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Exceptional New Crescent Park Estate
With Premium Finishes On Over One-Half Acre
1060 Palo Alto Avenue, Palo Alto
(between Chaucer Street and Hale Street)
Offered at $6,985,000
Miles McCormick
(650) 400-1001
Visit Miles’ Web site at HomesOfPaloAlto.com for property details.
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Nestled among picturesque oak trees, this new estate home exemplifies the elegance of a
peaceful Mediterranean compound in the heart of desirable Crescent Park. With approximately
5,900 square feet of living space, the residence incorporates exquisite stonework, rich cabinetry
and offers old world sophistication where rooms flow effortlessly into each other. Many of the
public rooms look out onto a tile-clad central courtyard with a magnificent view of the unusually
deep rear grounds. Distinguished features of this new offering include:
• The expansive reception rooms on the first
floor include a formal entrance hall, stunning
living room, grand dining room, study, game
room with secondary kitchen, inglenook and
family room
• Five bedroom suites, a powder room, two
laundry rooms and five fireplaces
• Breathtaking kitchen with professionalgrade appliances, elegant island, adjoining
breakfast room, two pantries, mud room
and catering station
• Custom finishes include hand-finished
hardwood flooring, elaborate millwork, coved
ceilings, ornate light fixtures, a sweeping
staircase and prominent windows and doors
• 24,394 sq. ft. parcel (per MetroScan) with
heritage trees, an arbor-covered driveway,
detached two-car garage, and sparkling
fountain
• The designated schools in the premier Palo
Alto Unified School District are Addison
Elementary, Jordan Middle and Palo Alto High
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Features of the Property
Public Rooms
The handsome façade offers the first hint of
the estate’s meticulous architectural detailing.
Beneath the cap-and-pan tile roof, the stucco
exterior walls feature wrought-iron, hand-hewn
corbels and vivid tilework. The arched front
doors have integrated wrought iron grills and
textured glass that create an imposing entrance
to this refined home. An arbor covered
porte-cochere on the driveway emphasizes
the grand scale of this graceful residence,
while flourishing landscaping complements
the lush setting with wrought-iron gates set in
stucco garden walls, planter beds and walkways
clad with colorful tile and a driveway of handlaid pavers and crushed granite.
The gracious entrance hall is a showcase for
the estate’s exceptional finishes. The distinctive
curved staircase has a wrought-iron banister
that draws the eye upward to an artisan-glazed
domed ceiling lit by a palatial wrought-iron
chandelier. The second floor landing creates a
natural bridge over the entrances to the living
room, study and two coat closets. Behind the
staircase is a bank of four arched windows
flanked by two sets of French doors that
look out on the tile-clad central courtyard.
This arched motif is repeated in a display
niche with a hand-finished rear wall and
countertop of lustrous. As in all of the public
rooms on the main floor, the hand-planed
hickory flooring and oversized baseboards
provide an impressive counterpoint to the
10-foot high coved ceilings. The game room,
dining room, courtyard and powder room also
open off this space.
The sophisticated living room provides a
wonderful setting for either formal entertaining
or a quiet refuge. An enormous picture window
fills one wall and provides a sylvan view of
a heritage oak tree on the front lawn. This
inviting room is warmed by a grand fireplace
with a Beauharnais limestone mantel and
massive pre-cast surround that repeats the
arched shape of the nearby windows. An eyecatching wrought-iron chandelier illuminates
this inviting space.
The light-filled dining room has a brilliant
wrought-iron and crystal chandelier, and
another set of three arched windows that
create a marvelous stage for dinner parties
and holiday feasts. A swinging door leads
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to the kitchen through a service hallway that
contains two substantial walk-in pantries,
the mud room and a prep station with extensive
cabinetry and a slab granite countertop that
coordinates with the finishes in the kitchen. No detail has been overlooked in the design of
the gourmet kitchen. Specially made cabinetry
with rope-style trim around the perimeter of the
kitchen has a dark walnut finish, while the large
center island and graceful suspended hood have
been hand-glazed a lush sage green. Entertaining
large groups will be effortless with every
convenience anticipated, such as a corner desk/
message center, large farm sink, and second prep
sink with pull-out faucet that can function as a
pot-filler. The Impala Gold granite slab countertops seem to glow due
to the under-cabinet lighting and a dazzling pendant fixture. Tumbled
Siena marble tile with metal accents has been used to great effect for
the backsplash and surround for the tall window above the primary
farm sink. The professional grade appliances are clad in stainless
steel (unless otherwise noted) and include the following:
• Thermador 48” 6-burner gas range with an integrated grill and
2 ovens
• Faber 38” Inca Pro integrated hood
• Thermador triple combination microwave, warming drawer and
convection oven
• Fisher Paykel dishwasher drawer with integrated
door panel
• Thermador dishwasher with integrated door panel
• SubZero 48”side-by-side refrigerator/freezer with
water/ice dispenser
The neighboring breakfast room will provide a
natural gathering point for a busy household.
