1309 Bernal Avenue

  • 4

    Beds

  • 3

    Baths

  • 2,700 sq ft

    Home Size

  • 6,600 sq ft

    Lot Size

Sold

$2,880,000

Overview

Enchanting character, vintage roots, and a most welcoming entrance – it’s all here in this most desirable Easton Addition neighborhood. A tall center peak frames the perfectly symmetrical design of this circa 1908 classic finished in the ideal Craftsman blue hue and complemented by a bright yellow front door. Creating the perfect welcome to the home is an oversized, fully covered front porch with ribbon glass windows at each end and ample space for a true outdoor living venue with access from both the formal living room and formal dining room.

Vintage details abound throughout – from the tiled fireplace in the living room to the crown moldings and hardwood floors. Newly painted interiors add a fresh finish, the kitchen is updated with crisp white cabinetry, and a brand-new primary suite bathroom is absolute luxury. There is a dedicated office, perfect for today’s work-from-home lifestyle, plus 4 bedrooms highlighted by the main-level primary suite. The three upstairs bedrooms each have ample closet space, including space that could double for play or study areas. An extra-large laundry room could easily provide for projects and crafts plus there is a detached 2-car garage with ample storage space.

Rounding out this very special home is an inviting backyard with large deck, patio, and perimeter gardens. Plus, this home is just one-half mile to Ray Park and shops and restaurants on Broadway. Welcome home!

  • Built in

    1908

  • Listed

    2 years ago

  • Neighborhood

  • Schools

    Roosevelt Elementary, Burlingame Intermediate, Burlingame High School (buyer to verify)


Amenities


  • Classic 1908 Craftsman with numerous updates

  • 4 bedrooms, office, and 3 bathrooms on 2 levels

  • Approximately 2,700 square feet of living space

  • Impressive curb appeal set at the top of a gentle knoll above the sidewalk-lined streets of sought-after Easton Addition

  • An all-brick staircase, lined with iron railings and lush landscaping, ascends to a welcoming covered front porch; ribbon glass windows at each end fill the space with light while adding privacy and creating a true outdoor living venue

  • Douglas fir front door, with inset panes of glass and ribbon glass side light, opens to a traditional foyer and extended hallway to the rear of the home; freshly painted interiors are introduced

  • Spacious formal living room features hardwood floors with inlaid dual feature strip and corner detail; a fireplace outlined in vintage tile including decorative accents and details replicating the floor feature strip; inset display/bookshelves flank the fireplace and layers of crown molding encircle the ceiling; double French doors open to the front porch

  • Formal dining room features tall wainscot paneling, hardwood floors with detailed feature strips, crown moldings, and a modern chandelier; double French doors open to the front porch

  • Updated kitchen has crisp white cabinetry topped in Craftsman-style tile with inset decorative accents on the backsplash; a peninsula counter separates the casual dining area with drum chandelier; tile finishes the kitchen floor and recessed lights dot the ceiling

  • Stainless steel appliances include a commercial-style Wolf gas range, Kenmore dishwasher, and built-in GE Monogram refrigerator

  • A family room extends from the dining area, all finished with hardwood floors, and features double sliding glass doors to the rear deck and yard

  • Remodeled full bath with outside rear access has basketweave marble floor, a furniture-style vanity topped in Carrara marble, and a tiled frameless-glass shower; a mosaic feature strip borders the floor and the shower

  • Main-level office, just off the living room, has side windows, crown moldings, and sconce lighting

  • Main-level primary suite has hardwood floors, crown moldings, and a full wall of customized closets behind sliding doors; newly remodeled en suite bath has porcelain tile floors, custom vanity with trough-style solid stone top, a slipper tub, and entire wall of wood-like tile with integrated curbless shower and frameless-glass enclosure

  • Three upstairs bedrooms, each with hardwood floors and crown moldings; one bedroom has a towering all-wood ceiling with fan plus a walk-in closet, two have a drum ceiling light, and one has two adjoining small rooms that could serve as closet and/or playroom space

  • Upstairs bathroom has updated porcelain tile floor, a single-sink vanity, and tub surrounded in tiled wainscot

  • Extra-large upstairs laundry room with sink and washer/dryer hookups

  • Detached oversized 2-car garage at the end of a long paver stone driveway

  • Large rear deck steps down to a patio with perimeter gardens; front yard offers a convenient automatic drip system

  • Lot size of approximately 6,600 square feet

  • Sought-after Easton Addition neighborhood one-half mile to Ray Park and Broadway shopping and dining

  • Top-rated Burlingame schools


Burlingame

Easton Addition

Easton Addition accounted for 25% of all Burlingame home sales in 2022 (30% in 2021) while posting the city’s second-highest average and median home values ($3.51 and $3.4 million, notably up 6% from 2021). As Burlingame goes, though, so goes Easton Addition, and the city’s overall drop in real estate activity was reflected in its most popular neighborhood where overall sales fell 35% after increasing by 18% in 2021. That Easton Addition real estate actually gained value while most other neighborhoods lost value is a tribute to its enduring desirability, as is the fact that during a down year $5 million-plus homes increased their neighborhood market share from 1.5% to 9%. Since 2018, property values in Easton Addition have increased by 25%.

To view a detailed google map of the Easton Addition neighborhood, click here. The MLS area is 466.

Favorable

  • One of the most popular and prestigious neighborhoods in Burlingame

  • Classic Burlingame architecture with homes that have a historic, charming feel

  • Easton Addition has its own picture-perfect branch of the Burlingame Public Library

Adverse

  • One of the two most expensive neighborhoods in Burlingame along with Burlingame Park

  • Not as close to Burlingame Ave and Broadway as other areas, but parts of the neighborhood are walkable to Broadway

Explore Easton Addition

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
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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.

Note from seller

I moved to 1309 Bernal Avenue 40 plus years ago as a young mom with four children. Soon after we added #5 to our family.

My husband and I raised our five children in this lovely house and celebrated many happy times with family and friends. There were parties on the front porch, barbeques on the deck, New Years Eve celebrations with friends and even a daughter's wedding in the backyard with the entire house becoming a reception hall.

Sooner or later, the children grow up, find their own partners and lives and your big house is "empty."

So now I'm on to my next adventure. I will be leaving this house but never the memories. I am certain that the new owner will enjoy this house, make it their home and build new memories to treasure. Who knows, maybe for forty years!

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