The Song Residence

BUILDERS SPECIFICATIONS
+/- 10,000 sq ft home & +/-1 000 sq ft garage
including finished basement area
at 234 Vaccaro Drive, Cresskill, New Jersey
9 bedrooms, 9 full bathrooms & 1 half bathrooms

BASE
BASE PLUS

LUXURY
PACKA

PACKAGE

PACKAGE
SITE PREPARATION AND EXCAVATION

All trees and stumps, and scrub will be removed as per final approved site plan.
Y Y Y

The existing topsoil will be stripped & stock piled for use in the final grading of the house. Any excess topsoil will be removed by
builder. Y Y Y

Grades & location of the house will be per final approved site plan .
Y Y Y

Site will be excavated to the underside of footing as per final approved site plan. All footings at 3000 PSI will sit on undisturbed
earth. Y Y Y

Sewer line, water line & electric service will be excavated & backfilled.
Y Y Y

Seepage pits will be installed & connected to drainage lines to contain water runoff.
Y Y Y

Silt fence and driveway stone wheel blanket to be maintained by builder throughout project, according to BCSCD rules. Soil erosion
control will be implemented. Y Y Y

Street will be broom swept clean throughout project. All debris will be removed from site.
Y Y Y

MASONARY CONSTRUCTION
Poured solid concrete foundation walls reinforced where required will be constructed – 12” thick, 9’ high
Y Y Y

4” concrete slab with vapor barrier will be installed in basement & garage floor.
Y Y Y

Basement to have French floor drain with sump pit (PITS)

1 2 2

Exterior foundation walls will be waterproofed by spraying asphalt coating or rubber coating
asphalt asphalt rubber

Rigid insulation boards (either ¾” thick or 1 ½” thick)

N ¾” 1-1/2”

Foundation will be backfilled in compacted lifts

Y Y Y

Radon piping will be connected to French drains in basement slab, and piped out of first floor wall, Or into attic & through roof
1st floor 1st floor attic/roof

Footing drain with a base of 8” deep of crushed stone. A 4” slotted drain pipe placed over the base will be completely covered with
more stone.
The gravel bed will then be covered with filter fabric & backfilled.
Y Y Y

Front steps to be stone face & either cast stone, blue stone or limestone steps.
Cast stone blue stone lime stone

Fireplaces located in great room and library either prefabricated zero clearance or masonary.
Prefab prefab masonary
One prefabricated zero clearance fireplace installed in living room.
Y Y Y

Chimneys – Stucco, topped with metal caps, copper caps or clay pots
metal tops copper tops clay pots

FRAMING

First floor to have 10’0” ceilings. Second floor to have 9’0” ceilings (except where noted on plan )
Y Y Y

Rough frame as per plan intent.

Y Y Y

Floor system to be engineered lumber “silent floor” with ¾” sub floor.

Y Y Y

All other framing lumber to be construction grade Douglas Fir. Exterior walls shall be 2 x 6 construction.
Y Y Y

Sheathing on all walls (1/2”) & roof (5/8”) to be either MDO or CDX Plywood
MDO CDX CDX

All windows & doors to be either Andersen or Kolbe will be installed as per plans.
Andersen Andersen Kolbe

Tray ceilings on second floor as per plans.

Y Y Y
ROOFING, GUTTERS & LEADERS

Roof shingles will be either Timberline 40 year roof shingles, Grand manor simulated slate or Natural Slate in grey and mixed color
blend Timberline Grand Manor Natural Slate

Ice guards included on roof eaves.

N Y Y

Ridge vent on all ridges.

Y Y Y

Ice & water shield under eaves to extend 3 feet upwards & on all valleys.
Y Y Y

6” Aluminum k-style gutters OR 6” Copper K-style gutters installed

Aluminum Copper Copper

Rectangle aluminum leaders or Round Copper leaders will be installed and connected to under ground storm drainage lines, connected
to the seepage pits. Aluminum Copper Copper

Copper leader-heads installed as per plan.

N Y Y

Copper flashing on roof and copper on chimneys where necessary.

Y Y Y

Flat roof & roof valleys to contain and copper flashing.

