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by Cristina Wong hile some people have their hearts set on a particular neighborhood — or even a street — others acknowledge that budget is what’s driving their choice of home. But, sometimes it’s handy to compare just what you can get at different price points. If you must have a minimum number of bedrooms, an excellent school district or perhaps a view, then reconsidering the location could help you find the home of your dreams. The comparisons below are just a snapshot of what was offered in March. Note that for the same price (about $1,300,000),
you could find a standard Los Altos rancher or a Mountain View triplex with room to rent (and share the mortgage burden). Or, for under $800,000 you could find an entry-level cottage in Palo Alto or a good-sized home in the Slater neighborhood of Mountain View. For less than $1,800,000, you can find homes in Palo Alto and Portola Valley with an equal number of bedrooms and bathrooms. But, offered at $25,000 more, the home in Portola Valley is newly renovated and has larger interior space. Lastly, at $3,000,000, you can get a brand-new home in Atherton with more bedrooms and bathrooms, including larger interior space than its Menlo Park counterpart.
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PALO ALTO Address: 1433 Alma St. List price: $849,000 Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 1 Interior: 960 sq. ft. Lot size: 1,400 sq. ft. Date built: 1926 Between Kellogg and Churchill avenues, this one-story bungalow features a renovated kitchen and bath, a private back patio, a private study room, and a one-car garage. It also provides nearby access to the Bryant Street Bike Path and isn’t far from the University Avenue Caltrain station. Local schools include Addison Elementary, David Starr Jordan Middle and Palo Alto High.
MOUNTAIN VIEW Address: 183 Ada Ave. List price: $748,000 (reduced in March from $788,000) Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 full, 1 partial Interior: 1,755 sq. ft. Lot size: 4,030 sq. ft. Date built: 1983 Nestled away from the street on a flag lot, this home is very quiet, while offering convenient access to highways 101, 237 and 85, as well as public transportation. Adding to the privacy are high wooden fences and tall persimmon trees, as well as lemon and peach trees. Features include a master suite with a private balcony, new French doors, double-paned windows and a brand-new roof.
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LOS ALTOS Address: 720 Los Ninos Way List price: $1,275,000 Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 3 Interior: 2,033 sq. ft. Lot size: 10,200 sq. ft. Date built: 1952 In the North Los Altos community, this ranch-style home features a wrap-around yard, a rear patio, separate family room and a master-bedroom suite. Additional features include a two-car garage with guest parking available. The home is well-located for shopping — just a short distance from the San Antonio Shopping Center as well as parks and schools. Local schools include Mariano Castro Elementary School, Ardis G. Egan Junior High School and Los Altos High School.
MOUNTAIN VIEW Address: 325 Franklin St. List price: $1,300,000 Bedrooms: 6 Bathrooms: 3 Interior: 2,559 sq. ft. Lot size: 9,583 sq. ft. Date built: 1952 Situated in the Old Mountain View neighborhood, this multi-family home is an unusual find for downtown Mountain View property. The one-story triplex includes three units: a larger three-bedroom, two-bath unit; a two-bedroom, one-bath unit; and a one-bedroom, one-bath unit. Its amenities include a one-car garage for each of the units, original hardwood floors, and a washer and dryer inside each unit. Local schools include Edith Landels Elementary, Graham Middle and Los Altos High School. (continued on next page) Spring Real Estate Special Section I Page 53
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PALO ALTO Address: 627 Fulton St. List price: $1,750,000 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2 Interior: 1,932 sq. ft. Lot size: 5,500 sq. ft. Date built: 1924 This two-story, Spanish-style home at the edge of Crescent Park offers the best of two worlds: mahogany floors and high ceilings as well as granite countertops, stainless-steel appliances, surround sound and central forced-air heat. Additional features include an outdoor dining patio and a detached garage. It’s an easy walk downtown for dining and shopping on University Avenue. Local schools are Addison Elementary, Jordan Middle and Palo Alto High School.
