525 Riverview Drive, Capitola

Launch from the shore of your own stretch of Soquel Creek and paddle past Capitola Village toward the beach. Houses can be remodeled; a setting like this cannot be recreated.

Set above the water in Riverview Terrace, the rear deck spans the width of the home and gives you a front-row seat to the creek below: mornings with coffee and ducks along the bank, afternoons in the shade of the redwood, evenings in the quiet of the water.

The home sits across two levels, comfortable as it is, with room to make it your own. Upstairs are the main bedrooms, a bath with a soaking tub, and a living room with a treehouse feel overlooking the creek. The lower level offers a bedroom, full bath and kitchenette.

Capitola Village is moments away, from Gayle’s Bakery to the boutiques and dinner along the Esplanade, with Santa Cruz minutes up the coast and Highway 1 close at hand.

The details

• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, approximately 1,300 square feet (buyer to verify)
• Direct access to Soquel Creek
• Full-width rear deck above the water
• Lower level with bedroom, full bath and kitchenette
• Moments from Capitola Village and the beach
• Public water and sewer
• Soquel Union Elementary; Santa Cruz City High
• Built 1950

The neighborhood: Capitola

Capitola Village sits where Soquel Creek meets Monterey Bay. The wharf dates to 1857, the Venetian Court, begun in 1924, still faces the beach, and the Esplanade gathers restaurants and shops within a few blocks. Gayle’s Bakery has been on Bay Avenue since 1978, and Shadowbrook has served dinner on Wharf Road since 1947.

Riverview Terrace follows the creek just above the village. From Riverview Drive, Gayle’s is about a seven-minute walk and the Esplanade and beach about nine. By car, Highway 1 is two minutes away and downtown Santa Cruz about ten. Schools are in the Soquel Union Elementary School District and Santa Cruz City Schools.

Nearby: Gayle’s Bakery, about a 7-minute walk · Capitola Esplanade and beach, about a 9-minute walk · Capitola Wharf, about an 11-minute walk · Downtown Santa Cruz, about 10 minutes · Downtown San Jose, about 50 minutes

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Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Buyer to verify all information, including square footage, lot size, zoning and permits. Listing courtesy of Mario Desantis, Desantis Realty Group, Coldwell Banker Realty, CA DRE #02119587.