Mediterranean-style villa in Old Westbury

This Old Westbury ranch, known as Villa Majorelle, is on the market for $4.988 million.

Exotic in many ways, the updated house, built in 1982, is reminiscent of a Mediterranean villa in which the styles of France, Spain and Morocco come together, says listing agent Dalia Mairzadeh of Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate. "It's a special home," Mairzadeh adds, noting that it will appeal to that one person who walks in and knows right away that this house is the one.

The interior's open flow yields to vibrant- colored rooms with recessed lighting and wood floors. A dome-shape skylight and dual fireplace grace the living room, while the kitchen, outfitted with Brazilian blue granite countertops, has an open and contemporary look.

From the kitchen, doors open to the yard, where a 3,000-square-foot white Carrara marble patio surrounds an in-ground pool with 36 fountains. Plantings and more than 200 specimen trees complete the landscape. The scene, Mairzadeh says, evokes a Moroccan resort.

Out front, there is a 10,000-square-foot Belgian-block driveway.

The home has a geothermal energy system, which operates the four-zone heating and central air-conditioning systems at no cost to the homeowner. Because it's a smart house, the homeowner can control functions, such as lighting, from anywhere by using an iPhone.