59 Ardilla Rd

Stunningly Remodeled Orinda View Home in a Fabulous Convenient to Everything Location

Gorgeous brown shingled traditional home nestled in the Orinda hills with views and privacy!  This spacious home offers a light-filled open floor plan with vaulted ceilings and walls of windows/sliders leading to the level out flat backyard for the best of indoor/outdoor Lamorinda living! With 3,070 SF of remodeled living space this home offers 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths plus an office and music room. This .4 AC outdoor oasis has abundant outdoor living areas with a large stone patio with pergola, lawn area, sport court and a deck with bubbling hot tub from which to enjoy the view! High tech environmental upgrades include solar panels, Tesla power wall and Tesla charger. A close-in Orinda location has convenient access to BART, Highway 24, recreation areas and Orinda’s award-winning schools!

A glass entry door leads to the foyer which overlooks the spacious great room with vaulted ceilings accented by a wood beam, hardwood floors, and sliders which open to the outdoor oasis featuring a hot tub to relax and take in the views.  A cozy corner arched gas fireplace highlights this living space.  Adjacent is the dining room with a wall of cabinets and built-in display shelving, and another sliding door leading to the backyard.

The large chef’s kitchen is open to both the great room/dining room and is the ultimate heart of the home.  It features expansive solid stone counters with pendant lighting and seating, Wolf four burner gas range, Bosch dishwasher, LG refrigerator, and convenient wine refrigerator.  Abundant custom cherry wood cabinets provide lots of storage. 

The level out backyard features a stone patio with pergola for casual dining, large lawn with new sod, terraced upslope leading to a sports court and another patio for relaxing and enjoying the views.  There is beautiful mature landscaping including numerous fruit trees - lemon, plum, apple, pears - and drip irrigation.  

The bedroom wing leads you down a hallway to two bedrooms, two bathrooms and the primary suite. The hall bathroom is finished with a solid stone counter, glass tile backsplash and subway tile shower over the tub.  The second bedroom is ensuite with an attached bath finished with tiled shower over whirlpool tub.

The primary suite has a private balcony with expansive views.  A high beamed ceiling provides an airy feeling to the room. The luxurious primary bath has double stainless steel sinks, granite counters, and shower with two shower heads, plus a large walk-in closet outfitted with organizers.

Downstairs is the family room with access to the outdoor courtyard.  There is a music room behind a glass door.  The office, a half bathroom with tile floor and pedestal sink, and the laundry room are also located here.  The 4th bedroom could be an ideal guest suite or au-pair with its nearby exterior entrance, and it is outfitted with a charming bay window with built-in desk and storage.

The attached two car garage has abundant built-in storage.  

This home also features owned solar panels, Tesla power wall and Tesla charging station.

Recent Upgrades: 

2022

Repaint entire interior of home

Install new lateral sewer line from house to street

Install new Bosch dishwasher

Install new quartz counters in kitchen 

Install new Franke sink and new faucet in kitchen 

Refinish kitchen cabinets 

Install new lawn in backyard 

Sand and refinish wood floors upstairs 

Landscaping work in back yard – new plantings, add new underlay material to deck by sports court

Repaint Sports Court surface 

Replace spa cover with new cover 

Install new pendant lighting

2021

Install new high-efficiency Bryant 926 heater 

Install new intake ducting

Install new free-standing, locking mailbox in front of property 

Repairs to wood retaining walls and drainage in back 

New DG and crushed gravel on “beach” in back 

Install landscape lighting in front yard 

Install new redwood fence along east side of house; replace concrete piers, new posts

Install gutter guards on roof gutters 

Install Tesla Solar Battery

Fireproofing: screen all vents; install 1 foot of gravel around the entire perimeter of the house. Screen off crawl space under deck on southwest corner of yard

Major tree trimming in front and back yards.

Install new hot-tub cover

Remodel laundry room: remove wood paneling; replace with sheetrock; install new wood floors

Run conduit to side of house to switch and then to outlet to trellis in backyard.

Install door for whirlpool tub with patio hinges in large upstairs bathroom

Install motion sensor light a NW corner of house

2020

Install Tesla solar panels and inverter

Install 200v Tesla high velocity charger 

Install sliding Douglas Fir solid core doors in two bedroom closets 

Install new closet door in downstairs office

2019

Install new Wolf range/oven

2017

Install super quiet fans in guest and downstairs bathrooms 

Install outdoor shower by tub 

Install cabinets in the garage. 

Install flooring in garage 

Install lowered ceilings and lighting in portion of garage