Need room to grow? Are you looking for a terrific location to realize your dreams? This substantial, 2000+ square-foot home with 3 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths on a large, 7000+ square-foot lot is your best solution. It's within walking and biking distance of Midtown and Charleston Corners' shops and restaurants, the award-winning Palo Alto schools, the wonderful YMCA and Eichler Tennis and Swim Club facilities, and public transportation. Commuters will enjoy its proximity to Highway 101 and major employers.

Peek through the property's privacy border hedges of acanthus, ceanothus, and boxwood, to find a jewel of a house on a corner lot, in a wonderfully family-oriented neighborhood. This lushly landscaped lot is easy-to-care-for with an automatic, programmable irrigation system.

The best is yet to come. Since the home is a signature Palo Alto Coastwise post-war home, you'll find their special touches evident throughout - and reiterated in the home's handsome and sophisticated updates. Enter through the front door into the sunny foyer with its classic Coastwise cross-hatched mullion window. You're surrounded by beautiful oak-plank flooring running throughout the home that amplifies its spacious environs. As you walk along, keep noticing the subtle accents that extend the attractive natural wood motif into each room.

Within the large living room is a cozy, wood-burning brick fireplace with brass surround that is accented by recessed lighting. The recessed lighting is unnecessary during the day as the living room's large picture window lights up this lovely space. Keep walking through the living room's elegant arched double-doorway into the spacious and separate dining room. Its classic, dining room bay window lets in even more light and its seat below is a perfect place to read by natural light. The bay window's wood frames nicely complement the oak flooring.

You'll find the heart of the house by following the oak-plank flooring to the immaculate kitchen and its charming, connected sunroom. The kitchen is updated with a built-in dishwasher, hooded gas stove, microwave, oven, custom-tile back splash, recessed lighting, and a breakfast bar that extends both the food preparation area, as well as the informal eating area.

The bonus family sunroom, which runs alongside the kitchen, is spacious, sun-drenched and inviting - and is bordered by the kitchen breakfast bar for easy access to food preparation and social interaction with the cook. Once again, the home's dramatic wood ornamentation is evidenced here, from the wood moldings to the double-paned, wooden window- and door-frames. You'll love how the sun warms the wood, giving every activity in this room a golden glow. Here's the place to linger over a second cup of coffee or an informal social event with family and friends. The garden is framed by the large picture window and accessed easily through this enchanting room's windowed-garden doors.

Walk outside through those doors and you're on a brick patio surrounded by a lovely landscaped haven of fruit trees and flowering plants. Besides the apple and peach trees, you'll find a wonderful grassy area, landscaped raised-beds, and a series of beautiful perennially flowering borders.

Back in the bedroom living quarters, you'll see a second bay window, again with a natural wood frame, in the first of three bedrooms. Across the room is a spacious custom closet with natural wood bi-fold doors. Down the hall is an updated bathroom that still boasts its infamous, post-war, octagon-patterned tile flooring. The second bedroom has a convenient, updated adjoining bath.

Last, but not least, the master bedroom suite is magnificent. It is a true inner sanctum with "his and her" sinks and vanities designed for your personal convenience. Each vanity has elegant, tulip-patterned tile surrounding classic shell sinks. A built-in window in the big, double-sided walk-in closet provides natural light by day, and there's a fluorescent light for nights to help you find the perfect outfit, quickly, at any time.

Down the hall from the master bath and dressing areas, the private and spacious master bedroom is bright and airy, with tall cathedral ceilings illuminated by two skylights and faux-alabaster sconce lighting. More light comes from the Northern exposure shining through a wood-framed, double-pane mullioned window door and two matching windowed sidelights. Across the room you get Southern exposure from the adjacent and coved annex's picture window. This is the place to locate your favorite writing desk, or to situate a comfortable reading chair and enjoy a pleasant view of garden flowers in bloom.

Still have a need for more room? Don't miss the bonus family room built into the garage. With its private entrance and parking pad, and wall of built-in shelving, you just might want to relocate your office to your new home. There's also a lighted workbench area and lots of storage shelves in the garage to help you complete your weekend projects. More storage is built-in throughout the home with additional coat and linen closets, bathroom closets, the large bedroom closets and the walk-in, closeted dressing area.

Residents are eligible for the excellent Palo Alto schools, including Palo Verde Elementary School, Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School, and Palo Alto High School. You're also nearby, and eligible for the lottery to, the district's two alternative elementary schools, Hoover and Ohlone. Please verify space availability with the school district.

Don't miss your chance to walk through this property and see for yourself what a great place it is. This is a wonderfully spacious home in a great location that can easily accommodate your growing dreams.

• Immaculate 3 BR, 2 1/2 BA, classic Coastwise home;
• Near transportation, Midtown, YMCA, Eichler Swim & Tennis Club;
• Handsome hardwood floors, bay windows and windowed garden doors;
• Immaculate kitchen has updated, built-in appliances, breakfast bar;
• Separate dining room and charming sun room attached to kitchen;
• Large master bedroom suite with walk-in dressing closet,
• Cathedral ceiling with skylights, lovely, windowed cove;
• One bedroom has attached bath; other has a bay window with seat;
• Bonus family room with private entrance built into garage;
• Easy-care irrigated landscaping - apple and peach trees;
• Great storage spaces inside the home, as well as in the garage;
• Flexible, open floor plan with recessed lighting throughout;
• Within biking distance to Stanford and shopping;
• Residents eligible to attend award-winning Palo Alto schools,
• Palo Verde, Jane Lathrop Stanford, & Palo Alto High;

Offer Date and Time: SOLD

APN: 127-51-007

MLS: 09

*Verify space availability with school district, facts believed accurate but NOT guaranteed.