Luxury Homes

Home of the Week: Links, libations, and light in Newton

This newly built property comes with six bedrooms, seven full baths, two half baths, a golf simulator room, and a media room with a wet bar and a 1,000-bottle wine setup.

The young Newton home sits on nearly a half acre. Bryan Barth

By John R. Ellement, The Boston Globe

January 22, 2025

4 minutes to read

39 Westfield Road, Newton

$6,750,000

Style Contemporary Colonial

Year built 2024

Square feet 9,900

Bedrooms 6

Baths 7 full, 2 half

Sewer/Water Public

Taxes $50,358 (2025)

An offer of dinner and a show invariably meant a trip to the city. And the shout of “fore” is a verbal alert often reserved for the golf course.

That was then.

This recently completed Newton house with its upscale kitchen and high-end media room offers a home-grown version of dinner and a show. And if the most infuriating sport known to mankind is the game you pursue, then the golf simulator room is the perfect place to putt for par while the winter winds whip.

Located at the end of a cul-de-sac, this house designed by LDa Architecture & Interiors spans three floors and comes with garage parking for three vehicles, patios front and back, and an outdoor kitchen with a chimney clad in hand-cut stone.

The elegance begins right at the front door, which opens into a two-story foyer. An office/den with a gas fireplace and built-in shelving sits to the left behind a sliding contemporary panel door. The flooring here and throughout much of the house is 6-inch white oak planks.

The dining room is to the right off the foyer behind a white sliding barn door that hangs from coal-black hardware — the color echoed in the frames of the home’s double-hung windows. A light fixture that mimics an undulating wave hangs from thin wires above the best spot for the table.

A doorway connects to a pantry, which flows into the kitchen. Reflecting the spaciously sized rooms and the price range, the 15-foot-long kitchen island looks like a black monolith laid on its side. Its two faucets, 48-inch-wide sink, prep area, and seating for four indicate its function. The sleek cabinetry mirrors the black of the island, and the backsplash is the same material used for the countertops, which are granite and marble. The kitchen offers gas and induction cooktops, a refrigerator and a freezer that are both 36 inches wide, four ovens, and multiple dishwashers. The catering kitchen is on the other side of the wall.

The kitchen is open to the living room, which impresses with a towering ceiling clad in oak, walls of windows and sliders, and a gas fireplace set in a Neolith sintered stone tile chimney. There are no grout lines, making it look like a single slab. A knee wall separates the space from the breakfast room.

The mudroom, a half bath with bright wallpaper and a matching pine green vanity, a second half bath, and a guest suite with a shower-only bath and floating double vanity complete this floor.

Floating stairs with oak slab treads lead to the second floor, the main bedroom level. Expansive windows allow natural light to pour into the primary suite, which boasts a vaulted ceiling, a gas fireplace, recessed lighting, and a dressing room with custom shelving.

The primary bath competes for attention and is best considered a refuge. Slip into the soaking tub or step into the shower encased in glass. There’s a separate steam shower, too. The marble flooring has radiant heat, and the double floating vanity is topped with quartz. Dornbracht plumbing fixtures are used throughout the bathroom.

The primary suite bath comes with a soaking tub, a shower, flooring with radiant heat, a double floating vanity, and a steam shower. – Bryan Barth

Two of the four secondary bedrooms share a bath with a double vanity and a tub/shower combination. The other two have en-suite baths; one is shower only, while the second has a tub/shower combination. The countertops are quartz, and the flooring and shower surrounds are a mix of marble and porcelain tile.

The separate laundry room comes with built-in shelving.

This secondary bedroom comes with white oak flooring, lending to the continuity of the design by LDa Architecture & Interiors. – Bryan Barth

The fully finished lower level is the best spot for watching a movie; there’s a media center with a 130-inch screen, a 4K ultra high-definition projector, and a surround sound system. Take a break mid-film to grab a beverage and a snack at the wet bar. It has an island with seating for three and a butcher-block top waiting for drink garnish prep. Along the walls are four multi-temperature wine refrigerators with space for 1,000 bottles.

There is also a separate exercise room with a shower-only bath. The golf simulator room is next to the home’s second mudroom, which is connected to the backyard, and the final full bath.

Philip Garfinkle of Philip Garfinkle Realty in Newton has the listing for this home, which sits on 0.49 of an acre under historical commission jurisdiction.

The backyard boasts an extensive outdoor kitchen and dining area. – Bryan Barth

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