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460 PAU HANA DRIVE, SOQUEL HILLS (XST: OLIVE SPRINGS/OLD SAN JOSE RD) | OFFERED FOR $1,195,000 | PRIVATE SHOWINGS BY APPOINTMENT • 4 bedrooms/3.5 baths • 3,156 +/- Sq. Ft. • 1 Acre Parcel • Serene Soquel Hills Setting • Sweeping Views to Nisene Marks • Cape Cod/Traditional Design • California Indoor/Outdoor Living • Open Kitchen • Formal Dining • Living Room w/9 Ft. Ceilings • Large Family Room w/ Brick Hearth & Built-Ins • Separate Office • En Suite 2nd Bedroom • Expansive View Decks • Comcast Internet • 2 Fireplaces • Hardwood Floors • Recessed Lighting • Dual Pane Windows • Granite Counter • Master Bedroom w/Vaulted Ceilings • Master Bath w/Glass Shower & Spa Tub • Mountain School District • Perfect Commute Location L ong before Santa Cruz began duking it out with Huntington Beach for the title of "Surf City", there was another name our County reveled in - "Tree and Sea Paradise". Not quite as hip perhaps, but it paid homage to the notion that the incredible beauty of our natural landscape isn't solely defined by the miles and miles of pristine sand and surf that provide such a welcome playground for tens of thousands of colorful swim trunks. It was also testimony to the idea that the special sense of place that infuses our little corner of paradise, is also derived from miles and miles of rolling hills and deep forested mountains that are home to magnificent coastal redwood trunks that have been growing here out of the rich dark earth for tens of thousands of years. If you live on the East Coast you can enjoy the beach. Drive for three or four hours and you might be able to find fresh air and a little privacy in a remote mountain spot somewhere far from the madding crowd. The difference here in Santa Cruz is that you can experience the same transformational journey in 10 minutes!! On a daily basis!! Welcome to 460 Pau Hana Drive, nestled in the heart of the sunny Soquel Hills. A remarkable retreat just five miles out of Soquel Village, up Old San Jose Road. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths and 3100 + square feet of desirable California indoor/outdoor living packaged with a distinct East Coast look and feel. Traditional dormer windows, covered front porch, large brick hearthed fireplaces and generous formal and informal living spaces. All open to the light and surrounding mountain vistas. It's a place where the ongoing sounds of silence converse with those other much-valued, sought- after inner voices known as peace of mind and quality of life. Where sweeping views from the expanse of outdoor decks stretch majestically over a serene valley setting towards 10,000 acres of Nisene Marks' costal ridges and lush green forests along the horizon. Tree and sea living. It's private but not isolated. It's close in but feels far away. It's rural living nestled in a comfortable neighborhood setting. It's where the best of both worlds delightfully coexists in the same place at the same time – here and now. Do you know the way to San Jose? If you work over the hill you do. You're probably intimately acquainted with every inch of Hwy 17 and the Fish Hook by now. Grinding your teeth in traffic towards the daily grind. Perhaps it's time to take the road less travelled. The back way to the Summit up Old San Jose Road. If you are going to surf the Silicon Sea all day, you might as well reward yourself by getting home early enough to grind out some great waves here on the coast. Valley - don't go home. Come home. Commute Your Sentence! E x p a n d Yo u r H o r i z o n s