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Oak Hills home is a rare find

By Kathy Young
Special Sections Assistant Editor

This newly constructed residence offers five bedrooms and a den in an efficient floor plan designed especially for enjoyment of its unique Spring Valley Lake home site.

The location of one bedroom and bathroom downstairs plus the den/ office just off the tiled entry provides flexibility in the two-story design that encompasses about 2,840 square feet.

Upon stepping into the home from the stylishly sheltered front porch, visitors are introduced to connecting living and dining rooms under a cathedral ceiling.

The tiled kitchen — located between the carpeted dining and family rooms — features stainless-steel appliances and a lighted pantry. Granite countertops surmount the kitchen's oak counters and prep island, which houses the dishwasher, includes dual sinks and provides space for snacking. Bay windows form a breakfast nook overlooking the pool-sized rear yard.

The open family room includes a gas-fed fireplace with tile facing sand overhead ceiling fans with integral lighting. The room opens to an elevated rear deck that is served by natural gas and water bibs. The deck allows stairwell access to the back yard below.

A louvered door opens into the first-floor laundry room that leads out to the twocar finished garage with a decorative roll-up door.

The guest closet under the interior stairs provides some extra storage space. The carpeted staircase with white balusters and a natural oak handrail offers two small landings that overlook the great room.

Upstairs, a double-door entry opens into the long master bedroom, which offers views of the hills and mountains to the northeast and the southeast through four windows. The bedroom includes a closet with sliding paneled doors, a pair of lightkit ceiling fans and a vertical entertainment niche.

The master bath and dressing area includes a walk-in wardrobe closet, a tiled corner shower with a bench, a deep jetted soaking tub in a step-up tile surround and a long dressing counter set with dual wash basins and complemented by a lengthy wall mirror.

Three additional bedrooms, a bathroom and hall linen cabinets with a folding shelf also are located on the second floor.

Zone cooling is provided by two air conditioning units with separate controls. Landscaping includes automatic sprinklers for lawn areas and a drip system for flower beds.

This Autumn Leaves Avenue home is priced at $499,000.

To visit by appointment or obtain additional information, call Lisa Dunham of Shear Realty at (760) 243-3803 or (800) 243-0003.

Measurements are approximate and not verified.