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WYCG for ... $769,000

by Amanda Bedgood

Seven-bedroom traditional versus four-bedroom French-inspired home


Seven-bedroom, five-bath traditional

PRICE: $765,000

SQUARE FEET: 6,131

PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT: $124

ADDRESS: 335 W Martial Ave (Rivergate, Lafayette) [map it](https://maps.google.com/maps?q=335 W Martial Ave, LAFAYETTE, LA)

THE SETTING: Located in between River Ranch and Beaullieu Place on more than an acre of land with access from a private road owned by the sellers.

THE HOME: The main house offers 4,108 square feet of living space with a large master suite downstairs as well as two additional bedrooms. The master suite features two large walk in closets, spa tub, separate shower and a sauna and private access to the pool. The living room features a custom media hutch, a wood burning fireplace, a wet bar and leads to the formal dining room and the sunroom. The kitchen includes a breakfast area, gas range/oven, bar seating and lots of cabinet space. There are two additional bedrooms upstairs. The storage is abundant with four attics, a large storage room that is heated and cooled, multiple storage closets, a large two car garage attached to the main house and a four car carport attached to the pool house. The pool house is 2,000 square feet, offers two bedrooms, two full bathrooms, cathedral ceilings, full kitchen and a large living space with plenty of room for a living room set up and a pool table. The large gunite pool is in the middle of the main house and the pool house and is large enough to swim laps. There is not another property in Lafayette that offers this amount of property in such a central and high demand, but private location available.
CONTACT: Carrie Theard, (337) 235-7770, Keaty Real Estate Company


Four-bedroom, four-bath french

PRICE: $769,000

SQUARE FEET: 3,770

PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT: $203

ADDRESS: 217 English Gardens Pkwy (Brookshire Gardens, Lafayette) [map it](https://maps.google.com/maps?q=217 English Gardens Pkwy, LAFAYETTE, LA)

THE SETTING: Located in Brookshire Gardens neighborhood

THE HOME: This three-year-old custom built home includes a master suit and additional bedroom downstairs. Master suite bath has slab granite with dual sinks, large soaking tub, separate custom shower, large walk-in closet with his and hers built-ins with hard wood floors and an office on the same wing of house as master plus a half bath and large laundry. (All with custom beaded ceilings.) Laundry has long leaf pine counter top around mop sink. Open kitchen and slab granite island to living area with fireplace on one side and breakfast room on the other side. Large cypress beams around entrance to this area and large cypress beams on ceiling plus brick archway as well as reclaimed hard wood steps to the second floor. All bedrooms have private baths. Hard wood floors throughout except in wet areas. Upstairs has media or kids room plus small extra room for sewing/dolls/desk. There is a large workshop off garage with extra storage area plus storage room off back of garage from back yard. Home has numerous huge walk-in closets with hanging and shelving. Home is set up for outdoor entertaining with wood burning fireplace and cooking grill area. Professional landscaping with accent garden lighting and sprinklers throughout front lawn top off this luxury life style. Extra deep garage for those long vehicles/ trucks for today's living. Five year warranty on appliances. Indoor/wyoutdoor speakers with stereo equipment.

CONTACT: Midge Parker, (337) 262-7836, Coldwell Banker Pelican R.E.

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