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been tiled and suits the beauty of the setting . Large Oaks wrap the house with comfortable shade and beauty . The house sits high on a small ridge overlooking the old farm that will soon become a 244-unit upscale housing development .
The 4,600 square foot house has four bedrooms , three baths , two offices and multiple dining-living rooms . The kitchen flows nicely into the dining room , the living room , the former gentlemen ’ s cigar room , and the game room with the original pool table . Most windows , as well as the front door , have transoms that provide airflow throughout the house . There is beautiful woodwork and hardwood floors everywhere . Several doors are well-crafted pocket doors .
Upstairs several bedrooms have doors to the outside deck that rims the first floor courtyard . One corner of the deck has a quiet sitting area , shaded by one of the large Oaks that surround the home .
The home is welcoming and comfortable . A 93-year-old pool table shares space with the grandkids toys in the game room . With a bias towards thing old , the Giancola ’ s have filled the house with intriguing antiques and artifacts . The house itself has some interesting quirky features that date back to when it was built . Just inside the back door hallway is a built-in-fold-down chair … used as a place to sit while removing one ’ s dirty boots . And there are remnants of a centralized whole house vacuum system . Although some former residents had taken away some large mortars and pestles found
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