Newport Beach Luxury Real Estate Photographer | Lido Park Drive
5th Floor Luxury Apartment Overlooking the Newport Marinas
Just photographed this last Wednesday for Bill Robinson of Robinson Home Builders. And it will be appearing in LUXE INTERIORS magazine in the next couple of moths. I was a particularly difficult luxury real estate photography shoot on Lido Park Drive. The materials use in the upscale home are unforgiving if photographed incorrectly or haphazardly. I get to see allot of multi-million dollar properties each month, some in the 10’s of millions. And only 1 in 10 luxury homes are built to these impeccable specifications and quality. Everything in this luxury real estate home was custom. The owners purchased two adjacent apartments {on the same floor} and hired Robinson Home Builders, to create one big open plan, and gut and renovated them.
Only 1 In 10 Luxury Homes Are Built To These Impeccable Specifications.
What make this home so unique is the uses of African Zebra wood throughout the entire home. The owners wanted the feel of an open plan loft and also to carry through a ship feel, hence the extensive use of wood. Surfaces range from stainless steel, to Zebra wood, glass, dark Granite in the kitchen, Quartz lit from behind, White Quartz for the master bath, silk curtains, dark wood flooring, textured matt silver wall covering, dark wood Japanese style kitchen screen, long skinny glass tile for the back splash which is echoed when used in the bathroom shower stalls and subtly polished stone flooring in the master bath. Each surface reflects light differently and is extremely difficult to photograph with a regular approach. So great care must be taken to make sure that there are no hot spots or glaring reflections on the wood, glass, floor and stone surfaces.
I’m not a builder but an observer. Its easy to tell quality when you’ve been around it most of your life. Small details like having the plugs and electrical sockets built into the floor and covered with brass plates. The Zebra wood is cut perfectly to match all throughout the home. The custom ceilings are fitted with top of the line LED lighting. The scale of the custom cabinets, kitchen and bathroom are all built impeccably to fit the human scale so the environment feels warm and cozy. The quality of all the hardware used throughout is the finest, the way doors and drawers close, all water fixtures, lighting controls are all carefully chosen and masterfully installed. There are no corners cut on the build out or the interior design. I love being a Newport Beach Luxury Real Estate Photographer
Details of the custom Zebra wood cabinets from the dressing room {above and below} .