Meybees Court, El Dorado Hills, CA - This home had a real "wow" factor for me when I saw it on tour recently.  It was built in 2001 on .285 acres in the Serrano neighborhood by JTS homes.  This is what JTS called their Magnolia model.  It has approximately 4878 square feet with 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, a loft area for games or studying, and a home office with it's own entrance off the front courtyard.  The home is impeccably maintained and looks like a model.  It has been upgraded with cherry cabinets, hardwood and slate flooring, and 6 sets of custom French doors.  The back yard is beautiful as well with everything you could imagine for entertaining - a pool/spa that include waterfalls and a beach entrance to cool you on our hot days, and a fire pit  to warm you or roast marshmallows when the evenings cool.  This beautiful home is listed at $839,000.  If you would like more information or pictures please email me at driley@golyon.com

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Titleist Way, El Dorado Hills, CA - It's been quiet on the home touring front with the holidays but with the new year were many new listings to see this week.  I saw several great homes today, but this one wowed me the most.  This Serrano home was built by Parker as a semi-custom in 2000. However, it is far from that now as the sellers have totally customized it through it's extensive remodel that included the addition of walls, columns, arches, and wood beams.  The home is nestled between the quaint street and the 8th green of the Serrano Golf Course.  You can see the beautiful golf course views and the local views from the nook, family room, ground floor master bedroom, and the cozy bonus upstairs.  It has just over 3000 square, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and other added features such as a refrigerated wine room, three fireplaces (bonus, master bedroom, office),  and a built in BBQ.  It is listed at $1,035,000.

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Damico Drive, El Dorado Hills, CA - The best price per square foot home today in El Dorado Hills is only $111.48 per foot.   It sits in one of the newer Serrano villages on approximately .23 acres with 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, and just over 4300 square feet.  It is a 2 story with a 2 car garage.  There is no back yard landscaping but at this price you could put a yard in that you want and still be sitting pretty as far a a deal.  This bank owned home is currently listed at $479,900. This home sold 1/21/09.

Since June there have been 9 homes sold in the Serrano area between 4000 - 4500 square feet with the highest selling at $735K and the low at $600K,  a median home price of $678K, and an average square foot price of $163.11.

Looking at our Lyon Trendgraphix statistics for the month of November, in all of El Dorado Hills there were 45 homes sold.  Of those, 25 were non-REO and averaged $181/ square foot while the other 20 were REOs and averaged $162/ square foot.  Comparing statistics from November 07, sales for all properties in El Dorado Hills is up 36.4% and inventory is down 27%.

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Bantry Place, El Dorado Hills, CA -   The pictures do not do this beautiful home justice.  It was built in 2000, inside the gates of the Serrano Golf Course Country Club by Parker Development  who also designed and developed the master planned community of Serrano itself.  This is on a street of semi-custom homes surrounded by amazing custom homes.  The home has approximately 3827 square feet with 3 bedrooms, 4 baths, an office, and a down stairs bonus room where you have access to the covered veranda and pool/spa combo.  As you enter the home, you can go upstairs to the main level where you find the kitchen with walnut cabinetry ,granite counters, and double dishwashers, the library/den,  the master suite is spacious and elegant with a fireplace, marble flooring in the bath, and its own balcony; or you can go downstairs where you find the bonus room with a wet-bar/kitchen and fireplace, and a bedroom suite with it's own bathroom and fireplace.  From the main level, outside the nook and living room, there is a balcony where you have splendid views of  the golf course and the our local foothills. Parker planned this model out well to include a dumb waiter where you enter from the 3-car garage so you can get your groceries etc. to the main floor without having to carry them up the stairs.  The lots here are small and were designed with low maintenance in mind.  This reminds me of a luxury home you might find in Tahoe but here you can enjoy the golf course, our great restaurants, and soon our Red Hawk Casino just 15 minutes up the freeway.  It is listed at $999,900. For more information on our area please feel free to email me at driley@golyon.com.  

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Nebbiolo Court, El Dorado Hills, CA - Just inside the guard gates of Serrano Country Club, this low maintenance home is absolutely beautiful.  It was built as a semi-custom by John Laing Homes in 2003 but upgraded throughout in 2007 with such things as travertine floors, cherry cabinets with pull out shelving, California closets, Plantation shutters, and a built-in  BBQ.  This beautiful home is located just a short distance from the Serrano club house and golf course.  It is approximately 2255 square feet, includes 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, and is currently listed at $595,000.  Please email me for more information. 

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Spring Meadow Road, Cameron Park, CA - This beautiful country estate sold back in July 2006 for just under $3 Million and today, sadly, it has gone back to the bank but the potential for it are huge.  The home, built in 1991, is in the gated neighborhood of Cameron Estates where it sits on approximately 5 oak studded acres with its own private gate. Along with the 7297 square foot main house there is also a guest house, pool, spa, pool house, a lighted tennis court, 4 car garage, and RV parking with hookups. The inside is very dated and would need to be completely redone.  The grounds have been neglected and need some work.  All in all though this is a great find and could once again be the magnificent place it was not so long ago.  It is currently listed at $1,489,937.   For more information or pictures please call or email me. Too late for this one; it sold 10-7-2008. 

