• 5 Bedrooms / 4 Baths   
• 2-car Garage with 450sf of storage
• Complete remodel from the foundation up in 2006/2007
• Lower level has 9' ceilings and an outdoor living room with ceiling fans and hot tub
• Lot size 16,020 sq. ft. (.37 acres!!) per King County Records
• House has 3400 sq. ft. of livable space, a 2-car garage + 450 sq. ft. of storage in garage

This custom modern ranch house with a full daylight lower level was renovated from the foundation up in 2006/2007 with meticulous attention to detail and modern Pacific Northwest style. The private terrace with its serene Zen rock garden leads you to the glass door with Rocky Mountain custom-forged hardware that feels so solid to the touch. A Brazilian slate floor beckons you through the entry hall with its natural cedar ceiling and brings you to an art niche with expertly designed lighting. As you look across the custom blackened steel railings of the stairwell, you can see into the open living room with 11-foot vaulted ceilings.

The living room is flooded with natural light from the wall of glass doors that open onto the front terrace. It flows into the dining room with its own set of glass doors which lead to the back deck with wrap-around custom glass railings to optimize the backyard view. The American cherry-wood floors gleam in these two rooms. The living room is accented with a wall of beautifully handcrafted wood built-ins accented by a bold modern fireplace of blackened steel tile. The tiles were designed to be removed to access the wiring for a plasma television which is behind the wall.

The gourmet kitchen has American cherry-wood floors, custom cherry cabinets topped with black slab granite and accented with an elegant white, opaque glass tile backsplash reminds one of the perfect piece of accent jewelry. There are two sinks, each with a garbage disposal, and there is a convenient pot-filler faucet near the stove. There is a GE Monogram Professional stainless gourmet 48" range with six burners and a griddle, two ovens and a professional stainless vent hood. The refrigerator is a GE Monogram 42" professional stainless and there is a Bosch Professional stainless dishwasher. There is a convenient breakfast nook with wonderful territorial views and doors that lead to the large outside deck that looks over the enormous backyard. This is a well designed, sunny, bright open kitchen and it leads directly into the large two-car garage and additional approximately 450 sq. ft. of storage area above the garage.

There is a master suite with a customizable walk-in closet on the main floor. The bathroom has a large, custom-glass enclosed walk-in shower for two with a custom rainhead shower on the ceiling as well as a regular showerhead and a whirlpool tub. White porcelain double sinks top custom teak cabinets by Grey Design Studios and are accented by teak mirrors. Limestone floors have radiant heat and the white subway tile gives the room a fresh, modern feel. The hallway between the master and the second bedroom is plumbed for a second washer/dryer or it can be used a more storage space. The second bedroom is just off the entry and could also work well as a home office/studio. It opens into a second bathroom, also with a teak vanity and mirrors by Grey Design Studio, a large, walk-in, door-less shower with a Brazilian slate tile floor. Again, white subway tiles finish the modern, simple and elegant look.

Blackened steel railings lead you down the American cherry-wood stairs to the lower level. A one-of-a-kind, custom light fixture, designed by Ryan Smith of Grey Design Studios, hangs over the stairwell. A great room with fireplace wrapped in Brazilian slate and another wall of hand-crafted fir bookshelves is the perfect place to watch movies and for the kids to play indoors or do their homework or crafts at the built-in fir desks. There is a kitchenette/bar area with smaller stainless fridge, stainless microwave and an undermount sink with slab marble over fir cabinetry. A convenient half bath in the same vernacular of the house is right off the kitchenette. The wall of glass doors off the great room opens up to an outdoor living area under the top deck. There is a 6-person hot tub sunk into the ipe deck and living area complete with ceiling fans to make the perfect "outdoor room" from which to enjoy the one-of-a-kind backyard.

There are three more bedrooms on this level. One is right off the great room and has glass doors to double as an office, if wanted, or a nanny's room. The other two rooms are on the north end of the home and are conveniently right next to the fourth full bathroom. It has slate floors, a double fir vanity topped with slab marble and has cast-iron undermount sinks and a shower/tub combo.

The utility room of the home has been carefully thought out. There is lots of fir cabinetry, stainless steel countertops, a deep sink, a space large enough for a craft table and well-designed lighting. A glass door leads to a fully insulated, slate-floored wine cellar.

Permits and inspections were obtained from the City for each phase of the renovation. New sewer and waste lines, new copper plumbing throughout the house, new upgraded electrical from the street to the home, and a new service panel with all new wiring throughout was installed. The house is SMART-wired for high technology, push-button controls included in each room. There are seventeen high performance directional speakers in most of the rooms including four exterior speakers with their own controls. The house has cable installed in every room, is satellite-radio ready, Ipod ready, flat screen ready in two spots and there is Cat 5 wiring in every room. There is a control panel for the whole house wiring. There is a full alarm system with all accessible windows and doors wired and motion controlled interiors from several control panels.

