This McAlpine Tankersley-designed home built in 2005 that’s a favorite of the Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles staff is on the market for $6.3 million.
The slate roof topped with a working clock makes the home at 150 Blackland Road stand out among other Buckhead residences, with its amazing entryway distinguished by three sets of front doors and a motor court with two carriage houses.
With seven bedrooms, seven full and two half baths, the home was completed by Stan Benecki in 2005, and its architecture has been described as European, with a South African influence, says agent Carol Ann Loyd with Harry Norman, Realtors. Owners Alan and Chi Colberg (managing director of the Atlanta office of consulting firm Bain & Co. and chairman of the Atlanta International School Board of Trustees) have often entertained large groups in the home, which is located near the corner of Tuxedo Road.
The lot isn’t skimpy – 2.35 acres landscaped by Ed Castro, who created a Japanese garden and several perennial gardens. A slate patio and a Pebble Tec pool are among the numerous areas for outdoor entertaining – there’s also an outdoor kitchen, screened-in porch and an open air pavilion.
If you get to look inside, the home has open flow and unexpected details like antique wooden beams in rooms such as the kitchen. If you can’t, look to see a collection of the Montgomery, Ala.-based architecture firm’s idyllic homes that blend nostalgia and history with modern living when “The Home Within Us: The Romantic Houses of McAlpine Tankersley Architecture,” by Bobby McAlpine comes out this spring.
