A Brand New Luxury Home in Hualalai That’s Built Like a Resort

At 72-433 Kaupulehu Drive 3 in the upscale Hualalai resort community sits a brand new home with the hefty tag of $12,499,000. Once one enters its iron gates, however, it is easy to understand what the price is all about.

In truth, this luxury home is a cross between a house and a resort. With an interior area of 6,402 sq ft, 5 bedrooms and 5 ½ baths, this property is clearly built for accommodating friends and loved ones over – and in style, too.

What greets a visitor first is the large and splendid,modern-lookinginfinity-edge saltwater pool. A few steps away is apatio shaded by a mahogany trellis, and appointed with long plush chairs where one can imagine guests will be having drinks during cocktail hour.It leads to a spacious living room, which is as elegant as it is relaxed: a sofa set in off-white surrounds a beautiful light brown divider adorned by vases and trays. On the other side is a dining set that’s two steps away from the kitchen.

Further to the right is another living area, with more seating, and a large flat screen TV. There is also an outdoor kitchen and dining area, for meals backdropped by the perfectly manicured lawns, and with fresh air blowing from the ocean and the hills.

Every nook and cranny of this home has been decorated with great care. Some of the ceilingsare vaulted; others are cofferedand wrapped in grasscloth. Alternatively, guests can turn to another side and see large glass walls offering a breathtaking view of the outside. Finely crafted ceramic vases and other table decor s are placed on the tables and on ledges on the walls.In between the home’s living rooms are paved patches of grass and ornamental shrubs and palm trees that give the occupants a touch of green.

Bedrooms have been decorated with a neutral palette and afforded with a view of the ocean, the ocean horizon, or the golf course. Where there is no scenery, rock gardens have been placed and carefully tended to provide a lovely view.Above the tufted headboards are exquisitely framed paintings that bring another dimension to the room.

In the eat-in kitchen, six low-hanging pendant lights are as chic as the sculptural white tufted stools. Not far away are low-backed upholstered chairs and a long table, a set in dove grey. It is a professional-grade kitchen: countertops are in marble, and appliances are by Wolf, Sub-Zero and Miele – ideal for whipping up meals for large gatherings.

There are, too, these other things of beauty around the house: A capiz chandelier that hangs above a freestanding bath tub. A huge walk-in closet. Basalt waterfall. A home spa. Walk-out shower gardens. Bathroom fixtures by Blu Bathworks. Outdoor barbecue and bar.

Indeed, it’s a property built to be one’s home away from home.