There is a new, top-of-the-line, high efficiency heating and air conditioning system with exterior heat pump/AC that is 94% efficient, two zones (each level is separately controlled with touch screen controls), built-in humidifier and UV and electrically charged filters to kill all airborne germs.

This is truly a custom home with thoughtful attention to every detail throughout and only top of the line custom finishes and materials were used. This is the modern Pacific Northwest ranch house you have been waiting for and one that your neighbors will be talking about!

Other Miscellaneous Important Facts:

• New garage doors with controls and outside keypad with convenient mudroom nook.
• All new exterior windows and doors. Fir interior for aesthetics and aluminum-clad exterior for low maintenance. All exterior door hardware is Rocky Mountain custom-forged locksets.
• All real fir trim throughout the house that has been Forest Stewardship Council certified (renewable resource). http://www.fscus.org
• Wool carpet in upstairs bedrooms and throughout the lower level.
• All custom light fixtures throughout the house. Most are on dimmers.
• Nine foot ceilings in the lower level and eleven foot vaulted ceilings upstairs.
• Every closet has custom closet organizers including huge master closets.
• All walls throughout the house and between floors are insulated for noise.
• Natural cedar exterior eaves and under deck. Fully waterproofed decking on top of waterproof membrane. Under deck there are two fans for cooling and lighting for the outdoor room and hot tub. Custom tempered, tinted glass railing with Brazilian ipe (hardwood) posts, railing and stairs to lower deck area.
• Wonderful 8 ft. steps lead to huge backyard retreat off the lower deck.
• Backyard playground equipment and a Modern Shed from Grey Design Studios for tools and storage easily accessed from NE 55th Ave.
• New cedar fencing surrounds the backyard; gates lead to front yard and rear street access.
• New French drain system installed (over 400 ft.) throughout the backyard to drain water from grass areas in lower yard.
• Side area off kitchen for garbage cans and storage.
• Fully landscaped front yard with mature plantings and new grass. New rock walls in backyard.
• Exterior features:
  • Lower exterior is clear cedar siding with several hand-rubbed coats of oil based stain.
  • Upper exterior is clear cedar shakes hand-dipped in oil based stain.
  • All exterior trim is pre-primed cedar, painted with Benjamin Moore latex custom color.
  • Around back deck stairs are cedar boards stained natural as well as deck surface.
  • New gutters and drainage around the entire house.
  • Roof installed in 2003.
  • Automatic attic fans installed for better ventilation and cooling during summer.
  • Newly tuck pointed chimney with new flashing and caps.

Private Windermere Beach Club

Membership to the Private Beach Club is an option when you purchase a home within Windermere, but is not a requirement. The Beach Club is a Corporation not a Homeowner's Association. However, if you don't join you cannot use the Beach Club, its facilities or make use of the security patrol. Approximately 220 homes within Windermere are eligible to buy into a shared right to 5 acres with beach rights, waterfront and dock. This area is owned by Windermere Corporation and is chaired by a board of volunteers from the neighborhood.

The initiation fee is approximately $1000 and the annual fee is approximately $500. This affords you a key to the beach club (extra keys are $20) and access to the many amenities and services. The Club has a new playground, two bathrooms, two tennis courts (lessons available), baseball diamond, full size basketball court, a volleyball net, a sandy beach with full time lifeguards through the summer, a dock with temporary (up to 48 hours) mooring for boats, a high dive, a slide, diving board, and log roll. There are picnic tables and barbeques for your use and a fire pit for roasting marshmallows. Every other week during the summer, the lifeguards organize a kids' night in the park. In the past, these nights have included a movie night, a hot dog and s'more roast, a sleepover, story telling, and other entertainments. You can reserve the park for parties and large gatherings during the summer as well as hire the life guards for your party. There is a Sailing Club within the Beach Club (requires extra dues) and they have 6-10 sailboats ready to sail at any time. Easters in the park are great fun with rented miniature ponies and the Easter egg hunt, complete with prizes and the Easter Bunny, of course! Another popular party is the Memorial Weekend BBQ, which is a wonderful chance to meet all the neighbors.

Dogs are allowed off leash anytime during the winter and before 10:00 a.m. and after 6:00 p.m. in the summer. They are not allowed in the park when the lifeguards are on duty during the summer.

The membership benefits also include security patrols when you are on vacation. Off duty police in their Seattle Police uniforms will watch your house and bring in the newspapers and mail if you'd like. Let them know the date you are leaving and the date you'll be back. Membership also includes email notification of any crime in the neighborhood. You will receive a directory of all the neighbor's names and phone numbers within the Windermere boundaries. Finally, the Club area is open dawn to dusk. Security guards patrol at evening curfew to help insure the rules are observed.