Just blocks from vibrant downtown San Carlos, this thoroughly updated home also benefits from sweeping views across the Peninsula and out to the East Bay hills. Beautiful hardscape with integrated gardens and planters defines the front entrance, where keyless entry and a Ring doorbell add modern convenience. Vaulted and beamed ceilings expand the main living areas, which include a fireplace, sliding glass doors to the viewing deck, updated kitchen with breakfast bar, plus two built-in office areas perfect for today’s needs. A lower-level family room with fireplace and bar provides added livability, opening to the private rear yard with a large spa and enchanting gardens. There are 4 bedrooms and 2 baths comprising a main-level primary suite with views and dual-access bath with adjacent bedroom plus 2 lower-level bedrooms, one with an outside entrance. Location, a flexible floor plan, and sparkling city lights at night – a rare option for Peninsula living. 

Details of the Home

Entrance

Extensive hardscape in slate pavers defines the driveway, motor court, and front entrance with integrated planters, gardens, trees, and soothing water feature

Foyer

Keyless front door and side lights, all with leaded and etched glass, open to a foyer with random plank hardwood floors that continue into the main living area; rain-glass cabinetry overlooks the staircase to the lower level

Living Room

Spacious central room has a beamed and vaulted ceiling, wall of cabinetry with rain-glass fronts and integrated desk center, plus a fireplace outlined to the ceiling in natural brick; sliding glass doors wrap around the corner of the room opening to the view deck

Dining Room

FFormal, but open, venue has a vaulted ceiling with exposed beams and sliding glass doors to the view deck with steps leading to the lower yard

Kitchen

Beautifully updated with glazed cabinetry with beadboard fronts, honed granite slab counters, and travertine floors with inset decorative medallions; greenhouse window above the sink, breakfast bar counter, and built-in office center

Appliances

GE gas range with griddle; 2 Fisher & Paykel dishwasher drawers; wine cooler; built-in KitchenAid refrigerator

Main-Level Bedrooms & Bath

Two bedrooms, just off the foyer, one with dual-access en suite bath featuring faux tumbled marble finishes, a dual-sink vanity, and tub with overhead shower; the primary bedroom also has corner view windows, a lighted fan, built-in cabinetry, and organized closet

Family Room

Spacious lower-level room with slate-tile floor, gas-log fireplace, wet bar with counter seating, plus French door to the rear yard

Lower-Level Bedrooms & Bath

Two bedrooms, one with direct access to a dual-entry bathroom with shower; the second bedroom has custom wardrobe storage plus a walk-in cedar closet, a ceiling fan, and French door to the rear yard

Other Features

Attached 2-car garage; lower-level laundry room and storage room; Ring front doorbell; solar-powered electricity with battery back-up; large free-standing spa; 2 outdoor 110V GFCI outlets on either side of the driveway for electric car charging.