$1,999,950

Here awaits an extraordinary opportunity to steward the preservation of a Southern California landmark, while saving approximately 75% in property taxes! "The Oaks" is a recently restored, elaborately ornamented Queen Anne-style mansion featuring Eastlake detailing in which long vertical windows, decorative brackets, spindle work and elaborate friezes display the Eastlake aesthetic. Finished entirely in old growth redwood, this elegant home offers sixteen rooms, most with twelve foot ceilings, and five fireplaces. Double doors with frosted panes welcome visitors from the veranda into a magnificent entrance featuring a sitting area with fireplace as centerpiece. Main floor amenities feature two parlors whose ten-foot pocket doors can be rolled open to create an expansive area for entertaining. The large dining room leads to the kitchen offering a 48" Monogram stove, side by side refrigerator, microwave and dishwasher and pantry. The primary suite is appointed with a fireplace, sitting area and bathroom. A bathroom, office and service porch are housed in a single-story wing at the rear of the home. An exquisite staircase beckons, guiding you to a large upstairs landing while also granting access to a bedroom with a sitting room/library, three bedrooms, a bathroom and a trunk room plumbed for a future bathroom. Other amenities include a new roof, copper plumbing, dual HVAC, tankless water heater, soft water filtration system, new exterior paint, refinished original wood floors, painstakingly restored hand-hewn fireplace mantelpieces, earthquake retrofitting, two car garage and