Overview
Renovated Estate with Limitless Potential
This rare property features a fully renovated 1913 residence paired with two additional custom-built homes, creating a multi-building estate. The main house spans over 10,000 square feet across four finished levels and offers six bedrooms, a library office, generous living spaces, and modern systems with separate HVAC for each floor. The main level includes a gracious foyer, original oak floors, large living and dining rooms, a dining porch, and a kitchen with quartz countertops, Wolf stove, and Subzero refrigerator. The dining porch opens to a stone fireplace and garden pagoda. The second floor features original wood floors and private en-suite bedrooms, including a master suite with a gas fireplace and a marble-lined bathroom with a clawfoot tub and shower, plus a laundry room with two washers and dryers. The third floor offers Hickory floors, two bedrooms, a living room with a gas fireplace, and a bathroom with a custom Kohler double-vanity sink and marble-and-stone walk-in shower. The lower level stone cellar includes a bathroom, shower, custom-built Finlandia sauna, bedroom, studio kitchen, living room, workout and massage room, storage, storm shelter, and escape window. The 2,300-square-foot carriage house has a full kitchen with quartz countertops, living area, laundry, powder room, king suite with spa bath, and French doors to a private deck. The 3,200-square-foot cottage features an open-design kitchen with quartz countertops and a dining area, as well as front and back decks. The second floor includes a primary king bedroom with a catwalk leading to an open-air office and sitting room. The lower level comprises garden-style windows, a custom-built room-length desk, living room, laundry, marble-tiled bathroom with shower, bedroom, concrete storage and storm shelter. The grounds include a greenhouse, water garden with koi pond and waterfall, a flowing creek, yoga lawn, fruit trees, and native and herb garden. The property, offered largely furnished, is move-in ready as a turnkey residence, second home, hospitality hybrid business, multi-generational living, or divided lots in Franklin Grove, Illinois, located in Lee County.