Custom handcrafted house - stunning & elegant. Grand living room open to dining room and kitchen spills out to the patio for gracious outdoor-indoor living. Tasteful & Artistic w/ Strong Design Elements. Integration of wood, concrete, glass, metal, & light. Lots of windows w/ no need for curtains .. views of trees & yard. A full wall of floor to almost ceiling windows in Living Room & gorgeous Rumford fireplace front and center. The master suite has good separation at back of house w/ walk-in closet and a huge reading room, sunroom or 2nd ofc. Vaulted ceiling atrium is the hallway between the bedrooms, plus a small loft for extended fun & play or sleeping. Glistening Bamboo Floors create somewhat of an island feel. The strong architectural lines are both craftsman-loft style and influences from Frank Lloyd Wright. Neighborhood Description Live Oak used to be the rural outskirts of Santa Cruz, bordered by the Pleasure Point & The Avenues beach areas. Large, rural lots with fruit trees and lots of sun were the norm. Live Oak is now filled with small planned unit developments, with just a sprinkling of these old, deep, private lots ... and this is one! Walking distance to the restaurants, book stores, movie theatre, cafes, and shopping of 41st Avenue ... walking distance to the new, revitalized Pleasure Point businesses at the end of 41st Avenue ... and best of all only 1/2 mile to the Beach and 5 of the best breaks to surf in all of Santa Cruz!! Capitola Village is just down the way .. Twin Lakes State Beach and the yacht harbor the other direction. Ride your bike to where ever you go. Get your morning coffee at Coffeetopia on Portola and walk along The Point sipping and watching the surfers, while bumping into your neighbors and friends. Have lunch in the sun at Hanks at the Hook and watch the activity in this new shopping area. Invite friends from out of town and visit Capitola Village for an art fair, wine festival, The Begonia Festival, or Friday Night Jazz Concerts. Walk over to Book Cafe Capitola one evening for a book signing or early Sunday morning for the New York Times. ** In a sun belt. quiet .. hints of the rural nature of days past .. a slower pace than most of the bay area ... magical. Close to the beach without the beach house prices!!!
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