1518 Los Altos Drive in Burlingame Hills Neighborhood in Burlingame.

  • 4

    Beds

  • 3

    Baths

  • 2,870 sq ft

    Home Size

  • 8,320 sq ft

    Lot Size

Sold

$2,800,000

Overview

Remodeled and Expanded in Burlingame Hills

Available for the first time in over 30 years, this home has been perfectly reimagined for luxury living with designer appeal. The entire home is bright and light unified by refinished hardwood floors, tremendous windows and skylights, and recessed lighting designed for displays of fine art. The two-story floor plan with 4 bedrooms and 3 baths is ideally arranged for a variety of lifestyle needs with a main-level junior master suite plus an even more sumptuous master suite comprising the entire second floor. Sweeping views out to the San Francisco Bay and East Bay hills unfold from this wonderful vantage point, and a private balcony offers a peaceful spot for morning coffee.


The home’s public rooms flow together in continuous uninterrupted space that provides for formal venues yet still allows for an open-concept style of living so desirable today. Custom cabinetry and wide room openings serve as a demarcation between the dining room, kitchen, and family room. Contrasting maple cabinetry, granite slab counters, and top-of-the-line stainless steel appliances highlight the chef’s kitchen, and the family room is a spacious haven destined to be the home’s central gathering place. Outside, the private rear yard is your own mini farmer’s market with an amazing array of fruit trees plus ample room for play and entertaining. Desirably located in the Burlingame Hills, this home is ever-so-convenient to Highway 280 to San Francisco and Silicon Valley tech centers, just a short stroll to trailheads at Mills Canyon Park, plus it has access to acclaimed local schools – clearly a wonderful place to call home!

  • Built in

    1947

  • Listed

    4 years ago

  • Neighborhood

  • Schools

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


Amenities

  • Extensively updated and expanded with 4 bedrooms and 3 baths

  • Approximately 2,870 square feet (per paid vendor)

  • Classic and timeless two-story design framed by verdant lawn, specimen trees, and an inviting herringbone-patterned brick walkway to the covered porch

  • Paneled front door, with inset viewing window, is flanked by operable leaded glass windows in the living room

  • Beautifully refinished oak floors are introduced in the foyer and continue throughout the public rooms and two main-level bedrooms

  • Spacious formal living room is further expanded by a two-story ceiling at one end that showcases a traditional staircase with Palladian window, a skylight, plus French door to the rear yard

  • A fireplace in the living room is outlined to-the-ceiling in marble tile with an integrated wood mantel; programmable recessed lights with remote control dimmer provide for display of fine art

  • Formal yet open dining room has a focal-point chandelier, full wall of custom china cabinet storage, plus access on one side of matching kitchen cabinetry with peninsula counter and overhead glass-front cabinets

  • Custom maple cabinets define the chef’s kitchen, all topped in granite slab with backsplashes of travertine tile and granite keystones; tile finishes the floor and a greenhouse window above the sink provides added light and rear yard views

  • Stainless steel appliances include a Wolf 5-burner gas cooktop with overhead warming shelves, KitchenAid microwave and oven, Miele dishwasher, and Samsung refrigerator

  • Fully open to the kitchen and dining room, the family room has a towering cathedral ceiling with two skylights and fan, two sets of French doors to the wrap-around deck, plus recessed lighting

  • Main-level junior master suite has hewn-finished wood flooring, a wall of customized closets with bi-fold doors, and a ceiling light; the en suite bath has vintage tile finishes, a granite-topped vanity, and glass-enclosed tub with overhead shower

  • Two additional main-level bedrooms, one with elevated bay window and lighted fan, and one with dual entrances, ceiling light, and mirrored closet doors

  • Remodeled hallway bath has stone-like tile finishes, including wainscot, a long granite-topped vanity, and large shower for two with frameless art glass enclosure

  • A sky-lit loft at the top of the staircase is the perfect spot for reading or office work; carpet continues into the master suite

  • The master bedroom suite comprises the entire upper level and features a tall vaulted ceiling with lighted fan, clerestory windows with remote control operation, a sitting area with Bay view windows, and gas-log marble fireplace beneath media wiring; French doors open to a private covered balcony

  • A dressing area lined on each side with mirrored organized closets enters to the en suite master bath; polished tile finishes include a dual-sink vanity, jetted tub beneath a Bay view picture window, plus frameless glass shower for two

  • Other features include: Nest thermostat; recirculating hot water heater; programmable lighting in some rooms; central vacuum; Internet-controlled irrigation system; numerous operable skylights with weather sensing controls

  • Attached 2-car garage with laundry area includes a sink and Whirlpool washer and dryer

  • Inviting and private rear yard with wrap-around deck that steps down to expansive level lawn and gardens

  • Many fruit trees, including lemon, Fuji apple, apricot, nectarine, white plum, avocado, persimmon, mixed pear, mixed stone fruit, pear apple, and fig

  • Excellent schools: Franklin Elementary; Burlingame Intermediate; Burlingame High (buyers are encouraged to verify enrollment eligibility with the school district)

  • One-half mile to trailhead at Mills Canyon Park

  • Just over one-half mile to Highway 280 for access to San Francisco or Silicon Valley tech centers


Burlingame

Burlingame Hills

Burlingame Hills’ often-overlooked secret— that it’s Burlingame’s greatest value at $1,195 per square foot — again made it the city’s second-most popular neighborhood in 2022 for the most number of sales (after Easton Addition), but like the rest of Burlingame, it suffered by comparison to 2021. 21 homes sold in Burlingame Hills last year, a decline of 38% from 2021 but still 61% increase over the 13 that sold in 2020. Average home values fell slightly, from $3.225 (a 22% increase from 2020) to $3.177 million, but there are enough indicators, like a 53% fall in average DOM from 2021 to 2022 to suggest that, despite the challenges posted by larger market conditions Burlingame Hills has gained a foothold among Burlingame buyers. 

The closest public elementary schools are Hoover Elementary. Nueva Elementary is nearby down the road on Skyline, and is a private elementary and middle school focusing on the arts for gifted and talented children.

To view a detailed google map of the Burlingame Hills neighborhood, click here. The MLS area is 471.

Favorable

  • Ability to purchase a larger home on a larger lot, possibly with a view

  • Close to 280 which makes commuting to the Valley or San Francisco nice and convenient

  • Better value than a comparably sized home in Easton Addition

Adverse

  • Not walking distance to a park, Burlingame Ave, or Broadway

  • Though a large lot is a possibility, it can be challenging to find one with a level yard

  • The neighborhood is unincorporated San Mateo County



Explore Burlingame Hills

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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Renowned small town, community feel
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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.

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