Timeless Professorville Restoration

Property Description

Originally constructed in 1899, this beautiful Arts & Crafts home underwent a full restoration and addition completed in 2007. As one of the first standing homes in the area, 959 Waverley has served as a staple in the Professorville community for over 110 years. Beautiful architecture, timeless finishes and a restoration of the original redwood and other original details throughout make this a rare find and a prized jewel of the coveted Professorville district.

With a rich history, 959 Waverley St was the boyhood home of William Shockley. His father was a mining engineering professor at Stanford. William Shockley attended CalTech and after graduation founded Fairchild Semiconductor. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics for the transistor. He later founded Intel with the help of four others. In 2007, this home was on the Palo Alto Stanford Historic Society's Tour of Historic Homess

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Beautiful solid redwood throughout
• Brand new chef's kitchen including: Subzero refrigerator, Meile dishwasher, Brazilian soapstone countertops with unique veining, Thermador 48" six burner range, new Thermador microwave integrated into the kitchen island
• New foundation, basement, and seismic upgrades
• New electrical and plumbing throughout
• All new fixtures (sinks, tubs, shower heads etc.) and timeless, fully restored clawfoot tub
• Original Fir floors and Brazilian cherry hardwood
• A combination of new and restored, vintage lighting fixtures
• All doors are original redwood, fully restored
• Fully automatic sprinkler system
• House is wired for landscaping lighting and can be integrated into the computer controlled lighting system
• House is provisioned with Smurf tubing so that future wiring needs (fiber optic) are simple and inexpensive to implement
• Heater (separate upstairs and downstairs) and A/C on the second floor
• New roof with sheer plywood to strengthen the house
• Security system with three exterior security cameras and optional communication to an external monitoring center
• Computer controlled lighting throughout the house
• Every room is fully wired with Cat-5 Ethernet and coaxial cable
• Every room is wired for surround sound and distributed music
• Integrated fire alarms that communicate to the central station and optional communication to an external monitoring center
• Basement is finished and is upgradeable to a wet bar and/or internal stairway
• All walkways, front porch, side porch and patio are custom brick with concrete underlayment
• Custom stained glass in cabinets