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• 4 Bedrooms/3 Baths • 3,800 +/- Sq Ft • 13,329 Sq Ft Parcel • High Ceilings • Plantation Shutters • Crown Molding • Hardwood Floors • Recessed Lighting • Dual Pane Windows • Kitchen/Family Great Room • Center Cook Island/Breakfast Bar • Black Granite Counters • Stainless Refrigerator • Double Oven • Bosch Dishwasher • Formal Living room w/Fireplace • Formal Dining w/Butler Station • Masterful Master Suite w/Sitting Room & Fireplace • Downstairs Bedroom/Full Downstairs Bath • Oversized 2 Car Garage plus Storage • Expansive Outdoor Living & Entertainment Areas • Desirable Meadow Ranch Setting w/Community Greenbelt 114 Victoria Lane, Meadow Ranch Estates, Aptos (xst: Trout Gulch Road) Offered for $1,249,000 http:114VictoriaLn.com T here's an interesting word that pops up whenever home buyers start exploring different neighborhoods in and around Santa Cruz. The word is "eclectic." A catch-all term Realtors use when they're trying to put a better spin on some of those slightly funky neighborhoods where diverse collections of houses have grown together in somewhat haphazard fashion over time. Neighborhoods where the average streetscape features beach cottages next to Mediterranean-style stucco monsters next to finely detailed craftsmen next to faded 60s ranch homes next to box-like duplexes slapped together with T1-11 siding, There's nothing wrong with "funky" or "artsy" of course. But that particular notion of "eclectic" isn't really calibrated to suit everyone's taste. So if you are one of those Buyers looking for something out of the norm. Less "funky" and better suited to a more traditional lifestyle, today's featured home offers an invitation to explore Meadow Ranch Estates - the kind of neighborhood that's exceedingly rare in Santa Cruz County - precisely because it was planned as an integrated community of homes right from the beginning. Designed as a whole that was always intended to become more than the sum of its individual houses. Meadow Ranch Estates is the opposite of eclectic. The antithesis of one of those jumbled neighborhoods where the mish-mash of houses represents a wild mix of sizes, shapes, styles and price points. Often to such an degree that they don't even feel like neighborhoods anymore. Meadow Ranch is a unique enclave of 50+ custom homes (no generic tract models here) that was designed to nestle into a huge expanse of a sunny, open meadow, less than a mile from the center of historic Aptos Village. Not far from the entrance to Nisene Marks State Park and one of the most pristine stretches of surf and sand found anywhere in California at nearby Rio Del Mar Beach. It feels far away from the madding crowd at the same time it affords remarkable proximity to distinguished schools, great shopping and convenient services. The community was built around several acres of accessible greenbelt space rife with lush, rolling lawns, well-tended pathways and shaded picnic spots that were intended to be used and enjoyed by its residents. Additional acres were set aside to create a generous buffer of open space around the entire development making Meadow Ranch feel more like its own private island. Rural. Serene. Friendly. Comfortable. Incredibly quiet. There's no cross-through traffic. Simply one well-paved lane that circles slowly around the neighborhood. Cars belong to the people who live down the street. Yards are well-kept. Pride of ownership is everywhere. The custom home styles are consistent and well-integrated. And last but not least, perhaps there's no better testimony to the quality of life in Meadow Ranch than the fact that it is consistently rated the best place to Trick or Treat in Santa Cruz County. Not an official statistic of course. But one that speaks volumes about the neighborhood Featured Property is a Santa Cruz Sentinel Paid Advertisement. For information regarding Advertising, please call the Sentinel @ 426-8000. Santa Cruz - Palo Alto - Los Altos Los Gatos - Willow Glen - Saratoga S E r E n o G r o u p Holly Alexander hollyalx@serenogroup.com CalBRE # 01309166 831-246-1655 831.818.1431 Tom Brezsny Sereno Group REALTOR ® | BRE# 01063297