Whispering Pines is located in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey; which is a desirable suburb of New York City located 30 miles from downtown Manhattan. An excellent and renowned school system through the 8th grade is located less than one mile from the home. Free bus transportation is provide for grades 9-12 to Northern Highlands High School also an excellent and renown school.

Whispering Pines is an expanded Georgian Colonial architectural style home with an all brick exterior and ceiling heights averaging 9.5 feet/floor. There is approximately 5,749 square feet of living area on the first and second floors with an additional 2,176 square feet in the finished daylight basement for a total of 7,935 square feet. In addition the home has a 4 car heated garage with storage area, 2 new heating systems with a total of 7 heating zones and a 6 zones air conditioning system.

The window styles include double hung, circle head & casement. The moderately pitched roof is predominantly a hip configuration. The home has two chimneys and 2 fireplaces, one of which is double sided located in the master bedroom/bathroom and the second fireplace with all stone facades from floor to vaulted cathedral ceiling is located in the great room.

The home sits on approximately 1.08 acres of tastefully and professionally landscaped property, with a gently slope, highlighted by several 60 ft. plus blue spruce pine trees. The local zoning regulations of 1 acre per building lot, provides additional privacy. A 2 story, 6 room newly renovated cottage sits at the rear of the property. There is a circular driveway, with 2 extensions, of approximately 7,000 sq. ft. A separate cottage is located at the rear of the property. A fenced in pool is located at the rear of the main home with a paver patio and surrounding paver walkways. A new breakfast/sunroom provides access to the pool area from the kitchen.

The main entry consists of double solid mahogany doors with side lights. All the interior doors are custom solid mahogany doors. There is a recently renovated kitchen with custom Neff cabinets and base units with stainless steel doors and a stainless steel Thermador Sub Zero refrigerator and a Thermador stainless steel stove with double ovens. An additional 4 burner countertop sits on top of a granite island. Black granite is used for all counter tops in the kitchen. There is a billiard, or formal dining room, that can accommodate a full size billiard table.

Extensive use of granite and natural stone flooring is evident throughout the home. The oversized great room comes with a vaulted cathedral ceiling and a floor to ceiling fireplace finished in hand laid stone.

The main home has a total of 10 bedrooms and 4 1/2 bathrooms. Two of the bedrooms are currently used as offices/studies. In the daylight basement there is a second dining room, with 2 of the above baths, 2 of the above bedrooms and an additional bedroom/exercise room, a kitchenette with a second Thermador Sub Zero refrigerator, a family room and a second laundry center.

The rear, 2 story, cottage is approximately 1,400 square feet with one oversized bedroom located on the second floor, 1 and ½ baths, Jacuzzi, kitchenette, dining area, living room with fireplace and an office/game room. The cottage has just been renovated throughout and is the perfect solution for a mother/daughter configuration, guest or staff lodging.

In the main house the first floor has 2 stairways leading to the finished daylight basement, an office/bedroom a huge designer kitchen with a sitting area/TV center and informal dinning for 8. The sitting area looks over the side garden entrance of the home and has an etched mirror panel wall. A double set of custom crystal glass doors opens to the large great room with ceilings and fireplace which is more than suitable for entertaining large groups. A powder room is located off the kitchen as is a second bedroom/study with another laundry center and access to a deck overlooking the side yard. The main entrance opens to a wonderful foyer with a formal living room to the right and a formal dining room/billiard room to the left.

The second floor has 4 large bedrooms and a bath room in addition to the master suite and bath. All of the bedrooms have custom closet configurations. The master suite has an oversized, newly renovated master bath/SPA with a 9 foot tall custom etched glass enclosed shower with a French door entry. It is finished with onyx wall tile and floor as are the two bench seats. The shower/SPA, of course, comes equipped with a Kohler steam generator and a 7 foot wide Kohler Jacuzzi bath with internal lighting, water fall and numerous dual pump settings. It overlooks the rear yard and pool through a series of floor to ceiling Pella windows with integrated sun shades. A triple sink layout and custom fixtures prevents sharing difficulties.

The master bedroom has a living room size sitting area, a set of double doors that overlook the great room and a dual sided fireplace that also accesses the master bath; of course there is also a large walk-in, custom closet.

Heating throughout the home, except for the master, bath and sunroom is via a new highly efficient 6 zone gas fired hot water baseboard heating system. The sunroom and master bath are heated by their own gas fired in floor radiant heating system. To facilitate filling the large Jacuzzi, the master bath has its own new high efficient 200 gallon water heater. You will not run out of hot water.

The home is perfect for large families and guests that wish to entertain poolside and indoors.