Y Y Y

Soffits to be ¼” plywood or 6” bead board with vents

plywood bead board bead board
EXTERIOR SIDING

TYVEK house wrap will be used as exterior vapor barrier.

Y Y Y

Siding to be either 100% stucco, or 4” natural stone and stucco, or limestone slabs and stucco.
100% Stucco Stone & Stucco Limestone & Stucco

Old world hardcoat cement. (NO EIFS)

Y Y Y

WINDOWS

Andersen or Kolbe windows and exterior French doors will be installed as per architect’s specs
Andersen Andersen Kolbe

Window grilles will be simulated divided light with 1-1/8” mutton.

Y Y Y

Windows to have High Performance low E insulated glass.

Y Y Y

DOORS/ HARDWARE

Custom Mahogany front door entry system will be installed with Entek “Greeley” hardware in oil rubbed bronze.
Y Y Y

3 overhead carriage style garage doors in steel or wood & insulated, 9’ wide & 9’ high with torsion springs.
Steel wood wood
Automatic openers to be either ½ or ¾ horsepower.
½ ¾ 3/4

Interior doors are solid. (8’high on first floor, 7’ on second floor). Paint Grade throughout, except in library. Oil rubbed bronze
hinges. Y Y Y

Garage entry door is fire-rated. Steps into house from garage per code.
Y Y Y

Interior door hardware is in Oil rubbed bronze crystal or egg style with privacy on baths and passage on all others. (Emtek)
Y Y Y

INSULATION & SHEETROCK

Insulation is 9” R-30 in all ceilings where feasible, & R-19 in 2”x 6” exterior walls.
Y Y Y

Garage walls - R-13, & garage ceiling to have R38.

Y Y Y

Insulate first & second floors for sound and for radiant heat retention.
No First floor First & Second floors

All bathrooms are insulated for sound

N Y Y

1/2” sheetrock will be screwed to all walls & ceilings. Bathrooms, laundry walls and Kitchen back splash to be moisture resistant
“green-board”.
Garage to be 5/8” fire rated sheetrock, with two layers of 5/8” fire-rated on ceiling. All interior sheetrock to have 3 coats of spackle
ready for paint finish. Y Y Y
Shower walls & tub walls & tub deck & behind washing machine to be Durock.
Y Y Y

INTERIOR TRIM

Casing to be either (approx) 4” or 5” or 6” Estate Series.

4” 5” 6”

First floor Base to be either (approx) 8” or 10”

8” 10” 10”

Second floor Base mounlding to be 6” or 8” Combination Base.

6” 8” 8”

All floors to have base moulding except some bathrooms.

Y Y Y

Dining room, hallways, stairway to have raised panel moulding & chair rail.
N Y Y

Coffured ceilings, trayed ceilings and other details included as constructed

N Y Y

Arches installed as follows: Mouldings on arches will be flexible polyurethane mouldings Arches to be painted.
N Y Y

INTERIOR FLOOR & WALL FINISHES

All tiles will be set on top of a bed of mud (1” thick) or Gypcrete and two coats of sealer provided.
Mud Mud Gypcrete
Entrance foyer, gallery (with rift oak border)
N N Y

Powder room to have ceramic/porcelain or Natural Stone tile.

Ceramic/percelain Natural Stone Natural Stone

Master bath floor, master bath whirlpool tub deck & master shower floor, wall & ceiling to have either ceramic/porcelain or Natural
Stone tile. Ceramic/percelain Natural Stone Natural Stone

Kitchen & Dinette, Laundry & mudroom foyer, gallery & downstairs bath to have ceramic or Natural Stone tile set on floor.
Ceramic/percelain Natural Stone Natural Stone

Kitchen backsplash to be painted or have natural stone.

Painted Natural Stone Natural Stone

All other bathroom floors to have ceramic/porcelain or natural stone tile as well. All showers and bathtubs to have tile on walls.
Ceramic/percelain Natural Stone Natural Stone

3” or 5” common or 5” rift and quartersawn red oak flooring with 1 coat of stain, 1 coat of sealer & 3 coats of polyurethane)
to be installed in dining room, family room, study & butlers pantry, great room.
3” Common 5” Common 5” Rift and Quartered

Library floors will be layed in a herringbone pattern.

