Views of the Golden Gate Bridge
Grace $16.5 Million Residence

What: 12-room, four-story house with six bedrooms, six full bathrooms in 8,700 square feet.

Where: San Francisco

Amenities: Four wood-burning fireplaces, English gardens, media room, gym, wine vault and two-car garage. Master-bedroom suite has dual baths and dressing rooms.

Asking Price: $16.5 million

Opening Bid*: $15.9.million

Listing Agents: Bernadette Lamothe, Sotheby's International Realty, (415) 296-2226

Due Diligence: This red brick, Georgian-style home, built in 1904, sits on a tree-lined street in the residential neighborhood of Presidio Heights, near Pacific Heights and a few blocks from the Golden Gate Bridge. Its owners, Robert Kassel, a 60-year-old retired attorney, and his wife, Maureen, bought the property in 1993 and spent several years renovating it, including enlarging upper-floor bedrooms and adding a large window in the family room for views of the Golden Gate Bridge. The kitchen has a large informal dining area that opens to a terrace overlooking a back garden. The master-bedroom suite has a fireplace and bridge views. Now that their kids have grown up, the Kassels plan to buy something smaller in the area when this property sells.

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