179 Mendosa landed on the market in mid-October asking $1,795,000. The 3-bed, 4.5-bath, 3,200-square-foot single-family home sits on a "very private" cul-de-sac in the Forest Hill neighborhood. While built in 1980, the home was recently "beautifully renovated." Property highlights include amazing city views from all four levels, and a living room with "massive" windows that frame said views.
· 179 Mendosa [Redfin]
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Location: Greenwich, Conn.
Price: $13,000,000
The Skinny: Built in 1992 to blueprints by Ulrich Franzen—designer of Manhattan's Phillip Morris Building—this country estate proffers a striking post-modern profile in a land of shingle and stone. The five-bedroom mansion sits on seven acres of lakeview property, and the house takes advantage of those views with a towering glass atrium. Aside from the architectural distinction of the main house, the property boasts a two-bedroom guest house, parking for seven cars, a swimming pool, and an illuminated tennis court. A healthy roster of amenities, but, frankly, we're just happy this 1992 build didn't try to emulate the old guard.
· Dramatic International Style, Greenwich [Sotheby's]
Move over, Michelangelo! The real ceiling fun is happening in Dallas, where a 14,670-square-foot estate on the market for $12.5M is all about what's happening overhead. Said "exquisite ceiling treatments," as the listing describes them, pervade the eight-bedroom behemoth, which also includes a media room, great room, master great room, and very mysterious-sounding "project room." While each ceiling varies wildly in color, tone, and scope, unity is achieved by the overstuffed La-Z Boy loungers that pepper the space. Have a look above.
· 10660 Strait Lane, Dallas [Trulia]
