ANN ARBOR, MI — A place for family. A place for peace. A place to call home. The Retreat at Turtle Point is exactly that. It is the dream home curated by and for Domino’s founder Tom Monaghan as he meticulously built out — acre by acre — an extraordinary blend of architectural design in a peaceful setting, creating a private oasis only seven minutes from the city of Ann Arbor. This gem is listed at $8.75 million through Charles Reinhart Realtors with real estate associate broker Brent Flewelling. The one-of-a-kind estate, built in 1996, features three custom homes including a main residence, in-law quarters and a caretaker’s house, and it all sits atop a dramatic landscape, wooded and sloping, with intermittent streams. In total, the 30.8-acre property has more than 53,000 square feet of space, and includes 12 bedrooms and 14 bathrooms. All this and more encompasses more than 41 acres. The house itself was built by Johnson Brothers of Ann Arbor and designed with copper roofs and clean lines throughout, Flewelling said. Frank Lloyd Wright was the inspiration for the main house with nearly 10,000 square feet of exceptional living. The main house is more than 5,450 square feet above grade with an additional mostly-finished basement that spans 4,200 square feet, Flewelling said. “Photos don’t do it justice.” Flewelling said. In addition to the three residences on the property, there’s an orchard of semi-dwarf fruit trees; a pasture with cows; barns and sheds full of equipment and supplies; a greenhouse; a grape arbor; and bee hives. On the back side of the property is a three-hole golf course with nine tees and a baseball/softball diamond. The recreational building houses a full sports court, indoor pool, fitness center, racquetball court, spa, sauna, hot tub and game room. In addition, the property includes a full recreation building, ice rink, pavilion, greenhouse and various outbuildings. Flewelling said buyers could potentially add 200 acres more, as there are neighboring open farm fields and an older golf course for sale in the area. This serene retreat is designed for maximum enjoyment and entertainment. It offers the lifestyle of a private resort. From each building design to the bridges, windmill and even the trees — everything was sketched out from plan to fruition. Every last detail is intentional, Flewelling said. “It’s just north of Ann Arbor, so conveniently located where you feel an extremely private, secluded setting on a ridge — all designed and hand -picked," Flewelling said. “Everything on it from where the placement of the properties are to create walkouts, to creating natural light and even creating seclusion — it was all meticulously planned. “To blend into the environment, the home is built on a ridge. When you come up to it, you know, everything from the copper roofs to the clean lines throughout the house, to attention to detail on the driveway with lighting, to bringing natural light into the house, to designing a feel in the way that it feels to live in — the house speaks for itself with landscaping designed intentionally." A detailed look at intricate insight throughout the property Tiered stone walls are used all throughout the property as retaining walls on slopes. Flowers cascade over the tiers on some of them, creating a hanging garden effect. After you drive through the gate house, you pass over the bridge spanning the second pond. On your left is a long grape arbor at the top of the hill that leads to a large greenhouse, and to the recreation building that looks like a huge red barn with two cupolas. Beyond are raised bed gardens, once used to grow vegetables, that now feature only flowers. The neat rows of them provide a sculptural look, and you can easily walk through and pick things within easy reach. The composition of the soil in these beds can be scientifically controlled, and provide excellent drainage as well. Annuals, lilies, roses, and spring bulbs bloom all over the place bring a lush, colorful vibrancy. As the curved brick road approaches a huge windmill, you are now in the center of a space inspired by American barnyards and St. Mark’s square in Venice. The series of connected Taliesin red buildings on the east side is somewhat like a barnyard. Though, these are actually garages that house snowmobiles, go-carts, tractors, equipment and supplies. One is a carwash. The overlapping roofs are stepped down as each unit sits farther down the hill. One of the barns on the square is a wood shop for the maintenance crew to make just about anything. A large pole barn is used for an additional wood shop and storage as well. An enclosed windmill is covered with wooden siding. It has small windows and white painted, shingled siding to add architectural interest to the barnyard. It’s a vertical focal point for the cluster of outbuildings in the square. The windmill pumps water from a well to a storage tank, and today the water is used to maintain the flower gardens and lawns. Beyond the windmill, a baseball/softball diamond and a driving range extends for several acres. The 200-foot recreational building can be used as a full-size basketball, volleyball or tennis court. It also has racquetball, a squash court, a fitness room and a pool. A Jacuzzi, a sauna, and a massage room are included inside. Outside, there is a bordered croquet court, as well as a tennis court, a sunken trampoline and playground equipment. A screened gazebo behind the building provides a wonderful space to relax or enjoy a meal. Beside the recreation building, a stand of walnut trees became a tree village with four tree houses connected by mesh-enclosed walkways with bouncy slats. The largest one was first built in 1997 three stories tall. Hundreds of guests can fit inside of events held in the pavilion — a 120-by-60-foot open-sided, roofed arena that can accommodate tables for everyone plus a large entertainment stage. In winter, it can be converted into a hockey and ice skating rink, complete with a Zamboni for resurfacing and grooming the ice. The large roof is topped with a smaller lantern-style translucent fiberglass roof to let in light with louvers on the side to allow air to pass through. A huge fireplace, made of boulders, anchors one end of the pavilion. “I’ve sold thousands, but never anything as truly amazing as this,” Flewelling said. “It is a lifestyle-designed house for multiple generations with no expenses spared.” In other words, it’s one of one. View the listing here. 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