There is something about the location of 11259 Leachman Circle that takes the temperature down a notch or two. The home is located on a leafy cul-de-sac off Northaven Road (near Inwood, need I say more?) that is so peaceful you can hear the crickets tapping their legs. And the home is CANOPIED by lush trees, soaring oaks. It’s a transitional ranch circa 1974 to which the whole world has been added. There is a glorious main kitchen, a catering kitchen, two master suites, storage galore, high ceilings, light, and one of the most beautiful bedrooms I have seen in eons.
In fact, I’m so excited I have to show you this room up front. See those panels? All storage!
The exterior is clean-lined, and beckons you inside handsome double doors flanked by huge crepe myrtle. Straight out the huge, inviting living room are French doors to the patio and pool. To the right (north) is the primary kitchen with stainless appliances, two wine refrigerators, convection oven, gas cooktop, extra deep cabinets and walls of custom cabinetry. The counters are topped with dramatic red dragon granite slabs cut extra thick, and carried all the way up the backsplash.
The dining room is to the east of the house, front and center and over-sized. Adjacent to the breakfast room is the first staircase upstairs to five bedrooms, including the upstairs master.
But let’s stay on this first floor for a bit. To the left of the formal living room is a large study with bathroom, plus a sunny corner for an easel. Then there is the first floor master bedroom or guest suite. This room has a huge closet and full bath, and great views of the pool.
The north wing: past the kitchen is a hefty laundry room (with a powder room tucked away in it!) and the second catering kitchen — with full access to the garage so catering trucks can pull right up, out of the heat or rain, and deliver.
That’s important: in this weather, you could fry an hors d’oeuvre just en route from car to kitchen.
Now for the upstairs: two staircases get you up here, one on each side of the house, and a long upstairs hall overlooks the foyer. There are four regular bedrooms, each sharing a Jack ‘n Jill bathroom. All bedrooms are over-sized and sport abundant closets.
But it is this second floor master bedroom that will change your life.
The room is specifically designed for sound privacy. Walk down a small hall, you are transformed into a stunningly beautiful room loaded with surprises.
First of all, this master is 24 by 26. Not only is the bathroom large and updated, the master has snatched every bit of extra space for storage. Custom installed floor to ceiling cabinetry lines one soaring wall, with cabinets hidden inside beautiful white paneled frames. The opposite wall is also loaded with shelves and more storage cabinets. Ceiling embedded surround sound can let you float your mind away to cooler places –the Atlantic, Pacific, even the Polar icecap!
Please note: the closet in this master bedroom even has third story seasonal storage accessible by a safety ladder!
Outside is a large pool and spa re-plastered in 2015. The home was extensively landscaped with water-wise plants and is fully organic. All porches and patios have freeze-proof tile because believe it or not, in a few short months we will be freezing our arses.
The home has so many updates, I am probably going to miss a few: new Jen-Weld double hung windows, four Carrier air conditioners, plus every single bathroom is new and loaded with top of the line marble counters, porcelain flooring.
But the hush, the peacefulness of a lushly landscaped .77 acre lot overlooking a creek is, well, priceless! That’s your real value in a stunning location where a certain former president is not too far away, and private schools practically bicycle-able.
Listed with Allie Beth Allman’s real estate genius Susan Bradley, and asking $1,399,00, which is reduced from an original price of $1,425,000. This house is a total sleeper, and oh-so-cool.