PORTOLA VALLEY Address: 2 Portola Green Circle List price: $1,775,000 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2 Interior: 2,230 sq. ft. Lot size: 0.23 acre, adjacent to common areas Date built: 1975 In a quiet location in Central Portola Valley, this home was remodeled in 2004 and has modern aesthetics throughout, including high ceilings, stainless-steel fixtures and maple floors. The ground floor features a living room with an adjoining library, as well a dining room that opens to an outdoor deck. Common areas offer a redwood tree grove and custom landscaping with a fire pit. (continued on next page)
47 Encino Road, Atherton - Classic Georgian Colonial This home has graced Lindenwood since 1924 and is offered for sale for the ďŹ rst time in 50 years. The traditional oor plan includes a grand entry foyer, gracious living room with adjoining ofďŹ ce and a large formal dining room with French doors opening to a side patio. Remodeled kitchen has a Wolf range, Zodiac countertops, center island, pantry, and opens to an eating area and family room with garden views. s "EDROOMS BATHS PLUS A POWDER ROOM s $ETACHED DOUBLE GARAGE PLUS STORAGE BUILDINGS s &UNCTIONAL PARTIAL BASEMENT s -ETICULOUSLY MAINTAINED s 5PDATED ELECTRICAL AND HEATING SYSTEMS
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ATHERTON Address: 82 Lloyden Drive List price: $3,388,000 Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 4 full, 1 partial Interior: 4,182 sq. ft. Lot size: 16,254 sq. ft. Date built: 2011 This brand-new home in the Lloyden Park neighborhood — not far from the Atherton Caltrain station — was constructed in Classic French style. On the main level is a chef’s kitchen with a great room, as well as one bedroom and an office. Upstairs you’ll find four more bedrooms. Amenities include three gas fireplaces, walnut hardwood and high-end finishes throughout. The backyard features a pool and landscaped grounds on more than one-third acre.
MENLO PARK Address: 1158 Windsor Way List price: $2,998,000 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 full, 2 partial Interior: 3,285 sq. ft. Lot size: 10,080 sq. ft. Date built: 1999 Situated in a private cul-de-sac off Windsor Drive, this contemporary designed home is meant to entertain guests with its high-ceilings and spacious living rooms. The ground floor also has two bedrooms, two dining rooms, a library and workshop. Upstairs features include the master bedroom, a separate office, and two balconies overlooking an expansive pool behind the property. The large home is just a few blocks from downtown Menlo Park, and other shopping off Santa Cruz Avenue. Local schools include Oak Knoll School, Hillview Middle School and Menlo-Atherton High School.
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Approximate times from the center of town Highway 280 ..............................6 minutes Highway 101 ............................19 minutes Facebook .................................15 minutes Google .....................................24 minutes
Stanford Shopping Center .......14 minutes Stanford University ..................14 minutes Stanford Medical Center ..........12 minutes Caltrain Station ........................17 minutes
Sand Hill Business Centers .......10 minutes Rosewood Hotel ........................9 minutes San Francisco Airport ...............32 minutes San Jose Airport ......................32 minutes
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$PNQFUJUJPO GPS IPNFT IFBUT VQ RENTS, OCCUPANCY RATES ARE CREEPING HIGHER AS ECONOMY IMPROVES by Sarah Trauben he bubble burst in 2008 didn’t skip over the Peninsula’s housing market, but with some sectors of the economy on the mend, the rental market seems to be booming. Yet would-be renters find little inventory of apartments, condominiums, townhomes and single-family home rentals from Mountain View north to Menlo Park. Rental agents say low supply combined with demand spurred by economic recovery is translating into rising occupancy rates and price hikes for rental property owners. “The vacancy rate I see being advertised is at an all-time low, even compared to our last cycle peak in 2008,” Keller Williams Realtor Leon Leong said. A Realtor for eight years, Leong specializes in rentals and sales of single-family homes, condominiums and townhomes in the Palo Alto area and says these developments signal a good year for rental property owners in the region. “A three-bedroom, one-bathroom