This exceptionally family-friendly home is in an exceptionally family-friendly neighborhood, close to Burton Valley Elementary School.

The home, designed by noted architect Eric Helgestad, offers 6 bedrooms and 4,250 square feet on a flat 0.23-acre lot. The welcoming exterior beckons residents and guests from the street. Verticality and light characterize Helgestad’s creations, and one sees both features throughout this home. Enter to a grand living room under skylights and a 25-foot ceiling. The living room leads seamlessly to the open-concept kitchen, with LG and Bosch appliances, a wine refrigerator, dual sinks (one of which commands views of the tranquil back yard through an oversized window), a walk-in pantry, and a large granite island offering bar seating for six. The more-formal dining area sits adjacent, and that in turn leads residents and guests to the family/television room for conversation, relaxation and entertainment. Patagonian rosewood flooring runs throughout the home; the wood, with a Janka rating of 3800, is among the hardest of hardwoods, almost impervious to denting and scratching.

Four bedrooms and two and one-half bathrooms complete the main floor, under elevated ceilings. The principal suite and one other bedroom (a junior principal suite) are upstairs, under elevated ceilings and more skylights; many of the skylights vent electronically to the fresh outside air, reducing the need for air conditioning during the summer months. The principal suite offers an exceptionally large walk-in closet and sitting nook. The en-suite bath features dual sinks and an installed tub with a bubble feature. Work from home is easy in the spacious office nearby, which surveys the back yard below.

That yard is a hallmark of the property. It features a large, grassy play area, a spacious deck/patio, and mature redwood, London plane sycamore, Monterey pine, and California buckeye trees that offer pleasant, dappled shade throughout the summer.

Parking and storage are easy in the oversized garage (with pull down attic access), and any number of guests can park on the driveway and quiet street in front.

Ground settlement is never an issue for this home, as it rests on dozens of piers sunken up to 15 feet deep into the ground.

Burton Valley is a preeminent family neighborhood, and this home exemplifies why.