Home for Sale in Costa Mesa: 188 Merrill Street

Home For Sale in Costa Mesa: 188 Merrill Place

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This is an incredible opportunity to own one of the nicest R2 properties in the highly sought after and eclectic enclave of Eastside Costa Mesa, just adjacent to the Upper Newport Beach Back Bay. 188 Merrill features two recently constructed, detached, traditional style homes meticulously built by a master craftsman, and offers many options for a family or investors, including living in the front house and renting out the back house.

The beautiful front house offers 3 bedrooms plus a downstairs office, 2 ½ baths, and perfectly balances thoughtful use of space, excellent craftsmanship and comfortable living with its inviting curb appeal and immaculately maintained landscaping. The modern and designer touches continue inside with an open floor plan featuring an island kitchen with black granite countertops, top of the line stainless steel appliances, mahogany cabinets, and dual paned Milgard windows throughout.

Off the kitchen, enjoy warm summer nights and afternoon ocean breezes on the covered patio with overhead fan, surround sound speakers, 220v outlet for a Jacuzzi overlooking a spacious and private backyard with automatic sprinklers, lush grass and fruit trees.

The living room features a cozy fireplace accented by a distressed wood mantel. There is an audio/visual (AV) closet with complete wiring for the house, including surround sound speakers in the ceilings.

A generously sized office on the first level is pre-wired with network capabilities, and an elegant ½ bath with travertine flooring, a vessel sink and tile accent wall.

Upstairs you will find tall ceilings, 3 large bedrooms, including the master suite with a large walk-in closet, and a spa-like on-suite bathroom with travertine flooring and shower, a double vanity with granite countertops, and a bedroom level laundry room.

Parking for three cars in attached 1-car garage and detached 2-car garage in rear. This truly is a TROPHY property!

The 2 bedroom, 1 bath back house–also recently constructed–shares the same attention to detail and excellent finishes.

Nicely secluded and very separate from the Front house, this property has been a high demand rental, but could also be a perfect guest house for family, friends or a work space. At approximately 800 square feet, experience an open floor plan with a nicely appointed kitchen featuring concrete countertops and sitting bar, plenty of mahogany cabinets, and stainless steel appliances, overlooking a spacious living room with space for a dining table and room to entertain.

Bamboo flooring, sky lights, designer paint and recessed lighting throughout give this space all the modern touches. A separate office nook offers a great space to work, and the entire home is wired for AV.

A separate laundry closet is inside the property, makes doing chores convenient.

There are two oversized bedrooms with high end carpet, ceiling fans, and nice sized closets. One bedroom has a sliding door to the private yard.

Relax or enjoy entertaining in the spacious side and backyard with a covered patio, lush landscaping and plenty of storage space on the side of the property.