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ARCHITECT DESIGNED |
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This gorgeous split level, architect designed home of approximately 4,000 sq. ft., presents a unique opportunity to purchase a pristine one owner home. |
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The owner’s worked closely with the architect to create something that’s not only breathtaking in its natural setting but is also wonderfully practical and livable. |
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YOUR DREAM HOME |
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The owner’s made sure that this dream home was pleasing to the eye when seen from anywhere on the property. Inside it is as practical as it is beautiful. |
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Built in bookcases, entertainment and storage cabinetry abound, conceived and built from lovely oak hardwoods. On every level there is space to store whatever you need, from winter’s skis to Christmas trees! |
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They thought of everything making all the space count in this convenient house so you can move in with peace of mind at the turn of a key! |
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EXTERIOR COLORS
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A natural muted green exterior paint of the highest quality covers the premium wood siding. The color choices blend into the natural beauty of the surrounding forested hills and provides a lovely backdrop for the perennial blooming bushes, green shrubs and a variety of trees that provide the most spectacular fall color you can imagine. |
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INCREDIBLE LANDSCAPING |
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The immediate landscaping provides low maintenance loveliness wherever you walk. This incredible property sits at the end of a paved road where two stacked rock monuments mark the entrance. |
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Follow the paved drive through a corridor of natural and planted trees that are beautiful in any season, as you wind your way through the gentle acreage up a hill to a circle approach to the house. |
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This drive is particularly special in the fall with a myriad of brilliant colors to please the eye. |
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ENTRY (FRONT OF HOUSE) |
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The lush and romantic entry walk is paved with free form flagstone and a plush carpet of soft green moss. This elegantly casual path directs you to broad comfortable steps that lead you up to the wide and inviting front porch. |
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Here you will be greeted by a custom made double door entry made from solid oak. The striking doors are flanked by two sidelights with a custom frosted and etched glass pattern that is reflected throughout the interior glass inside the home as well. The glass is etched with a simple but exquisite Celtic Knot design. |
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MAIN DECK & PATIO AREA |
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The view from the main patio off the back of the living level will take your breath away. The valley spreads beneath your feet and at night the city provides a sparkling cloak of twinkling lights that is magical. |
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This is a home built for entertaining both indoors and outdoors. Several wired cabanas sit in strategic positions around the multi level patios providing a sheltered place to sit in the shade, each with tropical fans to keep the breezes blowing even on the calmest and hottest of summer days. |
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The patios themselves are constructed with heathered gray, tan and brown aggregate stones for sure footing as well a pleasing blend with the area’s natural color theme. With its open feeling and wonderful flow, this patio area lends itself to summer fun! |
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POOL & LOWER PATIO |
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Descending the aggregate steps to the pool level will give you a magnificent view to the east as well as a delightful look back across the back of the house and all its varied entertainment venues. |
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There is another cabana on this level, with the same lighting and ceiling fans as the upper one. A gorgeous 15’ X 50’ black bottomed lap pool that is shallow at both ends and deeper in the middle makes a great exercise pool as well as a great place to play water sports such as volleyball or badminton. |
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There is space on the eastern end of the pool and cabana to have a spa installed either in ground like the pool or above ground the wiring is already in place. |
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TERRACED BACKYARD |
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The backyard is terraced down the gentle slope to utilize for varied purposes; all joined together by easy care gravel paths. Step outside and enjoy the fresh air and the gentle wooded slope of the property to the east and south as the paths lead you to explore this entertainer’s dream backyard. |
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There is a lower road cut around near the bottom of the property to access a secluded spot where a mother-in-law or caretaker unit could be built in the future. |
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DECKS & BOARDWALKS |
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A lovely, spacious deck flows out from the formal living room on the south side of the house with warm and sunny exposure. This deck invites you to step outside and enjoy the cool breezes and the wooded view to the south. This intimate deck is joined to the back yard by a boardwalk that brings you around to the backyard-entertaining patio. |
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OUTDOOR STORAGE & GARAGE |
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Beneath the southeast end of the house is an outdoor storage space where all the outdoor furniture and equipment can be stored safely out of the weather in the wintertime. All the filtering equipment for the lovely black-bottomed pool stands behind an unobtrusive ¾ height block wall that blends seamlessly with the surrounding landscaping. As seen from the patios and the house it is nearly invisible. |
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The oversized two car garage has two separate electronically operated doors and is completely finished on the inside, with convenient access to the house through the inside laundry room. There is a tastefully concealed area on the north side of the garage for storage of the refuse barrels. |
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BALCONIES |
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A secluded and private balcony awaits you, accessed through glass French doors leading from the master bath. This would be the perfect spot for that first steaming cup of coffee to start your day while watching the sun break the magnificent eastern horizon over Lassen Peak. |
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From this vantage point you can also see the river in the distance and watch the setting sun glinting off the Sundial Bridge in the evening. A stunning view to be sure! |
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LANDSCAPING |
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The landscaping as you enter this heavenly 6-acre property begins and ends with the beauty of nature in all her splendor. Though nature slowly becomes more tamed as you approach this magnificent home. |
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Under brush has been thoughtfully and artfully pruned or removed in an aesthetic manner providing not only fire safety but an eye pleasing transition from the wild to the meticulously maintained landscaping adjacent to the home. The planted landscaping is kept plush and green by two separate automatic watering systems. |
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Of special note here is an intimate garden sitting room in the center of the circle drive where you could sit beneath the shade in peaceful repose on a naturally created patio to read a book or just enjoy the beauty before your eyes. The springtime and the fall both provide an unequaled treat for the senses. |
