PALM BEACH, FL – Three Palm Beach-area listings represented by Jack Elkins, Chris Deitz and Steve Simpson of William Raveis Real Estate have been selected as finalists in the HGTV Ultimate House Hunt 2020. The Ultimate House Hunt is a month-long online promotion held on HGTV.com annually, showcasing extraordinary homes for sale in eight categories: amazing kitchens, beachfront homes, big city digs, countryside retreats, curb appeal, homes with a history, outdoor escapes and waterside homes. The William Raveis Real Estate listings were selected by HGTV editors as finalists in the Beach Front Homes (Jack Elkins, REALTOR®), Outdoor Escapes (Chris Deitz, REALTOR®) and Amazing Kitchens (Steve Simpson, REALTOR®) categories.
All nominees are represented by members of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® and Luxury Portfolio International®. This is the ninth consecutive year HGTV has worked exclusively with Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® and Luxury Portfolio International® for the Ultimate House Hunt, which runs from June 30 through August 4. The popular promotion generated more than one million votes last year, with consumers selecting their favorite among the featured listings.
Located at 1115 Hillsboro Mile in Hillsboro Beach, FL, the contender for Ultimate Beachfront Homes is a stunning 12,562-square-foot Marc-Michaels furnished home, created by award-winning Affiniti Architects and built by Mark Timothy Luxury Homes. On the market for $23 million, this ultra-modern masterpiece is on secluded sweeping grounds fronting approximately 100 feet of Atlantic Ocean. The gated drive leads to a private courtyard entry with a floating walkway across a reflecting pond. From the entry and throughout, extensive use of glass brings the outdoors in and showcases the ocean, a resort-style pool and luscious gardens. Finishes and furnishings are best-in-class and the home includes private yacht dockage on the Intracoastal Waterway.
The Outdoor Escapes contender is named Lago-a-Lago or Lake-to-Lake, for its incomparable location on Palm Beach Island with the widest part of Lake Worth opposite the front door and Lake Worth Lagoon at the backyard dock. Designed by award-winning Roger Janssen of Dailey Janssen, the popular Minimalist Modern architecture is fresh, contemporary and truly one-of-a-kind for Palm Beach. Located at 520 Island Drive, this brand-new stunning mansion with 13,025 square feet of air-conditioned living space and 17,190 square feet of total indoor/outdoor living space sits on nearly one acre of desirable and secluded Everglades Island. It offers magnificent views of the Intracoastal, West Palm Beach skyline, Worth Avenue and Everglades Golf Club, and the seamless integration of indoors and outdoors creates an incomparable lifestyle experience.
Designed in the late 1930s by Maurice Fatio, WRRE’s listing at 221 Monterey Road epitomizes classic Palm Beach Romance. The home exemplifies Fatio's knack for creating homes noted for their beautiful entrances, high ceilings, symmetry and balanced proportions. With the same focus, the home was methodically renovated in 2010 and 2011, highlighting Fatio's skill while flawlessly modernizing the functional usability. The custom gourmet kitchen with integrated Viking appliances and Carrara white Marble counter surfaces, pickled white oak hardwood and stone floors, plus many of the original classic Fatio details, won the home its nomination in the HGTV 2020 Ultimate Kitchens category.
Consumers can tour the 89 homes selected as finalists by viewing photo galleries on HGTV.com and can then cast a vote for their favorite properties. A winner will be chosen in each category based on the highest number of votes received, and an overall favorite will be awarded for the listing receiving the most votes. Additional properties are included in the Global Homes gallery, which spotlights homes from 13 different countries or territories around the world. The winning homes will receive editorial exposure on HGTV.com, as well as the prestige of being selected as an HGTV fan favorite.
To view all homes and cast your vote, visit: HGTV.com/househunt
About William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage and Insurance
William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage and Insurance (WRRE) is the number one family-owned real estate company in Florida and the Northeast and the eighth largest independent real estate brokerage in the United States, according to REAL Trends. Bill Raveis, WRRE’s CEO and Chairman, founded the company 45 years ago and has turned it into a real estate powerhouse with more than 4,200 talented sales associates across 137 offices in nine states. In 2019, WRRE closed over $12.2 billion in real estate sales across its footprint, up from $11.3 billion in 2018. WRRE received Luxury Portfolio International’s® Top Luxury Brokerage Award for overall engagement in Luxury Portfolio among 565 brokerages across 70 countries. Co-Presidents Chris Raveis and Ryan Raveis were named the 32nd most powerful and influential real estate leaders on the Swanepoel Power 200 (SP200) list for 2019. For more information, visit raveis.com or blog.raveis.com.