Motivational
Mansion
A privately gated Franklin estate on 4.1 acres, fully managed, offered on a long-term lease.
At a glance
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Why “The Motivational Mansion”?
The owner has been collecting artwork for years, all with a very specific theme. The walls are full of quotes from the great thinkers and doers of our time; some reflecting on what it means to be successful, some acknowledging the greatness inside of each person, and some simply offering a gentle nudge in the right direction.
These are framed reminders for those who are in the middle of building something: a company, a career, a family legacy, a championship season. Each piece of art seems to light a fire in your soul that moves you forward to the future you’ve imagined for yourself.
Most homes of this caliber decorate toward neutrality, but not the Motivational Mansion. This one has a character that’s sure to make a lasting impression.
Settle in before you buy.
Where should the children attend school? Which part of Franklin fits the family's daily life? How often will Nashville actually require your presence? Does the family want acreage and seclusion, or proximity to a particular community? These are difficult questions to answer from a hotel and easy ones to answer from a residence.
Living at 2194 S. Berrys Chapel first gives a family the one asset a relocation never has enough of, which is time. Time to learn Tennessee, to understand Franklin, to discover how the household actually lives here, and to wait for the right property rather than purchase whatever happens to be listed the month you arrive.
Public life stops at the property line.
For executives, founders, professional athletes, and entertainers, the most persuasive feature is the gate. Inside it, children get to be children and a conversation stays a conversation.
Home becomes, again, the one place removed from everything happening beyond it.
The grounds keep going after dark.
Landscape lighting runs the length of the hillside. The tree line is uplit in warm amber, the terraced walls are washed from below, and the four-board fence is picked out where the ground falls away. What reads as a wooded slope in daylight becomes the backdrop to the pool terrace at night.
The pool carries its own light, the cabana its lantern and strung bulbs, and the terrace stays in use long after the sun is off the county. An evening outside in August ends when the family decides it ends, not when the light goes.
The estate runs deeper than one page. Walk the rooms, then drive into Franklin.
Choose your path
Look around
The house comes managed.
A dedicated property manager serves as the household's single point of contact for anything involving the residence, which retires the vendor calls and coordination that usually accompany a property of this size. Professional housekeeping is included for the full length of the lease.
A private chef can be arranged when wanted, for weeknight family dinners, performance-focused dining, an intimate evening, or a house full of guests. A family arrives and lives. The house is looked after around them.
The most valuable feature at 2194 S. Berrys Chapel cannot be photographed.
It is time. Leasing here means no settling for whatever the market holds when the moving truck arrives, and no discovering next winter that the beautiful house sat on the wrong side of town.
The family learns the area at its own pace and watches the market. When the property worth keeping finally appears, the decision gets made from certainty rather than urgency.
Until then, you are already home.
Estate features and services.
- Privately gated estate in Franklin, Tennessee, within easy reach of Brentwood and Nashville
- Offered exclusively as a long-term luxury lease
- Dedicated property manager included, a single point of contact for the residence
- Professional housekeeping included throughout the lease
- Private chef available by arrangement
- Heated swimming pool
- Butler's pantry supporting kitchen service and entertaining
- Sound system in the primary suite and main living areas
- Whole-home water filtration
- Multiple living areas suited to family, guests, work, and entertaining under one roof
- Motivational artwork and visual statements throughout the residence
- Well suited to executives, founders, professional athletes, entertainers, and relocating families
