WOW House: $8.5M Buys Author Iris Johansen's Cartersville Mansion

This week’s Cartersville WOW house is a 5 bedroom, 11 bathroom home.

This stunning mansion belongs to author Iris Johansen, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Johansen has had 17 consecutive New York Times bestsellers as of November 2016, according to her website, and has written romances and crime fiction.

Here’s the description of the home from Zillow:

Artistic details abound! Stunning estate w/5 bdrms, 7 full baths & 4 half baths. Also included in sale is a 3 bdrm, 3 & a half bath guest house w/pool & a 3 bdrm, 2 bath caretaker residence all located on 130+ acres only 45 minutes north of downtown Atlanta.Stables & dog kennel, 14 fireplaces, 2-story office/library designed for the owner, a multi-best selling author. 3 kitchens (one of which is a fully equipped catering center). Cinema, cafe & unique guest plaza elevates the senses. Exquisite architectural custom details executed by artisans from all over the world. Potential for commercial development. Please click on the virtual tour button for more pictures!Features and amenities of the main house are astounding - 14 fireplaces, 21 seat theatre with cafe/guest plaza, 3 kitchens (one of which is a fully equipped catering center for large parties), a 2 story office/library designed for the owner who is a multi-best selling author, spacious verandas and a commercial grade elevator (OSHA rated to 3500 lbs.) servicing all four floors, which coupled with the extra wide doorways, make this gorgeous home completely wheelchair accessible. Four of the bathrooms have steam showers. The uppermost floor has a 5,000 square foot closet with two full bathrooms at either end stubbed in for future use. A full size gym is down the hall.The kitchen has a built-in work station for 6 computers. There are 5 tankless water heaters, 12 HVAC systems rated at 22 SEER and a 40,000 gallon reservoir for irrigation. Plus there is a generator which services the homes on the estate.All these amazing details plus the workmanship of artisans from all over the world complete this vision of sumptuousness and functionality.

What’s the asking price? This home located at 1 Sundance Place NW, Cartersville, is listed at $8.5 million. Get more information about the house on Zillow.

-- Photos courtesy of Zillow.com

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