Spectacular two story custom built modern house – one block to Mitchell’s Cove and Westcliff Drive in Santa Cruz.  If you are looking for something different and modern in Santa Cruz, this home is for you.  The design was influenced by the owner’s New Zealand heritage and is in keeping with contemporary New Zealand beach house style.  The main house is approximately 2100 sq. feet; 3 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths.  It has corrugated metal siding and stucco outside and many beautiful and eco-friendly touches inside including plantation grown bloodwood floors, Vetrazzo concrete/recycled glass countertops, Toto low flow toilets and low VOC paints and finishes.  The kitchen and master bath cabinets are custom built from jarrah and European figured maple.  The living room has an 18 foot long Bloomberg sliding door and hand plastered wall.  The house has peeks of the ocean and all the modern conveniences including surround sound in the living room, outdoor audio wiring, copper plumbing and gutters, Fisher & Paykel dish drawers and stovetop and low voltage lighting.  It has 9 foot ceilings on the ground floor and vaulted ceilings on the second floor.  And did we mention it also has a separately metered, legal studio apartment above the garage which has bamboo and tile floors, a vaulted ceiling and full kitchen. 

It is listed at $1,495,000.  Please contact our realtors Hilary Bryant at 831.426.6696 Ext. 101 or Beata Willison at 831.234.8304.  For a virtual tour and pictures, see http://www.mlslistings.com/Reports/Main.aspx?propertyId=870319.