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Three Upper Level Bedroom Suites | Bloomfield Hills – $3,685,000 Estate adjacent to Cranbrook Educational Community situated on almost three acres. The perfect blend of clean contemporary space with supreme quality throughout. A traditional floorplan allows for grand entertaining with excellent use of interior space for everyday living.

Walk to Downtown Northville | Northville Township – $3,299,000 Private designer estate offers the very best indoor and outdoor living. Boasting 11,000+ total Sq. Ft. Of premium living space, the formal entry features Italian marble leading to variety of entertaining spaces. Dining room, living room with fireplace and wood paneled library.

Gated Community of Turtle Lake | Bloomfield Township – $2,999,000 Surrounded in a beautiful landscape this 8,500+ Sq. Ft. estate home dazzles with custom amenities and wonderful entertaining spaces. Formal entry hall with hardwood flooring and grand staircase with cast iron railing. Wainscoting and crown moldings throughout add a soft elegance.

Walk to Cranbrook | Bloomfield Hills – $2,090,000 Classically elegant colonial perched on 1.6 acres offering privacy and exclusivity in the City of Bloomfield Hills. Hardwood flooring entry leads to a variety of formal living spaces including living room with brick fireplace and French doors opening to family room with vaulted beam ceiling with wet bar with fireplace.

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Union Lake Lakefront | West Bloomfield Township – $1,695,000 Highly desirable & private, Locklin Lane features premier lakefront living. Situated on almost a half-acre, this custom residence offers quality details, pleasing layout & fabulous entertaining space. Two story foyer with floor to ceiling windows offering views of the lake

Live in Vaughan Triangle, best value in the city, walk to Cranbroock | Bloomfield Hills – $1,369,000 Located along prestigious Vaughan Road surrounded by multi-million dollar estates sits this 4,000+ Sq. Ft. residence designed for entertaining. Two plus acres of lawns, professional landscape and picturesque heated rock pool, spa & waterfall creating the ultimate outdoor oasis.

Birmingham School Districts | West Bloomfield Township – $1,195,000 An well maintained home is more than meets the eye. Views on all three levels brings nature’s beauty inside. Professionally equipped kitchen is the center of the home with a wood-burning fireplace. Main level hosts a Colorado style den, spacious entry level master suite with steamer shower, great room with a story panoramic views of the ravine.

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Custom Built Castle on 4.52 Acres

4,400 sq. ft. Colonial in Villa DiFiore Community

17783 GARDENIA LANE | CLINTON TWP | $624,900

Beautiful colonial on the east shore of 90 acre Spring Lake

5600 ORION ROAD | OAKLAND TWP $3,375,000

5,000 Square Foot Colonial on Lake St. Clair 51425 MERRY LANE | SHELBY TWP. | $679,900

Finished Walkout Backing to Wooded Common Area

37600 LAKESHORE | HARRISON TWP. $1,190,000

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BLOOMFIELD HILLS SCHOOLS

CITY OF ORCHARD LAKE

ONE-OF-A-KIND CUSTOM BUILT HOME ON PINE LAKE

RENOVATED ALL SPORTS ORCHARD L AKEFRONT

$1,895,000

$1,325,000

Photography by Real Vision Studio

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