time cabinet, millwork and tile installation contractor artisans, offer the highest level of custom results for a cost comparable to upscale kitchen and cabinetry showrooms.

While we hesitate to call Sussan "old school", as she is anything but in her designs, she provides the full, classic array of architectural skills including hyper-detailed designs, materials selection, construction oversight, and perhaps most importantly, contractor management. Sussan gets the best out of every contractor (most of the best of which she knows from multiple projects). Contractors know they are working on one of Sussan's houses and all take their game up a notch knowing only the best results will be accepted. And her professionalism working with local zoning and architectural boards and building inspectors was appreciated by them and lead to a level of trust that was very important in the approvals process for us.

Perhaps most importantly, though, are Sussan's client relationship abilities. She is just such a pleasurable and trustworthy person to work with. If you mention something to her, she will remember it and, unless she comes back to you with a better idea, you can count of it being incorporated. We had a great collaboration with her with a truly massive amount of ideas exchanged with both of us always willing to defer to a better idea. While, of course, she will bend to the client's will if you want, you probably won't want her to, as the few items we "shelved" for later discussion until an agreement could be found, she was definitely correct on in hindsight!

Even as we walk around our house a year after moving in we still notice interior details Sussan created and we are still getting compliments from neighbors regarding the exterior design. We could not be happier with our new home.”

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