rental which might have gone for $2,800 to $3,000 last year now might rent for between $3,400 and $3,800,” Leong said. These rent increases have been especially pronounced near area downtowns, such as surrounding University Avenue in Palo Alto, and in prestigious neighborhoods. One Old Palo Alto property, which was listed at $3,700 per month in April 2010, was listed at $4,400 in March of this year, he noted. “The number of rental properties in Palo Alto is about the same as last year, but because renters are not moving, there is less available,” Leong explained. “Our local economy is booming and people are coming to the area because of job creation.” Because more tenants are remaining in their rental properties, south Peninsula rental-property supply is fairly tied up and rental rates for new tenants are rising, Chuck Totah, a leasing and relocation specialist, said. The average market value for rentals has increased between 5 and 15 percent as the market has recovered from its stagnant period over the past 18 months, the J. Wavro associate with five years’ experience in the area estimated. “The occupancy and rate increases are mainly due to hiring at high-tech companies, such as Google,” he said. Others have noticed a recent rash of new renters relocating to Mountain View, Palo Alto and Menlo Park for positions at software and Internet-based companies. “I’ve received word from local property managers that they are asking for more as the economy goes up,” Annette Lamarch, a relocation specialist with Dwellworks, said. Specializing in corporate relocations, she has noticed strong hiring figures for many companies and observed that economic improvement has the potential to increase demand and raise rents. Rental-property owners may reap the benefit of the rental boom across the board in Palo Alto, where the average rent growth for large complexes has increased 10 percent this year, according to RealFacts. com, which tracks rentals in buildings with 50 or more units. Rates for smaller properties and single-family residences in Palo Alto are also up, Leong noted. Whether owners in surrounding cities may see their boats lift in the rising tide for occupancy rates and rents, however, is a more volatile matter of location. Much of the new demand for rentals is shaped by that ever-present drive by working professionals with children to reside in locations served by prestigious school districts. “In Palo Alto specifically, I see people coming into the area not just because of job creation but also because of the dependable quality of local schools, more so now than in the past,” he said. “Mountain View tends to be a bit more heterogeneous in the rental
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market. Three different school districts are covered by Mountain View, and so the rental markets in areas covered by good school districts are much like the market in Palo Alto,” Leong said. Despite spotty demand in some areas of Mountain View, rent has increased by nearly 14 percent and the occupancy rate is up 1.5 percent, according to RealFacts.com. Rent increases may be tied not only to a stream of relocating workers, but to a proliferation of apartment complexes. “Larger apartment complexes may be more prone to increasing rent instead of retaining tenants,” Leong said. Much of demand for rental property may be distilled into a single well-known phrase: location, location, location. Owners of Menlo Park rental complexes have seen the most drastic occupancy gains and rent rises in the past year, at 5 percent and nearly 17 percent, respectively. Rises are most apparent downtown and in the well-regarded area around Avenida de las Pulgas, Leong said. These indicators of recovery are especially high in areas served by respected schools. “The Menlo Park rental market is, in some ways, much like the Palo Alto market,” Leong said. Whether the current rental boom will hold remains to be seen. Facebook’s recent filing for initial public offering of its stocks is already affecting the real estate market and may further drive up the average rents, Lamarch said. And with signs that area tech companies are continuing to hire, it’s possible that property owners may continue to see high demand and many applications for rentals. “It’s really hard to predict the future, but as long as the jobs are still there, rents will continue to climb,” Totah said. N Freelance writer Sarah Trauben can be emailed at sltrauben@ gmail.com.
