Mill Valley ‘Valley Vista” Spa Retreat
This upgraded and newly refurbished home is new on the market as a vacation rental. There is a magnificent panoramic view of Mt. Tamalpais to the upper San Francisco Bay from the entire backside of the house and deck with a new hot tub accessing a stunning and fabulous flower and vegetable garden.
The newly remodeled house has extensive custom natural wood trim throughout the interior, and new Marvin windows and doors. The beautiful new bathrooms have travertine marble showers, and heated marble floors with custom wood cabinets and marble countertops. There is a gas-start wood burning natural stone fireplace in the living room, which is surrounded with large windows and plantation wood shutters. There are ceiling fans in 3 rooms of the house and 3 flat screen TV’s throughout the house, two with Comcast cable access. As well there is wireless Internet access throughout the house.
A custom kitchen has all the bells and whistles, including an instant hot water tap for tea of coffee. Top line black granite countertops, custom wood cabinets, and cork flooring with dedicated lighting offer a comfort and appeal to cooking. The view from the kitchen window is the magnificent. This is one of only a few homes in Mill Valley with it’s own well water, filtered for sediments and bacteria, and softened for home use.
A beautiful redwood deck has a new gas barbeque grill; new hot tub, teak furniture and a custom designed 6’ round redwood meditation platform with cushions and umbrella overlooking the magnificent view of Mill Valley and Mt. Tamalpais. There are lights at night highlighting the beautiful trees and black bamboo that surround the hot tub.
The master bedroom with a vaulted ceiling and private tiled deck has a breathtaking view of Mt. Tamalpais, and a very large custom walk-in closet. A sky lit master bathroom offers two sinks and a large two-person shower with a steam bath.
The main floor bedroom has vaulted ceilings with two skylights with automatic shades and skylight openers. The downstairs ‘garden’ bedroom has it’s own separate entrance from the garden with motion sensor lights on the redwood deck walkway for safe entry in the night.
The manicured and extensive garden has a custom designed redwood greenhouse planted with fresh herbs for your gourmet cooking with a ‘fold-down’ redwood daybed. A multi-level garden has beds of flowers, herbs, and vegetables for your use with many partially hidden garden statues, crushed ‘nuns canyon’ stone paths, a bench, redwood meditation platform, and a duckweed pond, that sits under a beautiful large redwood tree surrounded by ferns. By night, the garden has walkway and statue and tree accent lights.
The home is in a safe, quiet and easily accessed location with off street parking. The house and grounds have been meticulously manicured and stand unique in natural beauty, charm, peacefulness and privacy.
The owner and designer of the house has his original oil paintings exhibited throughout the house for sale. As well, the owner’s collection of Indonesian and primitive artwork is displayed throughout the house.
The Property is located on the foothills of Mt. Tamalpais with many trails within a 5-minute walk. The house is 1-minute drive off Highway 1, 5 minutes from downtown Mill valley, 15 minutes from the Golden Gate Bridge and Muir Woods and 20 minutes from Stinson Beach. This is a high-end and quality rental home.
Keywords: House, Views, Decks, Terraced Garden, Hot Tub, Greenhouse, Meditation platforms, Mill Valley, Close to San Francisco, Stinson Beach, Muir Woods
