My new home!

On 2/28/2007 escrow closed on my new home in Portola Valley, a very modest and honest 1680 sf house that had been declared a tear-down by the previous owner: it was to be replaced by a 4400 sf pastiche of a Tuscan villa. However, their plans changed -- and that was my opportunity to venture into a delightful new challenge.

Here is a floorplan of the house. In case you are reeeeeally interested, you can click here to download the dwg file.


While the realtors' web site is still up, you can go and see how the property was presented:
http://www.plansandtours.com/1055

The most prominent quality of the property is the view! Here are two examples; the first is the view from the living room; the other is from my bedroom (and also the view from the driveway, looking along the right side of the house).



For those interested, here is a repro of the survey, and if you click here you can download the dwg file.

And finally, here is the Google map of the property. What I really love about this place is that it is out in the hills, but I don't have to drive for hours on narrow winding roads. As you will see I am close to main roads and even shopping: Alpine is the nearest cross street, there is a great little shopping strip on the corner of Alpine and Portola, featuring a small hardware store where I usually find at least two out of three things I am looking for, and in the other direction Ladera shopping center isn't far away - with Bianchini's market, coffee shops and several restaurants.