It repeats the themes used in the other public rooms,
including an incredible wrought-iron chandelier
with artisan crafted glass shades, splendid woodwork,
an oversized pass through to the kitchen and a large
window looking out on several large trees and the
imposing arbor over the driveway. A set of three
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exterior folding French doors can slide open so
that this sunny room is filled with the sound of
the courtyard fountain.
The focal point in the family room is a
massive fireplace with a Beauharnais limestone
slab mantel and a precast surround with
spiral half-columns. Above the fireplace
is a niche that has been wired for a television.
wall formed by the back of the staircase has been
hand glazed and stenciled to harmonize with the
leaves of the olive tree in the courtyard. Two
fantastic wrought iron sconces on this stair wall
coordinate with the bowl chandelier in the center
of the room. Additional entrances to this space
include a swinging door under the second floor
bridge in the entrance hall and a door in the far
corner that opens to the wet bar in the adjacent
game room.
The game room provides another amazing
display of woodwork. A handcrafted spiral
staircase with an intricate banister of barley
twist spindles in one corner provides an
eye-catching transition to the secondary
bedrooms located above. The open wet bar
has more of the home’s incredible wooden
Also accessed by French doors opening to the
central courtyard, this large room is graced
with a round window containing a leaded glass
panel that echoes the quatrefoil detail found
in the unusual bowl chandelier. Two bright
windows on either side of the fireplace look out
on the especially deep rear lawn.
On the opposite side of the central courtyard
is the spacious study. A gorgeous two-sided
fireplace with a precast stone surround and
black walnut raised hearth creates a charming
inglenook and frames the view of the central
courtyard. A display niche above the fireplace
with another black walnut countertop and
hand-cut corbels accentuates the sinuous lines
of this special room. The remarkable curved
cabinetry and a lustrous Verde Fantastico
granite slab countertop. This urbane
space glows in the light from another set
of three exterior folding French doors, a
combination ceiling fan/light fixture and
two striking pendants over the wet bar.
The appliances in the wet bar include the
following:
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• Fisher Paykel dishwasher drawer
• SubZero 30” refrigerator/freezer
• GE Profile carousel microwave
Beyond the game room is a bedroom suite
that provides guests or extended family
members with an unusual degree of privacy.
This suite contains the same premium finishes
found elsewhere in the home, including handplaned flooring, a coved ceiling, large closet with
closet system, and French doors to the central
terrace. The old world atmosphere extends
into the bathroom where the floor, wainscoting
and bath/shower surround are clad with an
incredible Pietra d’ Assisi ceramic tile that has
a hand-chiseled stone look. Light from the
transom window high above the shower makes
the frameless glass surround and the oil rubbed
bronze finish on the bathroom fixtures sparkle. Located between the entrance hall and
the kitchen is a polished powder room.
The bathroom vanity has a countertop of rare
Diaspro Rosso marble beneath an Artists
Edition self-rimming sink by Kohler.
A hand-glazed finish on the walls and
ceiling complements the richly-hued ceramic
tile wainscoting and floor. Off the service hallway between the dining
room and the kitchen is a large mud room
that has a French door opening to the arborcovered driveway. The mudroom also serves
as a secondary laundry with built-in cabinetry,
a deep laundry sink and Whirlpool’s 27” Duet
stacked washer and dryer. As in both the
adjacent walk-in pantries, the floor is San
Martino porcelain tile.
