The natural beauty and tranquil atmosphere of Palo Alto's prestigious, 40-acre Southgate neighborhood is a fitting background to the elegant sophistication of this brand-new, uniquely crafted 5 bedroom, 3 1/2 bath home. You'll love the great location and the many superb, high-quality architectural details of this incredible home.

It's conveniently located between the bustling downtowns of Palo Alto's University and California business districts, across the street from Stanford University, near world-class Palo Alto schools, and down the street from Stanford Mall, Stanford Hospital, and the Palo Alto Medical Center.

Kids will enjoy playing on the structures and tennis courts around the corner at bucolic Piers Park. Commuters will love the easy access to CalTrain, El Camino Real and Highways 101 and 280.

Drive down Southgate's quaint, quiet, and tree-lined streets to the marvelous Mediterranean-style home at 300 Sequoia Avenue. Walk up the interlocking-paver driveway, past the fences crowned with fragrant climbing vines, and you're at the finely detailed, rustic mahogany door of this grand palace.

Be ready to be impressed as you enter this home. Behold the dramatic 17' cathedral foyer ceiling, set off by a wall of Palladian windows throwing northern light over an enormous expanse of Brazilian cherry wood floors. Logs in the gas fireplace, with its marble surround and California cherry mantel, crackle in the background as you view your incredible surroundings. Look up and see the skylights - one frames an artistic view of the home's extraordinary ornamental chimney cap. That's just another touch of refinement in this home that discriminating buyers will love.

Walk through the arched doorways into the formal dining room. The shimmering crystal chandelier is an appropriate punctuation mark to any formal or casual entertaining you'll do in this room. Down the hall is the wonderful gourmet kitchen and adjacent, spacious and sunny, large living room. Locating the kitchen conveniently adjacent to the living room makes it convenient to distribute refreshments, yet still keeps the chef part of the activities.

This incredible kitchen will inspire you to stay home and cook. The custom California cherry wood cabinets are surrounded by a sea of granite countertop space and matching granite backsplashes, making this the place in which every chef will love to create gourmet masterpieces.

The kitchen's handy and huge stand-alone island, with convenient prep sink, is in the midst of a fabulous array of matching, high-end, built-in, professional-grade Thermador appliances: dishwasher, oven with warming drawer, professional range with gas stove-top, microwave, and a 48" large professional refrigerator with filtered ice and water dispensers on its double doors. Every appliance is not only top-of-the-line, but thoughtfully installed. For example, the blowers in the oven's fan are located on the roof to keep its functioning far from the kitchen and, therefore, as quiet as possible.

Lucky homeowners will love the living room's beautiful, built-in California cherry wood entertainment center, with space for a plasma TV up to 65" diameter, and computer workstations. The whole house has convenient, built-in wiring for cable TV, a sound and intercom system, fiberglass, phone, and ten outlets in each room. Need fast, reliable computer access? The home's structural network is pre-wired for CAT 5 and ready for configuration with jumpers.

Living here will be easy and comfortable. Three climate zone systems will heat and cool the home to your satisfaction, with a different zone for each floor of the house. The central forced-air, high-efficiency heating and cooling system, two high-efficiency air heaters and a 75-gallon water heater with hot water circulation pump complete the luxurious climate control features designed into this incredibly detailed home - even the basement room that houses the utilities has a granite floor. As a precaution, an ADT alarm system is installed with the first year's service pre-paid. 

The home's second gas fireplace in the living room makes it a warm and cheerful room even on the coldest days. Maybe you'll want to locate your breakfast table here so you can enjoy the superb views of the big, landscaped back yard and pretty patios through the wall of windows.

There are even built-in window seats in both the living and front room to enjoy the garden views. The landscaping is low-maintenance with an automatic sprinkler system and drip irrigation to keep the garden green and blossoming.

