Beautiful Hidden Valley Home

3 bedrooms

3 bathrooms

2180 sq. Ft.

.43 acre lot

Charming, attractive and comfortable…26 Hidden Valley Road is a true gem: constructed in 1956, and completely renovated over the past 4 months…it is a place you will feel ecstatic to call home for many years to come. 

This single level ranch style home is situated right in the heart of Hidden Valley. The location is central to town (2 miles to downtown Lafayette), right near the fabulous Lafayette Reservoir (1 mile), and a quick half mile jaunt to the 24 freeway.

This special place has been in the same family for nearly 50 years. Due to the spacious floor plan, it was always the entertaining spot, the gathering place...for every holiday, for every party. The feel of the home in general is warm, welcoming and serene… it offers large living spaces, a functional, lovely kitchen that overlooks the backyard, a mudroom perfectly placed to catch all the soggy soccer gear on those wet Saturday mornings, a Dutch door to bring a smile to your face when you pull up.

Real hardwood floors underfoot were recently refinished and restained, but still have the original charm they had in 1956. Gorgeous light fixtures courtesy of Walnut Creek Lighting Company bring exceptional lighting to each & every room. Picture windows in the spacious living & family rooms allow views of all the greenery surrounding the home. An awesome double-sided fireplace separating the two living areas feels at once retro and cool. 

The bathrooms have been completely re-envisioned, with gorgeous new vanities, rustic tilework in the showers/baths, & beautiful tile flooring. Gold brushed hardware, mirrors + fixtures really polish off each bathroom completely. The already well laid out kitchen received a complete makeover: the real wood cabinets were painted a neutral shade of cream, white Quartz slab countertops now offer miles of cooking space, stainless appliances including a wine fridge & gas stove make this kitchen pure joy to cook in. A pass through from the kitchen to the dining room offers the absolutely perfect spot to push your large plates through. The dining room offers a built-in buffet, also covered by brand new Quartz countertops- so the serving situation here, kitchen--->dining room, is seamless. And then send the dishes back to the kitchen when you're done!

A pool bath just off the back of the home means you'll never again have to shout the words: "Dry off before you go in the house!" to those exiting the pool and making a beeline for the bathroom through the house. Go ahead and go soaking wet from the pool, let them be, and you can relax as you should be doing, when you're out by the pool. YES! 

The front and back yards offer every aspect of outdoor living you could dream of in California: two sprawling lawn spaces, mature trees, a beautiful Pebble Tec pool and patio spaces that allow for dining outside well into the evening. Fresh new landscape has been planted to befriend the mature landscape: fruit trees including lemon, lime orange and avocado trees, crepe myrtles & flowering plants all will delight you all year rond. A Rachio Smart Sprinkler Controller has been installed as well, which means that you can now water remotely, right from your phone. It also skips days when it will rain, senses when it's been raining for days and the ground/plants don't need the water, and so you save on your water bill, and save water this way! The peaceful vibe both inside and out here is truly a rare one: hard to replicate, very easy to appreciate. 

Throw in the fact that the Lafayette schools are among the highly rated in the state, and you have a winning recipe quite possibly the perfect home. 

Some more details to keep in mind...the home also offers:

Dual paned windows

2 car garage

Furnace

Free standing wood burning stove (really, really efficient)

Mudroom/laundry room

Here is a list of the Improvements completed since June 2023:

New ductwork installed in the attic

New French drain, solid drain, sump pump & crawlspace access door installed

New sheetrock, epoxy flooring & garage door installed in garage

New electrical outlets & switches through nearly entire home

New sliding door & window in kitchen

All hardwood floors refinished & some hardwood floor replaced in living room

New high end light fixtures from Walnut Creek Lighting Company throughout

New sprinkler system including a Rachio Smart Sprinkler Controller/weather sensitive timer sprinkler lines extended, many heads replaced. 

New front door (Dutch door)

New doorknobs throughout the interior of home, door to garage & front door

Kitchen: new Quartz slab countertops, stainless steel appliances (stovetop, hood, microwave, wine fridge, double oven), new tile floor, cabinets painted, new knobs, new sink & faucet

All bathrooms: New tile flooring, vanities (Anthropologie vanity in the primary), mirrors, light fixtures, toilets, faucets, and new glass doors in primary bath & large hall bathroom

New wallpaper in entry, primary bath, large hall bathroom

Entire interior painted (not closets), including doors, baseboards

Entire exterior painted

New deck installed on front of home by Dutch door

Laundry closet constructed, including bifold doors to house washer + dryer

New tile floor in mud room

New landscape in front and back including lavender, fruit trees, flowers, plants, crepe myrtle trees & fresh bark

New locking mailbox & post

Built-in bench removed from family room, hardwood floor refinished below it

Freestanding fireplace painted with high heat black matte spray paint