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119 N Rochester Street Shoreview, San Mateo

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Architect’s Home Transformation Just Steps From the Bay Trail

Extensively renovated inside and out by local architect and owner of Architecture Allure, Adam Bittle, this home has been thoughtfully transformed and expanded for modern livability with a contemporary design style throughout. The result is picture-perfect with an open-concept floor plan, adjoining outdoor “living room” complete with built-in ceiling heaters, plus 3 spacious bedrooms and 2 baths. Authentic custom-stained white oak hardwood floors unify every room, along with new windows and LED lighting. The open living and dining area is wired for media enjoyment and boasts a striking woven sphere light that adds modern panache. Four-panel French gliding glass doors open to the covered and heated deck, and the freshly updated kitchen connects to the room with breakfast/wine bar seating. Granite counters with full-height backsplashes plus stainless steel appliances stand ready for gourmet meal preparation.

The home’s 3 bedrooms are arranged in a separate wing comprising 2 family bedrooms served by a recently remodeled bath plus a luxurious master suite preceded by a customized office alcove. Bedroom closets are all customized with Elfa storage systems for luxurious functionality. Outside, eco-friendly high-end synthetic turf is also found, adding wonderful space for play. Perimeter gardens with tall trees for privacy, a patio with fire pit, plus a raised bed for vegetable gardening rounds out the enchanting rear yard. Adding to the appeal is Harborview Park just down the street along with access to the Bay Trail for miles of walking, jogging, and biking plus only one-half mile to Coyote Point Recreation Area with golf course, marina, picnic areas, and CuriOdyssey Science Playground and Zoo. Equally convenient are all the amenities of vibrant downtown San Mateo just over one mile away. Architectural style design, indoor/outdoor living, and a fabulous location – Welcome Home!

Facts and Figures

Offered at $1,375,000
Sold for $1,450,000
3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms
1,430 sq. ft. home, per county records
5,000 sq. ft. lot, per county records
Built in 1947
LEAD Elementary; Bayside STEM Academy; San Mateo High (buyer to verify enrollment)
Listed on November 7th, 2019

Listed by Raziel Ungar

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Amenities

Extensively renovated and expanded within the last 3 years and designed for indoor/outdoor living
3 bedrooms and 2 baths, including a master suite and office alcove
1,430 square foot living space, per county records
Stunning curb appeal with fully irrigated and newly landscaped gardens in contemporary style including native grasses, wide acid-washed concrete pads inlaid with plantings, and a covered front porch
A traditional foyer area introduces white oak hardwood floors in the perfect mid-tone hue that continue throughout the home
Open living and dining room features media wiring on one wall and two side-by-side front windows; and a striking woven sphere ornamental pendant with dimmer defines the dining space
Four-panel French gliding glass doors open to the covered rear Trex-style deck with two inlaid ceiling heaters
The open kitchen is connected to the living/dining area with a peninsula counter – ideal for breakfast/wine bar seating; painted white cabinetry is topped in granite slab with full-height backsplashes, including an elevated counter beneath corner windows above the sink
Stainless steel appliances include an LG gas range and microwave plus Frigidaire dishwasher and refrigerator
Two bedrooms, each with recessed LED lights, closet with Elfa storage system, and side window, plus one with front window
Newly added hallway bath has porcelain tile floor, a vanity with Caesarstone counter, tub with overhead shower surrounded in subway-set porcelain tile, and a window for added light and ventilation
Large master bedroom suite faces the evening sunset and positioned for both view and privacy
A fully customized office alcove with walnut desktop and overhead shelving precedes the master bedroom suite and features a wraparound workstation beneath a window.
The master bedroom suite has recessed LED lighting, windows on two walls, and a walk-in closet with extensive Elfa storage customization; the ensuite bath has a long vanity with Caesarstone counter, private commode room, and oversized porcelain tile shower with flush ceiling-mount rain showerhead plus fixed and hand-held sprays and a frameless glass door
Additional features: new windows and LED lighting plus some updated electrical (as part of the remodel); custom designer window treatments throughout the house (via Revision Design Studio), polished chrome fixtures throughout; attached 1-car garage with GE washer/dryer
Delightful rear yard with synthetic turf, perimeter gardens, separate patio with fire pit, tucked-away raised vegetable garden, and separately fenced side yard. All landscaping lighting set with programmable timers
5,000 square foot lot, per county records
Excellent location to parks and recreation: one-half block to Harborview Park and less than 1 mile from Ryder Park, one-half block to the Bay Trail, and just 2 miles to Coyote Point Recreation Area and CuriOdyssey Science Playground and Zoo
Excellent location to downtown: Conveniently located about one mile to vibrant San Mateo shops, restaurants, and Caltrain and close to downtown Burlingame
San Mateo schools: LEAD Elementary; Bayside STEM Academy; San Mateo High (buyer to verify enrollment)

About the Shoreview Neighborhood

Shoreview’s north side offers proximity to Coyote Point, the Poplar Creek Golf Course, Highway 101 and something else: the Bay Trail. The highly popular shoreline trail cuts directly through Shoreview’s eastern border before peeling off into Foster City. South of East 3rd Avenue is South Shoreview, where the homes generally run about a decade younger than their neighbors to the north. They’re also slightly more expensive. Here you’re more likely to find Shoreview homes for sale in the $1.2 to $1.5 million range. The southern end of the neighborhood is where you’ll find Parkside Elementary School (located in a part of the neighborhood sometimes known as Parkside and built on the site of an old air field) and Bayside Middle School. North Shoreview is served by North Shoreview Elementary. South Shoreview runs along Seal Slough and ends at Highway 92, leaving the southeasternmost end of San Mateo for Los Prados and Lakeshore, two entry-level neighborhoods whose long-established streets – like those of Shoreview – serve as continuing proof that D.A. Raybould’s 1928 roll of the dice was no folly.

To view a detailed google map of the Shoreview neighborhood, click here. The MLS area for North Shoreview is 415 and for South Shoreview it is 414.

Favorable

Ranch style homes with open floorplans
Popular among first time home buyers
Excellent value compared to being west of 101

Adverse

Concern for liquefaction potential
Perhaps less green and lush as more expensive neighborhoods, however still fantastic

History

If you built it, they said, no one would come; that’s what prevailing opinion told former newspaperman D.A. Raybould in 1928. Having already played a major role in expanding San Mateo’s downtown, Raybould bought hundreds of acres of the former Howard estate during the construction of the Bayshore Highway (now the 101 freeway). The land was located east of the new highway, “no-man’s land” as far as mainstream thought was concerned. Today that massive bloc is several residential neighborhoods known en masse as Shoreview.

Success didn’t come overnight for Shoreview, which now stretches along San Mateo’s easternmost edge from the 92 freeway to Coyote Point (which was once the home of Pacific City Amusement Park, San Mateo’s answer to San Francisco’s Playland-at-the-Beach). If you drive Shoreview’s streets today you’ll find very few homes built in the 1920s and 1930s. Most development came after World War II.

Learn More About Shoreview

Arguably the most affordable single family home neighborhood in San Mateo, Shoreview real estate was always designed to appeal to San Mateo’s working class. The northern end of the neighborhood – the area north of East 3rd Avenue and J. Hart Clinton Drive — was developed first, block after block of modest, single-story two- and three-bedroom cottages ranging in size from 1,000 to approximately 1,500 square feet. There are outliers, like the small subdivision of larger, newer two-story homes on Trollman Avenue and North Quebec Street near Harbor View Park, but in this part of Shoreview, a significant percentage of homes can be had for between $1.1m and $1.5 million.