Taking the elegant curving staircase to the second floor, you'll notice the beautiful wrought-iron balustrade with its custom insert of California grapes. No detail was left to languish in this home as even the wrought iron is powder-coated, making it easier to clean.

The piece de resistance of this home is the large and light-filled master bedroom suite. Underneath these dramatic coffered ceilings is the perfect place for a dramatic placement of the master bed. The walk-in closet is a work of art, itself. Large and cedar-lined, it has a closet custom-designed for discriminating dressing, down to the last detail. For example, the built-in dresser even has velvet-lined jewelry storage that you'll love using.

The master bath is a symphony of excitement and distinction. The beautiful and spacious marble double-sink is set-off by the handsome granite tile floors. No luxury is overlooked. The cast-iron master bathtub is designed for luxurious, long baths with its built-in powerful jets. The large, glass-enclosed shower with gorgeous marble slab tiles even has a lower faucet designed to aid ladies as they shave their legs. The lavatory in the master suite, as well as all the home's bathrooms, has special 100/50% water flow economy control levers.

Speaking of baths, there is no holding back on the bathrooms throughout this home. Outfitted with granite and marble tiles and the economy water flush options on the lavatories, these rooms are impressive in themselves. The bath opposite the dining room even has an onyx countertop, to extend the elegance of those special nights with company.

Not only the master bedroom, but each bedroom has a personality of its own. Whether you choose to turn them into an office, den, library or hobby room, the double sliding mirrored closets will be handy. One bedroom has a beautiful coffered ceiling, similar to the master bedroom, that is inspirational in its beauty. Another has a charming dormer and unusual rooflines that are a delight to live under.

The incredibly crafted full basement is so bright and full of natural light, you'd think you were upstairs. You can even view flowers and sky from the large picture windows and there's access to an inviting sunken patio.

And what use this basement will get. Its huge game room has a bar with sink and freezer that will make for great entertaining. The two bedroom spaces are ready to be used as you need them. All the cabinetry is solid maple. These rooms could be a private living space for relatives or whomever you need to house. You and your lucky guests will have easy access to the basement's impressive bass-wood wet and dry sauna with high-end, kwa "Tylo" electric heater. Talk about spoiling yourself. Downstairs is also a great laundry room with high-end washer and dryer, great solid-maple storage cabinets and granite counters and floor.

Outside is the detached and charming garage that is surrounded by redwood "good neighbor" style fencing that looks great from the properties on both sides of it. Details are attended to, even in the fence. Be sure to notice the copper fence caps that will age beautifully with weather and time. Fragrant Confederate star jasmine climbs up the fences, adding sensual drama to evening entertainment all summer long. 

Residents are eligible to attend Palo Alto Unified School District's award-winning Walter Hays Elementary, Jordan Middle and Palo Alto High Schools. Please verify space availability with the school district. These facts are believed accurate but not guaranteed.

You must visit this home and see for yourself what an exceptional find it is. Not only will you get incredible craftsmanship and quality of life in a charming neighborhood, you'll be close to the excitement and enticing events in downtown Palo Alto. You just can't pass on a home like this.

• Incredible five-bedroom, three-and-a-half bath home 
• Wonderful setting in great neighborhood close to downtown 
• Designed with dramatic custom details, fine craftsmanship 
• Sunny, two-story entry foyer creates an impressive entrance 
• High-end kitchen has professional Thermador appliances 
• Spacious formal living & dining rooms, expansive windows 
• Beautiful solid-wood floors, built-in cabinetry & workspaces 
• Baths are marble & granite, cast-iron tubs, low-flow toilets 
• Master bedroom has beautiful bath, incredible walk-in closet 
• Practical, large and natural light-filled full-basement 
• High-end, beautiful bass-wood sauna with electric heater 
• Cable and CAT 5 wiring, DSL, 3 air & heating zones 
• Large, low-maintenance, landscaped garden, two patios 
• Great, practical storage space inside and outside the home 
• Residents eligible to attend award-winning Palo Alto schools 

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