Beautiful vintage home in the Historic District of Escondido. Original 2 bed 1 bath 722 sqft home built in 1910 and 3 bed 1 bath, family room, laundry room adding 1100sqft done in 2000. Property does qualify for the Mills Act, but is not historically significant so less restrictions. Come home and feel like you traveled back in time, where life seemed simple and more at peace. Nice quiet neighborhood with wide streets. Alley access to 1 car Garage, with room to expand garage size if desired. Property has some unique antique décor such as Post Victorian era vintage outhouse, moved from a Santa Paula orchard in the early 1990s. The outhouse is unique, being a side-by-side two hole design. Enjoy the patio area with nice private Koi Pond. Watch the wild parrots pass through the neighborhood regularly, smell the lilac bushes, and neighbors Plumeria trees. Backyard has a wonderful garden area and features mature peach, grapefruit, lime and orange trees. This home does have some modern upgrades as there is whole house air-conditioning, forced air heat, New Roof as of 2021, Exterior painting as of 2021. Interior walls painted 2022. Plumbing and Wiring Updated during addition in 2000. Positives: • Generally quiet street (only 2 blocks long on this section) • Wider than normal street – easily park on both sides and have room for 2 cars to pass • Historical neighborhood • Home qualifies for Mills Act, but is not historically significant, so less restrictive • Wild parrots pass through the neighborhood regularly • Alley access • Retractable clothesline from house to garage • Garden area in back yard Improvements: • Fully fenced yard • Mature peach, grapefruit, lime, and orange trees • Patio and koi pond • Extensive brickwork from street to alley • Two period storage sheds in back yard • Planted birch trees in front yard • Mature lilac bushes in front yard and alley • One and a half story addition to original house (added 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, family room and laundry room) • New Owens Corning cool roof on house and garage in 2021 • Painted Exterior of house in 2021 and Interior in 2022 • Painted garage in 2022 Additional info: • Post Victorian era vintage outhouse, moved from a Santa Paula orchard in the early 1990s. The outhouse is unique, being a side-by-side two hole design. • The brickwork around the home is primarily made up of used brick, collected from as far away as China. In addition to a great number of brick obtained from buildings in Escondido and Vista, there are bricks from buildings removed for the construction of PetCo Park and Camden Yards in MD, and still more from various locations in the desert, the Midwest and Salem MA. • The concrete block shed was constructed of site made concrete block, made on an early 20th Century Montgomery Wards concrete block machine. • The yard iron comprises of equipment likely to have been found around this area, including a mail order Galloway farm engine, a Meyers Bulldozer water pump (which holds the mailbox), that would have supplied a small grove or truck farm, and a hand operated water pump.