HOME OF THE WEEK: A Beautiful Custom-built Home Located on Seco Street, Pasadena

Privately sited behind mature foliage and custom-designed gates, this treasure within the city is a beautiful and custom-built, 2-story contemporary California Craftsman, built-in 1996 and located in the Prospect Park National Register overlay zone.

The warmth of the home is immediately felt upon approaching the entry featuring dramatic arroyo stone pillars and a classic Craftsman color palette. Offering well-proportioned rooms, exceptional natural light, and a grand sense of entertaining public space, all with a modern flair, that includes a sunken living room with an abundance of windows that opens to a well-appointed cooks kitchen featuring a plethora of natural granite stone countertops, stainless steel commercial grade appliances, and a spacious breakfast bar. Numerous exterior venues provide the occupant with the sound of a cascading waterfall, and multiple dining options, whether casual or formal, while the kitchen-adjacent formal dining room with a river rock fireplace and built-in cabinetry add to the unique sense of cozy this home so comfortably exudes.

The home boasts three bedrooms and four bathrooms to include a convenient ground-floor bedroom suite. Two additional bedrooms, including the sumptuous primary suite, offers a separate shower and stand-alone tub and dual sinks as well as a lovely exterior covered patio, a perfect respite. Complementing the private floor of the home is a media/family room with a gorgeous wall of windows with tree-top and garden views, as well as a spacious home office with direct access to terraced gardens, pool, spa, koi ponds, and magical tea-house styled wisteria-dressed arbors. A modern oasis not to be missed.