10-Year-Old Lake Forest Mansion Asks Nearly $5 Million

LAKE FOREST, IL — An 11,000-square-foot contemporary Lake Forest mansion was listed for the first time this month for nearly $5 million. The two-story stucco home was built on a private cul-de-sac in 2009 on 1.3 acres between Lake Forest College and Lake Michigan.

The home's design mixes the traditional feel of brick chimneys and high, vaulted ceilings, with modern walls of black-framed glass and a metal roof. The home features geothermal heating and is wired with "smart" home technology, according to its listing.

Its main level has an open floor plan, with its multi-story foyer connecting two twin structures and including staircases upstairs and down to a finished lower level. The home is designed with a in-law or guest suite with its own kitchen and laundry room, its listing said.

Inside, the home's stone and hardwood flooring includes radiant heating, and its amenities include a home theater, a sport court, a sauna, an elevator and a large wine cellar.

Outside, there are three stone terraces, a fireplace and a swimming pool. A covered porch has working screens.

Public records identify the sellers as Geraldine Kuchman and Jeff Kuchman, a former Lake Forest plan commissioner. They purchased the property for $628,000 in 1999, a decade before the home was built, and put it on the market on July 1 with an asking price of $4,950,000 — tied for the eighth-priciest in the city.

According to the Lake County Assessor's Office, the property's estimated market value is $2,815,554. Its most recent annual property tax bill was nearly $50,000.

The most expensive suburban home sale of the year so far was the $5.15 million sale of a postmodern lakefront Glencoe mansion designed by local architect Tony Grunsfeld.

In Lake Forest, the priciest home sale of the year was the $3.85 million purchase in June of a 2006-built traditional-style six-bedroom on 1.6 acres on Lake Road by Paul Mann and Jillian Gutman Mann from Thomas Bartlett.

• Address: 435 Thorne Lane, Lake Forest
• Built: 2009
• Asking Price: $4,950,000
• Square Feet: 10,850
• Lot Size: 1.28 acres
• Bedrooms: 7
• Bathrooms: 7 full, 1 half

Listing information originally appeared on realtor.com. For more information and photos, click here.