N N Y

Upstairs bedrooms & hallways -3” or 5” Common or 5” Rift and Qartersawn red oak flooring, stained, sealed & finished with 3 coats
of polyurethane. 3” Common 5” Common 5” Rift and Quartered
Interior walls & ceilings to receive 1 coat of primer & 2 coats of Benjamin Moore flat latex paint, with 1 coat of primer & 2 coats of
latex semi-gloss on all trim.
All trim, walls & ceilings to be one color from builders standard colors.
Y Y Y

OTHER DETAILS

HEAT: 7 zones – Hydronic forced hot air heat throughout entire house (all finished areas of basement, entire first and second floors
and garage floor) OR
22 zones Radiant Heat each on separate thermostadt throughout basement, first, second floors and garage.
Forced Hot Air Forced Hot Air Radiant Heat

Wine cellar constructed in basement with proper temperature & humidity control, and prefabricated wood or custom hand crafted
racking
for approximately 800 to 1200 bottles.
Prefab Racking Prefab Racking Custom Racking

Karaoke room constructed in basement. Sound proofed. Pre wired for surround sound, With or Without cove lighting, 6 sconces.
N N Y

Karaoke room Framed for motorized drop down screen or permanent screen. Carpeting included, equipment excluded.
N N N

Basement Window wells to allow for natural light.

Y Y Y

Elegant custom 3 floor curved stairway with 48” oak treads & standard or oversized handrails.
Standard Standard Oversized
Stairway spindles to be either wooden and painted or iron.
Wooden Iron Iron

Koi Pond constructed in back patio as per plan

N N Y

Heated, Gunite Pool (800 sq. feet) installed as per plan

N Y Y

Pool fence included as per plan

N Y Y

Outdoor bar b que station including Marvel Outdoor Refrigerator and Lynx cook top.
N Y Y

Cedar Pergola installed above outdoor bar b que station.

N Y Y

Outdoor Pool Cabana constructed as per plans, with bathroom, dressing area and sauna
N N Y

Frameless or Framed shower doors installed as per plan

Framed Frameless Frameless

Budd vac system included in upstairs, downstairs, garage, and basement with standard or oversized motor and two sets of accessories.
Standard Oversized Oversized

PLUMBING
1” Pex water main (hook-up from well to inside house with ball valves) with 4” ABS or PVC waste & vent lines.
Y Y Y

Sewer & water hook-up.

Y Y Y

1 – 100 gallon “a o smith” hot water heater included.

Y Y Y

1 – 225,000 btu “Weil mcclain or Buderus” furnaces included

Well McClain Buderus Buderus

Installation of gas piping from meter to hot water heaters, dryer, cook top
Y Y Y

Installation of gas piping for exterior bar b que

N Y Y

Hookup & connections for washer & gas dryer including dryer vent by builder.
Y Y Y

Hookup & connections for Kitchen appliances including venting where required.
Y Y Y

Drainage pipe to be insulated for sound. All hot & cold water lines on exterior walls to be insulated.
N Y Y

2 or 3- frost-free sill-cocks to exterior house locations

2 3 3
Floor drain in laundry room included.
Y Y Y

Laundry room sink installed

Y Y Y

All plumbing fixtures installed.

Y Y Y

Master shower includes rain shower head, two thermostatic valves for handheld and stationary heads.
Y Y Y

Master shower to have steam shower and two extra body sprays.
N Steam shower Steam shower

Install water line to kitchen ice maker

Y Y Y

Instant hot water (circulator) for all sinks/showers.

N Y Y

Exhaust fans installed & vented to outside for all bathrooms

Y Y Y

Basement to have plumbing for a bathroom shower, toilet, sink

Y Y Y

All showers to be waterproofed with Vinyl or Fiberglass.

Vinyl Fiberglass Fiberglass
Hookup for landscape sprinkler system.
N Y Y

H.V.A.C.

Seven-zone central air conditioning system, equipment will be Carrier or equal. Builders standard efficiency rating – 12 sear or 13
sear 12 13 13

Programmable digital thermostats installed.

Y Y Y

Kitchen range hood exhausted to exterior.