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NEIGHBORHOOD SNAPSHOT by Kathy Schrenk eople living in Linfield Oaks often feel like they have the best of all worlds: They’re close to downtown Menlo Park, a large park with pool and library, downtown Palo Alto, Stanford University and Shopping Center — all in a woodsy, creekside setting. There’s even room for families of all sizes in the Menlo Park neighborhood’s apartments, condos and houses ranging from rustic to newly remodeled. Kate Ague has lived in the neighborhood her whole life and hopes to remain. “Everything is here,” she said. When she was a young girl she and her mother lived in an apartment across the street from the duplex she lives in
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now. Her daughter attends Encinal School, as Ague did. They walk or bike to the rec center, pool and library. And she feels safe with the police headquarters so close by at the Burgess Park government complex, she said. Like all neighborhoods, it goes through cycles where there are lots of young kids, and this is one of them, she said. Some older folks may soon be ready to make way for even more newcomers, she said. Elliot Krane has lived in the neighborhood since 2004 and loves the character and beauty of the older houses. Many have been restored or remodeled, he said. People know each other. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our dogs know each other,â&#x20AC;? he said. In fact, he remembers once when his dogs got loose, someone recognized them and put them back in his backyard. He never found out who had performed the kind deed. Another time he was out of town and
someone called to say they noticed his carâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sun roof was open. Regular block parties in different locations add to the neighborhood feel. Krane wonders if the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Facebook effectâ&#x20AC;? will come to bear on the neighborhood, with the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proximity at the other end of Willow Road. He even wonders if newly minted millionaires might start knocking on his door and asking if his house is for sale after the IPO. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a lot of newfound money and a lot of people are going to want to live here. This is really ideally situated.â&#x20AC;? Rebecca Miller loves the feel of having â&#x20AC;&#x153;a little nookâ&#x20AC;? of a neighborhood so close to so many amenities. An email list keeps people connected, she said. Just after they moved in in 2010 there was an â&#x20AC;&#x153;awesomeâ&#x20AC;? block party right on their block. She and her two young kids enjoy being so close to Burgess Park and the pool and library, too, she said. N Freelance writer Kathy Schrenk can be emailed at kathys@gmail.com.
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CHILD CARE AND PRESCHOOLS: Geokids Day Care Center, 345 Middlefield Road, #204, Menlo Park; Burgess After-school Program, Burgess Kindercat Program, Menlo Park Recreation Center, 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, Menlo Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center, 801 Laurel St. Menlo Park FIRE STATION: 300 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park LOCATION: West of Middlefield Road to Alma Street and San Francisquito Creek to Ravenswood Avenue NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Email coordinator: JoAnne Goldberg, 650-327-4716 PARK: Burgess Park, Alma Street and Mielke Drive, Menlo Park PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Menlo Park City Elementary School District â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Laurel School, 95 Edge Road, Atherton; Encinal School, 195 Encinal Ave., Menlo Park; Hillview Middle School, 1100 Elder Ave., Menlo Park Sequoia Union High School District â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Menlo Atherton High School, 555 Middlefield Road, Atherton SHOPPING: Downtown Menlo Park
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THE CHICKERING COMPANY
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true legacy ranch, the historic Hop and Barley Ranch consists of approximately 6,420 acres with 1.5 +/- miles frontage on the Middle Fork of the Eel River, a steelhead trout fishery. A rare combination of productive valley floor lands with nearly 300 acres irrigated & 600 acres dry farmed, to lush beautiful forests and meadows in the mountains, and bucolic grassy hills along the river. Teaming with wildlife, the ranch is home to trophy Black Tail deer, Tule Elk, pigs, bear, quail, turkey, Page 70 I Spring Real Estate Special Section
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dove and soaring eagles. Per owner, the carrying capacity is approximately 500 cows year-round or 1,000 for the season. The well-rounded improvements complement the ranch well and are built of redwood siding and corrugated metal roofing for that classic rustic ranch headquarters. A ranch of this size and diversity is a rare find and only a four hour drive from the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Priced at $14 million. For more information and other ranch offerings, visit our website at www.ranchbuyer.com.
