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The castle-style Forest Hill home was built in 1927 but has been completely updated.
The castle-style Forest Hill home was built in 1927 but has been completely updated.
Photo: MLS
The castle-style Forest Hill home was built in 1927 but has been completely updated.
The castle-style Forest Hill home was built in 1927 but has been completely updated.
Photo: MLS
Spiral staircase off the foyer
Spiral staircase off the foyer
Photo: MLS
Window detail
Window detail
Photo: MLS
Grand two-story entry
Grand two-story entry
Photo: MLS
Living and dining areas are located off the entry
Living and dining areas are located off the entry
Photo: MLS
Living room with fireplace and arched doorway
Living room with fireplace and arched doorway
Photo: MLS
Living room with fireplace and arched doorway
Living room with fireplace and arched doorway
Photo: MLS
Formal dining room
Formal dining room
Photo: MLS
Formal dining room
Formal dining room
Photo: MLS
Formal dining room
Formal dining room
Informal breakfast area
Informal breakfast area
Photo: MLS
Informal breakfast area
Informal breakfast area
Photo: MLS
Kitchen
Kitchen
Photo: MLS
Kitchen
Kitchen
Photo: MLS
Kitchen
Kitchen
Photo: MLS
Kitchen
Kitchen
Photo: MLS
Living room off the kitchen
Living room off the kitchen
Photo: MLS
Living room off the kitchen
Living room off the kitchen
Photo: MLS
Living room off the kitchen
Living room off the kitchen
Photo: MLS
Laundry
Laundry
Photo: MLS
Second-Floor landing
Second-Floor landing
Photo: MLS
Master Suite with views
Master Suite with views
Photo: MLS
Master Suite with views
Master Suite with views
Photo: MLS
Master Suite with views
Master Suite with views
Photo: MLS
Arched doorway to the master bath
Arched doorway to the master bath
Photo: MLS
Master bath
Master bath
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Master bath
Master bath
Photo: MLS
Master closet
Master closet
Photo: MLS
Second bedroom
Second bedroom
Photo: MLS
Second bedroom
Second bedroom
Photo: MLS
Third bedroom
Third bedroom
Photo: MLS
Third bedroom
Third bedroom
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Fourth bedroom with walk out to a deck and hot tub
Fourth bedroom with walk out to a deck and hot tub
Photo: MLS
Fourth bedroom with walk out to a deck and hot tub
Fourth bedroom with walk out to a deck and hot tub
Photo: MLS
Second-floor hallway
Second-floor hallway
Photo: MLS
Second-floor full bath
Second-floor full bath
Photo: MLS
Top-floor playroom with club house and theater
Top-floor playroom with club house and theater
Photo: MLS
Top-floor playroom with club house and theater
Top-floor playroom with club house and theater
Photo: MLS
Top-floor playroom with club house and theater
Top-floor playroom with club house and theater
Photo: MLS
Top-floor playroom with club house and theater
Top-floor playroom with club house and theater
Photo: MLS
Top-floor playroom with club house and theater
Top-floor playroom with club house and theater
Photo: MLS
Patio off the family room
Patio off the family room
Photo: MLS
Patio off the family room
Patio off the family room
Photo: MLS
Upper level deck and hot tub
Upper level deck and hot tub
Photo: MLS
Upper level deck and hot tub
Upper level deck and hot tub
Photo: MLS
Upper level deck and hot tub
Upper level deck and hot tub
Photo: MLS
Castle-like San Francisco home with turreted entry is glamorous inside
Built in 1927, the castle-inspired home at 40 Dorantes Ave. in Forest Hill received a glamorous update after it sold in 2016 for $2,285,000. With a definite “wow factor” already built in to the turreted two-story entry, the current sellers simply turned up the drama in the redesign, and added a huge attic playroom complete with Dr. Seuss murals and home theater. It is currently asking $2,895,000.
Before we get to the over-the-top top floor, let’s go back to the entry, where blah brick-tone tiles have been replaced with a more impactful black-and-white mosaic style. Up above there’s also a new, more-prominent light fixture, and in fact fixtures throughout the home have been amped up, swapping out simple styles for more elaborate chandeliers. But the redesign kept intact some of the home’s more charming period details, from the parquet floors and fireplace in the living room, to the arched doorways off the foyer and arched windows in the turret.
Follow the sweeping staircase up the rounded tower to get to the bedroom level, which has a huge master view suite as well as three other bedrooms and a full bathroom in the hallway. Both bathrooms have been completely redone with marble tiles and double vanities, though the master got a separated water closet and large soaker tub.
There’s an even bigger warm-water retreat off one of the back bedrooms, which has a walk-out to a raised deck and hot tub. Additional outdoor space is located off the family room on the ground floor with a mosaic-tile patio.
Of course, the kids in the family will probably be spending most of their time in that aforementioned attic space. Painted lime green and festooned in Dr. Seuss characters and motifs, it has built-in storage, a “clubhouse” area and a home theater with a television that can be hidden away behind sliding, wall-mounted barn doors.
With the added square footage in the attic, the home clocks in at over 3,200 square feet, and that doesn’t include unfinished space in the two-car garage. It also doesn’t include additional storage space in the attic, the rear of the garage and even inside the base of the turret itself.
Emily Landes is a writer and editor who is obsessed with all things real estate.