1601 Tucker Ln

Overview
Elegant, single-story, family-style home with a soulful kitchen and south-facing backyard.  Come tour this light and bright floor plan, with lofty skylights, vaulted ceilings, and oversized windows that spill natural light over crisp white walls and hardwood flooring.  Improved with both cosmetic and under-the-hood upgrades.  Your passport to a great neighborhood and an authentic North County lifestyle.

Welcome
Welcome to 1601 Tucker Lane, a beautiful single-story home with elegant design/décor and a gorgeous south-facing backyard.  Tropical landscaping and clean modern lines offer standout curb appeal, with lush palms, sculptural succulents, and a striking mix of Ipe wood and smooth white finishes.  

A patinaed Saltillo tile pathway meets a warm and modern entry featuring an outer Ipe wood gate and an inner contemporary, frosted-glass panel door, creating a small atrium that allows for both privacy and filtered lighting.  Not visible from outside the gate, and set to the recess of the atrium, is a fantastic outdoor copper shower.

Home
Moving inside, the space opens to well-proportioned living and dining rooms, which continue the clean lines and lofty feel.  These rooms look on-trend, and they live practically and comfortably.  Completing these areas are thoughtful accents like a honed floor-to-ceiling Black Vermont stone fireplace, a sliding barn door framing the office and bedroom wing entry, a modern dining chandelier, and an indoor fiddle fig tree.

High-end Sapele wood, and a uniquely gorgeous Black Vermont stone, are utilized throughout the home for cabinetry, fireplace mantles, countertops, and backsplashes.  All these surfaces draw from the same materials to offer a custom sense of consistency and style.

The kitchen feels spacious, timeless, and wholesome.  The fine Sapele cabinetry sets a warm tone around the Black-honed countertops and matching backsplash.  Stainless KitchenAid appliances and hardware accents lend an elegant style to a comfortable space.  Open to the kitchen is a great room, which serves as the soul of the home, and overlooks a gorgeous backyard.

The bedroom wing has a primary suite also overlooking the backyard through an indoor/outdoor pergola-covered window-slider, as well as two additional bedrooms and hall bath.  All of these rooms are on the main level.  There is also a separate, large, unpermitted bonus room upstairs, which makes for great teenager quarters, a guest suite, or a hobby/game/music room.

Backyard
Both the great room and primary bedroom have indoor/outdoor connections to the south-facing backyard.  The patio outside the kitchen features a high-quality gazebo, and the primary bedroom slider connects to a shady pergola.  This 6,300sf property is beautifully hardscaped and for optimal use and easy maintenance.  Set up for entertainment, family and friends will love this California vibe while enjoying meals, parties, play, gardens, and projects.

Garage
A fully functional two-car garage is accessed by an extra-wide driveway, and features lots of good lighting and storage, ready for work, hobbies, and easy accessibility.

Sheds
Two shed type outbuildings are currently present and one of them warrants further discussion, so ask Agent for details. 

Features
Lovingly renovated in 2019, and since maintained by the same owner, here are some features, upgrades, and improvements:
-    Interior:
o    Freshly paint in preparation for sale
o    New walnut hardwood flooring 
o    New travertine stone flooring
o    New kitchen
o    Kitchen island added
o    New KitchenAid appliances
o    Custom Sapele wood cabinetry
o    Renovated primary bathroom, built-in cabinetry, and primary closet
o    Renovated hall bathroom
o    Added double barn doors to separate living room and office
o    Wainscoting in both primary bathroom and hall bathroom
o    Two skylights added to living room
o    One skylight added to “bonus room”
o    Recessed lighting with Lutron dimmers throughout 
o    New whole house fan
o    New attic fan
o    New forced air unit
o    New storage cabinets throughout garage

-    Exterior:
o    New shingle roof on main part of house during renovation
o    New Thermoplastic Polyolefin (TPO) roof on flat roofs during renovation
o    Ipe wood highlights added
o    Smooth stucco – refinished in 2019
o    Xeriscape landscaping – very low maintenance
o    Widened driveway
o    Garage door opener replaced in 2020
o    Storage shed added
o    Gazebo added
o    Added patio cover extending from primary bedroom

Neighborhood Vibe
The community of Villanitas is bordered by Village Park, Encinitas Estates, Rancho Santa Fe, and the Crest Corridor, and this particular neighborhood offers amazing value at reasonable price-points.  Roomy lots, lush palms, ocean breezes, and sunny skies, all exude a tropical SoCal vibe.  And with multiple renovations on virtually every block, this area has been appreciating rapidly.

Inland Access
Sufficiently insulated, but super close to El Camino Real, two quick rights lead to all mass-market staples, from Trader Joe’s to Target, and everything in between.

Coastal Access
Surfers and beach lovers enjoy a strong connection to the sea, ritualistically savoring the 10-minute, windows down, tunes-playing, straight-shot-drive “down the hill” to legendary surf breaks at Seaside, Cardiff Reef, and Swami’s.  You also go “down the hill” for gourmet staples and fresh ingredients at Seaside Market, breakfast at Pipes, the freshest VG’s doughnuts, cozy dining at Trattoria Positano or Cicciotti’s, trendy nights out at The Waverly, and shopping at Patagonia or Fowler’s Boutique.

The Historic Hwy 101 in downtown Encinitas also features the Rail Trail, linking Del Mar, Cedros Design District at Solana Beach, San Elijo Lagoon, Cardiff Towne Center, Leucadia, as well as our stretch of renowned beaches.

Move here and instantly plug into an amazing community with award-winning schools, world class beaches, great dining, farmers markets, shops, galleries, parks, trails, train station, freeway access, and everything North County has to offer.
  
No HOA or Mello Roos!