Amazing Modern Victorian! This lovely 1888 house near downtown, the San Rafael Historic District, Five Points Cultural District, and RiNo offers great living spaces and updates to make living easy and low-maintenance. Blooming trees and a covered front porch with a balcony above welcome you to the home, with a Xeriscape yard surrounded by an iron fence. Inside, discover a cozy living room with a window seat overlooking the porch. Oak hardwood floor is throughout the main level. A short hallway connects to the spacious dining room and a recently updated powder bath with high-end fixtures and designer wallpaper. The dining area offers space for a large dining table with a new chandelier and whitewashed tongue-and-groove paneled ceiling above. An alcove holds a large sideboard with space for staging dinner parties. The open plan kitchen features granite counters, an island with barstool seating and a Silgranite sink, Maple Shaker-style cabinets, stainless appliances including a vent hood, and a wine fridge. Designer subway tile wraps the backsplash and island base. The spacious great room features a gas fireplace in a stone surround, flanked by clerestory windows and alcoves for TV and furniture. A French door opens into the pergola-topped yard with bistro lights and heaters above a freshly done slate patio with a built-in gas grille and stone countertops. The front staircase ascends to a private sanctuary featuring luxury carpet, an office loft, an expansive vaulted primary suite with skylights, new Marvin glass doors onto each balcony, and two addn'l bedrooms - one which opens onto the front balcony. The primary bath has a double vanity, a soaking tub, a marble-paneled shower, private WC with a "washlet" seat, walk-in closet. A full bath with designer finishes serves bedrooms 2 and 3, flanked by a laundry room with sleek graphite LG washer & dryer, cabinets, counter w/sink. Basement bedroom suite holds a king-size bed, a 3/4 bath, and egress for privacy and comfort.