Unique fully detached country estate in the heart of San Francisco. This historic grand-scale 1886 Victorian mansion is flooded with light with windows on all four sides. Behind a gated entry, the house sits in extraordinary private gardens on an oversized corner lot facing Buena Vista Park. Behind the 55 ft. handsome facade is a fabulous flexible floor plan offering many options for informal family living with modern livability and large-scale entertaining. The spectacular large remodeled kitchen has a huge island, windows looking to the gardens, a vaulted ceiling and skylight, tons of storage and built-in banquette seating. The expansive main floor--over 1,800 sq. ft.--has a large living room with curved bay window, formal dining room, family room, media room/office and guest bath. Architectural details include soaring ceilings, walls of windows, three fireplaces and built-in bookcases and china cabinets. From the central entry foyer a grand staircase leads upstairs. The dramatic three-panel-stained glass window over the staircase streams with light. On this floor there are four bedrooms, two baths and a laundry room. The top floor features a spectacular 1,000 sq. ft. primary suite with sweeping city views and outlooks to park greenery. There is a sitting area with southern outlooks, a contemporary gas fireplace, two walk-in closets, built-in storage and ensuite bath. A private circular office with wrap-around views to the park and the city skyline complete this top floor suite.

There is a lower level overlooking Buena Vista Terrace with a separate legal two bedroom plus den, two bath apartment with its own private entrance and patio. This flexible space might be used for work-from-home offices, a Peloton room, multi-generational living or rental income. Attention-to-detail upgrades throughout include on-demand water heaters, CAT5 ethernet cable, leased solar panels, fire and security alarm systems, mostly double-pane windows and automatic irrigation system.

201 Buena Vista Avenue East is centrally located with access to neighborhoods like Cole Valley/Haight Ashbury, Hayes Valley, and NOPA. Buena Vista Park dates from 1867. Its 37 acres include idyllic walking paths, a children's playground, a tennis court, and a dog play area. There are transit options to downtown as well as direct access south to the airport and peninsula or north across the Golden Gate Bridge.

The owners of 201 Buena Vista Avenue East have lived in the house since 1982. They found street parking in the neighborhood to be usually available. However, they recognize that the new owners may want to install a garage. To ease that process, the seller hired an architect to prepare conceptual plans for a garage with minimal disruption to the existing house and apartment. These plans were submitted to the Planning Department for pre-application review. The Planning Department has written a position letter documenting their support of the design as submitted for installation of a garage. Sellers offer that the buyer can park one-car in the garage for the carriage house, which is immediately next door on Buena Vista Terrace, for a period of two years. Sellers will cooperate with buyers' application for building permits.