MCS Housing Community: Sonoma County

Go between the wonderful water tower and the guest house, and you'll see a hedge of lilacs, a lovely lawn area, and another area for a vegetable garden. Artichokes are already growing here.

The water tower was used for pumping water in the early 1900's. Now it is a lovely two-story home, containing an open living/kitchen area with an open staircase to the bedroom. A bath and dressing area are also found on the main floor. Next to the water tower is a studio with separate kitchen, a unit that also contains new carpet and tile [Cyndi's note: the carpet is not really new].

Both the water tower and studio have been updated (like guest house) and have new kitchens, bathrooms, tile and rugs.

Watson Road Home	Notes	Costs	SF	Grounds
Water Tower	Guest House	Main House	Duplex

	Water Tower plus Studio Studio is on right Water Tower 1st floor is on left Note: This leaves out the 2nd floor bedroom of the water tower and the 3rd floor unfinished attic

From Cyndi's Notes:

Water Tower:

Downstairs has entry with kitchen to the left and hall/storage area to the right leading to the bathroom and a closet. The bathroom has a shower.

A door opens up to a ladder leading to the 3rd floor. We didn't go up. There are windows on all floors, including the 3rd. The owner says the 3rd floor is unfinished but you could stand up in it and turn it into usable living space.

The correct square footage for the water tower would be up to 512 sf of finished space plus up to 256 SF of unfinished space. Total = up to 768 SF The tower narrows as it rises so it's unclear what the total square footage would be.

This would make a great unit for someone without CFS. Have your living space on the bottom, sleep on the second floor, and turn the attic into an office, with the best views in the neighborhood. Or combine this unit with the studio and make a two-bedroom plus office, two-bath house with a unique layout.

Studio:

The door opens into a large living room with an area for a bed to the far right. To the left is the kitchen up a single stair with an eating area off to the side. Behind the kitchen is the bathroom. The bathroom has a shower.

I would have to look more closely, but it is almost certain you could add a doorway between the two units to connect them as one.

Water Tower Base and Parking There is more parking out of frame Note how the covered parking leads to a wide dirt path Keep going and there is a large flat area and then the metal storage unit (under Grounds)	Front of Water Tower The edge of the guest house is on the right	Front of Water Tower


Water Tower Kitchen Living room is to left, out of the frame	Water Tower Stairs	Vegetable Garden in front of Water Tower/Studio Units Duplex is to the right, Main house to the left Big version of this picture

Water Tower Bedroom	Water Tower Stairs, looking down at window	Lawn in Front of Vegetable Garden with Water Tower, Studio, and Greenhouse in Background Note the metal storage building on the far right, behind the fence

Studio Kitchen	Studio Living Room Facing Kitchen Eating area is to left beyond Connie Bathroom is behind door with mirror	Studio Living Room Facing Away from Kitchen