Maison à San Rafael de Escazu

Property number: 19161For rent:  RENTEDFor sale:  US$2,500,000 unfurnishedLocation:  PROVINCIA  San JoséCANTON EscazuDISTRITO San RafaelBARRIO San Rafael Area:  982 m2 plus 200 m2 pool Lot size:  6,188 m2 plus 581.92 of access roadBedrooms:  4 Bathrooms:  4.5Garage (under roof):  3Guest House or Caretaker´s HouseParking spaces (exterior):  10Number of floors: 2Listing agent: Yalile AlpizarCategory: Homes for Sale-    Single home HotelsUnder Exclusive (The Emerald Collection)Description:Located in the heart of Escazu, at just 150 meters from Paco on the road to Alto de Las Palomas, Casa Magnolia is an escape from the ordinary.  It offers the best of two worlds, total privacy and convenience!  All kinds of first class services are readily available within minutes distance from Casa Magnolia: the Multiplaza Mall, the best restaurants, the best supermarkets, bilingual schools, stores, banks, hotels, hospitals and fast and easy access to Route 27 and the beaches of the Central Pacific Coast.Casa Magnolia is a luxury home offered for sale in  Escazu, in an authentic architectural style with a perfect balance between a country home and a city home, designed for entertaining and maximum privacy.  The biggest and best surprise of all is the backyard garden.  The landscape of Casa Magnolia comes in a poetic shape, with multiple hide away and relaxing places like a hanging bridge, a gazebo under the trees and walking trails inside its lush tropical gardens.The airy social areas enjoy different ambiances and are completely connected to the outside terraces and gardens through sliding doors that let the light in and offer cross ventilation in all areas of the house.  Up to 150 guest can easily be entertained in the connected living room, dining room and terrace area.  The formal living room is a lavish space with floor to ceiling windows and high beamed ceilings in precious woods, complete with a wood-burning fireplace, a bar area in fine woods and a guest bathroom.Next to the social areas you will find the elegant kitchen with a central isle and incorporated breakfast area, ample kitchen cabinetry in fine solid woods, granite countertops and large pantry.The family room is separated by the formal social areas by a suspented glass bridge, and it is conveniently located on the opposite side of the living room.  It has a private staircase that leads directly into the master suite.Next to it you will find an ample library and office, that turns into a private refugee where the family can gather to listen to the piano, read and relax.   It is the ideal place or an executive home/office, with direct access from the outside of the house, in order to make it easy to conduct meeting without disrupting the rest of the house.   The master suite is the only room on the second floor, and it is as big as it could be.  It includes a nice sitting area with its own cozy fireplace, a balcony overlooking the gigantic trees, magnolia bushes and lush gardens located on the front entrance of the house and a backyard balcony overlooking the pool area and its surrounding tropical gardens.  The master bathroom comes with doble vanity, Jacuzzi, shower and a separate walk-in closet. The house was designed in such a way that all members of the family or its inhabitants in general, will have absolute privacy.  There are three bungalows located next to the main house, all of them connected to the house and to each other by covered corridors and surrounded by tropical gardens.  Each one of the bungalows have an outside deck, a walk-in closet and a private bathroom.  A guest house is also part of the premises of the property.  This area can be used either as a guest house or as an independent caretaker´s quarters.  It includes the laundry area and storage facilities.  The covered garage area has space for three cars and up to 10 cars can be parked inside the property, in the parking area in front of the house.