Second Floor
Beneath the hand-stenciled dome ceiling,
the second floor landing wraps around the main
staircase and leads to the master bedroom,
hallway to the secondary bedrooms, and main
laundry room. The connecting hallway runs
the length of the house and features a message
center/study area with extensive cabinetry,
a desk, bookshelves, file drawers, barleytwist spiral accents, CAT-5 cable hook-ups
and cubby holes for messages. At the far end
of the bedroom hall is the top of the circular
wooden staircase from the game room. A classic
wrought-iron bell-shaped chandelier accents the
beautiful glazing on the curved wall behind the
staircase. A French door containing a leaded
glass panel serves a small balcony overlooking
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with a U-Line 15” under-counter refrigerator, a
small bar sink set in the slab granite countertop
and a mosaic tile backsplash that coordinates
with the fireplace surround. A series of handglazed insets in the coved ceiling of the master
bedroom complement the lush tones of the
hardwood flooring and the wooden trim around
three square windows set high on the bed
wall. Another elevated fireplace with a precast
surround grounds the space. An intimate alcove
at the rear of the suite contains French doors
leading to a private terrace.
Highlights of the master bathroom include:
the three-tiered fountain in the inner courtyard.
The luxurious master bedroom suite has
been designed as a secluded retreat from a
busy world with a series of increasingly private
spaces. The first is a foyer/dressing area
warmed by an elevated two-sided fireplace with
a stone tile surround. Flanking this fireplace
are two French doors with leaded glass panels
for a walk-in closet and the bathroom. Pocket
doors set in one wall conceal a breakfast kitchen
• “U” shaped vanity area with two Kohler
china sinks set in the Bordeaux granite slab
countertop
• A bank of integrated cabinetry reminiscent
of a classic linen press fills one wall
• An impressive Kohler 8-jet oval spa tub set
in a private alcove beneath a round, leaded
glass window
• A shower with a frameless enclosure and
Grohe fixtures, including a large rain head
• The shower surround, floor, fireplace surround
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and tub deck are
clad with
antiqued
Chiaro marble
tile accented with
the same opulent
mosaic tile used
on the vanity
backsplash
• Separate water
closet with bidet
The Grounds
As with many of
the formal walkways
around the house,
the spectacular
central courtyard is
clad in Saltillo tile
inset with colorful
tile accents. At the far
end of the courtyard
terrace is a three level
fountain set between
two staircases to
the lush rear lawn. The
courtyard’s raised
planter has retaining
walls capped with colorful
Talavera tile. Superb
quatrefoils of cementitious
molding accent two walls
of the rear terrace.
The three
secondary bedroom
suites on this level
have hardwood flooring,
airy windows, and
large closets. Each
bathroom has a showerover-tub configuration
with a frameless glass
shower surround.
Sophisticated tile
treatments have been
used to great effect
for the flooring,
countertops and tub/
shower walls.
Exquisite carriage-style
garage doors have been
used on the two-car garage
at the end of the inspired
driveway, which has
alternating segments of
crushed granite and
hand-laid pavers.
The convenient
second floor laundry
room has more fine
cabinetry, an extradeep utility sink and
washer and dryer
hookups. More
chiseled edge tile,
with decorative blue
tile inserts, has
been used for the
floor, countertop and
backsplash.
Specimen trees,
including oak, redwood,
eucalyptus and olive,
enclose the property in
unique natural privacy.
Distinguished motorized
gates enclose the driveway.
A complementary gate
frames the front walkway.
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Other Amenities:
The primary rooms have CAT-5 wiring.
There are four zones of heating and air conditioning.
Security system wiring and a state-of-the-art on-demand water
heating system have been installed.
The interior doors in this exceptional residence are all made of
solid alder, and many contain leaded and stained glass panels.
This wonderful home is in the sought-after Palo Alto Unified
School District. The buyer should verify that the designated
schools are Addison Elementary (Grades K-5), Jordan Middle
(Grades 6-8) and Palo Alto High (Grades 9-12).
For further information and a copy of all disclosures/inspections, please contact:
Miles McCormick
Founding Agent – Palo Alto Market Center
(650) 400-1001
Visit Miles’ Web site HomesOfPaloAlto.com
for a virtual tour of the property.
Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.