Words are inadequate to describe the peacefulness and joy this home will bring to you. So, when you finish reading this section, go to Extra Photos and Special Links for helpful pictures and links to 2 slide shows. One is a walk-through and the other shows some of the many often unnoticed details.

Enter this quiet and secluded home with slight Mediterranean touches through a gated welcoming courtyard of chiseled travertine tile in the Versailles pattern. Come into the home to an impressive foyer.

Go through the formal living /dining room with a fireplace and soaring ceilings to the family room. Notice the enticing floor plan, lovely decor, more niches and more pleasant surprises than you can imagine will greet you.

Look at the huge kitchen with pull outs, lazy susan, granite counter tops and island, pot shelves, dimmer lights, lot and lots of thick maple cabinets and a comfortable space for breakfast.

The backyard is designed for outdoor living with a granite topped BBQ island, fireplace, sparkling pool, 840 square foot covered patio and lots of room for outdoor furniture, chaise lounges and whatever else you want.

A significant portion of the 1.1 acre lot is block fence for almost complete privacy. There’s an iron fence at the rear so you can view the entire lot, as well as the well-designed and easily maintained desert garden inside the fence.

Major interior walls are sound insulated and 2 guest bedrooms are well separated from the master bedroom. The very large and almost combined family room and kitchen, as well as the master bedroom, living/dining room and a guest room view the covered patio, desert garden, pool and natural desert.

The home is wired-for everything: cable TV jacks and telephone jacks everywhere, stereo system for the living/dining room, den and family room, a complete security system, a sprinkler system and more outlets than usually required.

A third car garage is currently used as a computer room/office and is heated, air conditioned and insulated, but can be easily returned to use as a garage.

Roof and exterior 2x6 wall insulation is superior. Eleven ceiling fans, including 3 on the covered patio and 5 décor fans on remote controls, properly distribute warm or cool air.

This home is in the North Scottsdale area where landscaping is restricted, generally, to native desert plants.