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Georgian Colonial Elegance Close to Downtown Amenities

This stately Georgian Colonial-style home offers timeless elegance in sought-after lower Hillsborough within walking distance to Hillsborough’s exceptional schools. Lofty ceilings, layers of crown moldings, and fine hardwood floors unify the two-level home, while tall windows and multiple skylights fill it with natural light. Formal living and dining rooms and an inviting family room all surround the true heart of the home, the beautifully remodeled chef’s kitchen with adjoining breakfast room. A handsome main-level office, with sliding glass doors to the rear yard, would also be ideal for extended family living or future in-law suite.

A sweeping staircase leads upstairs to 4 large bedroom suites, all with private bathrooms. One of these is the impressive master suite, which features built-in cabinetry and a marble-surrounded fireplace. The master bedroom suite also features an expansive wardrobe room and a mirrored vanity area. Outside, a private rear yard invites outdoor dining and recreation with a paved terrace bordered by lush floral gardens and raised flower and planting beds. All of this is enhanced by an excellent location close to downtown shopping and dining. The home is also minutes to highways 92 and 101 for an easy commute to Silicon Valley or San Francisco, making this a prestigious Peninsula retreat.

Facts and Figures

Offered at $4,995,000
Sold for $4,550,000
5 bedrooms | 4 full & 2 half bathrooms
5,045 sq. ft. home, per seller
24,208 sq. ft. lot, per county records
Built in 1991
North Hillsborough Elementary, Crocker Middle School, Burlingame High School (buyer to verify)
Listed on April 21st, 2018

Listed by Raziel Ungar

Compass

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Amenities

4 bedroom suites, each with private bath, office/guest bedroom, and 2 half-baths
Georgian Colonial architecture, built in 1991
Approximately 5,045 square feet of living space arranged across two levels
Commanding curb appeal with classic white façade, ebony shutters, two-story rounded portico framed with fluted columns, and circular driveway intersected by brick-paved pathway
Beneath an arched fanlight, double front doors open to the grand entrance salon with graceful sconce lighting and winding staircase with carved balustrades; fine hardwood floors are introduced and extend throughout the main living areas
Expansive living room features lofty ceilings with recessed lighting, an alcove with a bowed wall of windows framed by columns, and a glass-enclosed fireplace with marble surround plus elaborately dentil-detailed mantelpiece
Formal dining room showcases a sparkling crystal chandelier, ornately paneled wainscoting, a glass-enclosed fireplace surrounded in marble, and built-in glass-front china cabinetry
Located on the main level and currently configured as a handsome office with extensive built-ins and cabinetry, this convenient room with wet bar and sliding glass doors to the rear yard, would be ideal for extended family, guests, or as a future in-law suite
Just off the office, a concealed hallway wet bar includes a U-Line refrigerator, glassware shelving, and mirrored walls
Formal powder room with paneled wainscoting and mirrored walls
Remodeled gourmet kitchen features all-white cabinetry topped in granite slab with mosaic limestone backsplashes, a large center island with seating beneath pendant lights, plus a pantry and a built-in desk center
Appliances include: Thermador 5-burner gas cooktop; two Thermador ovens; Dacor warming drawer; Sharp under-counter microwave; Bosch dishwasher; Sub-Zero refrigerator
Turreted breakfast room is surrounded in tall windows overlooking the rear gardens and features built-in cabinetry

About the Homeplace Neighborhood

In Homeplace, you will find the requisite four and five-bedroom 1950s California ranch-style homes so popular during Hillsborough’s first wave of large-scale development. A surprising number are still held by longtime owners. You will also find grand, pre-war estates, Tudors and Chateaus sporting upwards of 6,000 square feet of living space on acre-plus lots, along with neo-Tudors and neo-Chateaus built in the past decade whose size and scale rival that of the original homes. Homeplace is equidistant from downtown San Mateo and Burlingame Avenue. Crocker Middle School (Hillsborough’s only public middle school) straddles its northern boundary, as does the Burlingame Country Club. Most of the residents in the neighborhood attend San Mateo High School, located in Bowie Estate neighborhood in San Mateo, while some are served by Burlingame High School. To search a high school by a specific address using a School Locator, click here.

To view a detailed google map of the Homeplace neighborhood, click here. The MLS area is 448.

Favorable

Diverse housing stock
Assorted styles of homes with a wide range of sizes and prices
Just south of the Burlingame Country Club
Equidistant distance from downtown San Mateo and Burlingame Ave

Schools

Looking at the 2020 performance of real estate in Homeplace, which sits adjacent to San Mateo Park, within walking distance of Burlingame Avenue, we see again the impact of outlier deals on a small sample size. In 2019, a pair of eight-figure deals drove the neighborhood average value to $6.52 million, an increase of 25% year-over-year and well above 2020’s average value of $5.42 million. Minus any $10 million-plus sales in 2020, Homeplace’s average DOM fell by 58%, to 24, and its sale price to list price ratio increased by 3% to 101.8%, among the highest in Hillsborough. Homes sold for between $4.2 and $8.2 million and the neighborhood’s 12 total sales were second-highest in Lower Hillsborough, behind Hillsborough Park.

History

The neighborhood’s roots are as clear as its name; “Home Place” was the name of Jennie Crocker Henderson’s mansion, located on what is now called, logically, “Home Place Court.” Homeplace’s tipping point came in 1954, when the Ford Foundation offered to invest many millions to turn Crocker Henderson’s estate into its Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Science. The Hillsborough Town Council killed the proposal, paving the way for Homeplace residential development.

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Homeplace neighborhood is the "heart of lower Hillsborough"

It’s not too far off the mark to refer to Homeplace as the “heart of lower Hillsborough.” The neighborhood, which is west of San Mateo Park and just south of the Burlingame Country Club, is large enough to include examples of almost all of Hillsborough’s diverse housing stock – and topography. Where some neighborhoods’ features can be summed up easily, Homeplace requires more space.