838 17th St #105

A contemporary townhome with an expansive private rooftop deck featuring panoramic ocean, mountain and city views. It's a spacious multi-story home with high ceilings and updated wood floors of Italian oak. Located less than a block from dozens of Santa Monica’s best dining and shopping options on Montana Avenue. You'll enter this modern ten-unit complex on a quiet upscale street in Santa Monica through a private gate. You'll walk down a breezeway lined with healthy palms and beautiful succulent varieties, reaching the quiet, private end-unit home. Throughout the property you’ll find expansive windows and glass-sliding doors so you can enjoy the sunshine from any room in the house. In an exceptionally walkable location you are literal steps from Montana Avenue, featuring over 100 high-end shops and restaurants. Within tw2 blks are a library, 5 restaurants, a coffee shop, beauty salons, 3 clothing retailers, & more. Walk or drive just 3 blocks and you’ll reach Whole Foods, Target, and the historic Aero movie theater. Walk further or drive/bike minutes to the beach or the world famous Santa Monica pier. This is pedestrian-friendly Southern California living at its very best. This special location near the top of the hill on 17th street and the unusual height of the building afford ocean views from the bedrooms, upper loft and roof deck – and ocean breezes from everywhere. Sit up in bed each morning to glimpse the blue Pacific before you even have coffee. In the spa level primary bath, enjoy a luxuriant steam shower or experience custom lighting, a rain shower and 5 different spray nozzles while contemplating your day as you focus on the silhouette of Catalina Island from the shower window. The beautifully updated kitchen with subway tile backsplash featuring tile from Spain, white quartz counters, and matte-black appliances with smart features, including a french-door oven with an LED touch screen is the epitome of home cooking. The inviting living room has soaring 17’ ceilings, and a towering built-in shelving system with over a dozen lights and a custom smooth-rolling 10’ library ladder. Guest bedroom tucked into second story, beside a nook for reading or a home office. Side porch off the first-floor dining room perfect for breakfast bistro set, herb garden, or other outdoor meal prep needs. Literally hundreds of upscale upgrades throughout, including sleek contemporary screwless plates on every visible lightswitch and electric socket; in-wall USB outlets on every floor for easy charging; three recessed outlets for flush TV mounting; double hand rails on all stairwells; two drawer-loading double-dishwashers (four total dishwashing units) for easy cleanup and catered entertaining; soft-closing drawers with built-in bamboo organizing trays throughout. Recently updated appliances include high capacity water heater, oven, microwave, dishwashers, garage door opener, and shower thermostat. The showstopping 400-square foot roof deck features an adjoining kitchenette with a sink, refrigerator and dishwasher to enjoy snacks or a beverage while taking in a sunset over the Pacific Ocean. This deck is also an entertainer's dream: enjoy dinner on this large outdoor living space while watching the gorgeous pink and orange sky light up reflections in the water. Equipped with water, electricity and gas for all your outdoor lifestyle needs. Watch a game on an outdoor TV, nap in a shady cabana, or enjoy a leisurely breakfast prepared in the roof’s kitchenette while watching the local hawks cruise the updrafts. It’s the California dream. An exceptionally rare basement bonus room is 400-square feet with endless options: a refined game room, a large playroom or home gym, or a home theater (the room is semi-subterranean and surrounded by cinder block, making it virtually sound proof and capable of total darkness). Tucked in the corner of basement is a small office, perfect for podcast recording, with acoustic insulated walls and built-in California closet storage cabinets. Offered with a turnkey smarthome system, including: over 100 Philips Hue lights (over 16 million colors), 6 security cameras, doorbell, deadbolt, garage door, thermostat, 3 True HEPA air filters, 11 smart assistants, motion detectors. ALL are smart devices pre-connected to the HomeKit ecosystem and ready to transfer to your own iPhone. Any device can also be controlled with an iPad (included with home) or via voice, using the smart assistant speakers in every room (which also function as intercom). Turn on music throughout the entire home or adjust the thermostat with a simple voice command. Pre-programmed with smart automations like all lights, music, and thermostat turn off when the house is unoccupied; upon owner’s return, they resume. Each floor equipped with ethernet plug for hardwired internet, plus Orbi Mesh wifi system with 7 satellites ensures blazing fast internet up to 1 gig anywhere in the home. If low-tech is your thing, the property can be delivered with all smart devices removed and/or replaced with analog. The home is optionally offered to purchase furnished offering a seamless worry-free move to your new Santa Monica home.