Exceptional Forest Hill Home

This beautifully preserved Spanish Mediterranean home blends period details with modern amenities creating a luxurious and welcoming oasis. The large, vaulted ceiling living room features original hand painted beams, original wrought iron sconces, a working fireplace with antique andirons. The dining room also has hand painted beams. The renovated open concept kitchen features a marble island with plenty of storage, high end appliances including a wine refrigerator. The kitchen opens up to a family room with large curved arches as well as a deck off the kitchen for outdoor grilling. A powder room with custom vanity completes this level. Upstairs are three bedrooms including a spacious master bedroom with an abundance of closet space and en suite bathroom featuring double sinks and heated floors. The lower level has an additional bedroom and bathroom. This room leads out to the flat backyard that has a built-in gas piped fire pit and outdoor built in seating. Main level Sonos system included with the home. Two car garage with room for two more cars in driveway. Secret wine room in garage for 300+ bottles. Installed 2 steel riser beams with concrete footings in the walls and structurally supported the house with a new bolted glue lam beam. Sheer walls installed to add structural integrity to the bolted foundation. Double pane window throughout, very quiet. Easy walk to West Portal village. Public transportaion one block away.

Additions and Enhancements to 22 Taraval:

The present owners made significant additions and enhancements to 22 Taraval over the past decade.

1. Outside – Front of home, driveway, walls, and gardens.

Redesigned the front of the home, with new property defining stucco walls, front gate and lighting, new pavers for the driveway and walkway, timer-controlled lighting, beautifully detailed solid wood garage door, new gardens, and timer-controlled irrigation system.  Painted the home with a custom Mediterranean-sunset color shade.  

2. Outside – Back of home, patios, walkway, walls, fire pit, lighting, and gardens.

Completely re-designed a new outdoor living space, including lowering the patio area by 3 feet to provide additional privacy and intimate seating.  Installed new pavers to match those installed in the front of the home, installed new patio drains, built a new architectural retaining wall with integrated seating and new gardens with timer-controlled irrigation and lighting. Built a raised table-seating patio area, installed a gas-piped fire pit, and added remote-controlled party string lights.  (It is a 22T oasis with step-out access from the kitchen deck or from the downstairs guest room/ office through sliding double doors).

3. Outside – New Fence (left side neighbor). 

• Installed new redwood fencing (2019) to match existing detail and style.

4. Inside – Powder Room.

• Converted the old 4^th full bath and shower on the main level to a new Spanish style powder room, with detailed cabinetry and fixtures, lighting, flooring, textured walls, and mirror.

5. Inside – Extended the oak hardwood flooring down the stairs to the first level guest room/ office to integrate with the main level.

6. Inside – Wine Room.

• Built a redwood wine room; holds 300+ bottles.

7. Security – Seismic gas shutoff valve, electronic gate, smoke, heat, and alarm system.

• Installed “Little Firefighter” seismic/ earthquake gas shutoff valve.
• Installed new security front gate with electronic lock
• Installed motion-sensor lights on side perimeters of home.
• Upgraded ADT system to whole house smoke/fire, heat and alarm monitored system.

8. Efficiency – converted inside lighting to LEDs.

9. Inside – Garage, Laundry Room, structural, lighting, flooring.

• Installed 2 steel riser beams with concrete footings in the walls and structurally supported the house with a new bolted glue lam beam.
• Installed sheer walls to add structural integrity to the bolted foundation.
• Installed new low-profile furnace ducting, whole area lighting and flooring to the expanded garage and laundry room. Built in a second refrigerator. 

Details:

• Original hand-painted beams, 6 matching original sconces, and original drapery hardware in the vaulted living room.
• Working, wood burning fireplace in the living room, with antique andirons included.
• Original hand-painted beams in the formal dining room, with 3 matching sconces.
• Original pendant lights in the front entry and the top of stairs landing.
• Wine refrigerator in the kitchen island.
• Samsung LED kitchen TV included.
• Open family room layout with large curved arches.
• Main level whole house sound system (kitchen, family room, dining room – in ceiling speakers) living room (floor standing speakers can be wired) – sound system amp, room controller and Sonos system included with the home.
• Whole house laundry chute system (in kids/ guest bath – level 3, in the hallway off powder room – main level, in the laundry room – level 1).
• Included stainless steel matching LG washer and dryer –serviced within the past 2 years.
• Included stainless steel Kitchen Aid second refrigerator in the garage.
• New (2019) 75-gallon water heater.
• Serviced (2020) Carrier high efficiency two-stage furnace.
• Whole house monitored security, smoke, and heat protection system (with ADT), and three separate level keypads (master suite, front door, first level entry door).
• Heated tile floor (Nuheat) in the master suite bathroom.
• Wine storage room - redwood racking for 300+ bottles, behind a ‘secret door’ in the garage.
• Included set-in workbench and tool rack.
• Security front entry gate with electronic lock – operated inside at front door.
• Original, tiled and pot working fountain (on a timer system) in the walled front courtyard.
• Whole yard-controlled irrigation system.
• Gas-piped (not propane) fire pit on the patio.
• Remote-controlled party string lights on the patio.
• Full 2-car inside parking, plus room for 2-car off street parking on the front driveway.

Type: SingleFamily

Bedrooms: 4

Bathrooms: 3.5

Floor size: 2902 sqft per MLS tax records

Lot: 3333 sqft

Year Built: 1929

Room count: 8