1553 Columbus Avenue
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3
Beds
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2
Baths
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1,992 sq ft
Home Size
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4,680 sq ft
Lot Size
Overview
Updated Tudor in Desirable Easton Addition Neighborhood
Perfectly located on a corner lot in Easton Addition, this beautiful Tudor residence seamlessly incorporates modern updates with circa 1928 appeal. The home is introduced by a manicured lawn, traditional half-timber detail, and a welcoming covered front porch. Inside, gleaming hardwood floors unify the spaces, while crown moldings, plantation shutters, and chandelier lighting add finishing touches. Formal living and dining rooms showcase period style and are perfect for entertaining, and a separate breakfast room with banquette seating is ideal for casual dining. A beautifully appointed kitchen stands ready for gourmet meals with a smart layout and all stainless steel appliances. The home’s three bedrooms, including one conveniently located on the main level, are generously sized and served by two updated bathrooms. Downstairs, there’s a fantastic bonus bedroom or office area that opens to the rear yard. Outside, a brick paved patio is surrounded by lush landscaping with lots of room for play and gardening. With access to acclaimed Burlingame schools and proximity to Burlingame and Broadway avenues, plus a midway location between Silicon Valley and San Francisco, this is an excellent opportunity to make this enchanting Tudor all your own!
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Built in
1928
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Listed
6 years ago
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Neighborhood
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Schools
Lincoln Elementary, Burlingame Intermediate, Burlingame Highschool (buyer to verify)
Amenities
3 bedrooms and 2 baths plus downstairs bonus room
Approximately 1,992 square feet of living space
On a corner lot with sidewalks on a tree-lined street; a patterned concrete walkway in hues of sage and grey introduces the freshly painted classic Tudor exterior with half-timbering detail
Welcoming covered porch has front door with leaded glass inset panes
Traditional foyer, crowned by a period crystal light, introduces original oak floors and crown moldings that continue throughout the home
Living room features cathedral ceiling outlined in rich wood moldings, a wood-burning fireplace with traditional mantelpiece, and plaster to-the-ceiling chimneypiece with inset niche; windows flank the fireplace with a row of front-facing windows on the adjacent wall; double French doors open to the dining room
Spacious formal dining room, with door to the kitchen, has a sparkling crystal drop chandelier and side-by-side windows on two walls
Updated kitchen features off-white wood cabinetry with white tile counters and backsplashes, a pantry closet, plus doors to the hallway and lower level
Adjacent breakfast room has banquette seating beneath a chandelier and window overlooking the rear yard, plus a built-in china cabinet with tile countertop, mirrored backsplash, and leaded glass-front cabinets
All stainless steel appliances include a KitchenAid 4-burner electric cooktop with griddle, KitchenAid double ovens, and Whirlpool refrigerator and dishwasher
Hallway to bedrooms has charming telephone alcove and period lighting
Main-floor bedroom has entrances from the hallway and foyer, making it ideal for an office; tall windows finished with shutters, center light, and crown moldings
Two upstairs bedrooms each have tall windows on two walls, crown moldings, and a wardrobe closet; the master bedroom is larger and has a period crystal drop chandelier plus customized closet
Hallway bathroom features honeycomb-patterned tile flooring, tile wainscoting, pedestal sink, tub, and separate shower
Lower-level bedroom, also ideal for a family room, has a beamed and paneled vaulted ceiling with lighted fan, laminate wood floor, and French doors to the rear yard
Second bathroom has wainscoting, tile finishes, and a glass-enclosed shower
Laundry room with sink, cabinetry, stacked LG washer/dryer, and door to the rear yard
Attached 2-car garage with new concrete floor finished with epoxy plus wall of floor-to-ceiling cabinetry
Private rear yard features a brick paved patio around lawn and garden landscaping, including a colorful array of mature roses, surrounded by a new redwood fence
Lot size of approximately 4,680 square feet
Desirable Easton Addition neighborhood, only 1 mile to shopping and dining on Broadway Avenue and 2.2 miles to Burlingame Avenue
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
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.
- Timeless elegance
- Renowned small town, community feel
- Top schools
- Top rated schools
- 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.
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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