112 Costa Rica Avenue

  • 4

    Beds

  • 2

    Baths

  • 3,240 sq ft

    Home Size

  • 8,364 sq ft

    Lot Size

Sold

$2,675,000

Overview

Cherished Family Home with Numerous Updates

Lovingly owned by generations of the same family for 70 cherished years, this home boasts a heritage of optimism, joy, and love. Dating back to roots in 1927, and owned by just two families, the home is filled with precious memories and celebrated times. The warm and inviting ambiance and rich character is immediately apparent – from the original classic Tudor detail outside to the warmth of the fine wood finishes inside. But it is the numerous updates done since 2003 that make this home so special today and ready for the next generation to come. A remodeled kitchen with top-of-the-line appliances and well-appointed bathrooms provide added luxury that blends in seamlessly with heritage details like glass door knobs and vintage bricks around the fireplace. A hand-painted mural lining the staircase pays homage to the home’s original owners who created it and provides an enchanting entrance to the abundant living space found on the upper level.

There are 4 bedrooms, 3 on the main level including a master suite, 2 updated bathrooms, plus the unexpected treats upstairs for an office, playroom, hobbies, and/or recreation space. Outside, the extra-deep rear yard has everything needed for entertaining, play, and gardening. All of this, plus an excellent location on the edge of Hillsborough and less than one-half mile to Burlingame Avenue makes this a wonderful place to call home midway between San Francisco and Silicon Valley.

  • Built in

    1927

  • Listed

    6 years ago

  • Neighborhood

  • Schools

    Washington Elementary, Burlingame Intermediate, Burlingame High School


Amenities

  • Lovingly owned by the same family, only the second owners, since 1947

  • Circa 1927 with extensive updates completed after 2003

  • Two stories with 4 bedrooms, office, recreation room, and 2 baths

  • Approximately 3,240 square feet of living space

  • Outstanding location on the edge of Hillsborough just down the street from Pershing Park and less than one-half mile to Burlingame Avenue for shopping and dining

  • Classic Tudor appeal with divided-light windows, leaded glass accent window, half-timbering, and tall slate tiled roof with dormer window

  • Manicured front yard with mature trees frames the arched covered entrance that showcases a striking new door; a signature holly tree is outlined with a bed of river rock

  • Hardwood floors begin in the traditional foyer and continue throughout most of the home

  • Spacious living room has a coved ceiling, floor-to-ceiling true divided-light front picture window, and wood-burning fireplace with vintage brick tiled mantelpiece and space for media above

  • Formal dining room has an iron chandelier with mini lampshades, narrow crown moldings, and a recessed china cabinet with glass-front doors; double French doors and windows open to a side patio for al fresco dining

  • Remodeled kitchen has stone-like vinyl flooring that begins in the separate casual dining area with windows on two sides, built-in china cabinetry with serving counter, and Tiffany-style light

  • Custom oak cabinetry in the kitchen is topped in granite slab and glazed tile backsplashes

  • Stainless steel appliances include: Wolf 5-burner gas cooktop; 2 GE Monogram ovens; GE Profile microwave; Miele dishwasher with cabinet panels; Sub-Zero refrigerator with cabinet panels; ; GE wine cooler; sink with instant hot water

  • Front bedroom, also ideal for an office, has a bay window, narrow crown moldings, and period-style center light; recessed cabinetry is concealed with glass-front doors and a closet provides added storage

  • Second bedroom, with dual hall entrances, has chair rail and crown moldings and a wardrobe closet

  • Updated hallway bathroom has beautiful period-style woven tile flooring, subway-set tiled wainscot, a soaking tub, and separate tiled shower

  • Master bedroom suite with expansive window, full wall of closets, and remodeled en suite bath with travertine finishes including a dual-sink vanity, deep tub, frameless glass shower, and private commode room

  • Upper level of the home is accessed via a door opening to a staircase lined with hand-drawn vintage mural scenes dating back to the home’s original owners; Douglas fir floors extend throughout the upper level