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ENTRY HALL |
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Hardwood floors in the wide formal entry hall welcome you to the warm ambiance of this special home. A soaring ceiling houses a spectacular chandelier that sets the tone of this elegant lovely home. |
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Opening off the entry hall on the right and the left are a matched pair of hardwood and glass French doors. Each one with the same frosted and etched Celtic design mirrored in the entry doors. Straight ahead leads you through this wide hall into the spacious informal family living area. |
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Emanating from the entry hall are the stairways both up and down to the varied sleeping quarters. The intimate and tastefully done guest powder room is accessed from here as well as a roomy guest closet to complete your introduction into this gracious home. |
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FORMAL LIVING ROOM |
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A bright large room with windows all around to bathe the space with natural light. With a wall of custom book and display shelves and plush royal blue carpeting, this room glows with fresh warmth. |
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The addition of a cozy wood burning fireplace with a cool white marble hearth and surround provides a wonderful place to relax or entertain during the winter months. French doors lead out to a roomy private deck that brings the outdoors into the living space. |
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FORMAL DINING ROOM |
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This formal setting is ideal for an intimate dinner party with its coffered ceiling and ambient lighting, the dining room glows. Adding to the coziness of this space is the addition of a window seat built in using beautiful oak that doubles as elegant extra storage. |
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On the opposite wall, a wet bar makes easy work of keeping guest’s drinks refreshed without missing the fun and conversation. For convenience there is a doorway leading directly into the gourmet kitchen. |
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GOURMET KITCHEN |
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Here you have a well-planned, efficient space that was designed for the person who loves to cook and still be a part of whatever entertaining is going on. This efficiency shows everywhere you look. The central island helps traffic flow easily through this space into both the formal dining room and into the casual breakfast area and family room. |
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A bank of tall casement windows, providing ample light and a lovely view of the front landscape, enhances the kitchen. Storage is a hallmark of this dream kitchen as are the easy care Corian countertops. A convenient cookbook and meal-planning nook finishes the picture perfect setting along with a large well-planned pantry. |
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BREAKFAST AREA & FAMILY ROOM |
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Hardwood floors warm this entire level of the house. With a flank of windows across the back of this main living level light floods the space imparting warmth and light. The spacious breakfast room is large enough to accommodate even the largest country kitchen table with room to spare. Open space is the overall feeling the kitchen/breakfast and family room complex exudes. More custom oak bookshelves and a built-in entertainment center grace this great room space with the warm beauty of fine woodwork. |
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Separating the breakfast room from the family room is an oak planter box that defines but doesn’t close up the open feeling. Skylights in the breakfast room give the room a sunny solarium feeling and the brick raised hearth on the south wall lends a homey air warmed by the freestanding wood stove. |
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LAUNDRY ROOM & HALF BATH |
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Completing the family level is the roomy and cheerful laundry room and family ½ bath. The room is plumbed and wired for a washer and dryer as well as a 220 outlet for placing a freezer into this ample space. There is a deep tub style sink for doing hand laundry and a door that leads into the attached garage. |
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LOWER LEVEL - BEDROOM WING |
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A few easy steps lead down from the entry hall to the lower level bedroom wing. These two bedrooms are both spacious and brightly lit by two windows in each bedroom. |
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Each bedroom also has a walk in closet and the rooms are joined in the middle by a bright and cheerful full bath. This bath also doubles as the pool bath with a door that opens out to the back yard. |
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LARGE FINISHED BASEMENT |
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This wing also provides access via a closable doorway and stairs leading to a finished basement room with cement floor. This space would be ideal for conversion into a wine cellar. |
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MASTER BEDROOM SUITE & VIEWS |
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Steps leading from the central entry hall also lead you up to the ultra private master bedroom. This large, cheerfully lit space with its own private deck/balcony has a view like no other in the house eastward to the Sierra Nevada Mountains, to majestic Lassen Peak and the city lights at night. Imagine sipping morning coffee or that soothing nightcap with such a view at your feet. You can see that same view from the garden tub. |
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A separate white tiled nearly barrier free shower maintains the openness of this luxury bath. Double sinks and a special lighted nook to house even the largest regulation scale complete this spa like bath. The water closet is a separate room with its own door. |
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OFFICE & LIBRARY (TOP LEVEL) |
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Steps leading up from the master suite level lead to the top most rooms in the house. These two rooms provide a quiet secluded spot for your home office and another room next door that could be utilized as any number of practical spaces; a library, an exercise room, a craft or hobby room or the wall between the two rooms could come down to create one large combination space. |
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Through the second room is access to a portion of the attic that is stand up accessible and provides yet another ample storage spot for Christmas decorations or cherished keepsakes. |
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ADDITIONAL STORAGE |
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In addition to the finished basement, the stand up attic and the outdoor under the foundation storage for yard furniture, there is also a gravel floored unfinished storage space under the living room. Everywhere you look, storage has been built into this very elegant and livable home. |
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SECURITY SYSTEM |
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Your dream home is fully protected by a California Safety Security System that includes both motion detectors and door/window security. This system is fully programmable for custom settings that protect you while you’re home and your home while you are away. |
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AWNINGS - WINDOWS - SKYLIGHTS |
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Each window of the home is shaded by a motorized custom awning with the exception of only two windows; on those two windows the awnings are manual. All the windows in the house are double paned energy efficient windows that are the heart and bright soul of this wonderful house. |
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Everywhere you look natural light is streaming in, not only from the many and varied windows but also through the use of well placed skylights, many of which can be opened for added circulation of fresh air. |
