Balancia – 4473 Greenview Drive, El Dorado Hills

FEATURED THROUGHOUT THE HOME

  • Jerusalem limestone flooring
  • Hickory and walnut flooring
  • Custom masonry
  • Solid cedar doors
  • Sierra Pacific windows
  • Rocky Forge hardware
  • Custom lighting design
  • Custom made light fixtures
  • Isokern fireplaces
  • Security system
  • Lutron lighting controls
  • Casablanca fans
  • Elevator
  • Dumbwaiter
  • 3 laundry rooms each with washer and dryer (main service area, master suite, outside secondary bedrooms)
  • Multiple water features and fountains
  • Exquisitely designed landscaping and gardens

INTERIOR FEATURES

Kitchen

  • AGA ovens with 6-burner range
  • Wolf oven & microwave
  • Side-by-side Sub-Zero refrigerator/freezer with door matching kitchen cabinets
  • 2 Asko dishwashers
  • Wolf warming drawer
  • Built-in Miele coffee/espresso machine
  • 2 Villeroy & Boch sinks
  • Broan compactor
  • Wine refrigerator
  • Two islands
  • Granite countertops
  • Multiple seating/dining options

Service Kitchen & Pantry

  • Wolf oven & microwave
  • Villeroy & Boch sink
  • Dumbwaiter
  • Side-by-side Sub-Zero refrigerator/freezer
  • Abundant storage and countertops

Grand Hall

  • 20′ high wood ceiling
  • Isokern fireplace with custom surround built on-site
  • Floor to ceiling entertainment center with remote controlled panel to hide television
  • Surround sound
  • 3 sets of French doors to covered patio and gardens
  • 3′ thick stone wall with clerestory windows
  • Additional UV protection on windows to protect artworks
  • Open to kitchen

Owner’s Suite

  • French doors to private covered patio and owner’s spa
  • Walnut flooring in bedroom area
  • Rotunda featuring trompe l’oeil on ceiling and starburst wooden floor
  • Heated limestone floors throughout master bath
  • Dual vanities with travertine countertops
  • Mirrored cabinets with hidden, lighted makeup mirrors
  • His and hers walk-in closets with custom built cabinetry
  • Double shower lined with stone and river rock
  • Hydro Systems soaking tub with “champagne” bubbles
  • Toto toilet and bidet
  • Owners’ laundry room with washer/dryer, cabinetry, and Hydro Systems “Delicate Touch” lingerie sink with forced-air aeration system
  • Exercise room/secondary office with sliding glass doors to loggia, central courtyard, and pool house
  • Suite has solid, fire-rated doors, with key-locked deadbolts for added security

Entry, Dining Room, Wine Cellar

  • Custom front door
  • Venetian plastered walls
  • Roman-style groin vault ceilings in dining room and powder room
  • Direct access to loggia for indoor outdoor enteratining
  • Mahogany wine cellar door hand-carved in Mexico
  • Redwood racking for 1200 bottles of wine
  • Dedicated wine cellar cooling system
  • Beautiful powder room
  • Handcrafted iron and wood stairway
  • Antique newel, hand carved in 1905
  • Elevator

Office

  • Walnut desk, cabinetry, shelving, and flooring
  • Direct access to backyard and soothing waterfall
  • View through glass wall to central courtyard, pool, fountain, and entry gate
  • High-speed networking
  • Isokern fireplace

Guest Suite

  • Private location
  • Kitchenette
  • Sitting area
  • Hickory flooring
  • Private entry from central courtyard
  • Ensuite bathroom with Toto toilet and bidet

Laundry/Craft Room

  • Custom cabinetry throughout
  • Island
  • Laundry sink
  • Utility closet
  • Water closet
  • Serves as staging area for catered events

Game Room/Wet Bar (Upstairs)

  • Beverage refrigerator
  • Locking wine refrigerator
  • Sink
  • Microwave
  • Dumbwaiter
  • French doors to rear view balcony with horizon views overlooking the gardens and the 2nd green and 3rd tee box of the Serrano Country Club
  • French doors to handmade interior Juliet balcony overlooking the Grand Hall