Y Y Y

22 zones of radiant heat floor throughout house

N N Y

ELECTRICAL

Underground utilities.
Y Y Y

300 or 400 amp electrical service with two 30 circuit panels.

300 400 400

150 or 200 or 250 Recessed lights included with white baffles & trim.
150 200 250

All switches to be Decora type, in white with matching cover plates

Y Y Y
Dimmer switches included – 18 or 36.
18 36 36

Two or Four exterior twin head flood lights. Lights to have automatic sensors.
2 4 4

Three or Four exterior GFIC outlets, & all other kitchen, bathroom, & garage outlets to be GFI.
3 4 4

Heavy duty ceiling box with motorized chandelier hoist included in entrance foyer.
N Y Y

Heavy duty ceiling boxes included in dining room and great room & main stairwell.
Y Y Y

Two attic fans with thermostats installed.

Y Y Y

Smoke detectors installed as per code. Carbon monoxide detectors installed on each floor per code
Y Y Y

Security system installed – all windows & doors on first floor & basement. 2 keypads included at front door, garage door
Y Y Y

Extra Alarm keypad included in master bedroom

N Y Y

Motion sensors for alarm system included on all floors

N Y Y
Audio/video prewire package throughout house for computer network, phones, stereo, TV’s.
Y Y Y

Wired by Audio Resolutions for smart house.

Y Y Y

KITCHEN CABINETS & BATH VANITIES & BUILT-IN CABINETRY

Kitchen appliances including 48’’ GE or Subzero refrigerator.

GE SUB ZERO SUB ZERO

2 sub-zero refrigerator drawers.

N Y Y

Kitchenaid or Miele dishwasher

1 Kitchenaid 1 Miele 2 Miele

GE or Dacor microwave.
GE Dacor Dacor

2 Warming drawers
Y Y Y

48” GE or Viking oven & cooktop

GE Viking Viking

Second kitchen cooktop area including heavyduty venting to exterior

N Y Y
Stock kitchen cabinets in maple or paint grade or Custom Hand Crafted Cabinets. Raised panel doors
Stock Custom Custom

Butler’s pantry with copper pitted sink, wine cooler, 2 drawer Fisher Paykel dishwasher.
N Y Y

Corean/Formica countertops on kitchen & on all bathroom vanities or Natural Stone

Formica Natural Stone Natural Stone

Stain-grade Library paneling & woodwork

N Y Y

Custom Bar constructed in Great Room

N Y Y

CLOSETS

“California Closet style” closets or Custom hand crafted closets in master his/hers.
California Custom Custom

Foyer closets, mud closets and laundry room and all other to be “closet maid” white wire. Or MDF painted Custom shelving.
Closet maid wire Mdf Mdf

LANDSCAPING & SITEWORK

Landscape plan prepared by Scenic Landscape included

800 sq. ft. heated Gunite pool with blue stone coping, slate coping and equipment included as per site plan. Polaris auto pool cleaner,
pool cover included. Y Y Y

Builder to coordinate with landscape architect prior to adjustments in site plan if required
Builder to include $25,000 or $50,000 of landscape plants.
$25,000 $50,000 $50,000

Belgian blocks to line driveway, Belgian block apron at street.

N Y Y

Paver driveway or Asphalt Driveway.

Asphalt Asphalt Paver

Blue stone or Paver or Gravel walkways to connect driveway to front door, and driveway to back patio.
Gravel Paver Blue Stone

Blue stone patio surrounding pool included – 1,000 sq ft.

N Y Y

Loggia (covered porch) constructed with blue stone on top of 4” of crushed stone & 4” of concrete.

Lancscape Sprinkler system included

N Y Y

100 or 150 yards of top soil, & 75 yards of mulch included.

100 150 150

15,000 sq ft of A quality sod included. Or Lawn areas to be hydroseeded.

Hydroseed Sod Sod

GENERAL CONDITIONS INCLUDED

Builder to provide 10-year Homeowners Warranty insurance.

Builder will obtain a final certificate of occupancy.

House to be delivered broom clean.

Builder promises to meet all municipal codes.

PRICE
$2,695,000 $$3,195,000 $3,595,000