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Renaissance Way, El Dorado Hills, CA -  This single story semi-custom sprawls out on just under .5 acres inside the guard gates of Serrano Country Club in the Donatello  Community built by Greenbriar Homes.  One of the things that makes this community of homes stand out are the beautiful majestic oak trees that surround them. The homes themselves are very large are beautifully built.  The well designed floor plan of this home includes approximately 4100 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, and a library.  The breakfast nook opens to a covered patio overlooking the beautiful pool, spa, and gardens.   The master bedroom, living room, and dining rooms all enjoy the views of the backyard while the library sits off the front of the home and opens to the courtyard.  This "best find" is listed at $1,000,000.  Please email me for more information. This home sold 11/26/2008.  

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Cabrito Drive, El Dorado Hills, CA  -  Built in 1999 and filled with character, this single story, semi-custom home was a great find this week on tour.  Located behind the gates of Serrano's Village B neighborhood, it is within walking distance of not only the local elementary school but the middle school, high school, and the El Dorado Hills library as well.  The home is approximately 2109 square feet, has 3 bedrooms plus a den and 2 baths.  In the kitchen you'll find granite and Corian counters with stainless steel appliances.  I found the backyard to be inviting and very private.  This wonderful home is currently listed at $469,000.  Please call or email me for more information or pictures on this home or others like it.  As always, if you are not currently working with a Realtor, I would love to represent you in the purchase or sale of your home.  This home sold 9/16/2008.    

Greenview Drive, El Dorado Hills, CA

Rescue, CA - Tour day was an especially busy day for me this week so when I decided on which houses to visit, this home wasn't on my list. Luckily for me a few other agents I saw on tour had been to see it and sparked my curiosity so much I rearranged my schedule to fit it in. This is an amazing house with a beautiful setting on a 5 acre (horse property) lot. Situated between El Dorado Hills and Cameron Park in Green Springs Estates, it truly looks like an estate. The development is gated as well as the property. As I entered the property gate at the top of the road, I gazed past an expansive, gently sloped lawn sprinkled with a few evergreens and mature native oaks to the house. Off to the right, I could see an unattached 3-car garage with a guest house (900 sq. feet) built on top and beyond that a tennis court. As I got to the bottom of the driveway, I could see that the house had another 3-car attached garaged. Around the back of the house, I found an incredible 1200 square foot, edgeless pool with a waterfall, a swim up bar, and a cave that you can swim into and once inside find benches to sit on. From the pool. as well as from the whole back of the house you have views to the east that include the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

The grounds were mesmerizing, but I finally made my way around the front, up the steps, and into the entry of the house. It was built this year with just over 5000 square feet that includes 5 bedrooms, 5 baths, an office, and a solar system that generates most of the home's electricity. It has a craftsman feel with it's simple, clean lines in the cabinetry, built-ins, and wainscoting, and a warmth about it from the use of brick fireplaces (including one in the kitchen/nook) and the extensive use of wide plank, yellow pine flooring. The kitchen is quite spacious and gourmet, has granite slab counters with an eating bar, that fireplace I mentioned, and stainless steel appliances. All the baths have travertine showers and floors.

One more bonus for this horse property development is that it has no Mello Roos. This amazing home is offered at $1,495,000 $1,295,000 which in my mind is not only a best find but a great value for such an estate. If I didn't love my own view and know my current home is already too big for me I'd be tempted. As always, call or email me for more information on this home or if I can help you find more like it in our area. (This home sold 3-7-2008.)

Shingle Springs, CA - Located in prestigious Milton Ranch Estates, on 5 level acres, this sprawling single story custom home has it all. It was built in 2004 on Pyracantha Drive; and it just so happens as you drive south on South Shingle Springs Road beautiful Pyracantha bushes mark the road side boundary's for the development on both sides of the entry gate. This time of year they are in their splendor with bright red orange berries. The 3627 square foot, 4 bedroom home has many elegant touches throughout including the use of Italian travertine on the floors and floor to ceiling in all shower and tub areas, coffered ceilings, crown moldings, and a slate fireplace in the great room. The large gourmet kitchen features beautiful granite counters, stainless steel appliances, a commercial range, a butler's station, and a large pantry. Outside you'll find a covered patio and a wonderful pool with a rock waterfall. Milton Ranch Estates are horse properties as well and this home is already set up with a two stall barn, tack room, and a round pen; and is completely fenced. This is a great find and is offered for $1,199,999  $1,080,000. Please call or email me for more information.

El Dorado Hills, CA - Built in 2000, this former Serrano model intrigued me from the moment I walked in the gates of the front courtyard which is actually outside the nook windows you can see on the left in the picture of the kitchen. As you enter the house your eye is drawn through the living/dining room to the beautiful, sparking pool and statuesque arbor in the the back yard. Heading right from the entrance, you'll find the bright and well lay ed out kitchen and nook, a bedroom which is currently used as an office, the laundry room, and the family room complete with a cozy fireplace and french door to the back yard. If you had headed left from the entrance, you'd pass the stairs to the second floor which has two bedrooms and a full bath. Just past the stairs you'd find the hall leading the garage and a half bath. And just past that hall are the double doors opening to the master bedroom, very secluded on its own side of the house. As an added bonus, for the golfer in the family, you'll find your own putting green on the right side of house. There are Mel lo Rios and HOAR dues typical with Serrano communities but this home is situated within walking distance of a park, two elementary schools, Rolling Hills Middle School, Oak Ridge High School, and a beautiful new public library. What a find! It is currently offered at $675,000. Sold 7/23/08.