Austin Klar tours a newly listed Pacific Heights mansion redesigned by interior designer Ken Folk. The 5,490-sq ft home, built 85 years ago, sits on three sides with floor-to-ceiling windows and a lower-level rec room that opens to an outdoor kitchen. Listed for just under $9.5 million, it's one block from Lafayette Park.
This is the most conveniently located single-family home on the market in Pacific Heights right now. This 4-bed, 6.5-bath, 5,490-square-foot home was redesigned by world-renowned interior designer Ken Folk, who did an exceptional job blending period details of this 85-year-old home with modern comforts. The home gets so much natural light because it's detached on 3 sides and has massive windows on every level, including multiple levels overlooking the bay to the north and the neighborhood to the south. My favorite room in the house is the rec room on the lowest level, made for indoor-outdoor living with sliding glass doors leading to an outdoor kitchen seating area, and it's completely shielded from the elements and with tall ceilings not characteristic of lower levels of a lot of homes in the area. And this home couldn't be in a better location, one block from Lafayette Park and four blocks from the shops, bars, and restaurants on each of Fillmore Street, Union Street, and Polk Street. It's walkable to so many things and perfectly embodies what Pac Heights living is all about. The home recently hit the market for just shy of $9.5 million, and I want to know what you think about it. Let me know in the comments and follow me for more Bay Area real estate.
