8015 228th Ave NE

Stunning custom lodge style estate resting on a private and serene 6.6 acres 10 minutes from downtown Redmond. Over 8000* sq ft of living space, 5 bedrooms, 6.5 bathrooms, including a main floor guest suite, a huge laundry/mud room with 2 sets of washer/dryers, music room, media room, exercise room and huge recreation room. Attached to the house is a 3 car garage and detached garage for 6+ cars including RV parking that’s heated, working office space with a shop and ¾ bathroom.  The professionally manicured grounds include a regulation sized tennis/basketball court, fenced raised garden beds, stamped concrete patios, hot tub, waterfall and outdoor covered area with a fireplace, built-in barbeque and mini fridge.

Down a private lane, a circular drive boasting an enchanting rockery waterfall welcomes you to the stone and shingle exterior with lodge style timbers and cedar lined covered front porch. Step inside to the inviting foyer opening into the massive great room with soaring 25-foot beamed ceilings and stone surround gas fireplace with raised hearth and stone mantel with knotty Alder built-in. The adjacent informal dining area features a built-in buffet with slab granite and lighted glass cabinets and French doors out to the covered outdoor gathering area. The spacious kitchen can accommodate several chef’s at once and features custom Alder cabinetry with soft close drawers, professional stainless steel appliances including a 6 burner gas stove plus a griddle with a pot filler faucet, 48-inch built-in refrigerator, drawer microwave in the island, double ovens, 2 dishwashers, ice maker, under cabinet lighting and a huge walk-in pantry with a beverage fridge. Off this hallway is the generously sized multi-purpose mud room with 2 sets of washer/dryers, center built-in craft or homework table, lots of cabinetry for coats, shoes etc, planning desk area, utility closet and ½ bathroom. Entrance to the attached 3 car garage, side door entrance and rear stairs to the upper level are found here.

Off the foyer through French doors is another multi-purpose room that makes a great music room, office or play room. To the left of the foyer is the 5th bedroom guest suite complete with its own ¾ bathroom with knotty Alder cabinetry, tiled floor and shower, 16-foot ceilings and private deck overlooking the rear grounds. Additionally, you’ll find the formal dining room with built-in slab granite buffet with under and over cabinet lighting and crown molding with up lighting.  

An iron railed stairway leads to the upper level where you’ll find 4 bedrooms and a reading loft. The primary suite boasts a double sided fireplace with raised hearth, very large walk-in closet with built-ins, jetted tub, heated tile floors, separate vanities, makeup vanity, large tiled shower with 2 shower heads and body sprays. 2 other spacious bedrooms share a Jack and Jill bathroom with separate vanities each with its own walk-in closet. The 4th bedroom upstairs features engineered hardwood floors, walk-in closet and ¾ bathroom with tiled floor and shower and bead board cabinetry.

The lower level is where the fun happens! Finished like the upper floor and featuring 10-foot ceiling height, you’ll enjoy a massive rec area for all sorts of games, a kitchenette with slab granite, eating bar, full sized refrigerator, exercise room, tiled bathroom with a steam shower, media room with a built-in entertainment wall and French doors to a stamped concrete covered patio and the backyard. Additionally, on this level is a huge partially finished storage room (currently used as craft room) and

massive unfinished storage area where you’ll find the mechanical systems and potential wine cellar space (these areas are not heated thus not included in the estimated stated square footage).

But wait! There’s more! Custom built along with the home in 2009 is a 2000* sq ft heated garage with 20-ft ceilings, 50 ft long by 40-ft wide with 3 opening oversized garage doors (2-12 & 1- 15-feet), with the middle door for RV parking, 30 Amp electrical, RV dump station, its own hot water heater, automatic generator, wired for a back up generator and music speakers. Attached to this garage is a 700* sq ft heated working office with a separate entrance, alarm system, an extensive built-in desk system, French doors open into the workshop area and a tiled ¾ bathroom. This space could easily be turned into a MIL apartment.

The almost 7 acre parcel with equestrian potential is home to many native trees and plants including tall evergreens such as Douglas firs and Cedar trees, ferns, blossoming cherry trees and a class 1 wetland at the very back of the property. Almost 2 acres of landscaped grounds with a sunny west facing backyard; sit on your covered deck and watch eagles soar against a rose colored sunset. Manicured beds with decorative rock outcroppings, garden shed by the tennis court to house the nets and rackets, a hot tub, fire pit, tongue and grove pine ceiling covering your outdoor room with pull down sun shades, stone surround fireplace with TV above, dining area, built-in barbeque and mini refrigerator.

Additional highlights include a 50 year Presidential comp roof, radiant heated floors on the main and upper levels, air conditioning and forced air heat on all 3 floors, engineered Birch wood floors, knotty Alder wood trim and solid core doors, white painted trim and solid core doors upstairs, potential wine cellar in the basement, private well (from the same aquafer as Union Hill water) with a 1500 gallon storage cistern (recent water test available), whole house automatic generator and wired for a backup generator, alarm system for the house and detached garage and 5 bedroom septic system (recently inspected by King County approved inspector).

Great Lake Washington Schools including Emily Dickenson Elementary, Evergreen Middle and Eastlake High School.