Secondary Bedrooms (Upstairs)

  • Generously sized bedrooms
  • Direct access to front viewing balcony with stairs to central courtyard
  • Laundry closet with stacked washer & dryer

Sanctuary

  • Private retreat on top level for quiet escape, reading, children’s playroom, or…
  • Views over the central courtyard to the horizon

Pool House

  • Multiple sliding doors for indoor/outdoor access.
  • Designed for direct access when wet
  • Full bath
  • Kitchette
  • Reclaimed Ohio barnwood wall
  • Eating and sitting areas

OUTDOOR FEATURES

Garages & Autocourt

  • Separate oversized 3-car and 2-car garages with direct access to the house
  • Auto court and driveway parking for 9 additional vehicles
  • Ramp to house provides handicap access
  • Custom cabinetry and storage throughout, 24″ deep and floor to ceiling
  • Closet for wet raincoats and umbrellas
  • Multiple workbenches
  • Rain glass windows for privacy
  • Wood garage doors
  • Sink with hot & cold water
  • Barn door to garden for riding mower, etc.

Entry and Central Courtyard

  • Walled central courtyard for complete privacy and security
  • Salt-water, PebbleTec pool & spa with laminar fountains and LED lighting
  • Sheer granite waterfall into pool, bookended by waterfall to front yard waterfall viewable from the street
  • Black granite fountain
  • 2″ thick Cortona limestone pavers, chosen for their lack of iron, keeping them cool on even the hottest days
  • Loggia Roman groin-vault ceiling, Isokern gas/wood-burning fireplace, and opposing sliders that open the breezeway to the gardens
  • Covered dining patio
  • Portico wall fountain, handmade on site
  • Custom gas lanterns on exterior walls of portico
  • Electric security gate integrated with home security system
  • Cloister features hand-cut cedar beams and custom lanterns
  • Hand painted ceramics sourced from Deruta, Italy
  • Steel-backed stairwell to front viewing balcony

Grounds & Gardens

  • Garden pavilion with 3 walls of sliding glass pocket doors, wisteria covered arbors, fireplace, and bathroom
  • Outdoor kitchen with top-of-the-line Kalamazoo gas/wood/charcoal grill, refrigerator, and cabinetry
  • Artwork throughout the gardens
  • Lawn area can easily seat 200 guests
  • Garden entry gate sized to fit a Bobcat-size tractor
  • Over 100 different species of plants throughout the 2-acre property
  • Multiple citrus trees (Meyer lemons, Mandarin and Navel oranges, limes, & kumquots)
  • Multiple varieties of roses, lilies, and grasses
  • Two 100+ year old olive trees and several younger olive trees
  • Gardens walled, fenced, and landscaped to provide privacy and security from street and golf course

Roof & Exterior Detail

  • Roman pan-style roof with custom Redland clay tiles
  • Génoise-style tile eaves common throughout the south of France
  • Roman-style, groin vault ceilings in portico and loggia
  • Roof detailed with “candy kisses” custom made by Gladden McBean and a mix of antique and custom made “fairy house” vent covers.
  • Custom cedar shutters
  • Stone on exterior walls of the home were specially quarried for Balancia
  • Circle-drive and auto court built with paver stones and provide parking for 9+ cars

Systems

  • 6 HVAC zones including Fujitsu Ductless Mini-Split Systems
  • Lutron lighting controls
  • Custom security system
  • 3 built-in vacuums
  • Recirculating hot water
  • Saltwater pool
  • High-speed internet cabling
  • Timed and zoned landscape lighting

Balancia’s Artisans and Craftspeople

Architect: Kevin Patrick O’Brien
Landscape Architect: Ronald J. Allison
General Contractor: John Sedar
Ironwork: McClellan Blacksmithing
Iron Fixtures: Steven Handelman Studios
Stonework: Manell Masonry
Tile Roofing: Redlands Clay Tile Company
Decorative Plaster: Nevco
Trompe L’oeil: Gemma Decorative Art

4473 Greenview Drive, Serrano, El Dorado Hills