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virtual showings daily at 715VistaDelMar.com 4 Bedrooms • 3 Baths • 3,354 +/- Square Feet • Main Home/Separate Guest Home • Private 13,852 Sq Ft Parcel Open Kitchen/Great Room Design • Hardwood Floors • Vaulted Ceilings • Stainless Appliances • Mahogany Cabinets Granite Counters • 6 Burner Gas Range • Expansive Decks • Private Garden • Library w/Custom Built-ins Lutron Lighting • Central Vac • Gas Fireplace • Custom Wood Windows • Sweeping Views of Monterey Bay Sunsets • City Lights • Mountains & Greenbelt 715 Vista Del Mar, Rio Del Mar (xst: Cuesta) • Offered for $1,895,000 By Tom Brezsny FeatureD HOMe Featured Property is a Santa Cruz Sentinel Paid Advertisement. For information regarding Advertising, please call the Sentinel @ 426-8000. T here's a familiar concept making the rounds in tech marketing circles these days. One plus one equals three. (Or 1+1= 3.) It's a digital reload of an old analogue notion first coined by Aristotle a few years back: "The whole is greater than the sum of the parts." We've all said it. But when it comes to real estate, what does it really mean? What are the "parts" and the "whole" so many people out there are looking for on their way to the next stage of their lives. As Realtors, we meet people from many different walks of life looking for lots of different things. But there are a few key leitmotifs we keep hearing more often than not these days. They reflect the parts of the equation that more people are trying to sync into the whole-ness of their futures. Quality of life is something that only emerges when the things that surround and nurture us work in concert and mindful balance with each other. In no particular order, here are some of those things: Single Level #1 on the list. There's a shortage of them because they just didn't build many back in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Now, the culture is aging and wants them. Flexible Living Options Whether it's detached studio, 2 nd home, convertible space or sometimes just a bedroom located on the first floor for in-laws, teenagers, separate income rental – everyone is juggling the demands of a changing culture. They want options that help them meet the challenges. Close-In/Neighborhoods Fewer people want to be farther out these days. Great neighborhoods and walkability are preferable. Proximity to things like beaches, movies and tennis are compelling factors. More time in the car doesn't equate to quality of life. Community balanced w/Privacy The desire for a greater sense of community ranks right up there. At the same time most people still want a modicum of privacy in their daily lives. They don't want to feel constricted by their surroundings. It's all about downsizing stuff and expanding one's personal sense of space at the same time. Amenity of Setting We're living in a beautiful little corner of paradise found. How nice to enjoy portions of it without having to set foot out your front door. A view of the bay or a sweep of mountains somewhere in the distance. A backyard that opens onto a greenbelt or park. The sound of the waves wafting on the evening breeze. Any or all of these things are the icing on the cake. Which brings us to today's featured home – a place that combines just about all of the above into a whole that is truly greater that the sum. Welcome to a custom quality, single-level, estate-of-the-art home with expansive outdoor decks, sculpted garden spaces and an additional single-level guest home - all serenely nestled on a small rise overlooking a lush open-space setting in the heart of one of Aptos' most desirable beach-going neighborhoods. The home's dramatic, soaring interiors open to signature sunsets and brilliant displays of city lights in the evenings. Almost every room offers front row seating for the primetime views that trace the long stretches of coastline curving around the Monterey Bay. This is an island of carefully-crafted refuge and easy, comfortable retreat rising well above it all on a daily basis, with an impressively large great room design, masterful master suite and intimate single story den/office/bedroom options. In addition to a detached second home complete with it's own kitchen, bath and optional one or two bedroom configuration. Rooms with a view and windows of opportunity open to the daily drama and panorama of the Monterey Bay Sanctuary – ocean, bay, valleys, mountains, redwoods and coastline. Expand your horizons and welcome the waves of your future at a property that is greater than the sum of it's desirable parts.