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This warm, inviting home is the pinnacle of attention to detail. The home is elegantly appointed with limestone and hand distressed hardwood flooring throughout, a gorgeously expanded kitchen with a huge limestone island, featuring maple cabinetry, Viking appliances, Sub-Zero refrigerator and walk-in pantry. Design features include Cal Classic wood windows, French doors, distressed Baldwin handsets and stunning crown molding throughout. The family room features a built-in entertainment center with ample room for a big screen TV and components. The wrought iron and limestone stairway transitions to the opstairs private office and newly carpeted bedrooms. The second floor landing features distressed wood and double doors leading to the spacious Master Suite with custom built-ins, a large soaking tub, a separate glass enclosed step-in shower with a ceiling soaker shower head, all surrounded by tumbled marble and custom cabinetry. All bedrooms come feature custom planatation shutters and built-in closets. The secondary hall bath has been redone with double pedestal sinks, wainscoting and a traditional picture perfect claw tub. This great home also deatures a second level laundry room. The outside oasis transitions from one of three Frendh door entries opening to the expansive patio and private backyard featuring a custom patio overhang, Viking built-in BBQ, waterfall pool and spa and landscape with stunning mountain views.

This Mediterranean one story home is located in a quiet location surrounded by trees and a totally clean creek in a compound of only 4 single family homes with no HOA regulations, so the owners have total freedom of decision. A long, shared driveway, takes you through the gate up front and right away you feel at home. Since this home is the last one on the driveway, it offers total privacy from the rest of the world. Because of the pie shaped lot of half an acre, this one story home (except for the mezzanine), is particularly longer than most homes. Built by the well known Italian architect and builder Tretti, who has built many homes throughout Escazu over the past 20 years, the floor plan is incredibly smartly done as the protected area of the creek didn’t allow them to get too close to it but at the same time he wanted to create the feeling of living in the middle of a nature reserve from every room, which he definitely has accomplished. When you walk into the home, you come in through a vestibule with a particular rounded shape, with the powder room to one side and entrances to either the kitchen or the living areas. The living spaces are a combination of Mediterranean style and Swiss mountain home style with arches, rounded out walls with lots of details like niches and stained glass, lots of hardwood finishes on ceilings, hardwood banisters and to top it all of, an amazing mezzanine for the reading hours. The dining room is large enough to accommodate a dining table …
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