For more information on this and our other offerings, please visit: w w w.ranchbuyer.com Contact:
Terry Hundemer 530-265-5774
Email : ranches @chickeringco.com
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Leannah & Laurel, Your Team for Mid-Peninsula Real Estate PROVEN PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP. UNMATCHED KNOWLEDGE OF MID-PENINSULA NEIGHBORHOODS. EXCEPTIONAL PERSONAL SERVICE. A TRACK RECORD OF OUTSTANDING RESULTS. 2012 has been one of the best years in the last decade to sell a home on the Peninsula. Thinking of selling this year? We have an excellent network of industry specialists to help prepare your home for the market, such as painters, stagers, landscapers, handymen, and inspectors. Call Leannah and Laurel now to ďŹ nd out how you can capitalize on this amazing sellers market.
LEANNAH HUNT
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Over 25 years experience as a Realtor. SRES CertiďŹ ed (Specialist in services for Seniors). Past President, Silivon Valley Association of Realtors. Mid-Peninsula School Specialist. We are very pleased ... â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jay and Liana Boyarsky I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use anyone else. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ray Bacchetti
L eannah Hunt
L aurel Hunt Robinson PALO ALTO
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LOS ALTOS HILLS
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LAUREL HUNT ROBINSON Born, raised, and lives in Palo Alto. Mother of twin boys ... Laurel understands needs of young families. Internet Marketing Specialist.
LEANNAH HUNT & LAUREL HUNT ROBINSON www.LeannahandLaurel.com lhunt@serenogroup.com laurel@serenogroup.com (650) 475.2030 (650) 475.2035 DRE# 01009791
MENLO PARK
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I specialize in buyer representation for clients coming from out of state. Not only do I know the Hawaii market very well, I also know a lot of the sellers and their property histories. I have excellent problem solving skills and an impeccable reputation with my peers, especially when it comes to contract negotiations and the escrow process. By utilizing my representation, you will dramatically strengthen your buying position without incurring any additional costs. At least 20% of my clients purchase properties I ďŹ nd for them that not yet listed on the open market. If you are considering in investing in Hawaii Real Estate or in a second home, contact me and I will work hard to ďŹ nd you the perfect home on the beautiful island of Oahu.
Joel Cavasso (R ) Cell: 808.216.9988 Email: joelcavasso@me.com For comprehensive Hawaii info, go to: www.Lanikailua.com Search for properties at www.househunt.com/agent/Joel-Cavasso Page 72 I Spring Real Estate Special Section
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MARY GULLIXSON Alain Pinel Realtors DRE# 00373961
650.888.0860 mgullixson@apr.com
DAVID BERGMAN
BRENT GULLIXSON
650.948.1100 www.DavidBergman.com
Intero Real Estate DRE# 01223189
Alain Pinel Realtors DRE# 01329216
650.888.4898 bgullixson@apr.com
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WAN TED If you have a property for our buyers, please contact us, or have your agent contact us. CENTRAL MENLO PARK 4 beds minimum; up to $2.5M HOME with Portola Valley or Woodside school district; ďŹ xer ok; up to $1.5M ATHERTON tear-down or lot on one acre for builder MENLO PARK OR ATHERTON large family room/kitchen a must; up to $8M
PENDING SALE
325 Princeton Road Menlo Park $1,950,000
Our exclusive afďŹ liation with Christieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s International Real Estate offers you unparalleled, world-reaching exposure
800 High Street, #205 Palo Alto $1,050,000
for your home. Our elevated marketing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; whether public or private placement â&#x20AC;&#x201C; includes
Sharon Park Drive Menlo Park $385,000
diverse venues and effective approaches on a local, national, and international scale. Cashin Group â&#x20AC;&#x201C; your
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SHARON HEIGHTS .3 level acre 3,000+ sq. ft. home
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Kristin Cashin DRE# 01438764
Shane Stent DRE# 01868925
Doyle Rundell DRE# 1732918
650.399.0500 Page 74 I Spring Real Estate Special Section
kristin@oliverlux.com
thecashingroup.com
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