SOLD $1,150,000

1625 Austin Way
Santa Rosa

4 Bedrooms | 1 1/2 Bathrooms | 2,039 sf | 0.14± ac

Fall in love with this Remodeled Charmer. Beautifully updated home is a classic example of vintage elegance in the McDonald District where luxury meets convenience in Santa Rosa's most coveted community. This pristine home offers a perfect blend of sophistication and practicality with stylish, high-quality finishes that catch the eye.

Features

• Remodeled to merge vintage and modern elements

• Dutch Colonial Revival Architectural style

• Full bathroom features: double sinks, tub with shower over and heated floor

• Redwood siding

• Energy efficient Marvin Energy Efficient windows, appliances and paid-for solar

• Drip irrigation

• Living room features gas fireplace, window seating, built-in bookcases, French doors

• Partial basement has wine cellar

Improvements

• Paint upper bathroom cabinets, banister, deck 2022

• Install Tesla EV charger in garage, 2021 - Solar install (owned) 15-panels (covers 90% of energy needs with one EV)

• 2021 Painted exterior, 2017

• Painted deck, 2017

• New redwood fence, 2017

• Remodel kitchen, bath, laundry/mudroom, includes new window and exterior door 2017

• New water heater, washer, dryer, kitchen appliances, 2017

• Enhanced deck, 2015

• New asphalt roof and gutters with guards, 2016

• Landscaping to enhance yard, 2015

• Installed ceiling lights in all closets, 2014

• Painted entire interior, 2014

Previous Owners

• Remodeled Upstairs Bathroom with in-floor heating 2014

• Interior paint, 2014

• Replace fence with neighbor on south side of property, 2013

• Replace existing fireplace with gas insert and custom mantle in living room, 2011

• Refinish hardwood floors downstairs, 2011

• Paint exterior, 2011

• Replace masonry chimney, 2011

• Underground PG&E wires, 2011

• Install instant hot water heater, 2010

• Install insulation throughout basement, 2010

• Upgrade some plumbing, 2010

• Upgrade some electrical, 2010

• Create wine cellar in basement, 2010

• Replace windows with new Marvin windows, 2009

• Install new furnace with highest quality filtration, 2009

• Install custom raised vegetable beds, 2009

• Refinish hardwood floors upstairs, 2003

• Interior paint, 2003

• Install custom bookcases and cabinets in living room, 2003

• Install new Marvin French doors in living room, 2003

Meticulously maintained and remodeled with attention to every detail. Well-appointed gourmet kitchen to cook for friends & family. Inviting living room with built-in window seating for a cozy reading nook. Delight in the enchanting front and backyards surrounded by lush greenery with room for your gardens and parties.

Nestled in the heart of Santa Rosa with tree-lined streets, this idyllic home offers convenience and cache. Moments from parks, restaurants, shopping and more. For the vintage lover in you..

McDonald District

With its beautiful tree-lined streets, historic homes, and great walkability, the McDonald area remains one of the most-desired neighborhoods in Santa Rosa. Named after civic developer Col. Mark McDonald, the neighborhood offers a rich history and stately homes, some dating back to the 1800s.

Bounded by Fourth Street, North Street, and Bryden Lane, the neighborhood’s close proximity to downtown makes it a snap to get to shops, restaurants, and Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital. Nearby businesses include Rosso Pizzeria and Wine Bar, Midtown Cafe, the Pacific Market, and the Town and Country Shopping Center.

Residents also enjoy access to some of the city’s top schools. Proctor Terrace Elementary School earned a 2012 Academic Performance Index score of 898, and Santa Rosa Middle School received a rating of 813. Thanks to its classic exterior, Santa Rosa High School has appeared in a number of films, including “Peggy Sue Got Married,” “Inventing the Abbotts,” and “Scream.”

McDonald area homes range in style from classic Victorian to Craftsman to Italianate. The McDonald Mansion, Mark McDonald’s former summer home, dates back to 1879 and recently underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation. Charming smaller homes, previously occupied by wealthy residents’ maids and butlers, remain scattered throughout the neighborhood.  The neighborhood’s beauty tends to capture the hearts of homebuyers.

 The City of Santa Rosa:

Just 55 miles north of San Francisco, in the urban heart of wine country, you'll find Santa Rosa: a city with a cool vibe and vibrant culture ready and waiting to be explored.

The largest city in Sonoma County, as well as the county seat, Santa Rosa offers all the amenities of shopping, hospitals, banks and businesses and not far removed from the spectacular natural scenery that the Wine Country is famous for. Centrally located and surrounded by tourist destinations of Healdsburg, Kenwood, Glen Ellen, Sonoma and Sebastopol. Many residents commute to San Francisco -- a trek that has gotten easier thanks to the addition of the Smart Train, carpool lanes and road-widening initiatives. In the next decade, it plans to be a very vibrant job center with a young workforce.

City highlights:

• Old Courthouse Square is the center of downtown Santa Rosa and is surrounded by numerous shops and restaurants.

• Historic neighborhoods, including Railroad Square, West End, and Cherry Street District, give Santa Rosa its quintessential small-town feel. Old mansions and Victorians can still be found downtown near tree-lined McDonald Avenue, perhaps the most beautiful street in Santa Rosa.

Activities in Santa Rosa include:

• Charles M. Schulz Museum, dedicated to one of the city’s most famous former residents

• Redwood Empire Ice Arena ("Snoopy's Home Ice")

• Safari West wildlife preserve is located northwest Santa Rosa. As of 2017, Safari West had over 1,000 animals of approximately 98 animal species.

• Downtown Santa Rosa, including the central Old Courthouse Square and historic Railroad Square, is an area of shopping, restaurants, nightclubs, and theaters

• Luther Burbank Home and Gardens

• Sonoma County Museum

• Parks: Trione-Annadel State Park, Spring Lake Regional Park, Jack London State Historic Park, Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve

• Wine-tasting and vineyard tours

• Russian River resort area

• Sonoma Coast along the Pacific Ocean

The performing arts in Santa Rosa are represented by the Sonoma County Philharmonic, the Summer Repertory Theatre, the Santa Rosa Symphony, and the 6th Street Playhouse. Santa Rosa is the home of the North Bay Theater Group, an alliance of some 40 theater companies, theater departments and individual performance companies from five North Bay counties

Due to its population, much of Santa Rosa's remaining undisturbed area is on its urban fringe. However, the principal wildlife corridors of Santa Rosa Creek and its tributaries flow right through the heart of the town. Great blue herons, great egrets, snowy egrets and black-crowned herons nest in the trees of the median strip on West Ninth Street as well as along Santa Rosa Creek and downtown. Deer often are spotted roaming the neighborhoods nearer the eastern hills, as deep into town as Franklin Avenue and the McDonald area; rafters of wild turkeys are relatively common in some areas; and mountain lions are occasionally observed within city limits. Raccoons and opossums are a common sight throughout the city, while foxes, and rabbits may be regularly seen in the more rural areas. In addition, the city borders and then wraps around the northern end of Trione Annadel State Park, which itself extends into the Sonoma Mountains and Sonoma Valley. Trione Annadel State Park also adjoins Spring Lake County Park and Howarth Park, forming one contiguous park system that enables visitors to venture into wild native habitats.

Santa Rosa sits at the northwestern gateway to the Sonoma, Healdsburg and Napa Valleys of California's famed Wine Country.

Santa Rosa has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate with cool, wet winters and warm, dry summers.