It’s been almost 10 years since Angelo Sangiacomo died at age 91, but the prominent real estate developer and landlord’s longtime San Francisco home has only now popped up for sale at $10 million, with the listing held by Neal Ward of Compass.
Perched atop Edgehill Mountain in the Forest Hill neighborhood, the eye-catching curvilinear, cedar-shake structure was commissioned by the founder of Trinity Properties and his longtime wife, former actress Yvonne Giuntoli, in the late 1960s. Completed in 1970 by a team of architects that included Robert V. Arrigoni and Howard Backen, with finishing touches by professor Dale E. Benedict, the midcentury property has remained in the Sangiacomo family ever since.
Around the corner from the living room are a window-lined music room and fireside sitting area.
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A hedge-lined pathway out front makes its way to a gated entry, which opens onto a red brick courtyard with a bubbling fountain and a children’s playground off to the side. Inside, eight bedrooms and five baths (plus a trio of powder rooms) are spread across roughly 10,100 square feet of wood-slathered living space on four levels punctuated throughout with rough-exposed concrete and finished stonework, all sitting above a four-car street-level garage with epoxy floors.
A gallery entrance with a winding staircase steps down to the soaring sky-lit living room, which has a ribbon of 18-foot steel-framed windows, a wood-burning brick fireplace, a bar, and access to a wraparound terrace. Rounding the corner are a music room, a sitting area, a library nook, and an office. Upstairs, a bridge walkway leads to a 14-seat dining hall with a mezzanine balcony overlooking the living room below. The adjacent kitchen is updated with a Viking range and dual refrigerators, while a large pantry connects to an ocean-view sitting and dining area.
A dining hall on the second level can seat up to 14 for formal gatherings.
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A fireside primary suite and five additional bedrooms occupy the entire top floor, while the bottom-most level hosts a 2,000-square-foot entertaining space with a wet bar and a kitchenette, along with a pair of en suite guest bedrooms, a wine cellar, and a laundry room. Rounding it all off is a rooftop terrace offering picturesque views stretching from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Marin Headlands, the Pacific Ocean, and the Farallon Islands beyond.
For Sandro Sangiacomo, one of seven children of Angelo and Yvonne, selling the home isn’t an ending but a continuation of what his parents believed in: bringing people together. “My siblings and I felt so fortunate growing up in this home,” he said in a statement. “My parents shaped with heart and uncompromising intention the home I grew up in. I remember long dinners in the kitchen and all the fun we had downstairs…I hope the next family feels what we felt here and adds their story to the history.”
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Source: Luxury - robbreport.com
