The Estates at Bay Colony Golf Club
Naples, Florida

featuring

~ The Alan J. Pratt Estate ~

Private golf, beach and yacht club memberships available

Welcome to a unique, private golf community, The Estates at Bay Colony Golf Club, and one of its most spectacular estate homes, the Alan J. Pratt Estate. Crafted after the luxurious lifestyle of an 18th-century Tuscan villa, it is built for the 21st century and beyond. 

See below for a photographic essay about Bay Colony and the Pratt home.    
~ The Clubhouse, The Bay Colony Golf Club, Naples, Fla. ~

 

~ The Bay Colony Golf Club, aerial. ~

 

~ The Bay Colony Beach Club. ~

 

~ Estate home, Alan J Pratt. Price: $7.975 million ~

~ Detail of the rotunda, Pratt Estate. ~

The soaring entry rotunda in the entrance hall is a dramatic example of the architectural details seen throughout the home. The spokes are comprised of eight beams and are fixed 30 feet about the floor.

 

~ Living room with fireplace, Pratt Estate. ~

The living room is crowned by a 28-foot coffered ceiling of oak beams. The focus of the room is the massive, hand-carved marble fireplace and three arched windows that reach up two stories and 24 feet. 

 

 ~ Portico with fireplace, Pratt Estate. ~

Live alfresco in the portico which has a stirring, hand-hewn beamed ceiling, stone fireplace, Ivory Rustic saturnia floor, fully equipped summer kitchen and concealed screens and shutters.

 

~ Family room, Pratt home. ~

The family room is accented by a beautiful natural shellstone fireplace and features beamed ceiling and hand-painted coffers, golf course views and French doors leading to the portico.

 

~ Kitchen with copper hood, Pratt Estate. ~

A gourmet's delight, the kitchen is fitted with appliances from Viking, Sub Zero, Dacor and Miele, while the dining room has an 850-bottle, walk-in wine vault.

 

 ~ Library and music room, Pratt Estate. ~

Curl up with a great book in the library and music room which has a French limestone fireplace. Concealed lighting behind each bookcase shelf softly highlights books and accessories.

 

Naples' Most Exclusive Enclave
The Estates at Bay Colony is Naples most exclusive estate enclave. Located on 280 secluded, double-gated acres, only 75 estate homes are tucked in and around its world-class golf course designed by Robert von Hagge. 

The elaborate amenities include a private stretch of white sandy beach on the Gulf of Mexico and a separate, private yacht club with direct access to the Gulf waters. In addition there is tennis, a fitness center, fine dining, five-star concierge service and embassy-level security. 

18th Century Style, 21st Century Technology
All these amenities, plus Naples' culture, shopping, restaurants, private banking, hospital, health care are within five minutes of the doorstep of the Alan J. Pratt Estate at Bay Colony, which is now available for $7.75 million, a $2 million reduction from the original asking price.

Based on the the styling of 18th century Italian villas, The Pratt Estate is a completely customized six-bedroom, six-bath residence, comprising more than 11,000 square feet of air-conditioned living area, plus two, air-conditioned, two-car garages. Construction was completed in 2000.

Overall, square-footage is more than 13,500 square feet, plus open flagstone pool decks and terraces. From the living room and portico you can look out over a 50-foot, natural-stone, lagoon pool with vanishing edge, waterfalls and oversized spa.

Built to Last 
The house is fully engineered and built with tons of steel, ensuring that it will delight generations to come. Its high-impact, hurricane-rated doors and windows offer state-of the art resistance to hurricane-force winds. And when Naples has it inevitable hurricane encounter, the villa even has its own fully-automatic generator system for the entire house, including refrigeration and air-conditioning.

Amenities include eight, full-masonry, wood-burning fireplaces (also equipped with gas logs), fiber optic and data cables throughout and hand-wrought ironwork. Entertaining is easy with a connoisseur's dream kitchen, plus a summer kitchen and an 850-bottle, walk-in wine vault off the dining room.

The 3,000-sq.ft. master suite is the ultimate cocoon with a theater, two fireplaces, and a 40-ft. dressing room. The list of details and amenities goes on and on.