Listing of the Day

Location: Miami, Florida

Price: $9.55 million

This hacienda-style estate in a wealthy agricultural area on the outskirts of Miami was built to handle serious entertaining.

"The house itself is made to cater to over 1,200 people," listing agent Barbara Estela said. "That’s based on the owners’ Christmas parties."

They bought the property in 1991 and then built the house in 1994. It was designed by Jose Suarez of Sieger Suarez Architects.

"Suarez has done a lot of houses in the area," Ms. Estela said. "He is a very well-known architect in South Florida."

The house is in the Redland section of Miami-Dade County, "a very well-known, very wealthy agricultural area," Ms. Estela said.

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The family-owned Knaus Berry Farm, which has been in operation since the 1950s, is right next door to this property.

There are also some well-known wedding venues in the neighborhood, Ms. Estela said.

"One of my ideas for this listing is to make it a resort-style retreat," she said. "It caters to being a retreat, or a bring-the-whole-family party house, or it could be a hotel. There are a lot of venues there, but not hotels."

The five-acre property has a great deal of privacy, she said. "It’s gated all throughout, and they built the house as a fortress."

Architectural and design details include 11 hand-painted rooms by various artists, Mexican Saltillo tile throughout, polished brass hardware, Belizean mahogany interior doors and cabinetry, custom ironwork, granite counters in the kitchens and baths, 35 sets of French doors, more than 200 poured concrete columns, and KitchenAid, Traulsen and Thermador appliances.

All of the exterior ceilings are Belizean tongue-and-groove mahogany accented with rosewood.

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Stats

The 12,790-square-foot house has six bedrooms, five full bathrooms and one partial bathroom. It sits on a 4.87-acre lot. There is also a two-bedroom, two-bath guesthouse with a kitchen.

Amenities

Amenities include a pool and Jacuzzi, a three-car garage, a tennis court, a sand volleyball court, a professional-size lighted basketball court, a wine cellar, a vegetable garden and organic avocado grove, and a summer kitchen with a charbroiler, a wood-burning pizza oven and a custom covered barbecue pit. The property has more than 10,000 square feet of exterior courtyards, covered balconies and terraces.

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Neighborhood Notes

"You’re pretty much 30 to 40 minutes from everything," including downtown Miami and the beaches, Ms. Estela said.

A lot of people in this neighborhood have horses, she said. "This property doesn’t have stables, but there is plenty of room to build them."

Agent: Barbara Estela, ONE Sotheby’s International Realty

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