  • Upstairs bedroom has a tall cathedral ceiling with half timbering accents on the ceiling and walls; a built-in bed is positioned beneath a window and flanked by storage closets plus a walk-in closet

  • Two additional upstairs rooms, one ideal for an office plus a large recreation room spanning the front of the home with towering cathedral ceiling and lots of under-eaves storage; a large storage room completes the upper level

  • Main-level laundry room with Kenmore washer/dryer and outside entrance

  • Detached 2-car garage

  • Extra-deep rear yard has a large “trex” style deck, playground, and concrete patio perfect for play

  • Lot size of approximately 8,364 square feet

  • Top-rated Burlingame schools

  • Less than one mile to Caltrain, 1.5 miles to Highway 101 to San Francisco or Silicon Valley tech centers, and 11 minutes to BART


Burlingame

Burlingame Park

Despite some predictably negative numbers (average and median home values down 6% and 7%, respectively), Burlingame Park outperformed many of its neighbors in 2022. Average price per square foot increased 16%, to $1,580, and total sales fell only by one, to 17, after increasing by 42% in 2020 to 2021. What may be more notable for this market’s future is how its range of sold properties changed from 2021 to 2022. Over half of Burlingame Park sales closed escrow for more than $4 million in 2021, whereas this year only five of 17 sales reached that level. Of those five, though, four were for $5 million-plus, led by a $6.5 million sale that closed escrow in late September, several months into 2022’s changed market.

To view a detailed google map of the Burlingame Park neighborhood, click here. The MLS area is 460.

Favorable

  • The closest walkable neighborhood to downtown

  • Large, historic homes

  • Tree-lined streets

  • One of the two neighborhoods (along with Easton Addition) where you're likely to find new home


Adverse

  • Homes rarely come on the market here...typically around 1 a month


Explore Burlingame Park

Burlingame is one of the few areas that has maintained its gracious charm and timeless elegance over the decades. A favorite among families, Burlingame’s two main shopping areas, Burlingame Avenue and Broadway, attract a wide variety of shoppers discovering its boutiques, restaurants, dessert places, and clothing stores. Home to fresh farmer’s markets every Sunday morning in the summer and fall, jazz concerts in Washington Park, and a yearly Art in the Park fair, Burlingame is a wonderful place to start a family or retire later in life, and is well equipped for both!

Its tree lined streets offer an abundance of architecture and style of homes, from quaint two bedroom bungalows to thoughtfully designed four and five bedrooms.

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Timeless elegance
Renowned small town, community feel
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Top schools
Top rated schools
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Tree lined streets
Burlingame is well known for it’s beautiful trees: each of its 15,000 trees is visited at least once every five years for care, and Burlingame has been a Tree City USA for over 30 consecutive years.
Explore Burlingame

If you’re looking to buy a home in Burlingame in a particular public elementary school district, this unique google map will help you identify the geographic boundaries for enrollment of each school. This map was assembled from data from the school district website (handy for quickly identifying what school a particular address is assigned to), and is reliable but not guaranteed.

If you have more specific questions about schools in Burlingame, please contact Raziel. To verify enrollment in the event it is impacted, contact the Burlingame School District.

All addresses in Burlingame go to Burlingame High School (In 2003, the district lines were redrawn to incorporate this change). Burlingame High is within the San Mateo Union High School District (not the Burlingame School District, which includes all five public elementary schools and BIS). To verify enrollment information, please contact the High School District.

Burlingame shares a common history with neighbors San Mateo, Millbrae and Hillsborough, but only up to a point. Like the surrounding communities, Burlingame was once the site of native Costanoan villages and then part of a Mexican land grant (Rancho Buri Buri to the north and Rancho San Mateo to the south). Burlingame’s history diverges from that of nearby Peninsula cities in the late 1800s, when Francis Newlands, son-in-law of landowner and Nevada Senator William Sharon, came up with a plan to turn this stretch of real estate into a playground for San Francisco’s wealthiest residents.

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