Llama Ridge. Breathtaking, extremely private home site surrounded by 80 acres of park land/open space, on Hook Mountain West. The home is a short walk to an extraordinary spot overlooking the Hudson River. Live, think, create, in your own natural & private piece of the best that the Hudson Valley has to offer - or just relax!. Luxurious new construction, built by Eric Bosley and designed by Hudson Valley Architect, Douglas McClure. His vision was to create a modern home that took the shape of an old historic New England style structure that became common in the 1800s and early 1900s. As extended families grew in the region, owners converted their barns to living or working space which were connected by a breezeway. McClure created a modern version of this old style home at Llama Ridge. These modern boxes with rows of modern farm house windowson are extremely striking, and being set on a mountain ridge in the Hudson Valley makes it amazing! The home was just completed and features over 6,100s.f. of living space that gets flooded with sunlight all day long; south & west exposures. It features tall ceilings, three custom tray ceilings in the great room that compartmentalize the space in an interesting way. Rows of highly stylized farm house windows that feature dainty mullions cast wonderful shadows from the sunlight on the walls and floors all day, as the sun moves in the sky. The expanse of living room is about 60ft long. Llama Ridge features all the bells and whistles of a top luxury home. It's more than a home - it's a lifestyle. In a former life, this land started as simple cape style home, probably around WWII, and there was an old barn the property that was reportedly much older. Ultimately the barn became an out of the way antique store that people would come up the mountain road to find treasures. Later four llamas moved on the mountain and were fenced in and lived as a pact for many years. Former owners brought schools kids up to see the llama. There were also greenhouses on the land with an array of different varities of orchids that grew liked weeds in this magical setting. The stone base of one of the greenhouses is on the north side of the property and can still be seen today. Perhaps it will be another greenhouse one day.? Llama Ridge is more than a home - it's a lifestyle. This property borders Upper Nyack and is a short drive to the villages of Nyack, Piermont, Irvington and Tarrytown. Mass transit to NYC is easy, and one can drive to Mid-town in 45 minutes. Nothing compares to Llama Ridge.
